TECHNICAL SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS:
-TCP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, ACL, VPN, VXLAN, BIG-IP, DNS and DHCP
-Firewall (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, Fortigate)
-Python and Perl Scripting
-Scrum master certified
-Sprint Cycles and testing with rally tool
-Yellow Belt – Six sigma certification
-Software development life cycles (Agile model)
-Network installation configuration & troubleshooting, Cisco & Juniper devices
-A10, F5 Load Balancers, LTM & GTM
-Network installation configuration & troubleshooting, Cisco & Juniper devices
-CCNA & CCNP
-Requirements gathering, Document processing
-MS Office (Excel, Word, Power point, Visio)
TOOLS PROFICIENT IN:
Checkpoint, Remedy, Putty, HPNA, IPControl, SecureCRT, Wireshark, Secure Shell
WORK EXPERIENCE
Network Design Engineer T-Mobile Jul 2015 – Present
Responsible for the architecture standards of network designs, QOS policies, IP addressing, Routing, Solution Deployment, Technical Documentation
Perform root cause analysis
Establish and Maintain VPN connectivity between sites
Responsible for GTM functioning, building records, Wide ip’s, Pools.
Create MOP’s (Method of procedure) for all the change and installations
Day to day changes to Cisco ASA, Palo Alto & Fortigate firewalls
Install, configure, and support F5 and A10 load balancers (LTM/GTM)
Collaborate with other IT groups on modernization and migration efforts
Participate in customer change management engineering activities
Involves complex designing with various protocols and complex structures
Create configurations and stage data communications equipment for new network build outs and network expansion activities with most appropriate IOS and patches.
Strong ability to troubleshoot and diagnose network related issues, including ability to capture and analyze network packet traces (PCAP)
Hands on experience with Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Wireless Controllers from market leading vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper and Fortigate
Direct experience configuring networking components of cloud infrastructure platform AWS, including network segmentation, firewall rules, routing, NAT, and IPsec tunnel termination in a virtual network.
Knowledge Familiar with Microsoft Window AD environment which includes setup of DNS and DHCP servers
Cross-training other IT staff members in the maintenance or usage of the technology
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Course – CSE 5345 (Wireless networks): UTA August 2014 –May 2015
Responsible as a part time instructor for classes and conducting examinations. Allotment of topics for course projects and individual assistance to each group in projects related to beacon technology.
Software Intern: IBM, Boston MA May 2014 - August 2014
Developed an IBM internal employee rating tool using PHP & HTML as our web development languages and SQL.
Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
Network Analyst: AT&T communications July 2011 - June 2013
Responsible for the installation, layout, and maintenance of all routers and switches
Experience with authentication systems such as LDAP, RADIUS, TACACS+
Serve as subject matter expert for assigned customer accounts and take ownership of complex customer issues
Detailed knowledge and direct extensive experience with TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, QOS and MPLS
Provide ongoing recommendations for continual service improvement for customer networks and systems
Received extensive experience with Layer1 and Layer2 network technologies
Operation Management Engineer: Accenture India Pvt. Ltd June 2009 - June 2011
Received experience in root cause analysis.
Responsible for Network monitoring, Incident response, communication management and Reporting problems
Majority of the work used to be DDoS Attacks, power outages, network failures, and routing black-holes
There were of course the basic roles, such as remote hands, support, configuration of hardware (such as firewalls, Load balancers, switches, routers and riverbeds)
Installation of equipment, such as KVMs, rack installation, IP-PDU setup, running cabling
EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Computer Science May 2015
University of Texas at Arlington GPA: 3.7/4.0
Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science May 2009
Vishveswaraya Technological University, India GPA:3.5/4.0
GRADUATE THESIS DISSERTATION:
Topic: Design and implementation of open beacon architecture August 2014 – May 2015
-Developed an open architecture and implemented transmission of information using BLE technology (ibeacon)
-Implemented a working model which transmits real time information to mobile devices based on proximity to the beacon
ACADEMIC PROJECTS:
University of Texas at Arlington
Thesaurus Client and Server November 2014
-Implemented a client server system that allows the user to select a word in a text block
-Developed a GUI interface that displays a list of alternative words looked up on and returned by the server thesaurus
Ring Coordinator Election Algorithm: September 2014
-Implemented the Ring Coordinator Election Algorithm over sockets, with constant communication between processes
Multithreaded Web Proxy Server: March 2014
-Created a web proxy server that performs functionalities such as receiving HTTP requests (GET and POST method) from a browser and forwarding them to the origin server. Involves multithreaded proxy server settings
MongoDB implementation on a server November 2013
-Programmed and built MongoDB as an example of a document-oriented NOSQL system
Implementation of Rigorous 2PL wound-wait method for dealing with deadlock August 2013
-Generated a program that simulates the behavior of the two-phase locking (2PL) protocol for concurrency control
-‘Wound-wait’ method was used to deal with deadlock situation
Efficiency evaluation of FEC using Interleaver in Combating Network Packet Losses May 2010
-Created a client/server system using network socket, Results were obtained when data uses FEC