RAJESH MAHENDRAKUMAR
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SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER
Highly accomplished network professional with 11 years of experience in designing, deploying, migrating and supporting critical multi-site redundant network environments. Proven ability to manage all phases of installation, monitoring, and administration. Recognized by leadership team for dedication, reliability and work ethic. Productivity and result oriented in team and individual projects. Network Engineer with the ability to support the company towards achieving its mission and goals. Core Competencies include,
Expertise in data center network.
Network design & Implementation
Strong understanding of TCP/IP protocol stack
LAN/WAN support
Project Management and Technical Documentation
Full lifecycle experience
Self-motivated
Strong Communication skills
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Networking: Routing and Switching Protocols, TCP/IP, LAN/MAN/WAN, VPN, Load Balancers, DNS, DHCP,
SNMP, Cisco IOS, Cat-OS, NX-OS
Routers: Cisco 1700, 1800, 2600, 2800, 2900, 3700, 3800, 3900 & 7200 series
Switches: Cisco Catalyst 2950, 3550, 3750, 3850, 4500, 6500, 9300, 9500 series; Nexus 3000, 5000, 9300 series
Security: Cisco ASA, FirePower, ISE, IDS, IPS, TACACS, RADIUS, AAA
Certification: CCNA, CCNP(Scheduled), VMware VCA, Oracle 1Z0-007
Network Tools: NetFlow, Wireshark, Solarwinds, IPAM, Infoblox
Scripting: Shell scripting, Bash, Python, PERL
Database: SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, 10g,11g, Teradata, DB2
Storage/Recovery: EMC VPLEX, Data Domain, VNX,
Recover Point, Storage arrays, JBOD, VMware, ESX, HA, AWS, Hyper-V
OS: Windows, Unix, Linux, Solaris
Programming: C/C++, Java, Oracle, MS SQL
Tools: Microsoft Active Directory, Advanced Excel, Visio, and other MS Office applications.
ACADEMIC RECORD
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering 2007-2009 University of Texas at Arlington, Texas
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication Engineering 2002-2006 Anna University, Chennai, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Network Engineer – Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), Boston, MA Nov 2011 - Present
Design, migrate, upgrade & maintain the ITS backbone network.
Install and maintain Video Storage system network, state-wide Video network, and various other state-wide networks.
Configure wireless network to add new cameras and VMS to the main Highway Operations Center using VPN, Fiber or T1s.
Maintain and support Data Center VM Network and deployment of fault tolerance network including disaster recovery.
Manage, maintain and assign IP addresses for new networks, devices using Solarwinds IP Address Management tool.
Monitoring network performance, troubleshoot network issues, implement performance tuning and enforcing Security policies.
Experience with Cisco Unified Communications products including Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Unified Contact Center, and Unity Express.
Participating in industry peer groups, vendor events, capacity planning and technical training of emerging technologies and trends.
Lead projects through full lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, test, documentation and implementation, review proposals and provide comments, coordinating with customers, partners and appropriate departments.
Create and update technical network diagrams.
Network Engineer – Servesys, Hackensack, NJ Jul 2011 - Nov 2011
Designed and implemented enterprise wide data network projects.
Designed and maintained network management architecture for specific network including event monitoring and alerting.
Configured and deployed network devices.
Developed and documented plans to troubleshoot, diagnose and test data related issues.
Experience in implementing routing protocols technologies and advanced switching technologies.
Provide commands and procedural methods to verify successful patches.
Monitor network management tools to help assist in review existing network designs for improvements and simplifications. Bill Production Support Specialist – AT&T, Dallas, TX Jan 2011 - Jun 2011
Major responsibility was to analyze and resolve issues related to bill production system.
Provided production support to enterprise based web applications.
Created SQL queries, packages, stored procedures, and triggers.
Worked in UNIX & Solaris and created automated scripts.
Worked on fixing bugs of web pages and deploying the fix after approval.
Created web pages and UI changes using Java, JSP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Performance Analyst – Capital One, Richmond, VA Mar 2010 - Jan 2011
Worked with client teams to determine testing requirements, create test plans, execute tests, and report results as per ITIL.
Configured the firewalls and the load balancer to distribute the server load.
Validated the configurations of the load balancer by failover testing.
Performed the Wireshark capture of web services and tested the application performance over the BIG IP network.
Created UNIX Shell scripts, Load Runner script, Windows and Perl scripts.
Worked with database Oracle 10g, 11g, Teradata and DB2.
Worked on database performance, capacity & backup, and TSM & Control-M scheduler.
Used BI tools like Teradata, Crystal Reports, MS Office and Visio to create clear and concise reports for various clients.
Created automated test scripts using single/multiple protocols supported within test tools. IT Support Technician - University of Texas at Arlington (Office of Information Technology) Aug 2008 - Dec 2009
Troubleshot and provided technical assistance on LAN and wireless connectivity issues.
Installed and configured hardware, software & peripherals in new lab installations.
Used Crystal reports to create weekly reports and updated the knowledge base of UTA Helpdesk.
Used HEAT, a help desk software to track and log trouble tickets.
Configured different types of web accounts (viz., student/faculty/staff) and their e-mail accounts. Network Administrator - Seagon Computronics, Chennai, India Jan 2007 - Jul 2007
Monitored network management tools to help assist in review existing network designs for improvements and simplifications.
Performed hardware troubleshooting and maintenance, support of test environment tools, simulation/emulation and load generation.
Maintained network inventory and created automated scripts for batch jobs.
Provided technical support to customers and created reports for knowledge base. Network Engineer - Sify Technologies Limited, Chennai, India Jun 2006 - Jan 2007
Configured Cisco routers, switches, firewalls and basic infrastructure technologies.
Obtained training in Networking and Relational Database.
Reviewed IOS error messages in the switch logs, improve any technical deficiencies, and scheduled IOS upgrades.
Created and maintained PL/SQL procedures, Functions, Packages, Cursors and Triggers.
Worked for Infrastructure team of the Sify Data Center and worked in 24/7 environments.
Coordinating with service providers for WAN link outages.
Managed network asset inventory.
INTERNSHIPS
Intern – All India Radio, India April 2005 – May 2005
Trained in the field of conducting various tests on electrical equipments and systems.
Worked with broadcast equipments, signal processing equipments, and transmitters. Intern - JVC ONIDA Customer Relation Center– Adonis Electronics Pvt Ltd, India May 2004 – July 2004
Analyzed TV circuits, troubleshooting various models of TV and identifying the failed component.
Tested signals at different parts of the circuit and documented the testing procedures and results.