NIHAL REDDY
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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) with extensive hands-on experience in IP network integration, deployment and troubleshooting.
Expert in Cisco IOS for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, BGP, MPLS.
Extensive design, implementation, and operational experience with Wireless LAN Controllers, wireless access points and management platforms.
Switching tasks include VTP, 802.1q, IPsec and GRE Tunneling, VLANs, Ether Channel, Trunking, Port Security, STP, RSTP.
Experience using Wireless planning site survey tool, Spectrum Analyzer, and analyzing collected RF data to determine cell boundaries, AP power settings and interference sources.
Deep understanding of WLAN Technologies, network management and have experience working with Cisco ASA Firewalls.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering Aug 2016 - May 2018
University of North Texas, Denton GPA of 3.6 / 4.0
Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics & Communications Engineering Aug 2012 - June 2016
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India GPA of 3.7 / 4.0
CERTIFICATION
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Armada Radio Certified Programmer
WORK EXPERIENCE
Network/System Engineer – E.F. Johnson Technologies, Dallas, Texas Jun 2018 – Oct 2018
Designed and implemented communication between different Radio sites using IP.
Worked on implementing, configuring and troubleshooting Switches and Routing Protocols such as RIP, EIGRP, OSPF etc.
Worked with extranet clients with Establishing IPSEC VPN tunnel between ISR routers.
Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
Involved in configuring and maintaining Cisco ASA firewall using Cisco's Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).
Involved in writing responses to RFP and was part of customer design reviews for P25 LMR system design.
Assisted Wireless Engineering team in drawing system level package diagrams using Visio.
Jr. Network Engineer / Academic Assistant– University of North Texas Sept 2017 – May 2018
Configuring, testing, implementing and troubleshooting network system components as well as tier 2 and tier 3 routing and switching protocols and provide resolution and remediation for Cisco routers and switches.
Configured cisco routers and switches, VLAN, Spanning-Tree, RIP, OSPF, DTP, STP, ACL, DNS, DHCP etc on Cisco Platform.
Troubleshoot L2, L3 and middleware devices like Cisco routers (1800, 2600, 2800 series), Cisco catalyst switches (2900, 3500 series) to resolve configuration issues
Jr. Network Engineer- Intern, Diebold Incorporated, Telangana, India Apr 2015 – July 2015
Worked on deploying, configuring and troubleshooting Access Points, Wireless LAN Controllers.
Performed wireless RF site surveys, predictive modeling and passive survey using test equipment to determine suitable coverage using Ekahau survey software etc.
Determined AP placements and deployed APs and performed post-implementation surveys to optimize WLAN performance.
Designed, implemented, and supported WLANs by performing and documenting 802.11 wireless surveys.
Jr. Network Engineer- Intern, CM Technologies, Telangana, India July 2014 – Dec 2014
Maintain a thorough understanding of the basics behind the Internet and its workings (DNS, Security, IP Routing, VPN, DMVPN etc.)
Worked on implementing, configuring and troubleshooting Routing Protocols such as Static Routing, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
Extensive knowledge of deploying and troubleshooting L2/L3, TCP/IP and Multilayer Switches.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Network Configuration
Advanced switch/router configuration (Cisco IOS access list, Route redistribution/propagation, JUNOS switching).
Networking
IPV4, IPV6, TCP/IP, CIDR, WANs, LANs, WIFI, Bridges, Routers and Switches, VoIP
Routing Protocols
IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP v4, IS-IS, RIP
Packet Switched WAN
FRAME RELAY, MPLS VPNs
Redundancy, management and others
HSRP, VRRP, SNMP, SSL, HTTP, FTP, SSH, Syslog
Physical interfaces
Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Layer 2 technology
VLAN, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, STP, RSTP
Cisco Products
Cisco Routers (1800, 2951, 3845, 3640, 3600, 4421,4431,4451), Cisco L2&L3 Switches (2900,3560,3750,3850,6500).
Operating Systems
Windows, Mac, LINUX, UNIX.
Programming Languages
C, Python 3.6, Pearl.
Other: Wireshark, Visio.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Weather Station Monitoring over IOT -Designed a wireless local wireless weather monitoring system to study atmospheric properties of the local surroundings in an industry by using IoT.
Computational Methods (Python Project)- Conducted data analysis on traffic violation data of the city of Denton in 2016 using Python 3.6, NLTK, Matplotlib, GUI and used couple of CVS files.
Foot step power generation system for rural energy applications- Developed and implemented much cleaner cost-effective way of power generation method using piezo sensors which in turn helps to bring down global warming as well as reduce power shortages.