Valay Oza

ac7z6k@r.postjobfree.com 361-***-****

Immigration status: H1B visa

Summary:

● Network Engineer with 3+ years of experience in enterprise network design, operations, troubleshooting and security.

● Technical knowledge and hands-on experience in Routing, Switching, Security, Traffic Management domains of networking in projects for Mid to Large network setups.

● Experience in working with multiple vendors, clients and IT teams for efficient resolution and service delivery.

Relevant Experience:

Network Engineer Feb 2018 - Present

Atos, Walt Disney Account, Los Angeles Area, CA

● Working as part of global network operations team managing Data Center networks hosting DNS, Citrix, VMWare, VoIP, Video Conferencing, Exchange Mail and other applications/services.

● Acting as on-call and point of escalation for troubleshooting and assistance to NOC for Data Center Networks with experience in monitoring tools like SevOne, NetCool, Splunk Server, Syslog, Netflow.

● Experience in creating Python scripts based on netmiko module for automated monitoring tasks on switches, routers.

● Devices (Around 6000): Cisco Catalyst 6K chassis, Nexus 5K, 7K, 9K switches, Juniper EX2300, EX3300, EX3300, EX4200 switches, F5 vCMP clusters, F5 1600, 4000, 4200 Load Balancers (LTM/GTM/APM modules), Cisco CSS 11500.

● Protocols/Technologies: 802.1Q, VTP, STP, VPC, VXLAN, SNMP, LACP, PAGP, EIGRP, BGP, GRE, VRRP, HSRP, SPAN, Tcpdump, Python.

Resident Network Engineer May 2017 - Jan 2018

NY State ITS, Albany, NY

● Worked as part of Network team managing statewide Correctional Facilities and State Police Office Campus and Data Center networks.

● Provided operational, design and troubleshooting support for Network Consolidation and Migration project, Smart sensors installation project.

● Worked as a firewall admin for network security, DDoS prevention, securing confidential state assets between business segments, vendors, clients and users.

● Devices: Juniper SRX3600, SRX5400 Firewalls, Avaya 2300, 4300, 8800 L2/L3 switches, Cisco Catalyst 3750, 3850 switches, Cisco ASA 5510, 5520.

● Protocols/Technologies: GRE, IPSec VPN, DMVPN, MPLS, LDP, IP-IP tunneling, BGP, 802.1Q, Firewall rules, FirePower, Solarwinds, Syslog, Splunk, Tcpdump. Network Engineer

AIG, Dallas, TX Sep 2016 - Apr 2017

● Worked as part of network support team for global enterprise networks supporting and managing LAN, WAN, IPSec, Network Security domains

● Worked with multiple server, network and application teams and vendors for Incident troubleshooting, resolution, and root cause analysis, Routine maintenance tasks.

● Worked on script deployment projects based on Python, Ansible to automate configuration changes and monitoring tools.

● Devices (Around 8000): Cisco Catalyst 3750, 3850, 4500, 6500 series Chassis, Nexus 5K, 7K, 9K, Juniper MX480, MX960, Palo Alto PA3200, PA5200, F5 1600, 4200, Viprion 4480 Chassis (LTM/GTM Modules).

● Protocols/Technologies: 802.1Q, VTP, STP, VSS, Cisco StackWise, LACP, PAGP, OSPF, BGP, IPSec VPN, DMVPN, GRE, MPLS, LDP, HSRP, VRRP, Netflow, SPAN, Tcpdump

**Higher Education (See Education Section) Aug 2014 - May 2016** Jr. Network Technician

Strawberry Enterprise Ltd., Ahmedabad, India Jul 2013 – Jun 2014

● Worked as part of IT team for identifying technical problems and debugged hardware and software related to LAN/WAN networks.

● Setup and administration of Routing, Switching, Firewall, Windows Server.

● Devices: Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3560, ISR2800, Checkpoint 1400

● Protocols: 802.1Q, VTP, STP, OSPF, IPSec, PPP, PPPoE, HDLC Education/Certification:

Master in Science - Electrical Engineering Aug 2014 - May 2016 Texas A&M University - Kingsville, TX

Bachelors in Engineering - Electronics and Communication Jun 2010 - Jun 2014 Gujarat Technological University, Gandhinagar, India Relevant Coursework:

Optical Fiber Networks, Wireless Communication, Computer Networks, Communication Network Design, Telecommunication Systems

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching - #CSCO13135860 - Expires 2020 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching - #CSCO13135860 - Expires 2021

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