Engineer Manager

RAZIN K SHETHWALA

**** **** ****** ***., . *******, IL 60645, 773-***-****, Email:

*********@*******.***

Objective

To obtain a full time position as a Network Engineer where I can utilize my

skills and abilities to the fullest.

Professional Certification:

. Pursuing Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP): Expected Date:

Dec 2014.

. Certified in Cisco Networking Academy for Routing and Switching: Dec

2010.

. Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA): Date: June 2010.

. Certified in Cisco Networking Academy for Small - to - Medium Business

or ISP: May 2010.

. Certified in Cisco Networking Academy for Home & Small Business: Date:

Jan 2010.

Technical Skills:

. Experience with configuration of CME (Call Manager Express) over

LAN/WAN.

o Dial peer and e-phone configuration and troubleshooting using

H.323 protocol.

o MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol) configuration and

troubleshooting.

. Experience with configuration and installation of VG224 (voice

gateway) with FXS port registration.

. VTP, STP, CDP, LLDP, POE, Voice VLAN, Data VLAN configuration and

management.

. Routing protocols such as: EIGRP, OSPF, RIPv2, and BGP. Transport

layer protocols: TCP, and UDP.

. HSRP and VRRP configuration for redundancy.

. Cisco Nexus 7000/5000 and Nexus 2248/2232 FEX configuration with

Virtual port channeling (VPC) for physically redundancy and

elimination of spanning tree loops.

. Securing network devices leveraging SSH, TACACS+/Radius with ACS

configuration.

. Configure, testing, and securing network devices before installation

in the production network.

. Experience with opening TAC/RMA cases with Cisco, and Juniper on phone

as well as through their website.

. Set up F5s for load balancing of applications, BreakingPoint for

latency testing, and Infoblox for DNS and DHCP.

Experience:

CME Group - Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Chicago, Illinois

Role and Responsibilities: Lead Intern (04/2011 - Present)

Summary: Completed three years as Networking Intern, and my roles and

responsibilities are as follows:

. Configure and install Cisco terminal servers across the network

infrastructure to provide OOB (Out of Band) connectivity to all

network devices.

. Perform code upgrades on Cisco switches and routers, for deployment in

production environment.

. Write configuration scripts, create network diagrams using MS-Visio,

and perform changes during change windows.

. Keep track of SSL certificate expirations, and create necessary

tickets for their renewal.

. Assist Support, Engineering, and Architecture teams in various

projects, and manage them which includes:

o Configure and install voice gateways (VG224s) across the

infrastructure,

o Replace Cisco faulty modules,

o Freeing up unused network resources,

o Rebuild lab with Cisco ToR (Top of Rack) solution,

o Provide OOB (Out of Band) connectivity to networking devices,

and

. Build labs based on different test scenarios to test evaluation

devices.

. Organize physical and online inventory using tools such as HP NAS, and

RF-Code.

. Decommission unused and End of Life devices from production

environment, and coordinate sell.

. Worked with different teams such as: Telecomm, Accounting, DCE, and

SAN.

. Worked with Telecomm team in solving issues with TFTP traffic flow,

registration of VG224s, and helping to find out the right VLAN for the

hosts in question.

. Create reports for management using MS-Excel to capture important

metrics for improving performance and productivity.

Truman College; Chicago, Illinois

Role and Responsibilities: Teacher Assistant (01/2010 - 03/2011)

. Assisted teacher in designing and creating final projects

. Helped students in their labs, home work, and class work

Projects

Deploy voice gateways (VG224s):

Summary: We needed to install VG224s across the network infrastructure to

connect legacy conference room telephones to the new VOIP infrastructure.

o Configure and install VG224s, and

o Secure them by configuring SSH and TACACS.

Replace Cisco faulty modules:

Summary: Cisco did audit last year on 6500 modules to find out if they have

bad memory chips installed on the board. Due to these bad memory chips, the

modules have a potential to fail at any time. We decided to swap them in

advance to avoid failures during normal business hours. My responsibilities

include:

o Open necessary tickets to inform affected teams and request

point person to perform final checkouts

o Arrange for replacement modules and make sure they are available

on site before the change

o Schedule the swap based on agreed time between teams and change

window availability

Freeing up unused network resources:

Summary: Currently we are in a process of migrating our services to our

datacenter in Aurora. As a result, we are only left with few connected

devices on our switches in other data centers. I have been tasked with

moving those devices to other more populated switches to free up these

chassis/modules to be used for new environment build outs.

o Coordinate migration of connected devices with respected teams

o Schedule power down, and extract the hardware

o Ship to desired data center for new environment build out

Rebuild lab with Cisco ToR (Top of Rack) solution:

Summary: We installed Top of Rack Solution in our lab to increase the port

capacity, availability, and speed. We have installed copper and fiber FEXs

in each rack which are connected back to the backbone. The backbone is

built by Cisco Nexus 5K. I was tasked with:

o Physically installing FEXs (Febric Extender) in each rack to

make connections easy

o Configured backbone Nexus 5Ks and connected FEXs

o Configured VPC (Virtual Port Channel) between Nexus 5K and

2232/2248 FEXs

Provide OOB (Out of Band) connectivity to networking devices:

Summary: We needed terminal server connectivity to our network devices for

troubleshooting purposes. Without OOB connectivity, we are solely depended

on uplinks which can become a problem if something goes wrong with uplinks.

The tasks include:

o Configure 2821 routers as terminal server, and upgrade IOS to

current version

o Ship them to the site and get them racked

o Bring them on the network and complete the installation

Education

DeVry University, Chicago, Illinois - Bachelor's degree

Major: Networking Communications & Management

Expected Graduation Date: April 2015

City College of Chicago (Truman), Chicago, Illinois - Transfer program

Major: Networking Communications & Management (DeVry Bridge Program)

Graduation Date: Dec 2012

. References: Available upon request.

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