Network Engineer Cisco, F5, Nexus, Routing & Switching

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MOHD ABDUL RAHEEM ************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. CCNA Certified with 7 Years of experience working as a Network

Engineer in Planning, Implementation, configuration, Network design,

troubleshooting, maintenance and management involving LAN and WAN

wireless Technologies.

. Experience in configuration and deployment of Routing and Switching

Protocols.

. Gained experience working with Layer-2 and Layer-3 Switches and

Security

. Good knowledge of QoS, OSI model, TCP/IP networking standards and with

protocols like SNMP, IPv6.

. Good knowledge in network security protocols like IPSEC tunnels,

NAT/PAT, ACL's and VPN's, SONET, DSL, Cable, Cisco Call Manager.

. Have been an integral part of the team for configuration and

maintenance involving

data Centers and Branch office Structural Cabling environments.

Access Control servers experience such as RADIUS & TACACS+.

. Demonstrated high ability to learn and adapt to changing technological

advances

and changes highly motivated and possess high confidence in performing in a

challenging atmosphere.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Routing protocols: MPLS, OSPF and EIGRP,BGP, MP-BGP.

. Switching Protocols: Switch Configuration, VLANs, VTP, STP, RSTP, MST,

VSTP.

. LAN Technologies: Ethernet networking Topologies (IEEE 802.3), Fast

Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Cable testing, Structure Cabling, WAN,

Multicasting & ARP, SNMP

. WAN Technologies: Frame Relay, ATM, WAN Acceleration/Optimization,

FTP.

. Networking Concepts: Classless IP addressing Techniques, VLSM and

CIDR, Route distribution, Frame Relay, NAT/PAT.

. Security Protocols: Access-Lists, FWSM.

. Installation, configuration & troubleshooting of Cisco and F5's load

balancing BIG IP devices (LTM & GTM).

. Good knowledge on VoIP, H.323, SIP, DNS, DHCP, SSH, Juniper.

. Experience with network testing tools like LAN Tornado, NTTCP.

. Applications: windows 7/XP, MAC OSX, Linux, Unix, Microsoft VISIO, MS

Office suite, Cisco IOS, Riverbed.

. Gained experience working with Layer-2 and Layer-3 Switches and

Security.

. Very highly motivated team player with good communication skills,

Customer service skills, etc.

CERTIFICATIONS:

. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).

. undergone Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) training.

Client: Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield., St. Louis, MO

June.2013- Nov 2014.

Title: Network Engineer @ Data Center Support.

Anthem/Blue cross Blue Shield is basically an health

insurance provider group based in Indianapolis. It has data center in St.

Louis as well. The insurance companies are all collaboratively owned and

all share holders have their equipments under one building and we are the

team managing the whole network for all.

Job Responsibilities:

. Was responsible for setting up the infrastructure/lab/production

environment with majority of Cisco appliances apart from various other

equipments.

. Designed configured and implemented BGP, EIGRP, OSPF and RIP v2 in

multi-protocol network environment.

. Installed, configured and maintained Cisco Routers 2800,3800, 3900,

Cisco ASR 1000 Series

. Built LAN/WAN TCP/IP network comprised of Cisco Switches (6500, 6509,

7613, 3550, 4900, 2960, 2950, 2900XL), Nexus 2k/5k/7k.

. Handling Switching Protocol like Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) for loop

avoidance.

. Data transport technologies (Ethernet and 802.11a/b/g), Blue Coat

proxies, and DHCP.

. Configured and installed Cisco ASA Firewalls 5505, 5510, 5520, 5550,

5585 series.

. Developed an optimum IP Addressing schemes, VLAN tables, and network

documentation and diagrams (Visio).

. Hands on experience on subnetting and VLSM, VTP, VLAN trunking

protocol, MPLS (LDP & TDP).

. Good experience configuring Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRFs) on

routers.

. Configured and managed on provider edge's projects related to VRFs

technology.

. Good knowledge of working with Cisco Call manager Versions 8.x and 9.x

and Cisco Unified IP phones installation.

. Experience with Installing, administering and maintaining Cisco VPN

Tunnels.

. Observed and analyzed emerging security threats, their products and

technologies.

. Installed and maintained the security infrastructure having IPS, IDS,

security assessment systems and log management and migration to new

VPN.

. Worked on supporting security team under NIST environment.

. Configuring HSRP with two end routers and managing.

. Worked frequently with Network Performance Testing with tools like

ipMonitor, LAN Tornado, etc.

. Experience with installation and management of Riverbed WAN

Accelerators.

. Decommissioning tickets and incident tickets management.

. Monitored network traffic via network monitoring tools and sniffers in

an attempt to troubleshoot network outages and intrusions by tracing

their origin and destination and Solar wind Monitor.

. Managed the load balancers F5 (V9) BIG-IP 1500, 3400, F5 networks GTM

Platform.

. Experience with handling the F5 TMOS code (V9, 10).

. Utilize WireShark and Ethereal as protocol analyzers

. Work closely with configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting WAN

links - ATM, Frame-relay and PPP multilink

. Testing done via Scripting with Unix using language PERL, BASH and

python etc.

. Managed and developed network projects designed to strengthen network

continuity and deploy security elements in an attempt to meet and

exceed contract requirements, including system analysis and

troubleshooting.

. Have good experience with SSL-VPN configuring and tracking errors.

. Developed and documented project plans for network's infrastructure

and network security implementation.

Environment:

Windows XP, F5 load balancing, Routing

protocols BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP etc. Cisco Switches and handling proxies,

Cisco Firewalls 55xx series, Unix.

Client: Sears Holding, Hoffman Estates, IL

Aug 2010- April 2013

Title: Network Engineer

Sears Holdings Corporation is one of the top retailers in

the United States. It has got more than 4500 retail outlets and several

data centers which is managed by its proficient data networking team.

Job Responsibilities:

. Design and Implemented OSPF and EIGRP on various sites for routing

enhancement, high availability, and reducing administrative overhead

. Co-ordinate with ISP on each step of designing BGP to understand their

restrictions and our needs

. Redesigned IP scheme to improve existing summary routes, CPU process,

memory utilization and convergence time

. Played a major role in designing, co-ordination and support while

migrating from Verizon to Sing Tel on all sites

. Worked on projects about implementing Cisco Unified Wireless

Technology and devices like Cisco 2504 WLAN, Cisco 521 Wireless AP.

. Designed templates for offshore team for Cutover; guided and

distributed responsibilities for the same

. Refreshed (Design and Implement) End of Life 7200 series routers in

all sites with ASR 1000

. Designed the full network infrastructure for 4 new sites including DR

with successful implementation.

. Performed Configurations on remote VPN site-to-site access.

. Performed migration from PIX and Nortel Firewalls, Cisco Checkpoint to

Cisco ASA 55xx - X, which includes implementation of VPN and High

Availability on certain sites, Cisco Secure Access Control System,

FWSM, TACACS.

. Performed Configurations on Cisco router as IP Firewall and also

NATting.

. Refreshed old 3750 series switch stacks with new 3750-X switch stacks

. Installation and Maintenance of radio links, bandwidth Management and

other DTE and DCE equipment

. Migrated core switches from Cisco 6500 to Nexus 7010 and troubleshoot

various network issues that came along with the team

. Suggested best practices and Cisco's recommendation when needed such

as; to improvise design and security or for better optimization

. Created all the necessary documents, templates and Visio diagrams

based on the new designs and network changes.

Environment:

Protocols like BGP, OSPF, EIGRP between DCs,

Firewalls Cisco ASA 55xx series, Cisco switches like Catalyst 6500 and

Nexus 2k/5k series.

Client: Reliance Infocom, Navi Mumbai, India

May 2008 to July 2010

Network Engineer

It is India's Largest Telecommunication

Organization having more than several millions of subscribers. The network

is huge and required a lot of intellectuals to handle and take care of. Not

just telecommunication, it is wide spread in entertainment, financial, etc

many sectors and are connected via network.

Job Responsibilities:

. Configured and replacement of faulty Modem.

. Deployment of Wireless Internet for Cooperate organizations.

. Performed IOS upgrades on Catalyst 1900, 2900, 3500, series switches,

and 2500, 2600, 3600 series routers

. Implemented and configured routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, BGP

. Troubleshot the issues related to routing protocols

. Preparation of proper network cabling diagrams prior to installations

and supervision of the LAN cabling contractor for compliance to

industry standards for Ethernet.

. Responsible for maintenance and utilization of VLANS, Spanning-tree,

VTP of the switched multi-layer backbone with catalyst switches

. Implemented redundant Load balancing technique with internet

applications for switches and routers

. Used Network Monitoring tool to manage, monitor and troubleshoot the

network

. Used load balancers with multiple components for efficient performance

and to increase reliability through redundancy

. Configured Object Grouping, Protocol Handling and NAT on ASA Firewalls

. Configured NAT, and Access Lists on multiple devices, IDS, IPS.

. Troubleshot DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems

. Installed and maintained Windows 2000/2003/NT servers

. Implemented name resolution using WINS and DNS in TCP/IP environment

. Extensive hands on experience to manage, monitor and troubleshoot

network management tools

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University May 2008. Hyderabad,

India

Bachelors of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering

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