Engineer Network
Resume:
Akshay
******@*************.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 8 years of professional experience in Network engineering,
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performing Network analysis, design, Implementing, capacity planning with focus on performance
tuning and support of large Networks and 6 years of Desktop support
/ Lab Administration
Strong knowledge in Cisco Routing, Switching and Security with Cisco hardware/software (heavy
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Cisco shop) experience.
Configuration and troubleshooting of CSM, integration with ASA devices.
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Experience in managing security policies with CSM, integrated with ASA 5500 devices.
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Experience in set up, configuration and management of PIX firewall and ASA 5500 appliances.
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Strong Knowledge in WAN technologies including T1,T3, ISDN, HDLC, Point to Point, ATM and
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Frame Relay.
Experience in Configuring and implementing VLAN, VTP, LAN switching, STP and 802.x
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authentication in access layer switches.
Access Control Server configuration for RADIUS and TACACS+.
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Have knowledge on various advanced technologies like VOIP, H.323, SIP, QOS, IPv6,
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Multicasting, and MPLS.
Experience in Routing protocol configurations (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP).
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Designing and implementing F5 BIG-IP load balancer.
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Strong knowledge and experience in implementing, configuring VPN technologies like IPSEC,
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MPLS.
Strong problem-analysis talent, driven by global view/attention-to-detail approach. “Hands on”
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technical knowledge.
Experience with different Network Management Tools and Sniffers like Wireshark (ethereal), HP-
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Open view, RSA envision, and Cisco works to support 24 x 7 Network Operation Center.
Experience with Project documentation tools & implementing and maintaining network monitoring
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systems and experience with developing network design documentation and presentations using
VISIO
Experience in monitoring and analysing the load balancing of network traffic using KIWI
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Solarwinds.
Experience with network emulation hardware/software tool SHUNRA.
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Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing, configuring and supporting TCP/IP.
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Strong general management, negotiation, inter-personal, communication and team building skills.
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Efficient at use of Microsoft VISIO/Office as technical documentation and presentation tools.
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Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
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Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their
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availability.
Experience working with Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K devices.
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Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both
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Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience.
Designing and implementing F5 BIG-IP load balancer.
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Strong knowledge and experience in implementing, configuring VPN technologies like IPSEC,
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MPLS.
CERTIFICATIONS:
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Cisco certified network professional(CCNP)
Education
• Bachelors of Engineering in computer Science
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems: DOS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8.
IP Routing: RIPv1, RIPv2, BGP, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP.
Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, ICMP, SNMP, ARP, RARP, PPP, HDLC
and ISDN.
Topologies: Frame Relay, ATM, T1, T3, OC3, OC12, OC48, Ethernet, Cable
Modem, xDSL and Wireless.
Network Peripherals: Hubs, Cisco switches (2900, 2924, 2950, 3550, 3560, 4000, 5500,
6500, 6509, 6513,), Cisco routers (2600, 2800, 3640, 3700, 3825,
7200, 7204, 7206), Cisco PIX 500 series, Cisco ASA 5500 series,
Cisco 1200 Aironet Access Points, CSU/DSUs, network cards and
Modems.
Network Management Tools Whatsup, MRTG, HP Open view, Cisco WAN manager, Cisco works
2000.
Sniffers: Ethereal (wireshark).
Software: Microsoft Office 97/2000, MS Visio
Firewall Security: Cisco ASA, Juniper SRX, Checkpoint
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Citizens Bank, Providence, RI May 2013 – Till Date
Sr.Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
Configuration and troubleshooting of CSM, integration with ASA devices.
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Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500.
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Experience in migration of VLANS.
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Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.
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Configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the network design.
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Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.
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Configuration and maintenance of PIX and ASA firewall systems.
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Hands on experience with the Shunra network emulation device and Performance suite tools.
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Good knowledge on HP Performance center/ load controller /load generator.
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Performing software upgrades on HP load controllers and generators.
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Experience in establishing NIC bonding/ teaming, IP aliasing.
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Good knowledge in systems integration, software hardware emulation experience.
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Worked on change management documentation of Network infrastructure design using Microsoft
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Visio.
Perform setup of test scenarios, both hardware and software components, and perform
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troubleshooting.
Experience working in Datacentre environment, configuration changes as per the needs of company.
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Configuring, implementing and troubleshooting VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Trunking, Ether channels.
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Designing, implementing LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco 5K, catalyst 6500 switches.
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Installing, configuring Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 & 3550 series and configured routing
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protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design.
Experience in configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
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Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5020, 2148, 2248 switches.
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Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7k series switch.
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Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching.
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Designed, configured, implemented site-site VPN on cisco ASA 5500 firewall.
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Implemented, configured redundancy protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway
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Redundancy.
Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning
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of the MPLS circuits for branch offices.
Configuring and resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment,
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Implemented, configured BGP WAN routing, converting OSPF routes to BGP (OSPF in local
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routing).
Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems with Wireshark, identifying and fixing
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problems
Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP, OSPF,
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BGP etc.
Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like Wireshark, Solarwinds
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etc.
Provided proactive threat defence with ASA that stops attacks before they spread through the
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network.
Designed and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers & FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5500
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Firewalls.
Worked extensively on Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert PIX rules over to
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the Cisco ASA solution.
Worked on migration of existing PIX firewall to ASA firewall, PIX OS upgrade from 6.3 to 7.0.
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Design and Implement DMZ for FTP, Web and Mail Servers with CISCO PIX 506, PIX515
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Worked extensively on Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert PIX rules over to
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the Cisco ASA solution.
Building the VPN tunnel and VPN encryption.
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Environment: Cisco2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960 6500 switches and Cisco
3640/1200/7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K, Cisco ASA 500, Checkpoint,
windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, VPN, HSRP
EBay, San Jose, CA Jun 2011 – April
2013
Sr.Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
Implemented, configured and installed new Cisco catalyst 6513 and 6509 with dual supervisor engine
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720’s from the scratch for the core group.
Configured and managed OSPF redistribution and authentication with type 3 LSA filtering and to
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prevent LSA flooding and also configured OSPF over frame relay networks for NBMA and point to
multipoint strategies.
Designing, configuring, implementing and troubleshooting (LAN) VLAN’s, VTP, Spanning Tree
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(STP), Trunking (dot1q and ISL) and Ether channel.
Implementing and managing traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching
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(MPLS) network using Frame Relay and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
Configuring and implementing F5 BIG-IP,LTM,GTM load balancers to maintain global and local
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traffic
Worked on change management documentation of Network infrastructure design using Microsoft
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Visio.
Provided redundancy in a multi homed Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network by tuning AS-path.
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Installed configured Firewall Services Module (FWSM) on catalyst 6500 switch.
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Hands on experience with Nexus Switches 2K, 5K and 7K.
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Worked on Juniper J series J230, M 320 routers and EX 3200 series switch.
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Configuring HSRP for network redundancy and High availability.
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Involved in designing of LAN (Ethernet) and WAN infrastructure for the new Data Centre Using MS
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Visio.
Coordinated with team for the migration of T1, T3 circuits and for new EVPL connection.
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Verification of T1 circuit using Loopback test, and helped in successful T1 cutover.
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Configured and upgraded the memory of new Cisco 3825 series router.
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Worked on routing protocols like EIGRP, RIP and BGP.
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Configuring Voice VLANS with respect to Cisco VOIP phones 7940, 7960.
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Configuring VPN for site-site and remote access.
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Designing and configuring IP address schemes.
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Maintaining Cisco hardware and Cisco IOS upgrade.
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Configured Cisco 1231 Access points with 5959 and 4941 antennas (802.11/a/g).
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Configuring and implementing F5 BIG-IP,LTM,GTM load balancers to maintain global and local
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traffic
Configuring AAA using Tacacs+ and ACS server.
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Responsible for configuring Cisco IP phones and implementing Qos prioritizing voice traffic.
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Network monitoring and bandwidth utilization using whatsup and MRTG.
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Troubleshooting the TCP/IP networks for connectivity, outages and slow network issues and
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recommended appropriate and cost-effective solutions for the congestion.
Network consists of Heavy Cisco equipment such as :
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Cisco 356*-****-**** switches,Cisco 650*-****-**** series Layer 3 switches, Cisco 3825 3640
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7200 series routers, Cisco Pix firewall 500 series and Wireless Access points Cisco 1230.
Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 8900, configured profiles, provided and ensured high availability.
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Worked on F5 and CSM load balancers deploying many load balancing techniques with multiple
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components for efficient performance.
Cisco ASA/Checkpoint Firewall troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments that
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either come on line or that may have been altered during various planned network changes on the
network.
Responsible for Checkpoint and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
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Generating RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for critical issues of layer1/layer2/layer3 problems.
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Extensively worked on Nexus 5k and 7k, configured and troubleshooted.
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Environment: Cisco 3640/1200/7200/3845/3600/2800/2600/3500/7613 Routers, Cisco
3750/3550/3500/2960/4500/6500 Switches,LAN,WAN,EIGRP,OSPF,RIP,BGP,F5 Load
Balancer,VTP,VLAN,HSRP,HTP,IPV4,Nexus 5K,7K,LTM,GTM,Cisco ASA,Checkpoint
BAJAJ Electricals, Mumbai, India Dec 2009 – May
2011
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
Responsible for network design, bandwidth allocation, IP address allocation, supervising installation,
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configuration and maintenance on major network technologies. Worked with various internal
organizations during pre/post deployment phase of different type of circuits.
Providing Tier II support in the provisioning, end-to-end test and turn-ups and maintenance of the
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major accounts. Optimizing Network by continuously and extensively working with customer to
upgrade and optimize network and Circuit Move Add Changes including detailed design
documentation.
Performed Layer I, II and III troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following
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internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications. Configured Cisco Routers for BGP,
OSPF, RIP, RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route in a VPN environment using MPLS.
Implemented and troubleshooted the MPLS network.
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Implemented changes and upgrades to network equipment and perform quality assurance reviews of
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those upgrades. Reviewed all changes to network configuration for technical accuracy and impact.
Provided Network Support in the designing and implementation of Point to Point over T1s Frame
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Relay, DSL over ATM and IP over Frame Relay and Gigabit Ethernet.
Schedule conference bridges for escalated issues, used troubleshoot ticketing system such as BMC
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remedy and on - call support for severity one network outages.
Documentation of network resources, systems, peripherals, procedures and policies for optimization
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of IT resources and security.
Network consists of Heavy Cisco equipment such as: Cisco 356*-****-**** switches, Cisco 6509
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6513 5500 series Layer 3 switches, Cisco 382*-****-**** series routers.
Hands on experience and good working knowledge with Checkpoint Firewall policy provisioning.
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Worked on Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, and Rule Modification.
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Configuring and implementing F5 BIG-IP,LTM,GTM load balancers to maintain global and local
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traffic
Hands on experience with Nexus Switches 2K, 5K and 7K.
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Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 8900, configured profiles, provided and ensured high availability.
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Worked on F5 and CSM load balancers deploying many load balancing techniques with multiple
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components for efficient performance.
Environment: Cisco 3560/2950/2924/6509/6513/5500 switches, Cisco 3825/3640/7200 routers,
VPN, BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, F5 BIG-IP, LTM, GTM, Nexus Switches 5K/7K, VLAN, VTP,
Checkpoint
Behr India Ltd, Mumbai, India Oct 2005 - Nov
2009
Jr.Network Engineer
Responsibilities
• Worked on network-based IT systems such as racking, stacking, and cabling
• IOS up gradation 1900, 2900, 3500 series Cisco Catalyst switches and 2500, 2600, 3600
series Cisco routers using TFTP
• Performed network troubleshooting, technical support, and recording of backup operations.
• Involved in switching related tasks implementing VLANs
• Prepared the technical specifications in operation manuals
• Served as a main escalation point of contact for level I team
• Coordinated with higher-level support and external vendors for resolution
• Maintained all servers & network equipment with current stable firmware, IOS images &
access control lists
• Implemented strategies for operating systems, virus protection, mail systems and Internet
services
• Performed scheduled Virus Checks & Updates on all Servers & Desktops.
• Resolved all computer related problems, monitored and maintained system functionality and
reliability by identifying ways to prevent system failures
University of Pune, Pune, India Jun 1999 – Sep
2005 Lab Administration/Desktop Support
• Support for Cisco Router
• Instruction to the Networking Students
• Troubleshooting LAN’s
• Configuring & Managing Wireless Access Points
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