INTHIYAZ SHAIK
Contact No: 281-***-****/ 713-***-****
Email: acqlza@r.postjobfree.com / acqlza@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE
Over 7 years of Network design and troubleshooting experience for Cisco based networks.
Network Expert (Data Center) with experience in implementation, configuration and operation of Data Center & Enterprise networks.
SKILLS:
Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K
MDS Switches, Fabric Interconnect(FI), UCS Blade Servers
7+ years’ experience in routing, switching, testing, installing, configuring, and maintaining Local Area Networks (LAN), modeling and analysis of WAN, implementation and troubleshooting of complex network systems.
Strong technical knowledge of TCP/IP; routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, RIPv2, BGP
switching protocols such as VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP.
Experience in setting up site to site (IPSEC VPN) and remote VPN connections to communicate between branches using Cisco network devices.
Well Experienced in configuring protocols GLBP, VRRP, ICMP, IGMP, PPP, PAP and SNMP.
Experience with the following technologies MPLS, Frame Relay, SSL VPN and WLAN.
Ticketing tools – Sales Force, ServiceNow(SNOW), HP Peregrine
EDUCATION
BE in Computer Science Engineering
Diploma in Computer Engineering
CERTIFICATION
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE – Data Center) – Lab Passed
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design (DCUCD)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) – Routing & Switching
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – Routing & Switching
CISCO EXPERTISE
Cisco Routers
Cisco 3800, 2800, 1800 series, Cisco 3600, 2600 series
Cisco Switches
Cisco Nexus 7004/9/18, Cisco Nexus 5010/20, 5548/98 UP, Cisco SAN switches 9222i, 9124, 9148, Catalyst 4500, 6500 series, Catalyst 3750, 3560, 3550, 2960, 2950 series
Cisco UCS
Fabric Interconnect 6120/40XP/6248/96 UP
Blade Chassis 5108
Blades B22M3/B200M2/B440M2
Fabric Extenders 2224/2232/2248
Nexus
Virtual Device Contexs(VDC)
Virtual Port-Channel(vPC) & vPC+
Fabricpath
Overlay Transport Virtualization(OTV)
NX-OS high availability features
NS-OS ISSU
FEX to N5K/N7K, Static pinning
Storage
Fiber Channel (FC)
Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Fiber channel over IP (FCIP)
Port Channel, San Port Channel, Trunking and VSAN’s
VFC, Flogi Registration
Zoning Basic and Enhanced
Trained and certified in CCIE Data Center
Trained and certified in CCNA & CCNP Switching and Routing.
Proficient in IP Subnetting using VLSM and CIDR and IPV6 addressing.
Experience Configuring standard and extended ACLs.
Experience in Configuring VLANs, Trunking, Inter-VLAN routing, CDP, VTP and RSTP.
Implemented and configured Routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP
Configured ATM, HDLC, Framerelay, PPP,MPLS, Multicast, Route redistribution, QoS.
Configured WLANs through cisco Linksys wireless router with configuration of SSID and encryption.
Configured NAT and PAT alongwith WAN links implementation between routers such as Framerelay, PPP.
Network Engineer Nov 2014 – April 2015
FedEx/HCL - Collierville, Tennessee
Worked at FedEx NOC
Upgrade FedEx networks and Design
Design and Installation in Data Center
Confugured Virtual Port-Channel(vPC) & vPC+
Configured Fabricpath
Network Engineer July 2014 – October 2014(4 months project)
FixStream Networks – San jose, California
Implementation of Data Center Desgin
Worked on Cisco Blade servers
Worked on VMware & Citrix Zen Center
Configure Emc Storage & zoning
Configure Nexus 5k(UP-series) connectivity between storage and UCS server
Configured Fabric Interconnect
Network Engineer 2009 to 2013
ITT Exelis, Kuwait
Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN /WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP and OSPF.
Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include OSPF and BGP protocol administration and used redundancy protocols like HSRP, VRRP.
Upgraded Cisco Routers, Switches IOS using TFTP.
Configured different routing protocols to work with LAN and WAN. Configured NAT/PAT.
Performed switching technology administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, Trunking, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation.
Implemented security measures using ACL and configured NAT according to the connectivity requirement.
Worked on Layer 2 protocols such as STP, VTP, PVST+, RPVST+, MST and other VLAN troubleshooting issues and configuring switches from scratch and deployment
Maintained and Troubleshot connectivity problems using Ping and Trace route.
Planned and Implemented Sub netting, VLSM.
Performed HSRP, GLBP configuration. Deployment of MPLS VPN in the Network with Routing Protocols like EIGRP and BGP.
Management and troubleshooting of Analog and Digital voice gateways and devices.
Established IPSEC-VPN tunnels with ASA 5500 series Firewall between some branch offices & headquarters.
Configured remote access VPN solutions (IPsec and SSL VPN).
Creating dedicated VLANs for Voice & Data with QoS for prioritizing VOICE over DATA.
Configuration of Access List ACL (STD, Ext, Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.
Network Engineer 2005-2009
DRS( Technologies Baghdad, Iraq/Kuwait
Responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the company network.
Implemented redistribution of protocols between OSPF and EIGRP. Converted networks with multiple routing protocols RIP, EIGRP into a single OSPF domain, thus providing for future network scalability.
Experience in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and the changing the metrics for the primary and backup paths for the packet prioritization and EIGRP tuning.
Involved in complete LAN, WAN development (Designing, installation, configuration, testing, monitoring etc.)
Duties included monitoring network performance using various network tools to ensure the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of application, equipment in order to provide support for Cisco network.
Configuring, Deployment and testing of DNS Server and DHCP Server for static and dynamic IP scope.