Network Engineer Management

Vijay P

Email: ********@*********.***

Phone: 732-***-****

Professional Summary:

Cisco Certified Network Engineer with Over 7+ years of experience in testing, troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing, migrating and maintaining enterprise data network and service provider systems.

Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks.)

Implementing and Working knowledge of Frame relay, PPP, ATM, MPLS services, CDP, NAT, sub-netting, DNS, WINS, LDAP, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP, IPSec, PPTP, VLAN, STP (Spanning tree Protocol), Tunneling.

Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers (MX960, MX480).

Experience in configuring and Troubleshooting BIG-IP F5 load balancer LTM.

Experience in configuration and troubleshooting of Networking devices such as Cisco routers and switches (Cisco 7600/3500/Nexus 7K/5K), Firewall (Checkpoint R76/Gaia and Cisco FWSM), Load Balancers and DNS and IP Manager (Infoblox).

Responsible for Checkpoint and Cisco firewall administration across global networks.

Expertise in implementing routing protocols RIP, RIP V2, EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS and BGP.

Expertise in implementing Layer-2 technologies including VLAN’s, VTP, STP, RSTP, MSTP.

Experience in problem analysis and root cause analysis for the customers as per their request.

Extensive knowledge of WAN technologies such as T1, T3, DS3, OCx, SDH, SONET, LTE, Fiber and Frame relay.

Worked on Juniper Net Screen Firewalls like, NS50, SSG 550M, SSG520M, ISG 1000, ISG 200 and Cisco PIX 535, 520, 515.

Experience with policy based routing, policy-maps and QoS

Implementation, Configuration and Support of Checkpoint (NGX R65, R76), Cisco Firewalls (ASA 5505, 5506-X, 5585), Palo Alto Network Firewall models (PA-2k, PA-3k, and PA-5 k).

Worked on Cisco Catalyst Switches 6500/4500/3500 series.

Experience with Firewall migrations from PIX firewall to Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX firewall appliances.

Administration, Engineering, and Support for various technologies including proficiency in LAN/WAN, routing, switching, security, application load balancing and wireless.

Experience with Bluecoat Proxy servers, LAN & WAN management.

Experience in working with Cisco Nexus Switches(5k,2k) and Virtual Port Channel configuration.

Experience with Checkpoint VSX, including virtual systems, routers and switches.

Black listing and White listing of web URL on Blue Coat Proxy Servers.

IDS and IPS event management using CSM including signature updates for SSM Modules, IDSM.

Technical Skills:

Router

Cisco routers (1900, 2600, 2800, 2900, 3600, 3800, 3900, 7200, 7609), Cisco L2 & L3, Juniper routers (M7i, M10i, M320, MX960, 480)

Switches

Cisco switches (2900XL, 2950, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4900 & 6500), Nexus (2248, 5548 &7010)

Firewalls

Cisco ASA 5585, 5550, 5540, Juniper SRX5400, 5600, 5800, Juniper Netscreen 6500, 6000, 5400. Juniper SSG Firewalls, Palo Alto PA-3060/2050, Check point Firewalls NGX R65, R70 and R76.

Load Balancers

F-5 BIG-IP LTM (6400 and 8900)

WAN Technologies

FRAME RELAY, ISDN T1/E1, PPP, ATM, MPLS, leased lines, DSL modems and Fiber optic circuits

LAN Technologies

Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, NAT/PAT, FDDI.

Routing Protocols

RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP.

Switching Protocols

VTP, STP, RSTP, MSTP, VLANs, PAgP, and LACP.

Network management

SNMP, CiscoWorks LMS, HP OpenView, Solar winds, Ethereal,Wireshark

Layer 3 Switching

CEF, Multi-Layer Switching, Ether Channel.

Carrier Technologies

MPLS, MPLS-VPN.

Gateway Load Balancing

HSRP, VRRP, GLBP.

Security Protocols

IKE, IPsec, SSL, AAA, Access-lists, prefix-lists.

Applications

Microsoft Office, MS Visio.

Languages

Unix, Turbo C / C++, basics in Perl and Shell scripting.

Certifications:

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certified.

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Certified.

Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) Certified.

Professional Experience:

New York Life, Lebanon, NJ Nov 2014 to Till Date

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc.

Experience with manipulating various BGP attributes such as Local Preference, MED, Extended Communities, Route-Reflector clusters, Route-maps and route policy implementation.

Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core ASR 9K, Nexus 7K, 5K and its downstream devices.

Experience with design and implementation of Data center migration.

Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, Bundle Ethernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair.

Configured CIDR IP RIP, PPP, BGP, MPLS and OSPF routing.

Assisted in MPLS migrations, implemented a backup for the existing WAN connection using site-to-site IP sec VPN tunnels.

Involved in the activity of DATA-Center migration of regular Cisco catalyst switches with the new Nexus2148, 2224T, 5548, 6018, 7010using F3/M3 line-cards with 10GE & 40GE interfaces and Supervisor 2E.

Performed routine monitoring of Checkpoint firewall from security perspective and also troubleshooting the connectivity issues.

Involved in configuring Checkpoint (R76) Firewall rules and objects as per the requirements.

Configuring Cisco ACS along with TACACS+ server authentication.

Provided remote assistance for replacing exiting switches with new Cisco switches and Configured various routing protocols like OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, MPBGP, LDP and BGPV4.

Convert Branch WAN links from TDM circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to GetVPN.

Configuring HSRP between VLANs, Configuring Ether-Channels, Port Channel on 6500 catalyst switches.

Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability

Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4. Configured IP access filter policies.

Performing the ACL requests change for various clients by collecting source and destination information from them.

Maintained complex LAN/WAN networks with several VLANS and provided support for routing protocols and also providing secure sessions over internet using IPSec and SSL encryption.

Worked on Palo Alto firewalls in creating and implementing the policies required by the company.

Worked on migration of existing PIX firewall to ASA firewall, PIX OS upgrade from 6.3 to 7.0.

Design and Implement DMZ for FTP, Web and Mail Servers with CISCO PIX 506, PIX515

Designed and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers & FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5500 Firewalls.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960 6500 switches and Cisco 3640/12000 /7200/3845/3600/2800 routers,Check point. Cisco Nexus 7K/5K, Cisco ASA 500, Palo Alto. windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM,RIP,OSPF,BGP,EIGRP,LAN,WAN,VPN,HSRP. MPLS

DTE Energy, Detroit, MI July 2013 – Oct 2014

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Performed network implementation that includes configuration of routing protocols, leased lines, ISDN lines, VLANs and IOS installations.

Deployed and decommissioned the VLANs on core ASR 9K, Nexus 7K, 5K and its downstream devices.

Had hands-on experience with WAN (ATM/Frame Relay), Routers, Switches and IP addressing.

Configured and deployed VPC, OTV, FABRIC PATH between Nexus 7010 and Nexus5596,5548 switches along with FEX2248

Worked with layer 2 switching technology architecture. Implemented L2 and L3 switching functionality, which includes the use of VLANS, STP, VTP and their functions as they relate to networking infrastructure requirements including internal and external treatment, configuration and security.

Supported core network consisting of Cisco 7200 series routers running multi area OSPF.

Configured EIGRP and OSPF as interior gateway protocols with route filtering and route redistribution. Troubleshot complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.

Responsible for all aspects of TCP/IP functionality across multiple enterprise environments.

Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, Bundle Ethernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair.

Worked extensively on Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.

Involved in Implementation and Configuration ( Profiles, I Rules) of F5 Big-IP C-4400 load balancers

Configured ASA 5500-X Series firewalls to provide highly secure and high performance connectivity between the site locations.

Configuring Big-IP F5 LTMs (virtual servers, pools, SNATs, health monitors, irules) for managing the traffic and tuning the load on the network servers.

Worked on Juniper SRX 5800 firewalls to create policies using J-Web User Interface.

Performed Network Address Translation on Cisco ASA 8.2 and 8.3

Performed the ACL request changes for various clients by collecting source and destination information from them.

Environment: Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Nexus 7k/5k/2k Routing protocols,F5, Load Balancer HSRP, VRRP, IPSEC VPN, VPN, QOS, ASA firewall, Load balancer, MPLS, VLANS, VTP, RSTP, ACL, NAT, IDS/IPS, Monitoring tools(PRTG, HP OpenView), SIP, RTP, RADIUS, TACACS+, Cisco Wi-Fi technologies, Juniper SRX, ASR 9000, Catalyst 6500, CRS, Cisco ASR Firewall, IPV6.

Capital One, Mclean, VA Jan 2012 to June 2013

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers such as Cisco 3640, Cisco GSR 12416,21418(with PRP and RPR processors), Cisco catalyst 6509,7613 with supervisor cards

Involved in the configuration of the Nexus 2248 Fabric Extender (FEX) module on the Nexus 5000 to connect servers and storage devices.

Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification

Experience working on different monitoring tools Q radar, Zenoss and Net scout to analyze and resolve the issues.

Worked with multiple customers over a period of time to enhance their network, resolve and do the RCA (root cause analysis) for in service production problems and create work around for known IOS issues.

Expertise in maintenance of layer2 switching tasks which advocate VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST, RPVST, configuring of ether channel with LACP and PAGP along with troubleshooting of inter-VLAN routing.

Worked on security levels with RADIUS, TACACS+

Configured PVSTP+ for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.

Worked on installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper routers (MX480,960)

Configured various Router interfaces like ATM interface, T3 interface, and Channelized T1 interfaces

Replaced old 6500 and WAN routers from DR testing site and Installed Nexus 7K and ASR 1006 routers.

Commissioning and decommissioning, configuring, URL and Web filtering, SSL Certificates, monitoring, SNMP traps, logging, blocking on Palo Alto devices, migrating from one network to other.

Installation and management of overall administration of LAN, WAN, systems involving design of network layouts, configuration and maintenance, Commissioning Routers & Switches, firewalls, IPS and ensuring maximum uptime during site deployment to VoIP.

Responsible for entire LAN and WAN/WLAN maintenance and troubleshooting of the company network. Involved in the Team of Data Center Operations to perform duties like administration and deployment of Cisco Routers and Switches according to the organization requirements.

Configured FWSM on cisco 7600 router to reduce costs and operational complexity while enabling organization to manage multiple firewalls from the same management platform.

Responsible to evaluate, design, test and plan implementation of information security on active directory.

Implementation and configuration of F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers.

Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for branch offices.

Implemented, configured BGP WAN routing, converting OSPF routes to BGP (OSPF in local routing).

Worked on commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for various field offices & POPs.

Environment: Cisco 7200, 7204, and 7206 Routers, Juniper MX 960,480, Switches: Cisco Distribution layer switches such as 4510, 4948, 4507, 7k, 5k and 2k series. Load Balancer, Palo Alto Firewalls, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, CISCO ASA, DHCP, DNS, SAN, Spanning tree, Windows Server, Windows NT, Radius, TACACS+

Metanoia Software Solutions P Ltd, Hyderabad, India Mar 2010 – Dec 2011 Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Configuring Static, IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco 1600, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7300 series Routers.

Perform hardware and software diagnostics, fault isolation and coordinate repairs and/or replacement of faulty equipment.

Maintain logs of network and bandwidth utilization of servers and network devices and create utilization report based on the logs

Provided consultation services to clients for installing and configuring Cisco routers and switches.

Configured Site-to-Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.

Configured VLAN’s, Private VLAN’s.

Configure various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches.

Configuring access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration.

Configured inside ACL and interfaces, outside ACL and interfaces.

Configured NAT and PAT policies.

Design OSPF areas for reliable Access Distribution and for Core IP Routing.

Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET for remote login to the routers and SSH for secure login.

Has expertise in LAN/WAN technologies (fast Ethernet, Layer2 & 3 switched/routed LAN, and Frame Relay).

Environment: Cisco Routers ASR1002X/3945/3845/2800/3600, Cisco ASA Firewalls, STP, VLAN, VTP, VPN, NAT, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, Cisco Switches.

Incresol Software Services Private Limited, Hyderabad, India May 2008 – Feb 2010

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Have ability to install and maintain Microsoft Exchange and worked extensively on different applications.

Migration of RIP V2 to OSPF, BGP routing protocols.

Preparing Client Machines for users with Operating Systems, Software, antivirus and required utilities and mailing clients etc.

Perform daily maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, and installation of all network components.

Configuration of CISCO Routers (3600, 4000 Series) and 3550, 4500 series switches.

TCP/IP network planning, Implementation and Management with subnets.

Enabled SNMP traps for our Cacti Monitoring tool to monitor traffic and check the regular health of Servers and Network Devices

Implemented and Configured IP Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, and RIPv2

Monitored network using SNORT.

Implemented and configured LAN Protocols: Ethernet, VLANs, VTP and STP.

Worked with Remedy Ticketing tool in maintaining and keep a track of logs/monitor

Designed and implemented IP Addressing, Subnetting, Route Summarization and Route Distributions

Environment: LAN, WAN, Subnetting, VLAN, VTP, VPN, NAT, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP

Education:

Holds Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications from JNTUH

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