Network Engineer
Resume:
Darshan H
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Professional Summary:
A Solid Professional with 5 years of expertise in Designing, Implementation, Administration, Operations and Troubleshooting of enterprise data networks as a Network Engineer.
Experience working with 2600, 2900, 3600, 3900, 7200, 7600 series Cisco Routers.
Proficient hands on experience in configuring Cisco Catalyst 2900, 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500series.
Extensive work experiences on Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches.
5 years of Experience in LAN,WAN and MAN Implementation, Troubleshooting and Testing
Experience in skillful deployment of Layer-2 technologies like VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, Inter-VLAN routing, VLAN Trucking, Ether Channels, VLAN access-maps and port security.
Profound knowledge in deploying routing protocols like OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIP, policy based routing on Cisco routers.
Expertise in configuring of SSH, TFTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP and Syslog.
Worked on T1/E1/T3 technologies and different LAN & WAN technologies.
1Year Experience in Cisco VOIP Environment
Expertise in configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols and deployment of OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, IP Multicast and Policy routing over Cisco Routers.
Possess strong network troubleshooting, interpersonal and communication skills.
Proficient in using MS Office- Visio, Excel, Word for documentation.
Certifications:
CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate
CCNA Exploration: Network Fundamentals
CCNA Exploration: Routing Protocols and Concepts
CCNA Exploration: Accessing the WAN
CCNA Exploration: LAN Switching and Wireless
Successfully completed 1-year project training on JAVA Technology and did project of EVOTING SYSTEM from HCL career Development Center.
Education:
Bachelor of Engineering - India
Technical Skills:
Routers: Cisco 1900, 2600, 2800, 2900, 3600, 3800, 3900, 7200, 7600
Switches: Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500
Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP, PBR, VOIP, Redistribution, Summarization, Static routing.
Switching Protocols: VLANs, Dot1Q, VTP, STP, RSTP, VLAN Maps, HSRP, GLBP, CEF, DCEF and Port Security.
LAN/WAN Technologies: Ethernet, Frame relay, HDLC, PPP, T1, T3, OC Standard, DSL, ISDN.
Protocols: IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, NAT, DHCP, SNMP, IPSEC, SSL, HTTP, SSH, DNS, PAT
Network Monitoring & Configuration Tools: CA Spectrum, Wireshark, Solar Winds, GNS3, Tera Term & Putty.
Operating Systems: Windows (7/8.1/10), Window 2003/2008, HP Blade Server
Other Tools: Oracle VM Virtual Box, VM Workstation, Team Viewer
Professional Work Experiences
Client: Cigna, Windsor, CT Nov 2015-Present
Role: Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
Worked on Network design and support, implementation related internal projects for establishing connectivity between the various field offices and Data Centers.
Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN /WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP.
Provided daily network support for national wide area network consisting of MPLS, VPN and point-to point site.
Responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the client network and partner WAN connectivity.
Provided daily network support for national wide area network consisting of MPLS, VPN and point-to point site.
Responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the client network and partner WAN connectivity.
Involved in the Team of Data Center Operations to perform duties like administration and monitoring of Cisco Routers and Switches according to the organization requirements.
Performed network administration tasks such as creation and management of VLANS, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-VLAN routing, and LAN security.
Worked with Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3560, 2960 switches and Cisco 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600.
Involved in Network Designing, Routing, and IP Allocation & Maintenance for users.
Identified opportunities for implementation of network best practices, particularly F5 load balancer implementations.
Implemented Quality of Service (QOS), Policy Routing in the network infrastructure throughout all the different sites.
Worked on Cisco VoIP by CUCM (Cisco Unified Communications Manager) using PBX etc.
Configuration and provisioning of Cisco Call Manager, Unity, IOS Gateway and CUSP (Cisco Unified Sip Proxy – SIP PROXY), in a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) environment.
Knowledge of the practices and principles of telecommunication systems analysis, planning, design, and problem resolution.
Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN /WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP & BGP.
Tested various BGP attributes like local preference, MED, Weight and replicated customer issues in the testing environment lab.
Configured & maintained IPSEC Site-to-Site VPN.
Provided layer 3 redundancy by implementing HSRP in the network.
Configured Virtual IP's (VIP) and virtual servers. Configured pool and pool members and associated it to the virtual server. Configured load balancing methods.
Environment: Cisco Routers 2600, 2800, 3800 and 7200 series, Cisco Switches Cat 1900, 2900, 3500, 4500 and 6500 series; Routing protocols RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP. Switching Protocols STP, VoIP, VTP, RSTP and VLAN; Firewall Security Protocols like NAT, PAT, IPsec, GRE and VPN. Big-IP F5 Load Balancer. Infoblox.
Client: Info bit Technologies, Ahmedabad, India July 2013- Sept 2015
Role: Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
Installed, Configured and maintained 2600, 3600, 7613 Cisco Routers and 3750, 4500 and 6500 series Cisco Switches.
Configured and managed Cisco access layer routers and switches & carried out route redistribution & manipulated route updates using distribute lists, route-maps & administrative distance, and offset-lists.
Configured routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF & BGP and troubleshooting layer3 issues.
Learned and Tested various BGP attributes like local preference, MED, Weight and replicated customer issues in the testing environment lab.
Configured PVSTP+ for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.
Implemented port aggregation & link negotiation using LACP and PAGP.
Involved in design, implementation and configuration of HSRP for load balancing on L3 switches on different location of office on the switched network.
Configured Client VPN technologies including Cisco’s VPN client via IPSEC.
Troubleshot issues and outages on Trunks and Router interfaces and firewalls extensively.
Environment:Redistribution,EIGRP,OSPF,BGP,MED,PVSTP,VTP,LACP,PAGP,HSRP,VPN
Client: Bascom Bridge, Ahmedabad, India May 2012- June2013
Role: Junior Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
Documented the company’s design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures.
Performed routine network maintenance checks as well as configure and manage printers, copiers, and other miscellaneous network equipment.
Performed scheduled Virus checks and updates on all servers and desktops.
Got Hands-on experience in maintaining and troubleshooting RIP, OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols.
Configured RIP and EIGRP on 2600, 2900 and 3600 series Cisco routers.
Implemented VTP and Trunking protocols (802.1q and ISL) on 3560, 3750 and 4500 series Cisco Catalyst switches.
Performed IOS upgrades on 2900, 3500 series Cisco Catalyst switches and 1800, 2600, 3600 series Cisco routers using TFTP.
Worked on installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN (ISDN, Frame relay, NAT, DHCP, TCP/IP).
Configured Access List (Standard, Extended, and Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.
Configured STP for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.
Done troubleshooting of TCP/IP problems and connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment.
Worked on network-based IT systems such as Racking, Stacking and Cabling.
Environment: RIP, OSPF and EIGRP, STP, VTP, TCP/IP, Racking, Stacking and Cabling
Client: HCL career Development Center, India May 2011- March 2012
Role: Network Support Engineer
Responsibilities:
This Project is to services for 6 departments in the Gujarat University. I was managing WAN, LAN and wireless for the entire university.
Installed, configured and managed Cisco routers such as 7200 series, 3800 series, 3700 series, 2800 series and Cisco Catalyst switch series 6500, 4500, 3500 and 2900.
I have undergone rigorous training on networking- Routing and Switching.
Well versed with all the concepts of CCNA.
Internetworking – OSI reference model, TCP\IP model, Types of data transmission, Types of domains, data encapsulation.
IP Subnetting – CIDR, VLSM
Cisco Router and Switch configuration – CLI, Interface configuration, password recovery
IP Routing & Routing protocols – Static Routing, Dynamic routing, RIP V1 & V2, EIGRP, OSPF, NAT, BGP
VLAN – Configuring VLAN and connecting them to existing network.
Hands on experience in configuring routers, switches and designing networks.
Underwent training on Infoblox (NCC+ACC), DNS & DHCP server configuration, IP Address Management.
Troubleshot complex routing and switching issues in a HSRP and GLBP environment.
Environment: OSI reference model, TCP\IP model, Types of data transmission, Types of domains, data encapsulation. Static Routing, Dynamic routing, RIP V1 & V2, EIGRP, OSPF, NAT, BGP, VLAN – Configuring VLAN and connecting them to existing network.
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