Network Engineer Cisco

Ankeet Kapse

SUMMARY:

Over * years of professional experience in Network Engineering with Cisco Certified Network Engineer, performing Network analysis, design, implementing, capacity planning with a focus on performance tuning and support of small to large Networks

Strong knowledge in Cisco Routing, Switching and Security with Cisco Hardware/Software (heavy Cisco shop) experience

Experience working on Cisco Catalyst Series 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500; Nexus 2000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 series switches

Extensive work experience with Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Load Balancers and Firewalls

Experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2K series, Cisco router models like 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series and Cisco catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900 series switches

Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Etherchannel, STP, RSTP and MSTP. Implementation of HSRP, VRRP for Default Gateway Redundancy

Configure VRRP & GLBP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q & ISL, STP, Port Security on Catalyst 6500 switches

Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems

Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks

Experience in working with Cisco Nexus Switches and Virtual Port Channel configuration

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

Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers (MX960, MX480) and SRX Firewalls(SRX240, SRX550)

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in Tier II ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Subnetting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls

Strong knowledge of TACACS+, RADIUS implementation in Access Control Network

Experience in Designing and assisting in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA

Experience working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for a data centre access architecture Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper EX Switches (EX2200, EX2500, EX3200, EX4200, EX4500, EX8200 series)

Enterprise Routing experience using protocols RIP v1 & 2, EIGRP,OSPF and BGP

Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper Routers ( E,J,M and T-series)

Implementing security policies using Cryptography, ACL, SDM, PIX Firewall, IPsec, VPN and AAA Security on different series of routers

Experience with different Network Management Tools and Sniffers like Wireshark (ethereal), HP-Open view, RSA envision and Cisco works to support 24 x 7 Network Operation Centre

Experience with F5 load balancers and Cisco load balancers (CSM, ACE and GSS)

Basic and advance F5 load balancer configurations, including migrating configurations from Cisco ACE to F5 and general troubleshooting of the F5 load balancers

Excellent customer management/resolution, problem solving, debugging skills and capable of quickly learning, effectively analyses results and implement and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team

Knowledgeable in configuration of Voice VLAN’s (VOIP), prioritizing the voice traffic over the data traffic, Telecom, using Dark Fibre created fast speed line between two campus, Wireless networks Have knowledge on various advanced technologies like VOIP, H.323, SIP, QOS, IPv6, Multicasting, and MPLS.

Knowledge of JUNOS platform and worked with IOS upgrade of Juniper devices Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing, configuring and supporting TCP/IP.

Efficient at use of Microsoft VISIO/Office as technical documentation and presentation tools

Strong general management, negotiation, inter-personal, communication and team building skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

CISCO Platforms

Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K & 1K, Cisco routers (7600, 7200, 3900, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series) & Cisco Catalyst switches (6500, 4900, 3750, 3500, 4500, 2900 series)

JUNIPER Platforms

SRX, MX, EX Series Routers and Switches

Networking Concepts

Access-lists, Routing, Switching, subnetting, Designing, CSU/DSU, IPsec, VLAN, VPN, WEP, WAP, MPLS, VoIP, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi

Firewall

ASA Firewall (5505/5510), Checkpoint, Cisco ASA

Network Tools

Solar Winds, SNMP, Cisco Works, Wireshark

WAN Technologies

Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM, MPLS, leased lines & exposure to PPP, DS1, DS3, OC3, T1 / T3 & SONET

LAN Technologies

Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, & 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Port- channel, VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, 802.1Q

Security Protocols

IKE, IPSEC, SSL-VPN

Networking Protocols

RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, STP, RSTP, VLANs, VTP, PAGP, LACP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, TACACS+, Radius, AAA

Operating System

Windows 7/XP, MAC OS X, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, UNIX

Software Tools

Microsoft Office 97/2000, MS Visio, GNS3, Putty, Cisco Packet Tracer

Sniffers

WireShark, Solarwinds

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QSSI, Columbia, MD Jun 2016 – till date

Sr. Network Engineer

Quality Software Services, Inc. (QSSI) is software service provider headquartered in Columbia, MD. QSSI mainly focuses on delivering broad range of solutions with expertise in Security & Privacy, Software Engineering, Health IT, Testing & Release Management, IT Infrastructure and Managed Business Solutions.

Role: Securing network system by establishing and enforcing policies by undertaking data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources. Optimization of network by the support and administration of firewall environments in line with IT security policy.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for network design, bandwidth allocation, IP address allocation, supervising installation,

Cisco ASA/Checkpoint Firewall troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments that either come on line or that may have been altered during various planned network changes on the network.

Providing Tier II support in the provisioning, end-to-end test and turn-ups and maintenance of the 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.

Configured VLANs with 802.1Q tagging according to the Server team’s requirements.

Performed Layer I, II and III troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following 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.

Provided Network Support in the designing and implementation of Point to Point over T1s Frame Relay, DSL over ATM and IP over Frame Relay and Gigabit Ethernet.

Installed and configured Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800 routers and 2950, 3700, 6500 switches.

Monitored the Network performance based on company’s Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Operations involving duties on HP Open view, Cisco Works, Cisco Routers and Cisco switches such as change in configurations, move, add change of software and hardware system.

Implemented changes and upgrades to network equipment and perform quality assurance reviews of those upgrades. Reviewed all changes to network configuration for technical accuracy and impact.

Documentation of network resources, systems, peripherals, procedures and policies for optimization of IT resources and security.

Environment: Cisco 2600/2800/3600/3800 Routers, Cisco 2950/3700/6500/7613 switches, ASA

Firewall RIPv2, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, MPLS, VLAN, Trunking, ATM, PPP.

American Airlines, TX Aug 2015 – May 2016

Network Engineer

American Airlines, Inc. (AA), commonly referred to as American, is a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Tx. It is the world's largest airline when measured by fleet size, revenue, and scheduled passenger-kilometers flown, and the second largest by number of destinations served

Responsibilities:

Designed Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting bandwidth requirements.

Experience working in datacenter environment, configuration changes as per the needs of company.

Implementing and troubleshooting VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Trunking, Ether channels.

Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.

Configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the network design.

Involved in the troubleshooting aspects of complex network infrastructure using the routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF & BGP.

Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.

Manage project task to migrate from Cisco ASA firewalls to Check Point firewalls

Configuration and maintenance of PIX and ASA firewall systems.

Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500.

Good knowledge in systems integration, software hardware emulation experience.

Configured and deploying Cisco catalyst 6506, 4948E, 4510 switches and Cisco 3660, 3845, and 7609 series Routers.

Perform setup of test scenarios, both hardware and software components, and perform troubleshooting.

Performed troubleshooting on link state protocols like OSPF in single area and multiple areas.

Implementing LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco 5000, catalyst 6500 switches.

Experience in Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7000 series switch.

Implemented site-site VPN on cisco ASA 5500 firewall.

Resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment,

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

Experience 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.

Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems with Wireshark, identifying and fixing problems

Environment: Cisco 6506/4948/4510 Switches, Cisco 3660/3845/7609 Routers, VLAN, Checkpoint, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, ASA 5500.

ACI Worldwide Jan 2013 – Dec 2014

Network Engineer

ACI Worldwide powers electronic payments for financial institutions, retailers and processors around the world with its broad and integrated suite of electronic payment software.

Responsibilities:

•Experience in configuring Site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions

•Installed and configured Cisco 7200 series router and Cisco 2950, 4500, 6500 Series switches

•Configured network using routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF and BGP and troubleshooting L2/L3 issues

•Worked on multiple projects related to Branch networks, Campus networks, extranet clients and Data Center Environments involving in data center migrations from one data center to another

•Provided estimated bandwidth requirements for data replication, to best determine adequate timing for migration service levels

•Created data migration strategies to help with completion of migration of data center from one point to another

•Configuration of Cisco 6500 (SUP 720), 4500 (SUP 6) & 3750 Catalyst Switches for network access

•Worked extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525/) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution

•Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Juniper M and MX series Routers

•Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on EX series switches

•Time to time upgrade network connectivity between branch office and regional office with multiple link paths and routers running HSRP, EIGRP in unequal cost load balancing to build resilient network

•Design and implement Catalyst/ASA Firewall Service Module for various LAN’s

•Configured Blue Coat Proxy SG Web Application Reverse Proxy for securing and accelerate public web applications

•Key contribution includes troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP

•Troubleshoots in Cisco Aironet 2700 and 600 series

•Configured Client VPN and RSA Token ID technologies including Cisco’s VPN client via IPSEC

•Configuring ACL to allow only authorized users to access the servers

•Participated in on call support in troubleshooting the configuration and installation issues

•Installation, maintenance, troubleshooting local and Wide Areas Network (ISDN, Frame relay, DDR, NAT, DHCP, TCP/IP)

•Provided technical support in terms of upgrading, improving and expanding the network

•Providing technical security proposals, detailed RFP responses and security presentation, installing and configuring ASA firewalls, VPN networks and redesigning customer security architectures.

Environment: Cisco 3750/3550/3500/2960 switches and Cisco 3640/12000/7200/3845/3600/2800

routers, Cisco ASA5510, Checkpoint, F5 Load Balancer Cisco Nexus7K/5K, Cisco ASA

Brigade Pvt Limited Mar 2011 – Dec 2012

Network Engineer

Brigade Pvt Ltd focusses on providing business process outsourcing services and knowledge process outsourcing services for global corporate sourcing services for global corporations. Its corporate headquarters is located at Chicago.

Role: Support development team for the access to corporate network and outside world. Providing access to specific IP, Port filter and port access. Help-desk support for circuit troubleshooting while providing assistance to the technical team onsite.

Responsibilities:

Configuring routers and send it to Technical Consultants for new site activations and gives online support at the time of activation.

Switching (Ethernet) related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches.

Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications. Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, RIP, IGRP RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route.

Experience in Cisco 7200, 7600 routers, Cisco 2800 3700 series switches: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configurations (Frame-relay and ATM).

Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATting.

Installed and configured PIX 520, 525, 535 series firewalls, configured standard and extended access-lists and policy- based filters.

Configured ASA 5510 appliance and VPN.

Responsible for implementing Qos prioritizing voice traffic over a data.

Implemented SNMP on Cisco routes to allow for network management. Completed the installation and configuration of T1, T3 & OC3 circuits.

Troubleshoot TCP/IP problems, troubleshoot connectivity issues.

Environment: Cisco 7200/7600 Routers, cisco 2800/3700 switches WAN/LAN, VLANS,ISL trunk,

OSPF, RIP, IGRP RIPv2, EIGRP.

Juniper Networks, India Jun 2009 – Feb 2011

Network Support

Juniper Networks is a multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California that develops and markets networking products. Its products include routers, switches, network management software, network security products and software-defined networking technology.

Role: Focus on the maintenance of existing corporate network, as part of the organization's internal IT support team and technical support staff. Providing Network support extending from testing and troubleshooting problems to regular maintenance. Contribute to high-level support such as strategic planning of network upgrades and high-level network performance analyses.

Responsibilities:

Active participation on operational support for routing/switching protocols in complex environments including RIP, EIGRP, BGP and Spanning Tree.

Hands on experience with Juniper EX-Series Ethernet Switches.

Worked on Installation of PIM modules on Juniper J-Series routers.

Configuring and deployment of Juniper ERX310 router.

Worked on designing, configuring & troubleshooting of routing protocols: RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, LDP, MP-BGP, BGP v4.

Configured IP access filter policies using Access Lists.

Hands on experience and good working knowledge with Checkpoint Firewall policy provisioning.

Worked on Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, and Rule Modification.

Resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.

Troubleshooting traffic passing managed firewalls via logs and packet captures.

Strong working knowledge and troubleshooting of T1, T3, OC-3 and OC-12.

Managed various teams involved in site surveys, cabling specifications, Network equipment installation and configuration.

Identify design, configuring and managing flexible, responsive, and secure technology services.

Implementation and deployment of series 7613 as PE and CE router and configuring and troubleshooting the Edge Routers.

GenX Coders, Nagpur Apr 2008 – Mar 2009

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

•Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients

•Configured and installed multi-protocol (IP, IPX) multi-interface Cisco routers

•Analyzing and resolving a high percentage of initial customer contact in the areas of PC/LAN

•Maintaining and troubleshooting routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP and BGP with route filtering and route redistribution, installed and maintained Cisco 3600, 2600 and 7200 backbone routes with HSRP.

•Managed office network with Cisco devices with network devices including 2500 and 3600 series routers and 3500, 2900, 1900 series switches

•Implemented stub/Totally stub areas, Implemented various OSPF features like route-summarization and SPF throttling

•Experience in WAN technologies like T1/T3, DS3, STM1 circuit types

•Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN, Route-maps and Access Control Lists

•Redistribution of routing protocols and Frame-Relay configuration

•Implementation of TCP/IP and related Services-DHCP/ DNS

•Checking physical network conditions that are contributing to call quality issues

•Engaged in office moves, helped in identifying network requirements of new building, new networking hardware.

•Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external

•Upgrade Cisco Routers, Switches and Firewall (PIX) IOS using TFTP

•Provide project management for data center cabling, documented all network drawings using Visio

•Implementing traffic policy changes with Cisco PIX Firewall appliance switch WAP configuration and installations

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Tele-Communications Engineering.

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