Manoj T

Sr. Network Engineer

acx38s@r.postjobfree.com

908-***-****

Professional Summary:

* ***** ** ********** ** Cisco/Juniper Networking, Security which includes designing, Deployment and providing network support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN / WAN protocols.

Hands On experience Cisco IOS/IOS-XR/NX-OS, Juniper JUNOS for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4, MPLS.

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.

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

Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.

Experience working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 7010, 5000 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for a datacenter access architecture

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

Configuring Virtual Chassis for Juniper switches EX-4200, Firewalls SRX-210

Responsible for Check Point (Secure Platform R70) and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.

Experience working on Voice Based Networks.

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

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

Experience in testing Cisco routers and switches in laboratory and deploy them on site production.

Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NAT with the firewalls as per the design.

Worked extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525/) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series

Knowledge in preparing Technical Documentation and presentations using Microsoft VISIO/Office.

Worked on MPLS while ensuring secure networking, improving the network performance by prioritizing network traffic and allocating bandwidth according to usage and service requirements.

Worked on Multicast to use the bandwidth more effectively while reducing the load on the sender.

Knowledge of WAN Optimization Technology, Riverbed.

Configuring Cisco Wireless Controllers and AP’s.

Configuring Cisco WAAS.

Configuring the Network Admission Control (NAC).

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

Hands on Experience testing iRules using Browser(IE), HTTP watch

Education:

B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from JNTU, from India.

Technical Skills:

Networking Technologies

LAN/WAN Architecture, TCP/IP, Frame Relay, VPN, VLAN, VTP, NAT, PAT, STP, RSTP, PVST, MSTP

Networking Hardware

Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, ASA/Pix firewalls, Vmware, Ironport

Routing Protocols

OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, RIP, MPLS, IS-IS, BGP, Multicasting

Security Technologies

PAP, CHAP, Cisco PIX, Blue Coat

Network Monitoring

Cisco Works 2000, Wire Shark, HRPing

Operating Systems

Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, LINUX, Cisco IOS, IOS XR

Routers

CISCO 2600, 2800,3600,3800,7200, Juniper M & T Series, Cisco CRS-1, CRS -3, GSR

Load Balancers

Cisco CSM, F5 Networks (BIG-IP)

Capacity & performance

IXIA, Spirent, Cisco works, IPerf, IXChariot

Switches

CISCO 2900, 3500,4500,5000,6500, Nexus 7k,5k,2k

Switching

LAN, VTP, STP, PVST+, RPVST+, Inter VLAN routing& Multi-layer switch, ether channels.

Gateway Redundancy

HSRP and GLBP

Firewalls

juniper net screen (500/5200), Juniper SRX (650/3600), Pix(525/535), ASA(5520/5550/5580), McAfee Web Gateway

AAA Architecture

TACACS+, RADIUS, Cisco ACS

Features & Services

IOS and Features, HSRP, GLBP, IPAM IRDP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, DNS, TFTP and FTP Management, Open Stack, IVR’s, HLD and LLD documents, Dell equal logics

Professional Experience:

US Foods, Rosemont, IL Aug 15 - Present

Sr. Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

Configuring Static, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco1600, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7300 series Routers.

Responsible for entire company network infrastructure that includes Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Access Points, Servers and PBX.

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 Easy VPN server and SSL VPN to facilitate various employees’ access internal servers and resources with access restrictions.

Building the VPN tunnel and VPN encryption.

Enabled STP attack mitigation (BPDU Guard, Root Guard), using MD5 authentication for VTP, disabling all unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN.

Configured various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches and Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration.

Implemented VPC, VDC on Nexus Switches and also configured FEX.

Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.

Configured inside ACL, outside ACL, inside/outside interfaces.

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

Configured EBGP load balancing and ensured stability of BGP peering interfaces.

Worked on Route-Reflectors to troubleshoot BGP issues related to customer route prefixes also route filtering using Route-maps.

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

Configuration and troubleshooting of CSM, integration with ASA devices.

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

Provided proactive threat defense with ASA that stops attacks before they spread through the network.

Designed and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers & FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5500 Firewalls, CISCO PIX 506, PIX515.

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

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

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

Mapped, Network Diagrams and physical identification in MS Visio.

Updated documentation as necessary.

Preformed IOS upgrades on Cisco routers and switches.

Worked with engineering team to resolve tickets and troubleshoot L3/L2 problems efficiently.

Server load-balancing utilizing F5 LTM-BigIP, including, AFM, APM and ASM modules.

Maintaining and load balancing: web server traffic for customers using F5 load balancers.

Worked as a team with other engineers to design, install, implement, and configure ASR 9K Network for interconnectivity, and egress redundancy.

Troubleshoot basic BGP routing issues on Cisco 12xxx and Cisco CRS series.

Propose network redesign based on client hardware guidelines, network policies and individual site’s unique characteristics.

Implementing, troubleshooting and maintaining AP, WLC, WCS, NCS.

Environment: Cisco2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960/6500 Switches and Cisco 3640/1200/7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco 1200 Aironet Access Points, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K, Cisco ASA 500, Checkpoint, windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, VPN, HSRP.

BBVA Compass, Birmingham, AL Oct 13 – Jul 15

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for implementing, supporting, and maintaining 24x7 network services.

Coordinated efforts with Engineer’s to ensure all network devices conformed to defined network standards.

Configured and troubleshooting HSRP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS WAN, QoS and Route Maps.

Configured and maintaining Cisco 7200, 4400, 5000 and 6500 platforms.

Troubleshoot connectivity issues involving VLAN’s, OSPF, QoS etc.

Support, monitor and manage the IP network.

Experience with configuring Nexus 5000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 7000.

Performance monitoring of various applications and web servers to maintain quality of service and network stability.

Maintained core switches, creating VLAN’s and configuring VTP.

Designed IP Addressing schemes, VLAN tables and Switchport assignments, Trunking and Ether-channel implementation.

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

Gained hands on experience with VLSM, STP, VTP, VLAN Trunking.

Installed and set up Cisco routers and switches according to deployment plans.

Applied access lists and NAT configurations based on implementation guidelines.

Managed and developed network projects designed to strengthen network continuity and deploy security elements in an attempt to meet and exceed contract requirements, including system analysis and troubleshooting.

Change management, monitoring network performance with network tools.

IP Distribution for existing devices and new devices as they were added.

Preformed maintenance on equipment as necessary, performing device upgrades, modification of configurations, password changes and diagnostic testing.

Deployed a large-scale HSRP solution to improve the uptime of collocation customers, in an event where a core router became unreachable.

Responsible for maintenance of multiple CheckPoint-1 firewalls on NT environment

Worked with vendors and Engineering team to test new hardware and procedures.

Prepared and maintained documentation using MS Visio.

Basic and advanced F5 load balancer configurations, general troubleshooting of the F5 load balancers.

Route configuration and point code checks for System Technician and Network Technician.

Knowledge and experience of 802.11 a/b/g/n Ethernet standard for wireless Technology.

Worked with other team members in testing of the network architecture.

Implemented, configured redundancy protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.

Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP etc.

Upgrade multiple Checkpoint firewall and NG on distributed NT environment. And manage network security policies which include access control, NAT, content security and authentication.

Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like WireShark, Solarwinds etc.

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

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

Experience in migration of VLANS.

Primary responsibility is to design and deploy various network security & High Availability products like Checkpoint, Cisco ASA other security products

Installed various network hardware including concentrators, bridges, and hubs to establish communication connections with remote locations.

Environment: Cisco4400/7200/3900/7600 Routers, Cisco3650, 6800/6500/3560 Switches, Nexus 7k/5k RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, CISCO ASA 5500, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, VLAN, QoS, Wireshark, Solarwinds.

Acxiom, Conway Arkansas Jan 12 – Aug 13

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

Working with Network Design and implementation teams on various projects across related to Brach, Campus and Data Center.

Designing and deployment of Partner IPSEC VPN tunnels.

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

Deploying and decommissioning Cisco switches and their respective software upgrades.

Converting CatOS to Cisco IOS Config Conversion on distribution layer switches

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

Configuration and troubleshooting of Site-to-Site and Client to Site VPN’s on Cisco PIX/ASA Firewalls and IOS Routers.

To secure configurations of load balancing in F5, SSL/VPN connections, Troubleshooting CISCO ASA firewalls, and related network security measures

NAT and access rules on PIX/ASA Firewall

Failover on PIX/ASA Firewall (Active/Standby & Active/Active)

Software upgrade(PIX/ASA Firewalls)

Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010

Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.

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.

Configuring and Troubleshooting of Multicasting.

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

Performed Break Fix support through driving to different buildings, identifying the root cause of the hardware issues with switches, routers.

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

Performing troubleshooting on slow network connectivity issues, routing issues that involves OSPF, BGP and identifying the root cause of the issues.

Experience working Juniper T-Series, M-Series, MX-Series, J-Series Routers.

Configure Corporate, Wireless and Lab Devices which includes Bandwidth Upgrade, Adding New Devices, Decom the Devices, Testing( Pilot ) .

Implemented DHCP, DNS, IPAM configuration on the servers to allocate, resolute the ip addresses from Subnet.

Worked on Aruba Wireless LAN Implementation for 11n Infrastructure Across the Corporate Network.

Troubleshoot the Network Issues onsite and remotely depending on the severity of the issues.

Familiar with various MSIT Tools to check Networking Connectivity, Testing, Configuration and Adding or Removal of IP address blocks, Decoming or Adding the Devices.

Created Visio Dean / Visio Documentation to give complete picture of network design for each building.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960 6500 switches and Cisco 3640/12000 /7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K, Cisco ASA5510, Checkpoint, Aruba Controllers 6000, 3600, 3400,650: windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM.

Accenture, India Jul 10 – Dec 11

Network Engineer

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot traffic passing managed firewalls via logs and packet captures

Configured and resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.

Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team. The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3550 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer.

Worked with telecom vendors in regards to network fault isolation.

Hands-on experience with WAN (ATM/Frame Relay), Routers, Switches, TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF), and IP addressing.

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

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

Management and Deployment on Checkpoint Firewall.

Use Checkpoint to establish Point-to-Point tunnels.

Ability to use NAT and Firewall security policies in Checkpoint.

Experience In working on Configuring Multicast.

Identify, design and implement flexible, responsive, and secure technology services

Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification

Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.

Deployed 7613 as PE and CE router and Configured and troubleshoot the Edge Routers.

Excellent troubleshooting knowledge on T1, T3, OC-3 and OC-12.

Configured egress and ingress queues for ISP facing routers using CBWFQ.

Generating RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for critical issues of layer1/layer2/layer3 problems.

Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco catalyst 6509, 7613 with supervisor cards.

Experience with implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems (Cisco works and HP Open view) and experience with developing complex network design documentation and presentations using VISIO

Estimated Project costs and created documentation for project funding approvals.

Environment: Net Flow, TACACS, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, MPLS, CSM, SUP720, Ether Channels, Cisco 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Fluke and Sniffer, Cisco 6509/ 3750/3550/3500/2950 switches, Checkpoint firewalls (SPLAT).

Honeywell, India Sep 08 – Jun 10

System/Network Administrator

As a network administrator, my job was to setup the network routers and keep them up for work and responsible for the routing protocols of the routers.

Responsibilities:

Configured and supported TCP/IP networks.

Monitored the network with Cisco Works 2000.

Documented the design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures.

Configured and troubleshoot VLAN, VTP, STP and Trunks.

Responsible for procurement and installation of H/W, network drives and other IT infrastructure.

Network Administrator responsible for the full Planning, designing, installation and administration of the Corporate WAN (wide area network).

Worked on the datacenter environment, with routers and switches.

Configuration, Management, Troubleshooting of Network devices (Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Servers, DSL Modems etc.). Maintained the Telecommunication Connectivity using DSL and T1 Lines.

Maintained complex LAN/WAN networks with several VLANS and provided support for routing protocols.

Managed IP addressing and implemented IP Access Lists.

Evaluate and recommend inter-connectivity hardware, software, and services to fulfill various businesses needs as requirements develop.

Worked on Routers Cisco 2620, 3750 and 2950 Switches & Link sys wireless access points.

Environment: TCP/IP networks, Cisco Works 2000, VLAN, VTP, STP, Trunks H/W, network drives, DSL, T1 Lines LAN, WAN, VLANs, IP Access List, Cisco 2620, 3750, 2950 and Link sys

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