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Network Engineer

Location:
Long Beach, CA
Posted:
February 27, 2017

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P A R I X I T P A T E L

*******.*****@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/parixitjpatel

+1-562-***-****

SUMMARY

Network Engineer with CCNP (R & S) Certification with 3+ years of experience in networking and troubleshooting of cisco networks. Extensive experience of L2/L3 Switches, Routers, Firewalls and VPN’s.

Hands on experience in configuring and maintaining Cisco routers and switches as well as applying various routing protocols (OSPF, RIPv2, EIGRP and BGP) and switching protocols (STP, RSTP and MSTP).

Excellent in configuration and troubleshooting of switching technologies such as SPAN, RSPAN, PAGP, LACP, STACKWISE, Port Security, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, VLANs, 802.1q, and VTP.

Knowledge in MPLS networks, OSPF multi area networks and various MPLS services like L3 Virtual Private Networks (GRE and IPSec).

Good understanding of Windows server (2008/2012-R2), Active Directory, VoIP, Qos and VMware networking.

Knowledge of NAT/PAT, ACL, AAA, RADIUS, and TACACS+. As well as TCP/IP and OSI models including their intra-layer functions and communications, configuration and management of Load Balancer (F5), Cisco ASA/PIX Firewalls, IPv6 addressing, management, configuration, and Nexus 5000 and Catalyst 6500.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, self-managed, practical, self-starter and be prepared to learn and adept new things and environment.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, DEC 2016 California State University, Long Beach, CA GPA: 3.56 Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, JUN 2014 Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, INDIA GPA: 3.80 CERTIFICATION

Cisco Certified Network Professional (300-101, 300-115, 300-135)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (200-120)

Cisco ID: CSCO13043711

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco Routers: 2800, 3600, 2960, 3745, 3845, 3945, 7200

Cisco Switches: Catalyst 2960, 3560, 3750, 3750G, 3650, 3850, 6500

Routing: OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2, BGP

Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP/RSTP/MSTP, Ether-channel (LACP, PAGP)

Networking: UDP, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, ICMP, DHCP, DNS, ARP, FTP, SFTP, ACL

Firewalls: CISCO ASA Series 5505, 5506-x, 55510, 5520, 5540, 5550, and Palo Alto Series PA-200, PA-220, PA-500

Security: ACL, NAT/PAT, IDS, IPS, AAA (TACACS+, RADIUS)

Other protocols: Netflow, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, IPv4, IPv6, Syslog, VoIP, QoS, SIP Trunking

Softwares: GNS3, Cisco Packet Tracer, Wireshark, VMware, CISCO IOS, Matlab, Office 365, Angry IP Scanner, ASDM, Solarwinds Network monitoring

WAN Technologies: Frame-relay, MPLS, VPN, PPP, DS1/T1, DS3/T3, OC3, OC12, SSL

Other Tools: Call manager express, VoIP, Microsoft Visio, CISCO IP Communicator, Nagios, MRTG

Server Windows Server 2012 R2 (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIANCE

Global Mobility Services Nov-2016 to Present

Network Engineer (Intern)

Implemented windows server (2008, 2012-R2) on a test environment to host different services such as, Active Directory (Domain Controller), website hosting, email server, file server, DHCP and DNS.

Designed and implemented switch network using Cisco layer-3 switches (3750 and 4500) in a multi VLAN environment and inter VLAN routing and implemented VTP Trunking using 802.1q tagging.

Configured and maintaining DMVPN between various locations along with SSL credentials.

Grasping knowledge of setting up F5 Load balancer on the VMware environment.

Configuring routing distribution between BGP and OSPF in a multi-area network.

Troubleshoot Layer 1, 2 and 3 problems and providing support to keep the network up.

Experienced configuration of VLAN’s STP, RSTP and MSTP.

Maintaining different security solutions such as, NAT, PAT, ACL, and configured Cisco ASA Firewalls (5540 & 5550) and Palo-alto (510) for inside-outside environment of the network using CLI and GUI. Zero-One Micro Systems, Vadodara, India May-2013 to Jul-2014 Network Engineer

Installed, setup, upgrade and maintained Cisco routers and switches according to deployment plans in the production network.

Applied various switching protocols such as port security, Ether-channel, STP/RSTP, VLAN, VTP and inter VLAN Routing. Also designed IP addressing schemes, Switchport assignments and VLAN Tables, Trunking, Ether-channel implementation.

Configured and resolved issues regarding routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP) and HSRP, MPLS WAN, QoS.

Performed network configuration and troubleshooting with the help of various routing policies, Redistribution, IP address assignments, and improvement of network performance.

Implemented Virtual routing and forwarding to allow device failure tolerance in the network.

Deployed various schemes of ACLs in the production network for access restrictions as per requirements.

Applied and managed NAT/PAT rules on the border router for internet access, and security measures on ASA firewall (5505 and 5540) for intrusion prevention.

Learned about AAA (TACACS+ and Radius servers).

Operated network management tools to constantly monitor network and maintain its performance 24 7.

Maintained IP distribution through DHCP server for existing and newly added devices.

Performed device upgrades, configuration modification, change of passwords and diagnostic testing on the mid- level production network.

Cabling and tagging of Cat5e and Cat6 cables.

Mapped and maintained and upgraded the system documentation using MS Visio. Munjal Auto Industries LTD, Vadodara, India Jun-2012 to Apr-2013 Network Technician (Intern)

Administrated all IT equipments-Desktop, IP phones, Printers, Routers, Switches, Wireless access points, Servers and other general networking equipments.

Basic network configuration, upgrade and its maintenance of wired core network and wireless access network of small production network.

Grasped the basic understanding of Configuration of Cisco routers (1900, 2900), switches (2960, 3750), and some routing and switching protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, STP, and RSTP.

Provided technical support and troubleshoot technical issues for equipments of small enterprise network such as, printers, IP phones, computer hardware and other authorized equipments.

Performed routine upgrade, maintenance and remedial repairs for office laptops, PCs, Mac, and Tablets. Moreover, customized desktop hardware as per the user requirements.

Returned defective parts and managed inventory and its documentation for the new equipments, repairs and restock the equipments or parts as per the requirements.

Performed monitoring, managing, operating, and troubleshooting of network to maintain its performance through Nagios for any Personal computers (PC) or notebooks or any terminal service client who are authorized.

Worked with Ticketing system, monitored, managed in queue and Escalated it to the Network administrator when it the beyond team reach.



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