Chaturvedi

Sr. Network Engineer

732-***-****

acy15f@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

CCNA, CCNP certified with 8 plus years of professional experience in Network designing,

Implementing, Configuring, Troubleshooting and Testing of networking and Security

protocols

Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/802.1q, IPsec VPN Tunneling, VLANs, Ether Channel,

Trunking, Port Security, STP and RSTP.

Strong hands on experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus

models like 7K, 5K, 2K series, Cisco router models likre 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600,

2500, 1800 series and Cisco catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900 series switches

Configured security policies including NAT, PAT, and VPN, Route-maps, Prefix lists and

Access Control Lists.

Well Experienced in configuring protocols HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, IGMP, PPP, PAP,

CHAP, and SNMP.

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

Worked on network topologies and configurations, TCP/IP, UDP, Frame Relay, ATM,

bridges, routers, hubs and switches.

Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Modification and Implementation.

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

Responsible for Juniper and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.

Experience with load balancing on F5 APM, LTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the

corporate applications and their availability.

Knowledge of monitoring tools like (Solarwinds, Netscout, Qradar, Alogsec) network

packet capture tools like Wireshark.

Provided 24x7 availability and on-call support as required.

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

tools.

IOS upgrades on routers and switches and Installation of SDM.

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Subnet, VLSM, ARP,

reverse proxy ARP and Ping concepts

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

Series.

Well understanding of Cisco UCS and M-Series Modular servers to enable centralized

management of highly scalable system and to speed-up IT operations.

Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Checkpoint security

appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls

per design.

Good knowledge and experience in Installation, Configuration and Administration of

Windows Servers 2000/2003, Active Directory, FTP, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, Linux OS

under various LAN and WAN environments

Effective inter-personal skills, adaptive to any environment, keep abreast with the latest

technologies and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

CCNA Routing and Switching (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Preparing for CCNP Security

EDUCATION

Bachelor of degree in 2008

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers : Cisco 17XX, 18XX, 26XX, 28XX, 37XX, 38XX, 39XX

&72XX Series & ASR 1K & 9k Series.

Switches : Cisco 3550, 3750, 45XX, 65XX series, Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K

Load Balancer : Cisco CSS, F5 Networks

WAN Optimization : Cisco WAAS, PPP Multilink

Routing : OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP-2, Route Filtering,

Redistribution, Summarization, Static Routing.

Switching : VLAN, VTP, STP, PVST+, RPVST+, Inter VLAN

Routing, Multi-Layer Switching, Multicast operations, Layer

3 Switches, Ether channels, Transparent Bridging

LAN : Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, CDDI,

Token Ring, ATM LAN Emulation

WAN : Leased lines 64k - 155Mb (PPP / HDLC), channelized links

(E1/T1/E3/T3), Fiber Optic Circuits, Frame Relay, ISDN,

And Load Balancing.

Various Features & Services : IOS and Features, HSRP, GLBP, IRDP, NAT, SNMP,

SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, DNS, TFTP and FTP

Management.

IP Telephony : IP Telephony utilizing Cisco routers, UCCX,UCCE

FXO/FXS/E&M/T1/ISDN/ PRI, Call manager (publisher &

subscriber)

AAA Architecture : TACACS+, RADIUS, Cisco ACS.

Security / Firewalls : Cisco ASA Firewalls 55XX, IPSEC & SSL VPNs,

IPS/IDS, CBAC, Cisco NAC, ACL, IOS Firewall features,

IOS Setup & Security Features

Juniper : EX 2200, EX 4200, EX 4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX210

Palo Alto : PA-3060, PA-5060

Scripting Languages : Unix Shell and Ruby

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PetSmart, Philadelphia, PA

Position: Sr. Network Engineer Oct 2015 Present

Responsibilities:

Configured Routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, static routing and policy based

routing.

Configuration 7500, 7200 with OSPF and catalyst 6505, 4500, 3550 switches with various

VLAN.

Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA

5500 Firewalls, and MPLS switching for stable VPNs.

Troubleshooting the Network Routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP and RIP) during the

Migrations and new client connections.

Hands on experience in Aruba S2500 switches, Aruba 7200, 3600 series wireless controllers,

Aruba IAP 105, Airwave Products and clear pass Servers.

Configuring & managing around 500+ Network & Security Devices that includes Cisco

Nexus & Arista Switches, Juniper MX Series Routers, and Juniper SRX Firewalls.

Experienced with Juniper: EX-2200, EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, and M Series, SRX210,

SRX240.

Hands on experience in Palo Alto Networks.

Had exposure to wild fire advance malware detection using IPS feature of Palo Alto.

Troubleshooting and configure Palo Alto Networks central management system.

Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches

by configuring VLANs.

Configured OSPF and BGP on Juniper M and MX series Routers

Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and

Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.

Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 7500, 7200vxr, 3800, 3600, 2900, 2800,

2600,1800,1700 routers.

Worked with Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and Aruba wireless devices.

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

local routing).

Working with ITS networking teams to install an Avaya VoIP phone system and test phone

system connectivity and functionality.

Possesses a thorough understanding of SIP and H.323 VoIP signaling protocols.

Setting up, configuring, testing components of the Cisco Contact Center including Cisco

Call Manager, IVR, CVP, and UCCX

Experience in set up, configuration and management of Cisco ASA Firewall in various

domain such as Internet, DMZ, Business-Partner and Remote-Access VPN etc.

Experience in creating DAP Policies on Cisco ASA for Remote-access users and Creating

IPSEC tunnel on ASA with Business Partner Firewall.

Technical assistance for LAN/WAN management and complex customer issues.

Provided support for troubleshooting and resolving Customer and user reported issues.

Worked with Network Engineer's in the installation and configuration of firewalls.

Performed route redistribution & manipulated route updates using distribute lists, route-

maps & administrative distance, offset-lists.

Good knowledge and understanding of Unix Shell Scripting.

Involved setting up the TFTP server for backing up the IOS images and configuration files

of Cisco Routers and Switches and troubleshooting the file servers.

Upgrades, installs, configuration and administration security and monitoring tools on Linux.

Provided redundancy to the network, implemented hot standby routing protocol (HSRP) and

Load sharing for effective utilization of routers.

Configuring, implementing and troubleshooting VLAN's, VTP, STP, F, Ether channels.

Configuring and 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.

Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP,

OSPF, and BGP etc.

Maintenance of F5 Load balancers-6600/6800.

Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like Wireshark,

Solarwinds.

Environment: Switching, Routing, Nexus, Access-lists, Sub netting, STP, RSTP, VTP, HSRP, Port-

Channel, EIGRP, RIP, PPP, HDLC. SNMP, DNS, DHCP,UCCX, Avaya VOIP.

State Farm, Bloomington, IL

Position: Network Engineer Aug 2013 Sep

2015

Responsibilities:

Actively participated in upgrading fast Ethernet, Layer 3 switched/routed LAN

infrastructure from Cisco 3640 to Cisco 2811 ISR routers and switches at access level to

2950, 3550. This project also involved in configuring and testing OSPF and BGP protocols

Designed and implemented Cisco VoIP infrastructure for a large enterprise and multi-unit

office environment. Met aggressive schedule to ensure a Multi-office reconfiguration project

which was successfully delivered.

Review network change settings to make sure access interface settings and appropriate

uplink to help QoS and VoIP.

Successful in Trouble shooting Routers and Switches.

Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as

troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support

Configured and Worked on PIX (535, 525) /ASA (5520, 5550) firewalls

Configured policy statements, routing instances, firewall filters

Supporting EIGRP and BGP based PwC network by resolving level 2 &3 problems of

internal teams & external customers of all locations.

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

Updated the HP open view map to reflect and changes made to any existing node/object.

Handled SRST and implemented and configured the Gateways, Voice Gateways.

Configuring HSRP between the 3845 router pairs for Gateway redundancy for the client

desktops.

Configuring STP for switching loop prevention and VLANs for data and voice along with

Configuring port security for users connecting to the switches.

Ensure Network, system and data availability and integrity through preventive maintenance

and upgrade.

Involved in L2/L3 Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing

VLANs, Port security, Trucking, STP, Inter-Vlan routing, LAN security.

Worked on the security levels with RADIUS, TACACS+.

Completed service requests (i.e. - IP readdressing, bandwidth upgrades, IOS/platform

upgrades, etc.)

Knowledge on ITIL framework

Hands on experience in Ruby scripting.

Worked on Gigabit Ethernet service related issues troubleshooting Catalyst 6500, 3560

switches

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

Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added

servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.

Configured switches with port security and 802.1x for enhancing customers security.

Monitored network for optimum traffic distribution and load balancing using Solar winds.

Validate existing infrastructure and recommend new network designs.

Created scripts to monitor CPU/Memory on various low end routers in the network.

Installed and maintained local printer as well as network printers.

Handled installation of Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstations.

Handled Tech Support as it relates to LAN & WAN systems

Environment: Net Flow, TACACS, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VPN,VOIP, MPLS, CSM, SUP720,

Ether Channels, Cisco 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Fluke and Sniffer, Cisco 6509/

3750/3550/3500/2950 switches, Checkpoint firewalls (SPLAT).

Horace Mann Insurance, Springfield, Illinois

Position: Network Engineer Sep 2012 July 2013

Responsibilities:

Configuration and troubleshooting of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP on Cisco ASR1K, Nexus7K/9K,

Juniper MX960 routers/switches.

Configuration of VLAN, BFD, LAG Port Channel, HSRP, VRRP on Cisco/Juniper devices.

Created network diagrams using Visio

Hands on experience in configuring different routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, EIGRP) on

Cisco routers and Cisco switches.

Knowledge of technologies, Ethernet and Metro-Ethernet services.

Configured policy statements, routing instances, firewall filters, Ether channels, Traffic

policies, QoS, Route Filters on Juniper and Cisco L2-3 switches

Support for Layer1, Layer2 and Layer 3 troubleshooting issues for Gigabyte Technology.

Troubleshooting of MP-BGP session between PE routers in L3VPN, L2VPN, VPLS, VPWS

Prepared Method of Procedures for firmware upgrade and hardware replacement

Creating network design standards for hardware and software.

Test, manage and organize configurations templates for network equipment.

Provide a sustained engineering role for networking technologies

Troubleshoot routing issues on Cisco 12K GSR, 7600, 7200VXR and Juniper M320

Installation, upgrade, configuration and network management of various routers such as

Cisco 2600, 3640, 7200VXR for BGP peering.

Configuration and support of multi area OSPF environment with SPF throttling.

Configured MD5 authentication for OSPF/BGP and TTL security for BGP.

Troubleshooting of routing protocols like OSPF, BGP and modifying various BGP attributes

like Local-Pref, Weight, MED, RR attributes like Cluster-list & Originator-ID.

Used IXIA to test QoS to provide proper priority and queuing based on traffic type

Configuration and support of QOS features like CBWFQ, WRED.

Implemented traffic class mapping to different VLANs/VRFs based on the traffic type -

voice, data, control and billing.

Provided pro-active fault monitoring of Cisco routers and switches utilizing HP overview,

Cisco Works and Cisco IOS commands.

Configured HSRP, VRRP on switches for redundancy. Configured DMZ and Firewall for

zone based filtering and proxy services.

Environment: Cisco ASR1K, BFD, LAG Port channel, VPLS, VPWS, Cisco 12k GSR, 7600,

7200VXR, Juniper M320, Configuring HSRP &VRRP and DMZ.

Great Logics Inc, Hyderabad, India

Position: Network Admin June 2011 July 2012

Responsibilities:

Configuring HSRP between the 3845 router pairs for Gateway redundancy for the client

desktops.

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

Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as

troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support

Supporting EIGRP and BGP based PwC network by resolving level 2 &3 problems of

internal teams & external customers of all locations.

Configuring Big-IP F5 APM, LTMs (virtual servers, pools, SNATs, health monitors, irules)

for managing the traffic and tuning the load on the network servers.

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

Updated the HP open view map to reflect and changes made to any existing node/object.

Handled SRST and implemented and configured the Gateways, Voice Gateways..

Configuring STP for switching loop prevention and VLANs for data and voice along with

Configuring port security for users connecting to the switches.

Ensure Network, system and data availability and integrity through preventive maintenance

and upgrade.

Implementation and Configuration ( Profiles, I Rules) of F5 Big-IP C2400 load balancers

Involved in L2/L3 Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing

VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-Vlan routing, LAN security.

Worked on the security levels with RADIUS, TACACS+.

Completed service requests (i.e. -- IP readdressing, bandwidth upgrades, IOS/platform

upgrades, etc.)

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

Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added

servers to existing environments to support new and existing application platforms.

Performed load balancing and application level redundancy by deploying F5 BIG-IP LTM

3900.

Configured switches with port security and 802.1x for enhancing customers security.

Monitored network for optimum traffic distribution and load balancing using Solar winds.

Validate existing infrastructure and recommend new network designs.

Created scripts to monitor CPU/Memory on various low end routers in the network.

Installed and maintained local printer as well as network printers.

Handled installation of Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstations.

Handled Tech Support as it relates to LAN & WAN systems

Environment: TCP/IP, Racking, Stacking, VLSM, IP addressing, Sub netting, Routing Protocols

Swarna Aerospace Technologies, Hyderabad, India

Position: Network Admin Dec 2008 Apr 2011

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the

company network. Duties included monitoring network performance using various network

tools to ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of application and equipment

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

Implementation of name resolution using WINS & DNS in TCP/IP environment

Spearheaded meetings & discussions with team members regarding network optimization

and

regarding BGP issues

Implemented the concept of Route Redistribution between different routing protocols

Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS, VTP, STP and configuring on Fast

Ethernet channel between switches

Enabled STP Enhancements to speed up the network convergence that include Port-fast,

Uplink-fast and Backbone-fast

Routing protocols OSPF, RIP & BGP

Configured BGP for CE to PE route advertisement inside the lab environment

Managed network connectivity and network security, between Head offices and Branch

office

Responsible for Internal and external accounts and, managing LAN/WAN and checking for

Security Settings of the networking devices (Cisco Router, switches) co-coordinating with

the system/Network administrator during any major changes and implementation

Configured Firewall logging, DMZs & related security policies & monitoring

Creating Private VLANs & preventing VLAN hopping attacks & mitigating spoofing with

snooping & IP source guard

Hands on Experience working with security issue like applying ACLs, configuring NAT and

VPN

Other responsibilities included documentation and change control

Worked on Cisco routers 3700, 2600 and Cisco switches 2950

Environment: In Corporate office architecture with highly reliable & secured network including

Cisco routers (2600, 3700), Cisco switches (2900), Cisco PIX, Routing Protocols (EIGRP, RIP,

BGP), Switching protocols (VTP, STP, GLBP)

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