Network Engineer

HARSH D. SHAH

**** *** **** ****, #****, Houston, Texas, 77058

Contact: *************@*****.***, 346-***-****

LinkedIn URL: www.linkedin.com/in/harshshah2303

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position to utilize my skills in the networking industry and adept at identifying system performance and operational issues. Specialize in implementing, troubleshooting and maintaining networking infrastructures. TECHINCAL SKILLS

Protocols: RIPv1, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, STP, MSTP, RSTP, VLAN.

Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, ICMP, SNMP, ARP.

Networking Concepts: NAT/PAT, ACL, WAN Technologies, VLSM Designs, ROAS, IPv6.

Programming Languages: C# 6.0, Java 8, Java EE 7, PL/SQL. EDUCATION

Master of Science in Management Information Systems, GPA 3.8 Aug’ 15 – May’ 17 University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, USA.

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology, First Class Aug’ 11 – May’ 15 University of Mumbai, INDIA.

Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Houston – Clear Lake June’ 16 – Dec’ 16

Assisting and guiding Professor and students in the course of Advanced Computer Networking.

Responsible for maintenance of Cisco Switches and Routers in the Networking Lab. Software Developer Intern - Lazywyre May’ 15 – Aug’ 15

Development and implementation of internal plugins in pretashop for the website.

Optimization of database operation and wrote scripts to load data from different sources into the database. PUBLICATION

Title - Man in the Middle Attack: Implementation using Kali Linux & Defense Mechanism. April’15

Publication - International Journal on Recent & Innovative Trend in Technology. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Configuring Routing Protocols using Cisco Packet Tracer Oct’16

Configured OSPF, EIGRP, RIP on cisco routers and performed route summarization along with route redistribution between OSPF and EIGRP networks to allow the flow of traffic between different locations and to the internet by propagating default route information. Security enhancement using NAT/PAT and ACLs May’16

Created a virtual network consisting of a DNS server and Web server and enhanced the security performance of the network by network filtering and configuring ACL to allow only authorized users to access the servers

Configured NAT and PAT on cisco routers for security improvements by reducing the use of IP addresses. Spanning tree protocol and Port Security using Cisco Packet Tracer Feb’16

Created a switch network on different VLAN's and used Spanning tree protocol to test the network By changing the bridge priorities and evaluating the path cost, blocking, forwarding and root ports. Also tested the network by enabling port security configuration and using violation shutdown option. Social Media website Dec’16

Developed a social media website similar to Twitter with the features like post Tweets, Sending and receiving messages, uploading profile picture, password retrieval to email.

Programming Language – Java EE, JSF, Database – Microsoft SQL Server. Routing between VLANs using router subinterface Dec’15

Configured VTP to manage VLAN database throughout the network for Inter-VLAN Routing and implemented trunking using Dot1Q on Cisco Switches and Routers implemented Router On A Stick (ROAS).

Troubleshooted the network connectivity using PING and Trace route. Defense Mechanism against Man in The Middle Attack using Kali Linux April’15

Adding static ARP entries manually on locally cached ARP table to prevent ARP Spoofing and developed a chat application for testing the network along with Cisco Packet Tracer.

Operating System - Kali Linux, Tool - Ettercap, Programming Language – Java.

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