Manoj. M

aczif6@r.postjobfree.com

732-***-****

SUMMARY:

Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 8 years of experience in the industry which includes

Network Security Engineer, Network Engineer, Network Administrator.

Excellent knowledge and experience on different platforms like Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, F5 Big-ip LTM load balancers and VMware.

Strong hands on experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. With Cisco switches (9K,7K,5K, 2900, 3550, 3750, 6500, MDS 9000, 5000 NX-OS) series, juniper (EX, QFX, QFabric) series switches, Broadcom switches, Brocade (ICX,SLX CES), juniper (T4000, LN, CTP) series routers, Cisco (2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200) series Routers.

Experience in Configuring and implementing Palo Alto Firewalls, checkpoint firewalls, PIX Firewall (506, 515, 525, 535), cisco ASA (5505,5510,5520) Firewall, Cisco ISE (Identity Service Engine).

Configured Client-to-Site VPN using SSL Client on Cisco ASA 5520 ver8.2.

Modified and worked in the following platforms to support customer Voice: Cisco Unified Call Manager 6.x through 8.x, Cisco Unity Connection, voice gateways.

Design and install Cisco UC Cluster Environment (CUCM, CUC) for many Clients.

Experience in installing and troubleshooting of WAN technologies like T1/T3, DS3,STM1, OC3, SONET, Gigabit and STM4 circuit types.

Hands on experience on cisco wireless LAN CONTROLERS and ACCESSES POINTS. Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing (ipv4 & ipv6), Wide Area Network configurations (Frame-relay & MPLS), Routing protocol configurations (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP).

Experience in Configuration and Support of LAN protocols on Cisco Switches such as Layer2, Layer3 and Multi Layer.

Up-grading and degrading the OS (IOS, NX-OS, JUNOS) for switches and routers as per requirement

Extensive hand on experience with complex routed LAN networks, CISCO Routers and Switches.

Working configuration of new VLANs and extension of existing VLANs on/to the necessary equipment to have connectivity between two different data centers.

Hands-on configuration and experience in setting up routers and switches to perform functions at the Access, Distribution, and Core layers.

In-depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.

Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST.

Functional Understanding of DNS DDOS and DOS threats and mitigation techniques.

Responsible for installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco NAC.

Operate Cisco NAC appliance on both client end and Manager Server.

Subject Matter Expert for Symantec Endpoint Protection anti-virus, McAfee nti-virus & SymantecData Center Security & Credant Encryption enterprise security solutions.

Experience with working cisco meraki wireless and meraki mobility manager.

Load Balancing using Cisco ACE, Kemp, ADC, F5, Security Device Manager (SDM).

Deployed Enterprise manager to monitor and manage BigIP F5 devices.

Engineered traffic management solutions, including designing, low level engineering for F5 LTM, GTM, ASM, APM environment

Performed F5 appliance (LTM, GTM, APM, and ASM) maintenance and system upgrades including hot fixes and security configurations.

In-depth knowledge and experience in WAN technologies including OC3, E3/T3, E1/T1, Point to Point, MPLS and Frame Relay

Enterprise Exchange 2007 SP3, Run & Maintain/Configure Exchange environment, 16K+ users, 5 Cluster (10 node CCR ESX VMWare Mail store) 25+ node messaging system, Exchange PowerShell, Mailbox restoration, User support Outlook 2007/2010 clients, EMC Email SourceOne Archiving, ActiveSync, RSA Security, Symantec Email Security, Room Wizard Administrator. CRM Application integration.

Data Security - Provisioning/De-Provisioning Systems Automation, Access Termination Processes development. Access Control for Main Frame, Email, Microsoft network, Banking/Financial Applications.

Responsible for the secure development lifecycle for Cisco's Nexus line of products, including Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) - Cisco's Software Defined Network (SDN) solution, as well as the Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 6k, 5k, 4k, & 2k.

Perform 24x7 log monitoring - review and analyze system security logs.

Monitored system security to maintain protection and align processes with corporate objectives, including review of security certification, configuration plans, and risk compliance.

Experience in using netscout sniffer analysis for testing the performance of the network.

Configured and maintained netscout ngenius 4200 series packet flow switch as load balancer.

Expertise in the area of Virtualization with vSphere, VMware ESXi 5/4.1/4 and 3.x hosts and Virtual Center server

Implemented vSphere 5.0 for Proof of Concept & Supporting vCenter environment in large-scale production environment.

Expertise in implementation and supporting VMware vSphere ESXi environment.

Design nextgen data centers with nexus 9500/9300 ACI, openstack, DCI, EPGs/bridge domains, OTV, and VXLAN.

Experience in QoS on multicast VPN

implementation, configuration and management (manually and using iApps templates) of F5 2400 Viprion series using 2100 series blades, and Brocade (Foundry) devices in a multi-platform network/storage environment.

Implement Firemon for firewall policy compliance, rules cleanup, and complexity reduction.

Worked With FireMon System Administration - patches, upgrades, user provisioning/DEprovisioning, system monitoring, troubleshooting user support, ticket triage, datafeed maintenance.

Experienced Overall firewall onboarding to FireMon - firewall change orders, system implementation, setup of accounts on firewall and FireMon system, set-up of requestors and approvers.

Experience through Hand-on Experience with configuring T1.5, Gigabit Ethernet, Channelized T3 and full T3, OCX, ATM, Frame-Relay and VOIP (Voice-Over Internet Protocol).

Aggregating switch links using LACP and PAGP protocols.

Implementation and Troubleshooting of WAN authentication protocols- PPP, CHAP and PAP.

IP addressing and IP address scalability by configuring NAT/PAT.

Experienced working on network monitoring and analysis tools like, Solar Winds, Cisco Works, River Bed, Cisco Prime, NETQOS, EMAN

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.

Design and build Windows 2000, 2003, 2010 2012, Servers.

Active Directory installation, maintenance and upgrades, Responsible for all software installations on both the servers and workstations. This includes Antivirus software and any custom applications.

Analyze, monitor, troubleshoot, and investigate security-related anomalies with various tools such as AlienVault SIEM, Imperva Securesphere Web Application Firewall, Barracuda WAF, SCCM, etc.

Maintain and upgrade Imperva WAF from version 8.x to 10.x. Maintain and review the events and make necessary changes including setting up new applications.

Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience.

Support Blue Coat Proxy in explicit mode for users trying to access Internet from Corp Network.

Experience with BlueCoat URL filtering with whitelisting and blacklisting URL, creating rules for content filtering.

Used tools such as HP ArcSight, BlueCoat Reporter 9 web proxy, Network Security Manager (NSM, NMN) and Palo Alto to correlate network events/alerts to get a more in depth analysis of networktraffic.

Hans on experience with Spirent Test tool.

Experience in Network Intrusion detection/Intrusion Prevention System.

Experience on workig with Netcracker, Cramer.

Worked with ticketing tools like ServiceNow, Remedy tool.

Hands on experiences on McAfee EPO with deploying and removing agent on client’s machine, removing virus and manually updating DAT files.

Knowledge on Python scripting.

Knowledge on SDN (software defined network).

Education: Holds Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Certifications:

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)(R/S).

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)(R/S).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems

Cisco IOS, Windows NT 4.0 (Desktop/Server), Windows 2000/2003/2008/2012 Server, Windows XP/Windows 7/8, LINUX,UNIX, MS Exchange server, Solaris, Active Directory.

Equipments (Switches&Routers)

Cisco routers (7600, 7200, 3900, 3600, 2800, 2600,2500, 1800 series, ASR 1K, 9K) & Cisco Catalyst switches (6500, 4900, 3750, 3500, 4500, 2900 series, juniper SRX, MX480, 240, 80 series, EX Series Routers and Switches.

Routing

OSPF, EIGRP, BGP (EBGP/IBGP), RIP, RIP-2, PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, Static Routing, IPV4, IPV6.

Switching

VLAN, VTP, STP, PVST+, RPVST+, Inter VLAN routing &Multi-Layer Switching, Multicast operations, Layer 3 Switches, Ether channels, Transparent Bridging.

Firewalls

ASA 5500 series, checkpoint, Juniper Netscreen Firewall ISG100, 2000, SSG, SRX, Palo Alto.

Load Balancer

ACE Module, GSS & F5 LTM

LAN Technology

Workgroup, Domain, HSRP, DNS, DHCP, Static, VLAN, STP, VTP, Ether Channel, Trunks.

WAN technology

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

Various Features &Services

HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, CDP, DNS, TFTP, FTP, IOS and Features, Management. Wireshark, IXIA chariot, Packet Sniffer, Packet Analyzer and Solar Winds Breaking Point, TCPDump, Python.

Wireless & Wi-Fi

Canopy Wireless Device (point to point/point to multipoint), DLink Wireless (point to point), DLink Access Point, CISCO 1200 series Access Point, and Linksys Wireless/Wi-Fi Router.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Holland America Group, Seattle, WA Jun 2015 to Present

Sr.Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed and support the consolidation of data centers utilizing Broadcom, Nexus 2K, 5K, 7K and juniper (EX, QFX) switch infrastructure.

Configure and maintain all Palo Alto Networks Firewall models (PA-3k, PA-5k.) as well as a centralized management system (Panorama) to manage large scale Firewall deployments.

Hands on experience on all software blades of Check Point Firewall. 24x7 on-call step-up support as a part of the safety operations team.

Support Blue Coat Proxy in explicit mode for users trying to access Internet from Corp Network.

Use HTTP forward Proxy in Blue coat Proxy server.

Working closely with knowledge center management to investigate the information center sites for cabling necessities of assorted network instrumentation.

Provided application level redundancy and accessibility by deploying F5 load balancers long-term memory.

Management of F5 Viprion based load balancer as LTM and GTM for hundreds of applications serving the needs of thousands of users local and abroad.

Implemented Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) as a solution for data centers using a Spine and Leaf architecture.

Used Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) SDN architecture to reduce operating costs, automate IT tasks, for greater scalability and visibility in a data center environment.

Configuring ADC (Application Delivery Controller).

Performed Imperva SecureSphere DAM an WAF Health Checks.

Having knowledge Center style expertise, putting in and Configuring Network Devices in a very knowledge Center as well as mend the cables within the Patch Panel. style and enforced network

Experience in using netscout sniffer analysis for testing the performance of the network

Hands-on expertise within the network management of circuit’s mistreatment TDM and Frame Relay Managing and providing support to numerous project groups with regards to the addition of recent instrumentation like routers switches and firewalls to the DMZs.

Provided redundancy in a very multi homed Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network by tunings AS-path.

Migrate Multi-site backups from Netbackup & Commvault to Networker 8.2 and/or Avamar 7.2 & Data Domain. As a result; faster, source based de-duplicated backups, Virtual Backup Appliance integrated to Vcenter, while using existing backup hardware and network.

Backup all applications (Oracle, Sharepoint, SQL, Exchange, Active Directory), Operating Systems (UNIX, Linux, HPUX, Solaris, Windows), VMware and NAS devices (Isilon, VNX, NetApp, PureStorage) via Networker module, agent & plugins, to simplify backup, recovery process and administration

Handling enterprise outages effectively and driving towards the resolution. Coordination of fault escalations in conjunction with the first high-level technical management of high priority or technically complicated calls.

Knowledge and skill of 802.11 a/b/g/n LAN normal for wireless Technology.

Working with capability management on network information measure utilization coverage of the websites WAN link and merchant co-ordination for brand spanking new site turnovers / WAN

links.

Preparing Metrics report description on SLA performance of tickets and method quality report back to analyze team performance & discussion on the advance areas (By monthly).

Providing coaching to new commers and effectively operating towards a method quality improvement within the Team.

Configure best route map configurations in the new Cisco IOS XR Routing Protocol Language (RPL).

Supporting EIGRP and BGP supported the network by partitioning level two & three issues of internal groups & external customers of all locations

Performing troubleshooting on slow network property problems, routing problems that involves OSPF, BGP and distinctive the foundation reason for the problems.

Extensive active expertise with complicated routed local area network and WAN networks, routers and switches.

Hands-on expertise with Ether Channel, Spanning Tree, Trucking, ACLs, Syslog. Expertise within the setup of HSRP, Access-Lists, and RIP, EIGRP, and tunnel installations.

Configuring Cisco Meraki and managing them.

Insure telecom systems are functioning at their peak performance.

Installed and implemented Forescout CounterACT which used for discovering devices connected to network and monitoring them.

Installed and implemented Digital guardian DLP(Data Loss Prevention), network DLP and Data visibility and control

Proficiency in configuration of VLAN setup on varied Cisco Routers and Switches.

Work allotted tickets to see the purpose of failure and resolve issues remotely utilizing obtainable tools and different Operation Center resources.

Monitor the network using cisco prime, HRping.

Analyzed and tested network protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP) mistreatment Wireshark tool.

Provide step-up support to L1 members of network team.

Worked with completely different ISP globally for any WAN circuit and BGP routing problems. Gap up cases for cerium routers, river bottom optimizer problems.

work & intensify issues effectively so as to satisfy client SLA's (service level agreements).

Perform downside management and root cause analysis for purchasers pro re nata.

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

Environment: Nexus 2k/5k/7k, juniper EX, QFX Cisco 6500/7500/7200 Routers, Broadcom switches, Juniper SRX100, Palo Alto Fire Walls, Bluecoat proxy server, LAN, WAN, OSPF, RIP, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, PPP, VPN, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Cisco ACI.

Wayfair, Boston, MA Jan 2014 to May 2015

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for fitting the infrastructure surroundings with majority of Cisco ISE & Palo Alto appliances except for varied different instrumentality.

Efficiently exploitation ServiceNow tool for generation of tickets, distribution severity to incidents, following up with incident standing and troubleshooting incidents.

Excellently used Splunk to research and monitor incident management and incident resolution issues.

Analyzed and monitored incident management and incident resolution issues exploitation Splunk.

Backed up Electronic health record systems via File system backup (EPIC). As a result, faster backup and restore times.

Monitored & analyzed system logs on Symantec Endpoint Protection anti-virus, Symantec Data Center Security & Credant Encryption servers.

Developed disaster recovery procedures for Symantec Endpoint Protection anti-virus, McAfee anti-virus & Symantec Data Center Security enterprise security solutions.

Used Test Tool Spirent for testing a switch to Verify ONF Open Flow Specification.

Researched, designed, and replaced aging stop firewall design with new next generation Palo Alto appliances serving as firewalls and URL and application review.

Upgraded and updated Cisco IOS from 12.3T to 12.4. Accustomed DHCP to mechanically assign reusable information science addresses to DHCP shoppers.

Configuring and troubleshooting perimeter security devices like stop NGX R77 Gaea, Provider-1/MDM, Secure Platform, Palo Alto and cisco ASA Firewalls.

Palo Alto style and installation (Application and URL filtering, Threat bar, information Filtering).

Proactively monitored network health and activity through NetQoS NFA, eHealth, Infoblox, Proteus, ServiceNow, zScalar, Wireshark and Splunk.

Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs exploitation varied tools.

Upgrading the equipment with latest OS (IOS, NX-OS, JUNOS).

Black listing and White listing of web URL on BlueCoat Proxy Servers.

Performing URL filtering and content filtering by adding URL's in Bluecoat Proxy SG's.

Serve as the primary data point for internal and external auditing processes, including third-party data for quarterly and annual reports.

Experience in using netscout sniffer analysis for testing the performance of the network.

Configured and maintained netscout ngenius 4200 series packet flow switch as load balancer.

Successfully put in Palo Alto PA 3060 firewalls to protects information Center and provided L3 support for routers/switches/firewalls

Implemented Zone primarily based Firewalling and Security Rules on the Palo Alto Firewall

Exposure to wild hearth feature of Palo Alto.

Maintained and managed networks running EIGRP and BGP routing protocols.

Regularly performed firewall audits around stop Firewall-1 solutions for purchasers.

Provided tier three support for stop Firewall-1 software system to support customers.

Work on stop Platform together with supplier sensible Domain Manager. Worked on configuring, managing and supporting stop Gateways.

Configuration of routing protocols EIGRP and BGP for little to medium sized branches supported company branch standards, together with distribution and route maps.

Access purpose refresh and implementation at varied sized branches and locations.

Used network observation tools like Spectrum to confirm network property and protocol analysis tools to assess and pinpoint networking problems inflicting service disruption.

Worked with management and varied departments to develop procedures and troubleshoot issues as they arose.

FireMon System Administration - patches, upgrades, user provisioning/DEprovisioning, system monitoring, troubleshooting user support, ticket triage, datafeed maintenance.

Overall firewall onboarding to FireMon - firewall change orders, system implementation, setup of accounts on firewall and FireMon system, set-up of requestors and approvers.

Build IT security infrastructure together with stop, Juniper and Palo Alto firewalls

Configuring F5 Load Balancers: Adding virtual IPs, nodes, pools and health observation.

Configuring Juniper NetScreen Firewall Policies between secure zones exploitation NSM (Network Security Manager)

Backup and restore of stop and Cisco ASA Firewall policies

Handling Break/Fix things, monitor, configure, policy creation on Checkpoint's sensible Center Server running on Secure Platform

Monitoring Traffic and Connections using cisco prime and solar winds

Manage project task to migrate from Cisco ASA firewalls to examine purpose firewalls

Worked extensively in Configuring, observation and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover demilitarized zone sectionalization & configuring VLANs/routing/NAT with the firewalls as per the planning

Environment: Nexus 2k/5k/7k, Cisco 6500/7500/7200 Routers, Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches,

Brocade VPX, ICX series switches, Palo Alto Firewalls, Viprion 2400 BlueCoat proxy server, LAN, WAN, OSPF, RIP, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, PPP, VPN, Checkpoint, Cisco ISE.

EMC, Santa Ana, CA Nov 2012 to Dec 2013

Network Engineer/Admin

Responsibilities:

•Configuration 7609, 7606 with OSPF, Broadcom (PEX) Switches, juniper (EX, QFX, QFabric) switches with various VLAN’s.

•Firewall technologies including general configuration, risk analysis, security policy, rules creation and modification of Check Point R65, R70 & R77, Fortinet NGFW series firewalls and Cisco ASA.

•Hands on experience on all software blades of Check Point Firewall.

•Design and Build Windows 2000, 2003, 2010 2012, Servers.

•Active Directory Installation, Maintenance and Upgrades.

•Python scripting for automation of difficult tasks

• Modernized old backup and recovery technologies using select solutions (Networker, Avamar, Quantum VTL and Brocade). Backup all operating systems and applications (Linux, Unix, Windows, exchange)

•Responsible for All Software Installations On Both the Servers and Workstations.

This Includes Antivirus Software and Any Custom Applications.

•Responsible For Configuring, Maintaining, And Repairing All Servers, Workstations,

Laptops, And Peripherals.

•Migration from B 2100 F5 blades to B 2250 series in Viprion 2400 boxes. Troubleshot, configured and managed both models licensed for LTM and GTM.

•Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol.

•Configuration and troubleshooting link state protocols like OSPF in multiple areas.

•Configured HSRP and VLAN trucking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500 switches.

•Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.

•Implemented MPLS VPN networks to test various problem reproductions in lab

•Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.

•Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.

•Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers.

•Extensively worked on Nexus 5k and 7k configured and troubleshoot.

•Managing and supporting large scale MPLS & Frame relay on Cisco environment for more than 5000 Retail sites, 100 Distribution centers, 100 offices and 3 datacenters.

•Troubleshooting issues related to Layer 1/2/3 skills like switching / routing, WAN /Hardware and critical network links by coordinating with the vendor.

•business lines in a data center environment

•Design and Implement DMZ for FTP, Web and Mail Servers with CISCO PIX 506, PIX515

•Involved in Configuration of Access lists (ACL) on ASA firewall for the proper network routing for the B2B network connectivity.

•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.

•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.

•Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATting.

•Having Data Center Design Experience, installing and Configuring Network Devices in a Data Center including patching the cables in the Patch Panel. Design and implemented network

•Implement changes on switches, routers, load balancers (F5 and CSS), wireless devices per engineer’s instructions and troubleshooting any related issues.

•Involved in Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANS’s, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-VLAN routing, LAN security etc.

•Deploying Layer 2 security in Server Farms by configuring switch for 802.1x port based authentication.

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

Environment: juniper (EX, QFX, QFabric)Switches, Broadcom(PEX), Fortinet, CheckPoint, PaloAlto Firewalls, Viprion 2400 Cisco 6500/7500/7200 Routers, Nexus, 5K,7K, LTM, GTM, F5 Load Balancer, ASA, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIP, LAN, WAN, SSL/VPN.

AXIS BANK, Hyderabad Feb 2010 –Oct 2012

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

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

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

Experience in migration of VLANS.

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

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

Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.

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

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

Configuration and maintenance of PIX and ASA firewall systems.

Good knowledge in systems integration, software hardware emulation experience.

Worked on change management documentation of Network infrastructure design using Microsoft Visio.

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

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

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

Configure and support Private BGP Peering with transit providers.

Configure iBGP and eBGP peering between L3 routers and core routers

Configuring, implementing and troubleshooting VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Trucking, Ether channels.

Designing, implementing LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco 5K, catalyst 6500 switches.

Installing, configuring Cisco 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600 series routers and configured routing protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design.

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

Troubleshoot issues with network connectivity and issues related to neighbor relationship and peers

Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5020, 2148, 2248 switches.

Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7k series switch.

Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching.

Designed, configured, implemented site-site VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 firewall.

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

Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for branch offices.

Configuring and resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment,

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

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

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

Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like Wire Shark, Solar winds.

Environment:, CheckPoint, CISCO ASA, Broadcom, Cisco 6500/7500/7200 Routers, Nexus, 5K,7K, LTM, GTM, CISCO ASA, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIP, LAN, WAN, SSL/VPN.

Shell Networks & Solutions Ltd., India Jul 2008 to Jan 2010

Network L1 Engineer

Responsibilities:

Performed Troubleshooting and observed directing conventions such OSPF, EIGRP & BGP.

Involved in composing investigating rules for MPLS VPN.

Experience with conventions, for example, Frame Relay, IEEE 802.11 and VLAN, OSPF and BGP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, NTP, SNMP, SMTP and TELNET.

Installed, designed (through CLI & SDM) and oversaw CISCO Routers and Catalyst switches.

Set up Internet, executing Networking items like Servers, Proxy servers, Switches, Firewalls, Routers.

Involved in client accelerations and investigating issues identified with integration, STP, VLAN, Trunking, VTP, Layer 2/3 exchanging, Ether channels, Inter-VLAN directing, log messages, high CPU usage and parameters that can debase execution of system.

Configured VLANS on different impetus switches performed investigating on TCP/IP system issues, Administered Frame-Relay and systems.

Provided specialized backing and issue determination for the LAN and its surroundings by breaking down the issue, recognizing the reason and circumstances of the issues and discovering an answer for the distinguished issue.

Good knowledge in Configuring Access Control List (ACL).

Environment: Windows Server, Windows NT, CISCO 2600, 2800 and 3200 series routers, CISCO 3300 and 2950 switches.

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