Maheshwari Zala

724-***-****

ady1d6@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

9+ years of Experienced Network Professional worked on medium to large scale environments, enterprise and Datacenter networks. Responsible to manage Switching, routing, FWs, Application Delivery and Wireless technologies. Possess strong leadership and communication skills. Experienced to work as lead for technical operations / change management or technical project management.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

●Highly motivated with the ability to work independently or as an integral part of a team and committed to the highest level of professional experience in the Networking and Security domain which includes designing, Deployment and providing network support, installation, and Operation for a broad range of LAN / WAN Environment.

●Experience working in large-scale environments on high priority troubleshooting issues, several Proof of concepts for installations and Migrations to different vendor equipment or implementing new technology.

●Experienced working in complex environments which includes Switching, Routing, Network security firewalls, and Wireless Controllers.

●Experienced in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Catalyst Switches (2960, 3850, 4500, 9300, 9400 and 9500s) in Enterprise Environment and Nexus 7K and 9K in Data Center Environment.

●Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (ISR 4Ks and ASR 1001-2).

●Experienced with Access, Distribution, and Core Layer Architecture in DCs.

●Experienced in VPC and VDC technologies. Experience working on Gateway redundancy protocols HSRP and VRRP.

●Having experience and technical knowledge in OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP routing protocols.

●Experienced in network and applications diagnostic and reporting tools such as Solarwinds, firewall session logs using Panorama etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Networking Technologies

LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, VLAN, NAT, STP and PVST

Networking Hardware

Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, Palo Alto and Cisco ISE

Routing Protocols

OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS and BGP

Security Technologies/FW

Palo Alto, Panorama

Network Monitoring

SolarWinds, Infoblox

Operating Systems

Windows, Linux, Cisco IOS, IOS XR, IOS-XE, NX-OS

Routers

ISR 4K, ASR 1000X

Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960,3750,3850 9200,9300,9400,9500

Nexus 9K and 7k

Wireless

WLC Catalyst 9800 / WLC 2504 and 5508

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Client: Olympus Dec 2020 - Till Date

Role: Network Engineer

Westborough/Littleton Site built (Dec 2020 – Jun 2021)

●Gathered the requirement from customer and implemented the network according to the requirements.

●Installed, configured MDF modulus core switches, and made them Stack Wise-virtual (Cisco 9404s)

●Installed, configured 60+ IDF switches as 3-5 stack in each IDF (Cisco 9300s).

●Deployed Cisco Catalyst 9800 L Wireless Controller with 90 Access Points.

●Responsible to configure OSPF as routing protocol between core switches and MPLS router.

●Responsible to activate internet and MPLS circuits for the new Data Center.

●Responsible to configure Corp and Guest SSIDs on Cisco Catalyst 9800 WLC and made sure it works on dot1x authentication with the help of Wipro team members.

●Designed IP schema for the entire project as there was a limited number of private IP range available.

●Created site diagram/s using Microsoft Visio.

●Performing On-Site Network Deployment engineer role to migrate the network from old network to new Network.

●Responsible to migrate/configure network readiness for Nutanix and servers from the old data center to the new data center.

Network Operations Engineer (June 2021 – Current)

●Managing day to day Network operations and customer calls.

●Responsible for preparing RU billing reports and coordinating with CMDB team for managing network inventory.

●Co-ordinating with vendors for day-to-day operations and procurement.

●Plan and schedule for change management and being sole representative of the Network Data team, ensuring change management and client’s process and policies are adhered.

●Ensuring end user communication is sent out for any changes in production with appropriate technical details.

●Ensured if any new network devices are added, it is onboarded and managed in Solarwinds for monitoring.

●Knowledgeable in project management and operations management process.

●Oversee the implementation and maintenance of the network requirements, ensuring client’s systems and process are followed.

●Co-ordinate with various internal teams and vendors to resolve any potential issue or improve services for the end users.

●Served as a key contact for the customer in case of any technical issue and non-technical issue.

●Ensuring end user communication is sent out with appropriate technical details using my strong technical background.

●Responsible for making service improvement plans and updating the Network devices with appropriate IOS as and when necessary (MOPs).

Client: Helen of Troy, Marlborough, MA Feb 2019 – Nov 2020

Role: Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

●Responsible for company’s DC, Corporate, Security and Wireless network with other team members.

●Responsible for managing 40 remote sites, 2 DCs and 4 warehouses which are using MPLS and P2P circuits to get interconnected.

●Responsible for deploying, configuring and maintaining firewalls, DC switching and routing and end user Wireless solutions.

●Deployed and configured Nexus 7K,5K and 2K model where 2K was used in FEX mode.

●Responsible for enabling and configuring Palo Alto/Panorama features like URL filtering, security Policies, NAT policies and firewall software upgrades.

●Responsible for configuring, deletion and consolidating Palo Alto Firewall’s security rules and objects as per the requirements using Panorama.

●Responsible for implementation of AAA configs for network device authentication/Authorization using TACACS.

Client: Deutsche Bank, Jacksonville, FL Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

Role: Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

●Responsible for deployment, configuration and administration of cisco routers, switches and mixed vendor Firewalls (palo alto and checkpoint) for company’s corporate and DC networks.

●Responsible for Implementing changes on switches, routers and wireless devices as pe the approval from CAB to mitigate any open troubleshooting tasks.

●DC Migration Project - moved data centers from one physical location to another physical location (as part of team member)

●Responsible for configuring/managing DC features like VPC (Virtual Port Channel) and VDC (Virtual Device Context).

●Responsible for documentation/diagrams of various platforms which include Nexus 7k, ASR9k, and ASR1k configuration MOP (Maintenance Operation Protocol) to enable successful deployment of new devices on the network.

●Responsible for Installing and configuring Cisco Catalyst switches 4500(4510,4507), 3850 & 2960, 9300 series in access layers.

●Responsible for configuring/managing L2/L3 port channels between core switches and server distribution switches using LACP/PAgP protocols.

●Monitored Large scale Palo Alto Firewalls (PA200, PA250, PA3050 and PA5060) users traffic using Panorama.

●Used panorama consoles to perform many changes to monitor/block/allow the traffic in/out from the company's network to provide technical assistance for LAN/WAN management and complex customer issues.

●Responsible for adding and removing security policies/rules based on the requirements of various project requirements.

●As a valuable team member - communicating and gathering requirements from different customers, end users and IT teams for the projects.

Client: Charter Spectrum, Charlotte, NC Aug 2014 – Dec 2016

Role: Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

●Involved in design and implementation of Data Center Migration, worked on implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks.

●Responsible for configuring/troubleshooting/managing Cisco ISR 4Ks (4451,4431, 4331) and 3800 series routers and catalyst 4500, 3800, 6500 series switches for LAN/WAN connectivity.

●Configured and managed Nexus 7K switches

●Configured L3/L2 port channels using LACP, PAgP and provided redundancy by implementing HSRP and VRRP

●Configured Remotely Cisco routers and switches.

●Worked with several network engineers for the understanding of Cisco ASA firewalls along with the changeover to Palo Alto. Palo Alto Firewall Management-Panorama.

●Worked on configuration commissioning and upgradation of the MPLS circuits for various branch offices. Disabling all unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN.

●Implemented, analyzed and recommended appropriate systems for the out of band management monitoring. Utilizing SolarWinds for primary and disaster recovery sites.

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