Data Engineer

CHIRAYU N. PARIKH

*** * **** ******, *** Angeles, CA 90007, Cell No.-408-***-**** • *****-**************@*****.***

Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California May 2010

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering (Computer Networks)

University of Mumbai, India July2007

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics Engineering

Certifications

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (2008)

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (Routing , Switching )

• Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration(TS70-640)

Technical Skills

• Languages: C, C++, PERL, PowerShell, SQL, Shell, Python

• Networking: LAN/WAN, Cisco IOS – switches (2950, 3550, 3560) routers (5505, 5510), HP Procurve

• Virtualization: VMware server, Workstation , vSphere center, VMWare ESX / ESXi 4.0/4.1, Citrix Xen Center 5.6

• Networking Tools: Wireshark, OPNET, Spice Works, Nmap, Tcpdump, Hping3, Nagios, Cacti

• Forensic Tools: Encase, FTK

• Data Processing Tools: LAW, Concordance, Relativity, Encase Enterprise, Symantec Backup Exec, Net Backup,

Index Engines

• Databases: SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Access, MySQL

• Operating Systems: Windows-XP, Vista, 7; Windows Server 2003/2008, Linux – Backtrack, Suse, Ubuntu, RHEL,

CentOS

• Network Protocols : TCP/IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, IEEE 802.11, DNS, ARP, DHCP, SSL, VLANs, ACLs, NAT, STP,

HSRP, RADIUS, TACACS

Work Experience

Sr. System / eDiscoveryAnalyst, eClaris Inc. April 2010 - Present

• Experience with litigation support software such as: Concordance, Summation, LAW and other standard EDD tools

• Manages day–to-day operation of litigation databases, including design, creation and maintenance. Oversees data acquisition and delivery to vendors, verifies data integrity, imports images, data and transcripts into databases, exports data, corrects vendor errors, reformats and converts data, and designs forms and reports. Maintains accurate chain of custody records.

• Processing, converting, trouble shooting, and loading data into case management databases.

• Test loading data loading into litigation support software and review databases and following standard naming conventions per software platform.

• Day-to-day management of technical aspects of a client data including supplemental data loads, database maintenance, custom INI, batch file creation, workflow administration of case data

• E-discovery applications, tools and technologies and experience with the following specific applications : kCura Relativity litigation support platform; CT Summation, Concordance, LAW.

• Backup Software such as Backup Exec, Net Backup & Index Engines.

• Forensic tools such as FTK and Encase Enterprise.

• Provides daily metrics of the document reviews; assist with term searches, performs quality control on the data set before data is produced.

• Communicates, corresponds and interacts with attorneys and paralegals as necessary.

Assists the case team with trial preparation and sets up electronic equipment in the courtroom.

Network Engineer, Magnum Networks (Client: Citigroup India) Feb 2008 – May 2010

• Monitoring of networking tools and WAN support and vendor ISP coordination in case of outages

• Requirement Analysis and preparation of status reports

• Maintenance of Cisco Switches & Routers and maintaining Leased Line, ISDN Line & VPN Line

Academic & Research Projects

• Peer-to-Peer file sharing system, Computer Communication

Implemented a multi threaded, multi process distributed file sharing system, similar to Bit Torrent using peer-to-peer technology in C, C++ on UNIX

• Location-Aware Environmental Sensing Application on Nokia N95, Wireless Networking Design & Lab

Designed and developed an application for Bluetooth Sensing, Background Sound Sensing, Location & Time Tagging

• Operating Systems Development, Operating Systems

Implemented operating systems feature like Mutual Exclusion, Synchronization, System calls, Multithreading, Parallel Processing, Memory Management & Virtual Memory by executing the TLB. PT, IPT and swap file mechanisms, Remote Procedure Calls & Distributed Systems on the NACHOS OS in UNIX

• Computer Networks Simulation, Computer Networks

Analyzed the performance of LAN (with Hub & Switches), CSMA/CD, OSPF & RIP using OPNET & analyzed HTTP, ARP, DNS, DHCP, SSL and TCP/IP packets using Wire shark

• Outdoor Wi-Fi(802.11) Power Profiling, Wireless Networking Design & Lab

Integration of various Communication technologies for Smart Wi-Fi profiling solution. Obtain WLAN Signal Strengths of all Access Points in range. Get GPS Coordinates, relay signal strengths and coordinates to the server. Server maintains files for each phone. Use Bluetooth to communicate among phones for minimizing battery consumption. Algorithm to minimize battery consumption.

References available upon request

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