Management Engineer

RUCHI SHARMA

**** *********** **. #**

Pleasanton CA 94588

316-***-**** (c)

Email: *****.******@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/rsharma00

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a suitable senior level position utilizing my experience in LANs and WLANs in Higher Education and Industry.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

U.S Permanent Resident. Authorized to work anywhere in the U.S

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Network Engineer with 10+ years experience in Design, Configuration, Management, Troubleshooting and Campus-wide User support for Wireless and Local Area Networks

• Specialties

* Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting of LANs

* 802.11 a/b/g/n network design, security, troubleshooting and analysis

* Customer Interfacing and support for all network and wireless issues

SKILLS

• Network Technologies: Routers/ Switches: TCP/IP, OSPF, Cisco 2950, 3000 series, 4400, 6204

• Wireless Technologies: 802.11a/b/g/n, Cisco Aironet 1100, 1130, 1210, 1250, LWAP

• Network Management Tools: Cisco WCS 4400, WLSE, Nagios, Yellowjacket Spectrum Analyzer

• Network Access Control: Bradford System manager

• VPN and Firewall (Cisco ASA 5500) configuration and management.

• Network Servers: DHCP, DNS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Network Specialist, Wichita State University, Wichita KS 07/06 – Present

Upgrade of Wireless Network Security (WPA2 and 802.1X) for Wichita State University

Core Planning and Implementation Team member

June 2010 - present

• Implemented WPA2 with 802.1x to replace WEP and Mac authentication on wireless network

• Network Access Controller used for 802.1x implementation – Bradford ANS Module

• Introduced Guest access on separate SSID throughout campus.

• Configured VLAN trunking on Distribution and Access switches for the new Wireless SSIDs

• Completed Design, configuration, integration and testing of all features for both Windows and Mac clients

• Interfacing with Students and Staff for final deployment in various University departments and Student Housing

Implementation of a Network Disaster Recovery Center for Wichita State University

Core Planning and Implementation Team member

Jan 2011 - present

• Design of new Disaster recovery site for WSU

• Planning for IP address management, Routing, VLANs and Security

• Study of HSRP failover implementation for Main and Backup Core switches.

Implementation of Wireless using Cisco WCS 4400 - National Center of Aviation Training

Project lead

April - June 2010

• Configuration, installation and testing of WCS 4400 series controllers and LWAPs

• Configuration of separate SSIDs for Secure and Guest wireless networks

• Configuration of DHCP for the new subnet

• Configuration and integration of VOIP over wireless

• Worked with departmental Tech support to evaluate final implementation

Design, Configuration & Installation of LAN Network - National Center of Aviation Research

Jan - March 2010

• Configuration of OSPF routing and installation of Cisco 4400 & 3750 series switches

• Troubleshooting LAN issues and ensuring connectivity to main campus.

• Configured DHCP and DNS for the new subnets created

• Created NAGIOS entries for management of the new switches

• Co-ordinated with departmental Tech support until completion

Upgrade of VPN to Cisco ASA5510

May 2010

• Cisco ASA5000 configured to replace Cisco VPN 3000 concentrator

• New Cisco Anyconnect SSL client configured and tested

• Worked with users for implementation of new solution for both Windows & Mac clients

Upgrade to Gigabit Network Infrastructure & Maintenance of Campus LAN

Project Lead for part of Campus

Jan 2009 - Ongoing

• Replace Cisco 3750 100Mb switches with Cisco 3750G switches.

• Older 1120G access points are being upgraded to 1130G

• IP address management using DHCP

• DHCP and DNS updates and troubleshooting

• Directed broadcast requests implemented for Wake-On-LAN

• Completed configuration of VLANs on all Distribution and Access switches

• Troubleshooting of all VLAN and VTP issues

• Troubleshoot LAN using Wireshark, WIFI Spectrum Analyzer, Switch & DHCP logs

• Working with users to resolve networking issues

• Network management tools – Nagios, MRTG, Iperf, Netstumbler, Yellowjacket Spectrum Analyzers, Packet Analyzers

Network Application Specialist, Wichita State University, Wichita KS 06/04 – 06/06

Design and configuration of Campus Wide Wireless Network at WSU

Project Lead

06/05 – 06/06

• Completed wireless survey for 802.11g in 40+ buildings

• Configured 450+ Autonomous Cisco 1130G WAPs along & 1210 WAPs for outdoor coverage.

• Configured the Cisco WLSE for management of all wireless devices

• Complete testing and documentation of final implementation

• Utilized Spectrum analyzer to ensure low wireless interference issues

Redesign of Network Infrastructure

08/04 – 02/06

• Enterasys backbone switch replaced with Cisco distributed node backbone model

• Introduced VLAN trunking and VTP for different Distribution areas on campus

• Configured and maintained Cisco 6400 for Campus Data center

• Upgraded Enterasys/Cabletron switches to Cisco 3500 and 3750 series

• Worked with KANREN to maintain Cisco 7000 series border router

Troubleshooting and Maintenance

06/04-06/06

Trouble shooting of all Wired and Wireless issues

Expanding the use of DHCP and DNS servers on campus

Working to resolve connectivity issues

Network management tools – Sniffer Packet Analyzer

Graduate Research Assistant, Advanced Networking and Research Center, WSU 07/03 – 06/04

• Research in Ad hoc wireless networks and paper publication in IEEE conference.

• Assisted in report writing and experimental set up for ad hoc wireless network testing.

Consultant, Deloitte Consulting. Jersey City, NJ 07/98 – 12/00

Telecommunication Group - Various internal studies and proposal development

Key areas of work:

• Network Design

• Functionality & cost analysis

• Vendor Survey

• Integrating the efforts of the technical and management teams

• Application testing of an E-billing implementation ( Kenan-Arbor)

• System integration testing for Siebel CRM

Sr. Applications Engineer, Wipro Systems. Bangalore, India 08/97 – 06/98

Worked on ISDN / PRI based Meridian PBx for Telecom application enhancements

Project: Calling Party Privacy Override on the Nortel Meridian PBX.

• Feature implementation and integration testing for the FCC compliant feature providing selective unblocking (by dialing a *82) of the calling line identification on a per call basis.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• Design, development and improvements in 802.11 Wireless networks.

• Application of standardized processes for network access and firewalls

• Design and analysis of Network Security.

EDUCATION

MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wichita State University, 2004

Thesis: The Capacity of Mobile Ad hoc Wireless networks: An Integrated Approach

B. Tech., Electrical Engineering, Kerala University, India

PUBLICATIONS

“Analysis of Link availability and the capacity of mobile ad hoc networks”,

Proceedings of the 31st IEEE conference on Local Computer Networks, Tampa, FL Nov 2006

Authors: Ruchi Sharma, Dr. Ravi Pendse

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Member, IEEE

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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