Network advisor
Resume:
Shaji George **** Barbara drive
Glenview,IL-*****
Cell:224-***-****
**********@*****.***
To be a Network Engineer Data, Wireless (WLAN), Voice (IP Telephony), Security and Data Center 3.0
Certification
CCIE-Voice Written, CCVP, CCDP (Cisco), CCSA (Checkpoint Firewall), Avaya Network Communication Associate, Cisco IP Telephony Support Specialist, Cisco Life Cycle Exam for IP communications, CCNS-Load balancer, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE-Internet (Microsoft Certified), Master CNE, Citrix Certified (CCA) and A+ certification. Juniper -Juniper certified, Juniper Internet network Associate, Juniper Enterprise Router Associate, and Juniper WAN Acceleration-Associate. Juniper SRX Firewall Certified. Also passed Juniper exams JNSS-ES, JNSS-ES-MMX, JNSS-ES-WX, Cisco Foundation Express Field Specialist, Cisco Rich Media Communications Specialist, Cisco IP Contact Center Express Specialist, Cisco Unity Support Specialist, and Cisco Unity Design Specialist.
Technical Skills 13 Years in VOIP/ LAN /WLAN/ WAN and Datacenter
Over 13 years of experience in IP data networking, administration ,maintenance and configuration of Cisco 7200/3800/6500 /2900/3900/ routers, Cisco 6500/3500/4000/4500/3700/2900 switches ,Juniper J2350 Routers, ESX Switches, Juniper Firewalls, IDP,NSM and WAN Acceleration WXC590
Experience with Cisco NEXUS Switch 5000 series, configured Nexus switch for Data center with VMware ESX i-Hypervisor Server farm.
5 Years Experience in design, implementation, administration and support of Cisco Voice over IP, Voice Gateways H323/MGCP/SIP, Call manager 4.x.7.x, Unity/Unity Connection voice mail, Unified messaging using Exchange 2007,Meeting place, IPCC express/Enterprise, TelePresence. Over one year experience in AVAYA IP Office,SHORETEL VOIP Platforms, IP PBX, TDM and Mereon voice mail using 6000 media server. Also migrated TDM based PBX system into VOIP platform
7 Years of experience in network security, design, Implement security policies, implemented and administered ASA /PIX Firewall, Juniper SRX/Net Screen Firewall, Check Point Firewall -NGX/R71and SSL/IPSEC VPN, Juniper IDP, Cisco IDS and MARS. Also worked on PCI Compliance, Network auditing and policy documentation.
Over four years experience in Load balancer using F5 LTM, ASM and Cisco CSM-content Switches.
Over 5 years of experience in application performance, trouble shoot applications using sniffer, Tcpdump, Network band width monitoring using Net scout and worked with developers for getting optimum application performance.
8 years of experience in routing protocols like OSPF, BGP and EIGRP, MPLS and set up load balancing using BGP for dual ISP.
Seven years of experience in managing data center, data center relocation, cable management, data center upgrades and Disaster recovery management.
Over 5 years of experience in Wireless network using Cisco WLAN controller, Cisco 440 0 controller, Aironet 1520, access points 1200 series, WLSE and wireless IP Phones.
Experienced in network Management using Cisco WORKS, LMS, HP Open view, Nagios, Solar winds, Whats Up gold, Network security using ACS, TACACS and Radius server.
Experience in VMWARE, Server builds, Hyper V, Hardening of Operating systems, Anti-Virus update, Storage Area Network-SAN and Symantec backup
Education
1993 – 1997 Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL
Degree in ELECTRONIS TECHNOLOGY
Certificate in LAN ENGINEERING-Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL
Certification in Electronic Computer Technician-Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL
Diploma in Instrument Technology – Degree from Government Polytechnic, Kerala, INDIA.
Employment History
August 2010 to Present
Working with Dell Inc. as Network Sr. Advisor. Migration of production data center into Rack Space Cloud services. Administration of F5 load balancers, ASA firewall, Cisco Routers, layer 3 switches, build site to site VPN tunnel, Remote access Cisco SSL VPN, Load balancing of critical applications using F5-LTM, follow security guide lines to meet PCI Compliance requirements.
Working with F5 –LTM load balancers version 10.01, F5 ASM, and ASA firewalls version 8.04, Cisco routers 3800/2800, Nexus 7000, Layer 2- 4500/3700 switches, DS3 connectivity to ISP, Checkpoint Firewalls. Working on data Center relocation/ migration project, Level 3 support for Network and Applications, Perform Security audit for PCI Compliance, support Hyper V Virtual servers, windows 2008 r2 servers, SCOM monitoring and Network monitoring using Cisco Works. Achieved PCI compliance requirements for all web based e commerce applications.
Nov.2009 to July 2010-University Of Chicago on contract basis as voice consultant
Rolled out 10,000 Cisco IP phones across various campuses, administration of Cisco call manager 7/1,Mereon Voice mail servers, Cisco routers 7200, 3900, 6500 layer 3 Switches, MPLS, SSL VPN, Nexus 5000 switches for the data center. Involved in the design and migration of new data center for UOC. Implemented QOS across LAN and WAN, migrated the legacy switches into POE capable.
Jan.2009 to Nov.2009 – Arlington Computer Products, Buffalo Grove, IL,Cisco/Juniper partner
Working as a consultant for Cisco, Avaya, Shoretel, Juniper, PGP, Life Size, wireless and VMWARE. Administration and maintenance of Cisco 3800 routers, 6500/3700 switches, IBM/HP blade switches, Cisco wireless routers, ASA SSL VPN,WLAN controllers, HP Pro Curve Switches, F5 LTM load balancer, TACACS Authentication for Wireless networks and Cisco devices. Routers: J320, J350 router, Switches EX4200, EX4500IDP, NSM Juniper Firewall. Configure PGP authentication for email servers. Network Assessment, PCI compliance auditing, Also managed data center for clients, supported high availability for Server farm/Firewall/F5, VMWRAE, spanning tree configuration, WAN protocol like BGP, EIGRP and OSPF and MPLS. Manage VLAN and layer 2/3 switches for the data center. Administration of Cisco /Juniper VPN Solution. Supported WAN technologies like MPLS, SONET, T3 and broadband.
June 2007 to August 2008 Worked as VOIP Engineer with Edelman, Chicago. Reason for leaving: Lay off
Migrated TDM based telephone system into Cisco voice over IP with Unity voice mail. Responsible for the administration and support of Cisco Call manager 4.1, Cisco Unity Server 4.0(5) for Voice mail, ShoreTel IP telephony system –call manager 6.x and 7.x and ShoreTel voice mail for regional offices. Supporting 1800 IP phones, SIP phones, Conference IP phones. Voice mail boxes. Also responsible for the administration and support for Cisco Meeting place server 5.4, E911 Cisco Emergency responder CER 1.2.3 and configure SRST, IPCC express for call center, Multicast MOH. Also responsible for Cisco ASA Firewall 5505, Juniper Firewall, VPN, Checkpoint NGX firewall and troubleshoot the PRI voice and T1, MPLS and DS3 data circuits. Administration of Cisco 3845 voice gateways, 7200,7600 routers, 6509 layer 3 switches, Juniper MX router, switches and routing protocols like BGP and EIGRP and OSPF.
Jan 2007 to June 2007 worked on 6 months contract as a Telephony Engineer Level-3 support for AT&T data communications at Arlington Heights, IL.
Working as a Level 3 support Engineer for Cisco call manager 4.x/5.x, H.323/MGCP gateway, MPLS,Unity 4.x, CME/CUE, Meeting place server, IPCC express server, IPCC Enterprise servers and Avaya IP office 400 series and HP Open view.
Reason: End of contract
May 2006 to December 2006 as Network Consultant with Maron Structure Technologies, Niles, IL- Cisco/Avaya Gold partner. Reason for leaving: End of 6 months contract
Working as a consultant for Cisco AVVID solution, Call Manager 4.2, Call Manager Express, Unified Messaging system- Unity version 4.2, Cisco Unity Express, Avaya IP Office, IPCC Enterprise, F5 load Balancer, Microsoft Exchange, configuration of voice gateways H.323, and MGCP, SRST set up and Cisco Pix firewall, ASA 5505 and Checkpoint NGX firewall configuration and administration. Set up QOS and network infrastructure for Avaya IP telephony system. Also worked with Cisco works LMS 2.5 for Network Management.
April 2005 to May 2006 as Network Engineer-II –Voice and Data with WW Grainger, Niles IL.
Reason For Leaving: Companywide manpower reduction.
Provide daily operation support to 8000 Cisco IP phones and Data Network including LAN and WAN. Experience in the administration of Cisco Call managers, Gatekeeper for bandwidth management, Subscribers, TFTP servers, SRST configuration at the remote routers. Design and Implementation of CISCO AVVID Components, IPCC Enterprise 6.0,ISN servers, QOS configuration for the routers, configuration of call routing, call parking, MOH and also support the Cisco Routers, 6500 switches, CSM-Load Balancers, Infoblox DNS One –DNS servers and Net scout Probes.
Oct. 2001 to April 2005 as Network Engineer-II with Bank one – Capital Markets Trading floor.
Experience in Installation, Configuration of Cisco AVVID Components, Cisco IOS Gateway H.323, and MGCP, Set up voice VLANS on the Cisco switches 3550 xl and 6500, switches.
Experience in Network Infrastructure Design, Checkpoint Firewall 4.1 and NG FP3, Cisco Routers, Cisco Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, Cisco and F5 load balancers, Cisco Wireless Aironet 1200 devices, Check Point Firewall 4.1 and NG versions, Cisco 6500 layer 3 switches, 3600 and 7200 series routers, 3500 series switches, Cisco Pix Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, Nortel Passport 1150 Routers Also worked with Sniffer pro and Sniffer 56000 series web based sniffer for troubleshooting the network and application performance related issues. Also configured the routing protocols like BGP OSPF and EIGRP.
Jan. 2001 to September,2001 as Sr. Network Consultant for EXODUS Communications, Oak Brook, IL
Reason For Leaving: Companywide lay-off due to Bankruptcy .Reported to Bruce Elsner, Director of Professional Services.
Installation, Configuration and administration of Cisco 7200, 3600 2600, 1700 Routers, Configuration and set up of Frame relay, T1, Partial T1, ISDN, ATM Routers, DSL and routing protocols like OSPF, BGP, RIP and Windows 2000 Advanced Servers.
June 99 to November, 2000 as Network Engineer for Racing Champions/ERTL Glen Ellyn, IL630-***-****
The responsibilities include the maintenance, administration, and Support of WAN with 10 Routers connecting 9 regional offices and 3 international offices, Lucent PBX systems and Panasonic Voice Mail system.
Jan. 98- June 99, McKesson HBOC, Wheeling, IL as Network Analyst
847-***-**** Reported to Ken Wallace, Manager
Monitoring, trouble shooting and maintenance of WAN with 15 Routers connecting 26 offices in U.S. and some are connected by VPN, NT 4.0 Servers, Novell Servers, Lotus Notes Server, Exchange 5.5 server, Citrix Server, IIS Server and SQL 7.0 servers
Sept. 1996-Jan 98 O/E Systems Inc. 150 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL as DESKTOP ENGINEER
312-***-**** Reported to Evelio Rivera, Worked as a consultant for SBC Communications at 225 Randolph, Chicago.
Operating System Windows 2008-R2/2003/ 2000, XP, UNIX-Sun, Red Hat LINUX, OPEN BSD, Cent OS,
JUNOS, VMWARE, Hyper V and Novell.
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