8+ years of experience in Networking and Security, including hands-on experience in providing network support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN / WAN communication systems. * Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models. * Experience with designing, deploying and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, Frame-Relay, and Ether-channel. * Experience in Configuring & implementing VLAN, VTP, LAN switching, STP and 802.x authentication in access layer switches. * Experienced in design, installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN infrastructure and security using Cisco routers/Switches/firewalls. * Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server. * Experience in configuring Site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions. * Enterprise Routing experience using protocols RIP v1 & 2, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP. * Configure and setup Cisco Router, Switches and VPN Concentrators and Security appliances for access to vital business applications. * Design, setup and configure complex switching environments. * Maintain a thorough understanding of Local Area Networking. * Assist in the design of multi-server environments including IP address schemes, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Ether-Channel (Bonding), etc. * Maintain a thorough understanding of the basics behind the Internet and its workings (Security, IP Routing, HTTP, VPN, Email Routing etc.). * Performed security operations on ASA firewalls. * Worked on Citrix NetScaler Access Gateway configurations. * Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN, Route-maps and Access Control Lists * Configuring, Administering and troubleshooting the Checkpoint and ASA firewall. * Enterprise Switching with VLANs, Trunks, Spanning Tree, Port Spanning etc. * Expertise in maintenance of layer2 switching tasks which advocate VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST, RPVST, configuring of ether channel with LACP and PAGP along with troubleshooting of inter-VLAN routing. * Experience in configuring VDC, VPC and FCOE, upgrading NX-OS for Nexus Family Switches. * Design, configuration, and support of Cisco Nexus Platforms (Nexus7K, 5K, 2K). * Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing, configuring and supporting TCP/IP. * Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewall & ASA 5500 (5510/5540) Series. * Thorough understanding of VPN technologies like IPsec, GRE tunneling, MPLS for remote access security. * Experienced working on network monitoring and analysis tools like, SOLAR WINDS, and Wireshark. * Supervising the administration of systems and servers related network to ensure availability of services to authorized users. * Experience in managing, administration and designing of IP Backbone Network and spearheaded the strengthening IP Backbone Network Security. * Experience working with different wan transports MPLS, VPN, Metro Ethernet PPP and TCP/IP internals and debugging techniques * Designed network architectures and implementation of network Switches. * Configured VTP domain, trunk links, ether channels and remote VLANs on Cisco and other vender's switches * Configured and installed new IP addresses for new users by using IP Addressing and Subnetting Scheme. * Create a Virtual Network on Windows Azure to connect all the servers. * Creating and updated network shares, adding permissions software and groups for users through Windows server Active Directory. * Troubleshooting the network for the connectivity issues and network performance issues. * Laying down the network design for the premises and recommending the required equipment's. * Getting the issues solved in a timely manner and escalating the problems which require intervention from higher levels. * Ensuring proper working of all the network equipment's (routes switches & firewall). * Producing reports network productivity, plans and issues for higher management. * LAN / WAN installation, Configuration and support / IOS update (CISCO routers, Switches). * Administer & troubleshooting Manage engine firewall analyzer, MRTG Graph for bandwidth utilization. * Responsible for network documentation and daily, weekly and Monthly Reports. * Provided load balancing towards access layer from core layer using F5 Network Load Balancers * Responsible for communication protocols configuration and integration * Investigating diagnosing and resolve Level 1 & 2 network problem * CISCO Switch configuration in particular VLAN configuration / troubleshooting

Highlights:

• Border Gateway Protocol
• Cisco
• Configure
• Open Shortest Path First IGP
• Routers
• Switches
• Troubleshooting
• Documentation
• Local Area Network
• Networking