Senior Network Engineer
CITRA
Total years of experience :23 years, 5 Months
Responsibilities
• BGP design and implementation for CITRA.
• Designing High-Availability Enterprise Networks.
• Installing, configuring, and supporting various mission systems and core services.
• Work with deployment and upgrade teams to integrate systems at site into the architecture.
• Designed and implemented network infrastructure for clients.
• Support/maintain/administer program networks and servers.
• Monitor network performance and Traffic using HPE IMC, SolarWinds NetFlow.
• Assist with the creation & maintenance of security protocols, hardware and software standards, and overall technology planning within the organization.
• Provide Tier 3 support on complex technical issues to the internal helpdesk and end users when appropriate.
• Develop and maintain diagrams of the network infrastructure and connectivity.
• Assist with IT vendor evaluations, products, plans, and policies to ensure efficiencies are in place and solutions are effective.
• Worked on 38500, 7613, 9200, 9300, 9400, 9500 Cisco Routers and Core series Cisco Switches, Cisco Stack Wise Virtual Configurations.
• Experience with Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K, 2Kseries, Nexus 1000v, operate in Cisco NX-OS Software, VPC, FEX.
• Experience with HP Aruba Switches 2000/6000/8000 Complex Stacking topologies and configurations.
• Provide Tier 3 support on complex technical issues to the internal helpdesk and end users when appropriate.
• Develop and maintain diagrams of the network infrastructure and connectivity.
• Train the CITRA engineers for Cisco networking track of CCNA/ CCNP to enhance their processualism skills and capabilities.
• Installation, deployment, Analysis and troubleshooting of Firewall Technologies like Fortinet, Forti Web, Forti Analyzer, Palo Alto.
• Experience with HP Switch 10508 (Core switches), HP 5900 -HP 5700 (Distribution switches) and HP 5412R (Access switches).
• Experience with HP Aruba switches.
• MPLS, OSPF, MP-BGP design and implementation.
• Spin and Leaf Design.
• FortiGate Firewall installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Manage information technology and computer systems
• Plan, organize, control, and evaluate IT and electronic data operations
• Manage IT staff by recruiting, training, and coaching employees, communicating job expectations, and appraising their performance
• Installation, deployment, Analysis and troubleshooting of Firewall Technologies like Fortinet, Forti Web, Forti Analyzer, Palo Alto.
• Designing and providing support of Routers, Switches, Security Solutions, VPNs, L4-7 Load Balancers, SD-WAN, WAF and Network Management Solutions across LAN/WAN.
• Designing, configuring, and maintaining network infrastructure components, troubleshooting network to diagnose system problems.
• BGP design and implementation.
• Troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure, including routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF BGP & MPLS.
• Developed project plans for IT services implementation and best management practices to oversee the basic demand for efficient information.
• Designed and implemented new network topologies to support customer growth as well as maintainability of the environment.
• Created documentation on all aspects of the network design, implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting.
• Independently researching and providing both business and technical solutions based on and related to customer needs and specifications and deploy them into the production infrastructure.
• Involved in the activity of data-center migration of regular cisco catalyst switches with the new Nexus 2148, 2224t, 5548, 6018, 7010 using f3/m3 line-cards with 10ge & 40ge interfaces.
• Developing, implementing, and enforcing network security procedures consistent with security policies.
• Making recommends of advanced solutions which include both hardware and software.
• Creating and maintaining detailed project plans, scopes of work, network diagrams, and other technical documentation of the enterprise network.
• Leading implementation efforts across the enterprise network and ensuring that projects are executed according to design, within project time frames, and budget.
• Experience working with Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools including SolarWinds and Wireshark.
• Support and manage logical and physical network architectures, resulting documents and drawings, testing analyses, test plans and risk assessment of the network.
• Integrates components (servers, switches, routers, physical cabling) supplied by multiple vendors into a single unified network.
• Handled the tasks of maintaining IP/MPLS infrastructure of the organization.
• Working knowledge with installation and maintenance of Cisco’s WiFi/802.11 systems.
• Nexus VPC design, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Responsibilities
•Plan, design, install, and support major HP - Dell servers and network systems for corporate clients
•Configured and maintained Cisco routers and switches.
•Installed, configured, deployed, monitored, and troubleshoot all networking components
•Configured and deployed the software packages to client’s computers by using SMS Server and Group policy objects.
• Designed and implemented client’s wireless Internet 3G Broadband, ISDN, DSL.
•Designed a reliable and fully redundant network implementing various routing protocols OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.
•Selected and purchased all software and hardware, integrated new systems into existing network.
•Installed, configured, and deployed the corporate Mail Server Exchange, Active Directory
• Provided services to the corporate customers related to LAN, WAN, MAN and Training the track of MCSE, CISCO, VMware
• Provided Cisco Training CCNA, CCNP, FortiGate Firewall NSE4.
• Provided a Microsoft Training MCSE.
• Help Technical Services engineers prepare for Cisco certifications.
• Assessing individual/group training needs
• Planning, preparing, and researching lessons.
• Organizing and promoting courses
• Preparing teaching materials
• Spending contact time with students on an individual or group basis
• Invigilating examinations