5.5+ years of experience in implementing, supporting and maintaining data center network and security infrastructures.
• Design, implementation, maintenance and supporting Cisco R&S, Cisco ASA, CheckPoint, PaloAlto, BlueCoat
• Virtualization technologies VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer.
• ISP style converged network - BGP + OSPF and BGP+EIGRP on MPLS/VPLS backbone.
• Network monitoring tools like SOLAR WINDS, CISCO works, Wireshark and Splunk
• Microsoft Active Directory, Windows 2003, 2008, 2013 Servers, Linux and Solaris
• VLAN, VTP, ISL, 802.1Q, STP, RSTP, PVST, MST, Port-channel, Port Security, and L2PT.
• Security Information & Event Management (SIEM).
• Aggregation Switch (Nexus 3K, Cisco 4900M) - Aggregation for Wi-Fi Controllers and ASR routers.
• Performance Testing tools like Spirent, iperf, Fluke LRAT-2000.
• Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Hands-on experience and expert knowledge of Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN)
• VPN technologies including IPSEC, AnyConnect (SME), DMVPN, FlexVPN, and GETVPN.
• Advanced threat detection and fault isolation.
• Cisco APIC EM Dynamic Quality of Service.
• URL filtering, IDS/IPS, and NAC-802.1X.
• HP ArcSight, Checkpoint Smart Event detection, monitoring and analysis.
• Comprehensive understanding of all levels of the OSI model.
• Automating tasks using VB script and Python, developed Ping sweep Python Script.
• Blue Coat Proxy SG, F5 Big IP LTM, Netscaler, Cisco ACE 4710 Load Balancers.
• PowerShell scripting to automate the process.
• Infrastructure auditing, hardening and compliance.
• Install, Configure & Update Cisco & Checkpoint Firewalls, McAfee IPS & Blue Coat Proxy appliances and other security devices as requested.
• Maintain documentation on actual infrastructure (Diagrams, Configuration scripts, etc.)
• Programming & scheduling of Web Activity reports for IT Risk & IT Security.
• Develop procedures for normal operational tasks on Firewall VPN, IPS, Proxy.
• Prepares a presentation on new Infrastructure implementations (Ex. IPS Infrastructure, IPS Security Event Workflow, etc.)
• Deep knowledge of all ITIL/ITSM processes, and their interaction with other processes.
• Authorized to work in United States for any employer