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Lead Project Engineer with fifteen years of experience for multiple, concurrent, global scale network design projects. Background includes Network Development and Systems Design on leading-edge telecommunication and product design for utilization in U.S and World Markets. An accomplish network architect and systems administrator with extensive experience in designing proposing, and implementing life-sustaining, manufacturing-sustaining, and mission-critical networks and Internet-based systems.

Skills Summary
* Project Management: Scheduling, Team Building, Forecasting, Budgeting, Planning
* Product Design: Requirements Definition, Engineering Specifications, Software / Hardware Integration, Product Evaluation.
* Routing Technology: MPLS, RSVP, BGP4, OSPF, VRRP, ISIS, RIP and PPP.
* Routing Hardware: Juniper routers (M7i, M10i, M40e, M120, and M320), Cisco routers (800, 2800, 3800, 6500, 7200, 7600 and 12000 series).
* Routing Operating Systems: Juniper JUNOS, Cisco IOS, Worldwide packet LEOS.
* Switching Technology: IEEE 802 protocols, VTP, VPLS, RPR PBT,, Metro Ethernet Forum Standards.
* Switching Hardware: Cisco(Catalyst 6500,4900,4500,3750,3560,2960,500 and ME 4900,3400,2400), Ciena (CN5305 CN3920,LE311v) ,Hatteras (HN4000,HN400).
* Voice Over IP: SIP, Cisco Unified communications Manager, Cisco Unified IP Phones.
* Telecommunications: SONET/SDH, DWDM Standards, TDM Standards.
* Telecommunication Hardware: Cisco ONS (15454, 15501, 15310).
* Network Services: SNMP, SMTP, DNS, HTTP, SSH, SCP, NNTP, NTP,DHCP, MS Exchange Server.
* Network Management: HP Open view, Cisco works Network Compliance Manager, Cisco Transport Manager, Cisco Transport Controller, WorldWide Packet (ESM, ESM-CT, LENS),Telalert, Cricket, SNIPS, BGP Snarf, Cacti, Solar Wind.
* Firewall Technology: Checkpoint(Power-1,5070 and IPS 2000,500), Checkpoint provider-1,Cisco (ASA 5500, PIX 500,IOS firewall and service module), Cisco Security Manager.
* Intrusion Prevention: Cisco (4200, IDS service module), Niksun (NetDetector /NetVCR 2005, Central Manager 2005).
* Network Testing: IXIA 400, EXFO Packet Blaster, IPERF and Wire shark.
* Software Knowledge: PERL, Expect, HTML, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office.
* Operating Systems: UNIX, Solaris, CENTOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Windows 2003 Server.
* Server Hardware: Sun systems (Netra 240,120, Sunfire280R, Sun Blade 2500), IBM X series.
* Database Knowledge: Oracle 9i, MYSQL and MS Access.

Professional Experience
US Army Corps of Engineers May 2008-Sep 2008
NOSC Engineer (Contractor)
Responsible for monitoring, administering, managing, and supporting network devices for US Army Corps of Engineers. Also responsible for providing security for a complex global wide area network including firewalls, routers, switches, out-of-band management appliances, network analyzer appliances, virtual private network (VPN) appliances, intrusion detection systems (IDS) and communication circuits.
Engineered and maintained US Army Corps of Engineer world-wide network consisting of some 500 routers on an MPLS and IP backbone with 2 internet connections running BGP4 along with connections to the Department of Defense's NIPRnet and approximately 90,000 computing nodes.
Provided support to Network Operation Center which was responsible for maintaining the US Army Corp of Engineers wide area network, along with turning up new sites, and planning for future growth

Key Achievements and Projects
* Planed designed & installed the routing and switching policy for Corps Wide. This Includes Border gateway Protocol system for Internet & other networking agencies. Configured Cisco routers to utilized MPLS/OSPF routing protocols for routing between various district and divisions of Army Corps of Engineers.
* Install and maintain security infrastructure, including IPS, IDS, log management, and security assessment systems. Assess threats, risks, and vulnerabilities from emerging security issues. Managed process and acted in the support role for computer security incident response team. Perform and create procedures for system security audits, penetration-tests, and vulnerability assessments. Develop scripts to maintain and backup key security systems.
* Responsible for maintaining VoIP network for Army Core of Engineers. Provision circuits, translations, dial-plan, routing tables on Cisco's Unified Communications Manager. Configure Cisco SIP/H.323 gateways. Implement optimal call routing. Plan and deploy calling cards, call shops, billing solutions.
* Monitored Army Corps of Engineer WAN using various management tools such as HP Openview, Cisco works compliance manager. Optimized the network using performance reports and monitoring applications in 24x7 environment.

Ciena Cooperation
Systems Engineer, Global Region Nov 2007- May2008
Responsible for delivery of Carrier Ethernet Solution for Ciena Cooperation Ethernet Product line with business focus. Design, plan, deploy, and optimize large Ethernet infrastructures to help customers minimize Time-to-Revenue, maximize ROI, and fully utilize the potential of Ethernet.
Analyzes customer requirements and organization to provide recommendations for infrastructure planning and operational processes. Assists customers in the optimization of network operations via customized NMS/EMS solutions.
Provides project management services in the delivery of Carrier Ethernet solutions. Contributes to the development and delivery of technical training materials for advanced products and features.
Works in conjunction with Sales and Product Marketing to ensure that Services products support Ciena product strategies and to identify new Services product opportunities. Researches and develops solutions for emerging market technologies. Technical lead in key customer evaluations and proof-of-concepts.

Key Achievements and Projects
* Designed and implemented Metro Ethernet solutions for Large Scale Networks such as Century Telecom, Light Tower, Clarksville Lightband. The design included 10Gigbit backbone for triple play and QOS deployment. Also various design consideration were applied for performance, growth and high rate for the ROI (return of investment).
* Acted as deployment engineer as part of Ciena's Professional services engineering. Worked jointly with the customers for successful deployment of Metro Ethernet Networks. Formulated technical action plans for analyzing and resolving problems related to the deployment
* Facilitated as a TAC engineer to provide escalation-level support for the deployment and maintenance of Ciena's Ethernet product line. Also generated documentation in the form of case notes, tech tips and best practices.
* Provide technical training and cross-training to various customer base and internal employees. Develop document-teaching procedures for team of sales engineers, encompassing instructional manuals, quick reference guides, and test results forms.

Light Speed Networks, Portland, OR.
Senior IP Engineer 2002-2007
Responsible for the launch of Light Speed Network's (LSN) statewide fiber optic network to accommodate delivery of telecommunications solutions to underserved areas of rural Oregon.
Design and create documentation for equipment and site installation process for Light Speed Networks and third party vendor installers. Project manage Juniper, Cisco, River stone, Sun and LS Network personnel during installation and implementation of backbone at 26 New City Development. Consult with senior executives on future technology issues involving connectivity for LANs, WANs, and Internet applications.
Produce documentation on Service Activation of current product set, Customer notification of network maintenance and service affecting events. Performed capacity planning and analysis to ensure end-of-year peak network demands would be met.
Reviewed and tested routers and switches and made purchasing decisions. Negotiated and established peering with upstream Tier-1 ISPs and other Portland/Seattle-area ISPs.

Key Achievements and Projects
* Designed, implemented and managed all aspects of LSN's Internet product. Designed and implemented in-house solutions for customer-facing networks using BGP, Static Routing, VRRP along with OSPF as an IGP. Configured Juniper M10i/7i and M5 along with Cisco 3400ME/3560 switches for distribution of Internet Access at various levels. Architected secure, redundant network topologies for data centers in Portland, Eugene, Medford and Redmond. Provided key technical support/lead to members and partner networks for Internet access distribution. Help LSN's Management for Dedicated Internet Access product development and definitions.
* Designed and implemented LSN's metro Ethernet and SONET service delivery infrastructure using Cisco ONS 15454 optical switches and Cisco and Riverstone Ethernet switches. Developed standardized service offerings and service level guarantees. Acted as project manager and engineer on the deployment of gigabit metro transport services for enterprise customers including various Education School Districts of Oregon, Small to Medium Size Partner ISP's, cable access providers for High definition T.V, Banks and Hospitals, Local county and law enforcement agencies for the State of Oregon.
* Built and maintained monitoring and provisioning systems using HP Open View and open source software to support network operations. Led network operations team in customer notification, troubleshooting, return-to-service, and maintenance activities. Work directly with management, vendors, staff and customers to meet established support goals and objectives. Interview, recommend and hire staff members. Assist in Network Operations Center to troubleshoot, configure and monitor a variety of networks and servers.
* Performed test and turn up of Cisco optical network systems, ONS 15454 add-drop multiplexers, for the build-out of SONET telecommunications networks. Responsible for assessing engineering viability and inspecting installation quality and completeness, providing solutions when necessary; involved localized electrical and optical cable testing. Managed and configured backbone optical network components including Cisco ONS 15454 systems. Assist Transport engineering, field operations, and service delivery in the turn up of all service levels to include DS-1, DS-3, OC-X, DWDM, and Gigabit Ethernet.

Time Warner Telecom, Vancouver, WA
IP Engineer/Project Engineer 1999 -- 2002

Develop and analyze detailed network design concepts to support evolution and growth of the Time Warner Telecom Internet backbone. Analyze network topologies in light of functional characteristics of new and emerging transmission, switching, and routing equipment.
Produce documentation on various aspects of the network and topologies for use by numerous groups both internal and external to Time Warner Telecom. Topics of documentation include, but are not limited to, analytical procedures to be used for cost and performance analysis, survivability and restoration, configuration guidelines, test procedures results, and requirement documents.
Also developed project plans and schedules for equipment installation and network changes. Reviewed and approved Installation Specifications and Methods of Procedure (MOPS) for network changes. Managed contractor relationships and mediated contractor issues.
Worked with vendors to evaluate new products and resolve equipment design problems. Provided information to vendors on bugs discovered, desired enhancements and products, required functionality of technology, etc. Reported on various topics to upper level management and technical staff as necessary. Provided support to other teams within Systems engineering as well to other Time Warner Telecom departments.
Ensured that equipment installations followed Time Warner Telecom installation standards. Developed design standards, procedures, engineering equipment standards. Analyzed costs or procedural impacts of new equipment or network design options. Responsible for providing IP engineering support for interdepartmental projects.

Key Achievements and Projects

* Routing Technology -- Planned designed & installed the routing policy for Time Warner Telecom Western region IP backbone. This Includes Border gateway Protocol system (BGP-4) for core, aggregation, & border routers on the network. Also installed & configured the Interior Routing Policy using IBGP & OSPF. Configured Core Routing policy using route maps, peer groups, neighbor statements, filter & distribution lists. Stabilized backbone routing using techniques such as redundancy, symmetry, and load balancing. Also optimized the backbone routing structure using community-based policy. Applied standard access/prefix list along with route filtering and attribute manipulation.
* Network Expansion - Planned & installed new point of presence (POP) for Time Warner Telecom on IP Network. Acted as the Backbone Engineer for Western region states, installed the network access points for the Time Warner customers in major cities of these region. This includes installation of routers, switch and various networking equipment. Also generated various method of procedure (MOPS) for router/switch installation, fiber channel, DSX & Ethernet panels, power bay's. Designed & installed different modes of fiber media (such as ATM single/multi mode, SONET) over the core & aggregation routers.
* Peering policy- Installed peering policy on behalf of GST with various peers & peering agency which are identified as transit, non transit, Public Interconnect points such as Metropolitan Area Exchange (MAE's), Network Access Points (NAP's) and Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX). Also applied policy based peering with private peer's (such as Sprint, BBN Planet, Cable & wire less) in conjunction with Time Warner Telecom routing infrastructure.
* Network monitoring -- Worked with network operation centers (NOC) for formulation and implementation of a Time Warner Telecom-wide management policy of the network and networking standards. Applied various tools for measuring network performance based on SNMP & generated various alarms & traps for the Network devices & connections.
* Testing- Tested various networking devices such as switch, routers. Bench marked various vendor product lines for Time Warner Telecom specification. Generated test reports, and procedure for testing. Also worked with vendors for fixing bugs and errors on various products.

US Army Corps of Engineer, Portland OR
Member, Network Operations & Center of Expertise 1998-1999

Member of a successful team managing a US Department of Defense world-wide network consisting of some 250 routers on an OSPF and OSI backbone, 4 internet connections running BGP4, connections to the Department of Defense's NIPRnet and approximately 40,000 computing nodes. Responsible for design, security, maintenance, troubleshooting and reporting. Routing and switching platforms are primarily 3Com and Cisco enterprise-level switches and routers (3Com Corebuilders, Netbuilder IIs and Cisco 7200-series routers, among others)
Telecommunications responsibilities include installation, monitoring, troubleshooting and negotiating with various telephone companies (AT&T FTS2000, MCI and US west, mainly) to support approximately 50-60 leased T1 lines, dozens of frame-relay circuits, OC3 MAN connections, ATM and satellite communications links.
Major tools include HP OpenView, HP Netmetrix, 3Com Transcend, MRTG SNMP reporting and graphing, NOCOL monitoring. Security software including Firewall I, Raptor, Gauntlet, SPF-200, various intrusion detection software (IDS) packages. Oracle-based Remedy trouble ticket reporting. All of the above tools are made available to management and clients via our Web site.
Actively involved in the following programming languages: shell scripts, Perl, SQL, C, C++, 4th generation database development
Also, acting as system administrator for a cluster of Sun and Linux machines including Sun 3000s, 20s and various Ultra platforms (Solaris 2.4-2.7, mostly 2.6), in addition to numerous Linux and Solaris boxes on Intel platforms.
Responsible for enterprise-wide DNS maintenance and interfacing with ARIN, NIC.MIL and designing internal and external DNS model to conform to the Department of Defense' C4 security initiative.

Key Achievements and Projects

* Routing Technology -- Planed designed & installed the routing policy for Corps Wide. This Includes Border gateway Protocol system for Internet & other networking agencies. Also installed & configured the Interior/Exterior Routing Policy for Corps Global Network.
* Network Management - successfully installed Management system for Corps of Engineer with the formulation and implementation of a Corps-wide management policy for the network and networking standards. Installed a SNMP based Network Monitoring system on real time bases. Generate Alarms & Traps for the Network devices & connections. Also gives a port level management capability to the network devices for Corps wide networks.
* Internet Strategy - Planned and developed the Internet connectivity strategy and hosting services for Corps of Engineer. Managed the evaluation of firewall products and the installation of Firewalls corps wide. Also designed & installed networking sniffers & Internet port/protocol level monitoring system for effective usage of bandwidth.
* Network Security -- Issues relating to Network Security were address like prevention of Intrusion, detecting signs of Intrusion, analyzing the information required to characterize an Intrusion and responding to an intrusion. Monitoring of Intrusion detection system & reporting Incidents to Agencies relating to Security with facts, figure, level of Intrusion, systems that may have been Compromised.
* Customer Support -- As a member of Center of expertise of Telecommunication a base level support was provided to the over 60 thousand users of US Army Corps of Engineers Global Network. The Issues that were address range from Complex routing to installation of Routers, Switch, Bridges, Wide Area Links such as T1, T3, Frame Relay, ATM, VSATS, Ethernet, Fiber, Fast Ethernet Etc.

Over the Counter Exchange of India , New Delhi
Manager of Information Technology Services 1995-- 1998

As Manager of Information Technology following task were involved Development & Installation of Networking Services, Planning, Evaluation, Procurement, Testing, Training users, Developed support programs for On-line Trading and Financial Management. Administration of Telecomm & Data systems for OTCEI on LAN & WAN in the North Region. Extended customer support administrator for OTCEI Northern Region operations. Interacted with Public Telecomm, carriers and vendors for planning of networking services. Managed Logistics support for Technical operations.

Key Achievements and Projects

* Designed & installed a high speed Trading Network on VSATS. With 99.9 % uptime & Microwave/ ISDN as backup in addition to the SCPC as back haul link. A Delta structure of network for Backup recovery Server. The network can support Stream & Burst Traffic also Multicasting, UDP Broadcasting & Group Broadcasting. Complete Data & Communication security using Scrambling, Software Encryption, & protection against Frequency Interference
* Design & Install Network Management System (NMS) for the trading network of OTCEI. The system is used for monitoring the network traffic in trading network Using SNMP based Fault Tolerant /Redundant platform. The system was able to alter the data for any remote terminal at the port level & display the real time status. It also allowed network diagnosis and collection of statistical data for future analysis.
* Other responsibilities include installation of trading terminal/software, testing connectivity, stabilizing network response time, optimizing parameters for smooth running and load balancing.

Kurukshetra Computer Consultancy (K.C.C), New Delhi
Business Manager-Software Development, 1993 -- 1995

As Business Manager of Network Installation and Software Development, the tasks involved were installation of network services and software development, consulting at different clients' locations, installation of the system and its maintenance and managing logistics support for Technical Operations.

Key Achievements and Projects

* Develop & design a network/software solution for the maintenance of regional /area base sales database for the regional office of GE Medical Systems Ltd. Major Feature of the project is that it automates information on sales activities, follow up, invoicing and payments. Basic programming platform used here was 'C' and the complete package was designed in modular format by a group of programmers.
* Develop a client/sever based database system for a commercial bank & to eliminate manual double entry system .The complete project was developed & tested by myself. The initial programming language used was 'C' but later complete project was converted into and RDBMS using Oracle 7.0.

Vintron Engineering, New Delhi
Customer Support Engineer 1992 -- 1993

Extended Support for system installation & maintenance for various clients. Installed local area networks, servers & workstations. Provided logistics support for Technical operations. Responsible for user support (in person and over the phone) in a Novell NetWare 3.1/Microsoft Windows environment, managing (software installation, backup, user maintenance) of several Novell NetWare LANs. Beta-tested new software, and evaluated software to see if it was suitable to the users' needs.

EDUCATION
* Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Rapiur 1992
* Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Management & Programming. Computer Society of India. New Delhi. 1993
* Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Programming & Systems Management Kurukshetra College of Computer Courses New Delhi. 1994

ACCREDITATION AND TRAINING
* Formal training in MPLS Traffic Engineering by Juniper Networks.
* Formal training in Architecture and Configuration of Juniper Routers
* Formal training in Routing Policy using Juniper Routers
* Formal training in Riverstone Router Architecture and Configuration
* Formal training in BGP Peering with Riverstone Routers for Service Providers
* Formal Training in Solaris Operating Environment System Administration
* Formal Training in Cisco ONS 15808 Operation and Management
* Formal training in Advance Cisco Router Configuration
* Formal training in 3Com Router Configuration & Installation
* Formal Training in 3Com Advance Router Configuration & Installation

PAPER PRESENTED
* Innovation for corporate renaissance for All India Management Association 1996.

REFERENCE
* References furnished upon request

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