• Handling of day to day operations and providing support for any routing and switching issues.• Handling DC & DMZ firewalls (Cisco FTD, Palo Alto) to allow, block and monitor traffic.• Working with the integration team and handling the network part.• Designing and implementing LAN/WAN, MPLS, Network Security and QoS.• Load balancing of interesting traffic to maintain high availability and performance.• Cisco ISE with Network Admission Control (NAC) implementation.• New Branches setup, installation, configurations, and activations.• Providing VPN access (URL,RDP, Application) via SSL VPN (AnyConnect) for specific users to allow remote access.• Email filtering and restrictions through Symantec Gateway email security.• Managing bluecoat proxy for content scanning and website classification to protect network computers from malicious content.• Handling speechlogs server for voice recording.• Handling of day-to-day operations tasks for Trend Micro endpoint protection manager.

• Applying standard configuration for all network devices, Firewall, Router and switches. • Providing core support for Network and Security. • Design and create data communication networks – LAN, WAN, or Intranets • Determine the most suitable hardware and software to be utilized • Installation, configuration of Cisco ISR4451, 43XX, 39XX, 29XX Series router• Installation, configuration of Cisco 9300, 9500, 4500, 3850 series switches.• Using Cisco ISE AAA server for authentication and authorization• Expert in network security protocols, anti-virus, and firewall configuration. • Installation and configuration of Palo Alto firewall.• Expertise in implementing, maintaining and troubleshooting L2 and L3 switching tasks such as VLANs, VTP, VLAN Trunking STP, RSTP, PVST+, Ether channel using LACP and PAgP, Inter-Vlan routing. • Implementing, configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols such as OSPF, RIPv2, BGP,EIGRP, HSRP.

• Installing and Configuring Cisco Routers (44XX, 43XX, 39XX, 2900).• Installing Configured Cisco Switches (6500, 3850, 3750, 3650, 2960).• Troubleshooting Routing and Switching issues.• Responsible for implementing network-related projects as well as configuring and maintaining various network devices.• Implement control plane security. Create ACLs, Class-map, policy-map, and service apply on the control plane.• Implement VPN Tunnelling feature to keep separate private and internet traffic. Reduce load on corporate bandwidth.• Switching related tasks include implementing VLANS, port security features on catalyst switches. • Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists, Distributed-Lists, and Route Maps.• Implemented spanning tree features Rapid-PVST, PVSTP, MSTP features.• Troubleshooting and configuring the switching (VLANs, VTP, Ether channel Layer 2 &3, Trunks).• Troubleshooting the LAN and WAN Network issues.• Configuring Storm controls to limit the exceeding Broadcast Traffic. • Implementing, configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, HSRP, GLBP. • Expertise in implementing of advanced technologies like EIGRP, OSPF routing protocols traffic engineering. • Performed redistribution of OSPF to enable communication with backbone.• Upgrade Cisco Routers and Switches IOS using TFTP• Troubleshoot computers hardware.

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