| Consultant ID: | C25427 |
| Consultant Name: | Akash Deep |
| Consultant Title: | Network Load Balancer |
| Total Experience: | 8+ Years |
| Primary Skills: | HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, RPR, NSF/NSR, Wireshark, Solarwinds, SNMP Physical interfaces: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial, HSSI, Sonet (POS) Layer 2 |
| Education: | Bachelors |
| Certifications: | Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) |
| Domain Exposure: | IT/Software |
| Re-Location: | Open - anywhere USA |
| Availability: | Immediately |
| RDM Name: | Albert Jordan |
Citizen Financial Group, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Feb 2014 to till date
Sr. Network Engineer
Key Responsibilities:
Working with Network Design and implementation teams on various projects across North America and South
America.
Experience with manipulating various BGP attributes such as Local Preference, MED, Extended Communities,
Route-Reflector clusters, Route-maps and route policy implementation.
Experience with design and implementation of Data center migration.
Experience on dealing with Microsoft Azure Virtual Network including configuring access lists in the Network
security Group.
Involved in migration of network from cisco catalyst switches/ASA firewalls to palo alto.
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Updating and configuring Azure Express Route as per network diagrams
Install, upgrade and configure Next-Gen Palo Alto Firewall series PA-200,PA-500
Implemented and configured Fortinet Firewall FortiGate 600, 800 series.
Configuration of Silver Peak WAN optimization software
Perform multiple debugs on the routers and able to analyze them to determine the problems with the VOIP
configurations.
Experience on dealing with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) by integration hardware and software
products as per network layout
Experience on dealing with office 365 including hosting Lync web Conferencing and assisting in installing office
applications.
Configured and troubleshooting River bed WAN optimization software to improve the network acceleration at
the user end.
Installed Riverbed WAN optimizer software to run applications via WAN’s to multiple branches across east coast.
Assisted campus for VOIP network management and troubleshoot
Strong experience in designing, implementing and supporting Cisco VOIP technologies.
Fortinet Firewall administration configuration of FortiGate 3000, 3815 series as per network diagram
Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core ASR 9K, Nexus 7K, 5K and its downstream devices.
Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, Bundle Ethernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair.
Assisted in MPLS migrations, implemented a backup for the existing WAN connection using site-to- site IP sec
VPN tunnels.
Implementation of Juniper Firewall, SSG Series, NetScreen Series ISG 1000, SRX Series.
Worked on Juniper NetScreen Firewalls like, NS50, SSG 550M, SSG520M, ISG 1000, and ISG 200.
Extensive knowledge of firewall Checkpoint, McAfee, Juniper Net Screen on SRX 550, 650 Series and
IPS/WAF(Tipping Point, Imperva, and Citrix NetScaler) Technologies.
Installation and troubleshooting IP Voice System PBX (Private Branch Exchange). Deployed voice gateway Cisco
SPA8000 per LAN network
Experience on cisco wireless management systems which includes cisco 8540 Wireless controller, cisco 5520
Wireless LAN controller, and virtual wireless controllers.
Configured and troubleshooting Aruba Wireless products like Access Points and Mobility Access Switches
Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for
local routing only) which involves new WAN links.
Hands on experience on Cisco ISE and various network security concepts like SSH, IPsec, firewall polices and
802.1x
Configured Cisco ISE secure Network Server 3595 which supports 20,000 endpoints in an ISE deployment
Experienced and configured firewall administration including Bluecoat, F5, Checkpoint, Citrix NetScaler App and
Fortinet
Brief knowledge on real time monitoring of cloud computing by installing Nimsoft Monitoring tool.
Worked on CA Nimsoft tool to monitor and control desired environments of the organization.
Worked on python scripting language.
Convert Branch WAN links from TDM circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to GetVPN.
Configuring HSRP between VLANs, Configuring Ether-Channels, Port Channel on 6500 catalyst
Build Logical design and Implementation of Wireless Solution.
Configured CIDR IP RIP, PPP, BGP, MPLS and OSPF routing.
Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
Knowledge on dealing with Cisco SAFE through Cisco Security Control Framework (SCF). Considering this
technology, adapted various security features for smooth flow of traffic and prevent
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