YASHWANTH

Please contact Employer :

stuty@lenorasystems.com

425-996-8844
OBJECTIVE
Looking forward for an opportunity as a challenging Networking Engineering in competitive and progressive
environment, where I can utilize all my skills, academic knowledge and 8+ years of experience in contributing
effectively towards the success of the organization and where I can improve both my personal and professional skills.
CERTIFICATIONS
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Routers:
Switches:
Routing Protocols:

Cisco 2600, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600

Cisco 2960, 3750, 4500, and 6500 and Nexus 2K/3K/5K/7K series
RIP V1/V2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Summarization, Route Filtering, Redistribution,
Summarization, and Static Routing.
Switching:
VLANs, Dot1Q, VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST+, RPVST, VLAN Maps, Inter VLAN
routing & Multi-Layer Switching, Ether channels (LACP, PAgP), VSS, vPC, VDC,
CEF, DCEF, Port Security
Gateway Redundancy:
HSRP, VRRP, GLBP
Network Security:
Cisco ASA, AC, IPSEC,
Load balancers:
Cisco CSM, Cisco ACE 4710, F5 BIG-IP LTM 6900 series
Protocols:
IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, NAT, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, IPSEC, SSL, HTTP, SSH
AAA Architecture:
TACACS+, RADIUS, Cisco ACS.
LAN Technologies:
Ethernet Standards, VLAN, Inter-VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, SMTP, Ether Channel,
Port Fast, ACL.
WAN Technologies:
Frame relay, (E1/T1/E3/T3) lines, PPP, HDLC, DS3, OC192
Network Management Tools: Wireshark, Netflow Analyzer, Solarwinds, IBM Netcool
EXPERIENCE
Client: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Aug 13 - Present
Role: Network Implementation Engineer
Responsibilities:
As a part of GNS O365 I was working under implementation team who delivers SPO (Share Point Online)
services to end clients.
I was involved in migration projects, which involves replacing legacy devices to new Nexus devices and
introduced VPCs in the new architecture.
Configured 3K/5K/7K Nexus devices including licensing and Upgrading OS and was involved in handling
troubleshooting issues.
Worked on Juniper MX-960 Routers and configured OSFP and BGP on the routers, and also on Cisco 3845,
Cisco 4948, hand on with F5 8600.
Setup kick-Off meeting with the clients to discuss about the clients requirements.
Was in an Engineering team to configure the devices according to the clients requirements and deliver the
projects to the clients with in target dates.
Followed Datacenter Level Architecture and deployed new stamps in several DCs (Data Centers) across the
globe.
Reserved and assigned MGMT IPs for all the devices and check for the management connectivity for those
devices.

Prepared MOPs (Method of Procedure) for the new deployments or for any change in the configuration/
process, according to the SOPs (Standard of Procedure).
Prepared NDT (Network Deployment Template), which reflects all the information about the implementation
project including the device names, cabling, port numbers, MGMT IPs, and Vlan information.
Performed cabling connectivity check for the all the devices with OOB (Out Of Band) and Management
Devices and raised Pre RTO defect tickets to the DCS Team (Data Center Site Services Team) for any
unreachability of devices.
Coordinated with the DCS team to solve the troubleshooting issues regarding connectivity or reachability.

Client: Principal Financial Group Des-Moines, IA

May 2011 Aug 2013
Role: Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
I was part of Data Center design and build team. As part of data center refresh project, I performed migration
from Cat 6513 Switches with Sup 720 and WS-X6148A-45AF Line cards of version Cisco IOS Release
12.2(33)SXI2 to Nexus 7009 and 7018 Switches with Nexus 7000 Supervisor 2E, N7K-F312FQ-25 F3,N7KM206FQ-23L M2 line cards of version NX-OS Release 5.2(1), Nexus 5548UP Switch and Nexus 2232TM-E
Switches.
Implemented VPC, VDC on Nexus Switches and also configured FEX
Worked with the data center planning groups, assisting with network capacity and high availability
requirements.
Responsible for entire LAN and WAN maintenance and troubleshooting of the company network. Involved in
the Team of Data Center Level 2 support to perform duties like deployment and troubleshooting of Cisco
Routers Switches, Load balancer and Firewalls according to the organization requirements.
Performed network administration tasks such as creation and management of VLANS, Port security, Trunking,
RPVST+, Inter-VLAN routing, and LAN security
Acquired excellent troubleshooting skills on 7613 Cisco Router, which include working on ticketing system and
change management system to provide, troubleshoot support.
Configured and maintained (2921, 3845, 7204, 6509) and configured OSPF & BGP Protocols.
Configured and resolved various OSPF multi-area environments, used OSPF as IGP with route filtering and
route-redistribution, implemented Stubs/Totally stub areas, implemented features like route summarization and
SPF throttling.
Used BGP for verifying various traffic policies and influencing outgoing, incoming traffic using BGP attributes
such as Local Pref., AS Path, Med, Weights.
Configured ASA 5540 to ensure high-end security on the network with ACLs and Firewall.
Involved in providing access to user machines and partners outside our network by SSL and IPSEC VPN
tunneling.
Configured and deployed BIG-IP LTM-6900 for providing application redundancy and load balancing.
Involved in operations and administration of WAN consisting Ethernet Handoffs, T1, DS3, and Optic Fiber
Handoffs.
Used internal network monitoring tools to ensure network connectivity and Protocol analysis tools to assess the
network issues causing service disruption
Client: NRG Energy, Dallas, TX
Nov 2010 Apr 2011
Role: Network Support Engineer/L2
Responsibilities:
Played responsible role for implementing, engineering, & level 2 support of existing network technologies /
services & integration of new network technologies / services
Managed Data Center Cat 6513 Switches with Supervisor Engine 720-10G and 6904 40G line Cards and also
implemented VSS, Worked on 3750, 4500, 6500 series Cisco Catalyst Layer 3 switches, in multi VLAN
environment for the implementation of inter-VLAN routing, 802.1Q trunking, VLAN Trunking between various
access-switches and EtherChannel. Provided Layer 3 redundancy by implementing HSRP in the network.
Has configured 3750, 4500, 6500 series Cisco Catalyst Layer 3 Switches, in

Worked on 2600, 3500, 7613 Router, implemented OSPF and BGP and performed route filtering and route
manipulation by applying distribute-lists, route-maps & offset lists. Majorly was involved in improving OSPF
convergence by controlling SPF algorithm and LSA/SPF throttling in the WAN infrastructure.
Involved in Network Designing, Routing, DNS, IP Subnetting, TCP/IP protocol.
Part of a team in establishing the WAN network that has primary Leased Line and ISDN as backup source.
Worked on Security issues, VPN, IPSec, NAT, Configuration Standard and Extended Access Control Lists
(ACLs) and Firewalls.
Configured the site to site and remote user access VPN connections.
Configured IPSec VPN tunneling for client machines to access organization's network.
Involved in troubleshooting Layer-2 & Layer-3 issues on daily basis.
Used Load Balancers CSM and load balancing techniques for optimum efficiency of Cisco 6500 switches and
7600 routers
Configured Cisco IOS Feature Set, NAT and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for Network
Security implementation.

Client: Met Life, Wilmington, DE

Jan 2008- Sep 2010
Role: Junior Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
Converted networks with multiple routing protocols RIP, IGRP, EIGRP into a single OSPF domain, thus
providing for future network scalability.
Design and implementation of the LAN IP infrastructure using Layer 2 / Layer 3 switching, VLAN, VTP,
STP, Gigabit Ethernet and Trunking / channeling technologies.
Used Load balancer ACE and load balancing techniques for efficient performance and to increase
reliability through redundancy.
Accomplished in the usage of all tools in the TCP/IP protocol suite used with NT Server: DNS, DHCP,
WINS, etc.
Provide daily Help Desk support resolving trouble tickets.
Configured, installed software applications, anti-viruses, drivers and security software on user devices,
maintained and troubleshoot desktop, laptop and peripheral equipment.
Perform hardware and software diagnostics, fault isolation and coordinate repairs and/or replacement of
faulty equipment.
Maintain logs of network and bandwidth utilization of servers and network devices and create utilization report
based on the logs
Design network and create physical and logical network layout diagrams
Write and maintain technical documents describing implemented technologies and architecture
Provided consultation services to clients for installing and configuring Cisco routers and switches
Co-ordinate with other internal team and vendors for creating test labs for network environments
Manage backup of all infrastructure and file server and do the recovery procedure when necessary
Troubleshoot TCP/IP problems; troubleshoot connectivity issues in Ethernet networks
Client: Dhanush InfoTech, Hyd, India
Apr 2006- Dec 2007
Role: Jr. Network Support Engineer
Responsibilities:
Provided technical assistance in upgrading IOS on Cisco Routers and Switches.
Configured Access Control Lists to allow only authorized users to access certain applications and block others.
Involved in switching related tasks implementing VLANs.
Assisting senior engineers in troubleshooting TCP/IP issues and connectivity issues in multi-protocol
environment.
Installing, repairing and upgrading desktop computers, which include software installation and imaging,
and final configuration and testing. Perform planning, testing, and evaluate new devices and
troubleshooting.
Provided support to user's software, hardware & wireless issues and escalate to second level.
Prepared the Technical specifications in operation manuals.

Involved in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP and other services on Windows Server 2003.

Qualification:
Bachelors of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering