Abhishek Kumar Jha

Mail Id : abhivits.04@gmail.com
Contact No. : +91-9019198450

Objective

I am seeking a challenging technical position in a pleasant working environment, which

will permit me to continue practicing and expanding my skill and knowledge base. I am
equally comfortable and qualified for Network Switching Routing & Security Engineer .

Experience Summary

 Sr. Consultant in Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd from 15th Oct 2015 to
till date.
 4 week supported as On-site support engineer @ Melbourne – AU for complete
client Ops Infrastructure.
 Network engineer in Teleradiology Solutions Pvt Ltd from Nov 6th 2014 to 30th
Sep 2015.
 Network Engineer in Tata communications Ltd from 6th Feb 2012 to 5th Nov 2014.
 Relevant 9 years’ experience in Network Administration and Security.
 Sound knowledge in Routing Switching ,Security , Data center and load
balancing , good understanding of Wireless.

Certifications

 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – ID-CSCO12406789

 Juniper certifications JNCIA JN0-101
 Cisco Certified Internetwork expert (CCIE) - R&S 400-101 Written.
 Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer - PCNSE
 F5 LTM ADC , Setup , Deploy , Migrated / Installed

Skills:-

Technologies: WAN, LAN, Wireless, Firewall, F5, Cisco, Juniper SRX, DNS.
Vendors: Cisco, Nexus, Juniper, F5, Infoblox, ASA
Routing: Cisco 2900, 4000 / 4500 / 6500 / 7200 routers, Protocols include OSPF, BGP,
EIGRP, VRF, IPsec, VPNs, ACL’s, NAT, PAT
LAN/Switching: Data center Nexus 7k/5k/2k, Cisco 65xx, 45xx, 37xx,29xx, , 802.1q, ISL,
Ether Channel, VSS, VTP, STP, RSTP, MST, HSRP/VRRP/GLBP, vDC, vPC, VRF , VLAN ,
,Private VLAN , DMVPN, mGRE, NHRP, MPLS.
Wireless: Cisco 5508
Security: Cisco ASA, Juniper SRX, Palo Alto
F5- LTM Big IP 8900 and Big IP vCMP Chassis
Tools: - Rancid, Cacti, Nagios, Splunk, Service- Now, Solar wind.

Professional Experience

Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd Oct 2015 till Date

Project 2:-
Project: Carnival Cruise Line
Environment: Data
Role: Network Support Engineer

Project: - Carnival Cruise Line ( United States - NA)

Carnival Cruise Line is one of ten cruise line brands owned by the world's largest cruise
ship operator the American-British Carnival Corporation & plc.
Its headquarters are in Miami, Florida, the United States. 
Roles and Responsibilities:-
 Routing & Switching Protocol configurations and troubleshooting.
 IOS upgradation of the Cisco Catalyst Switches in stack and Routers of different
models.
 Upgradation and replacement of the switches in stacked environment.
 Implementing troubleshooting stacking in catalyst switches, VSS in 4500/6500
series switches, and Implementing VPC in Nexus 5k/7k switches.
 Nx-OS upgradation of Nexus 5K switches
 Thoroughly proficient in TCP/IP Protocol and technology: Redistribution,
Summarization, Route filtering and policy routing.
 Vulnerability remediation of Switches / Router Palo Alto FW by referring the CVE
id on Vendor support portal.
 Providing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to Customer for Major incidents
 Creating VIP, Pools, node and Updating external and Internal Cert of Domain in
F5 LTM Load balancer.
 Import / Install image or hotfix to HA pair of F5 device
 Configuring Priority based pool member activation / static and dynamic load
balancing.
 Port opening and creation of rule in Palo Alto & Cisco Firewall
 Traffic filtering, creating access list in Cisco ASA and Palo Alto Firewall.
  Exposure on WAN optimizers like Riverbed and security device Palo Alto Firewall.
 Preparing the change plan and get approval with CAB meeting and implementing
change.
 Adhering Incident, Change and Problem Management in defined SLA.

Project 1:-
Project: Sensis Pty Ltd
Environment: Data
Role: Network Ops Engineer

Project: - Sensis Pty Ltd (APAC)

Sensis is Australia’s #1 marketing services company, provide digital consume business
like Yellow pages, White pages, Whereis, Skip.
Roles and Responsibilities:-
 Implementing, troubleshooting, maintaining & supporting Sensis corporate Data
Centers to improve resilience of current environment.
 Ensuring the integrity of High availability of network infrastructure to provide
maximum performance for their staff, client and vendor.
 Handling medium and high priority (P1and P2) Tickets and implementing changes
on Data Center Infrastructure (Router, Switch, Firewall, F5 and Infoblox).
 On/Off boarding of networking devices.
 Creating VIP, Pools, node and Updating external and Internal Cert of Domain in
F5 Load balancer.
 Creating DNS zone, adding CNAME, A record, TXT and NS records as per domain
requirement, DHCP lease, fixed IP assignment in Infoblox.
 Undertaking data network fault investigations in local and wide area environment,
using logs from syslog servers.
 Opening of defined port, creating access list from Source to Destination in
Firewall.
 Review of health checks undertaken by Nagios, Cacti, Splunk, Rancid tools.
 Configuration of Routing and switching equipment.
 Daily updating the Status, progress and review of Service request to SMG team.
 Adhering Incident, Change and Problem Management in defined SLA.
 Having exposure to ITIL practices of Incident/Change/Problem Management.
Network Engineer in Teleradiology Solutions Pvt Ltd Bangalore.

Nov 2014 – Sep 2015

Project: Teleradiology Solutions Pvt Ltd
Client Teleradiology Internal Network
Environment: Data Routing Switching & Security
Role: Network Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities-

 Configuring, Troubleshooting and Managing Cisco Access Switch, Core Switch and
Router.
 Configure & manage the Fortigate Firewall policies/VPN/Web filtering/ to
provide/restrict access to users/groups and to distribute subnets between the
available ISPs based on the usage.
 Configure, troubleshoot Elastix VOIP Server for adding Extensions, SIP Trunk
Inbound and outbound, GUI Monitoring for Operator Panel, Call Log, Channel
Usage.
 Configured Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall, Linksys WiFi and Range extender to remote
Office.
 Monitor the health and connectivity of Network Devices in Head Office and remote
offices through What’s up Gold and GUI Fortigate application.
 Analyse the bandwidth usage of the ISP's in all the office and make necessary
changes for smooth operations.
 Troubleshoot images transmission issues (DICOM), VPN connectivity issues in US
Hospital.
 End User Support for all Network related and application issues to remote Offices.

Network Engineer in Lobo Staffing Solutions

Feb 2012 – Oct 2014

Project: Network Data , LCRM , NLD
Client Tata Communications Ltd
Environment: Networking
Role: Data Network Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities-

  Network Monitoring & Logging into network devices for power, temperature & link
availability using WhatsUp Gold tool.

 Responsible for handling minor Network incidents finding the affected nodes,
customers create Service request using secure login tools like Putty for
troubleshooting purposes and timely escalations to respective work groups.

 Worked on various kinds of database tools Viznet, POS Sheet and Resolving TTs
by BMC Remedy.

 Responsible for periodic customers visit as part of LCRM and capturing Network
Diagram for same.

 Co-ordinate and Manage planned network maintenance carry out activities like
Planned Pre-switch work and applying PE’s & their Impact analysis.

Academic qualifications

 B.E. (Electronics & Communications) - with 77.1% marks from RGPV University,
Bhopal in 2010.
 10+2 completed in 2006 with 63.6% marks.
 10th completed in 2004 with 75.8% marks.

Personal Profile

D.O.B.:-19th Oct 1989

PAN No.:-AOTPJ3177J

Passport: - N6959526

Address: - #20 LL Enclave Kanaka Nagar Circle K.Channasandra Bangalore -560043

Declaration:-
I declare that information stated in above are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.

Place Yours Sincerely

Bangalore Abhishek Jha