Rahul Rajkumar

Rahul Rajkumar 214A, Waterville Apartments Phone - Ramagondanahalli,-Bangalore-560066 Goal driven and dynamic professional with 9 years of Industry experience, educated to degree standard, holding first class degree in B-Tech Computer Science and Engineering, aiming to broaden and deepen knowledge base about the industry and to employ gained knowledge, skills and abilities particularly as Network Engineer. Highly motivated and efficient with an extensive track record in evaluating and devising comprehensive solutions and proven ability to work effectively in busy environments with positive results. Quick learner coupled with effective interpersonal and analytical skills and ability to grasp and employ new methods and technologies. Areas of Expertise include: Palo Alto ,Fortigate ,Cisco ASA Firewalls, Checkpoint,Juniper SSG(Netscreen) Series Firewalls Radware and F5 BIGIP Load Balancers Cisco ACS Cisco and Mcafee IPS/IDSSolutions Websense and Bluecoat proxy  Cisco Switches (L2 and L3) Extreme Networks ( Summit , Alphine and EAS Series Switches) and Cisco Nexus Switches,Ruckus, Aruba Cisco and Ciso meraki Wireless Controller based administartion  VPN ( IPSEC, DMVPN, SSL) Routing Protocols( BGP and EIGRP) Network Monitoring Tools- Opennms, Zabbix, Sevone and Nagios  L2 and L3 Networking prococolsCisco Prime Infrastructure* Python Network Automation Data Leak Prevention (DLP)  AWS /Azure Cloud  Notable Achievements Best Debutant award of the year 2012-13 for oustanding performance in IBS Software Services. Ceritfied in ITIL Foundation Recognized as Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cisco ID: CSC-. Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA Security) Cisco ID: CSC-. Certified in implementing Cisco Edge Network Security Solutions ( CCNP Security –SENSS) Recognized as Cisco Certified Network Professional ( CCNP R &S ) Cisco ID: CSC-. Acknowledged as Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA). Datacenter Migration ( Amrita ICTS) Desiging and Implementation of DMVPN, RA-VPN ( in AWS ) in short span of time( Harman Connected Services) End to End network planning and designing for customers ( Harman Connected services) Professional Experience Senior Network Engineer, Global Network team May 2018 to Present Rambus Chip Technologies Management of datacenters and campus infrastrcture around the globe Management of SD-WAN, Palo Alto firewalls , Wireless networks Reasearch for new technologies, proposal and Implementation of the same Automation of day to day network task with Python Techincal Lead, Network Operations Oct 2015 to May 2018 Harman Connected Services Leading Network team of 5 members Monitoring and Managament of Cisco ASA Firwalls, Cisco IPS F5 Load Balancers, Publishing Applications using F5 iApps. AWS Administration Configuration and maintenance of DMVPN network. Cisco Meraki APs ,and Cloud based controller administration. Bluecoat cloud proxy Management Aruba controller based wireless network management. Senior Project Engineer Feb 2015 to Oct 2015 Wipro Technologies Checkpoint Firewalls Administration including date to day operations like firewall rules management, Site to Site, Remote VPNs, and device upgrades and patches Websense Webfilter- Policy creation, Upgrades and Patches, and Report generation. Mcafee IPS Solution- Rules Modification, IPS sensor Managament, Server upgrade and Report collection. Sensor fireware Upgrade, and signature upgrade. Senior Network Engineer May 2012 to Jan 2015 IBS Software Services, Technopark , Kerala Level 2 Support ( Network) of five datacenters around the globe . Network Administration and Management of network devices in datacenter. Configuration and administration as per PCI-DSS compliance . Cisco and Juniper IPS tuning according to requirement Periodic and request based revision of access Control List and Policies in firewalls and routers. IPSEC Site to site and Remote VPN Management. Entry level administration with Cisco ironport Security Appliance. Administration of Cisco stacked switches, Layer 3 switches, BGP enabled routers, MPLS Routers. Administration of F5 BIG IP 1500,- and 3600 Load Balancers with LTM and Link controller. Expert level packet analysis with the help of wireshark. Administration of Cisco ASA 5520/5540/5545 .Juniper SSG firewall clusters. Debugging with packet flow in all network layers. Network diagram prepration and its periodic modifications. Link Monitoring with Manage Engine Net Flow Analyzer, BMC Monitoring , OPManager , Firewall Analyzer Weekly and Monthly reports and back ups, Daily Log Monitoring. Network Administrator Mar. 2010 to May 2012 Amrita ICTS, Kollam , Kerala Handle project planning, design, and implementation of network systems including deployment and documentation of networks. Manage the administration of campus network involving 3000 systems and 100 + servers as well as campus firewall administration with policy management and monitoring. Perform application load balancing, traffic shaping using fortigate 621b UTM device. Analyzing and updating data leak prevention policies . Operate campus load balancer administration that includes inbound and outbound load balancing, wan link failover, and health monitoring. Wireless Controller Administration and Monitoring. Implement traffic filters using standard and extended access-lists, distribute-lists, and route maps. Implementation of OSPF Routing Protocol. Facilitate implementation of SNMP on devices to allow for network management and revision of access control policies, and port security . Troubleshoot, configure, install and upgrade stacked summit extreme core switch and maintain resolution of various problems in campus networks Ensure proper operation and configuration of DHCP, DNS Servers, Windows Active Directory management assisting System Administration team. Prepare network diagrams, documentation of configurations of switches and routers, IP address management, and remote management through VPN. Maintain high availability of cluster firewall administration. Education BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Apr. 2009 Cochin University of Science and Technology - Kerala, India Technical Qualifications Operating Systems : Redhat Linux ,Centos , Ubuntu ,Solaris, Windows 2003/2008/2012 , Windows XP/7 Network Monitoring and Management Snmp, Zabbix, OpenNms,BMC,Zenoos, Nagios, Netflow Technolgies and Protocols MPLS, STP, VTP, VRRP, HSRP, BGP,RIP, OSPF ,IPSec, Dns/Bind ,DHCP, VPN, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Wireless standards and Protocols, WLAN controllers,Etherchannel.