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Freelance Network Engineer Purley, Surrey, UK

A qualified Cisco Network Engineer, experienced in managing IT infrastructure, who is a flexible & skilled team player, with an open & approachable nature, being able to operate in dynamic environment

Rating:5 out of 5
Hourly Rate / Cost:£24.44 per hour
Daily Rate / Cost:£195.56 per day
Available From:Now
Seller ID:317446
: Offers a discounted hourly rate to registered charities

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  Excellent
10 March 2009: Very good communication on a frequent basis. Job was complete with detailed spreadsheet of work undertaken. Recommend.

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CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

Key IT knowledge

• 6+ years of IT experience in Networking, Design and implementation of LAN Technologies.
• Knowledge in Cisco, Extreme, RAD & ZyXEL Product.
• Good knowledge on static route, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, IGRP, BGP routing protocols.
• Experience in managing Modems, ISDN, Leased line, PRI line, STM and DS3 links.
• Hands on experience in VLANs, TACACS, IP Addressing & subnetting, MPLS network.
• Good knowledge on Cisco IOS, Cat IOS, Route Distribution, NAT, STP, VLSM, ACL.
• Having experience in MPLS network, ADSL, WLAN and WLSE technologies, VOIP (Cisco and Avaya), Call Manager 6.1 and Network Management tools like Cisco Works, Solarwinds, MRTG and Nagios.
• Experience in NGX Checkpoint Firewall, VPN technologies (SSL & IPSec) and ISA. 2004.
• Experience in Bandwidth controller and RSA.
• Experience in installing and configuring the Desktops, Laptops, Printers and Servers.
• Experience in handling desktop calls for Windows XP, Vista, MS office application.
• Experience in changing printer cartridges, PC hardware components.
• Configuring of MS Outlook, Network Printers, Web Browsers and Scanners.
• Experience on Installation and configuration of Active Directory (AD), DHCP & DNS Terminal File, and FTP Servers.
• Experience in Exchange Server 2003, Antivirus (MacAfee, Trend Micro, CA) Servers.
• Experience in Windows and VERITAS Backup and Disaster Backup Recovery.
• Experience on UNIX (vi editors), LINUX (Redhat) and Windows 2000, 2003 Servers
• Working knowledge in ITIL framework process.

Employment History

(May 2009 to Jul 2009)

Asst. Network Manager

Tooting

• Responsible for managing LAN and WAN connectivity with required configurations for more than 60 different sites and above 5000 users.
• Managing more than 200 Cisco Switches (6500, 4900, 3700, 2900 series) and 100 plus Cisco Routers (7200, 2800, 2600, 1800, 870 Series).
• Design the whole network diagrams for the different sites through VISIO software.
• N3 deployment project is done for different sites by providing remote access through S2S VPN. IPSec Tunnel is configured between Cisco Router and ASA Firewall.
• Upgraded more than 50 Cisco 2950 Switches to 2960 Switches because of VLAN issues.
• Configuration of OSPF, VLAN, VTP, Ether-Channel, fibre optics between the links in the network.
• Implemented Wireless Network throughout the trust by installing Cisco Access points and these AP’s are managed WLAN Controller (4402 Series).
• Configured NMS software such as Cisco works and Orion Solar winds NPM in the network.
• Configuring new Cisco Router (1800, 2600, 2800 series) & switches (2960, 3750, etc) as per site requirement and troubleshoot the network issues through Wireshark monitoring tool.
• Incidents and Service requests are managed through ITIL process.


(Feb 2009 to Mar 2009)

IT Consultant

Tower Point, 3rd Floor, North West Suite, Tower Point, 44 North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YR

I was working with CRI as a contractor for their IT support in different locations around Central London. I was responsible for Antivirus updates and windows updates to the whole network which includes Servers, Laptops and Desktops.


(Nov 2008 to Mar 2009)

Network Engineer

113, Capital Business Centre, 22 Carlton Road, South Croydon, CR2 0BS

• Responsible for managing the IT infrastructures for many clients in and around London and Surrey County.
• Main responsibilities included the configuration and management of networks, Access Server (Cisco 2509), Configured the Routers for RIP network (3750, 2511, 2509 Series), wireless networking (1100, 1130 Series), AD, DHCP Servers, Backups.
• Installed and configured Cisco Products (SPA9000 and SPA400) for Voice over IP telephone systems.


(Jan 2008 to Nov 2008)

Senior Network Engineer

Bangalore, India

• Responsible for managing corporate IT infrastructure specifically Cisco routers and switches and Checkpoint firewalls which included VPN technologies.
• Responsible for Designing and implementing a number of projects which involved hardening, installing and configuring of the Cisco Switches (6513, 6509, 4507 and 3750) and Routers.
• Experience in routing protocols such as EIGRP and OSPF.
• Configured OSPF protocol with ACL’s and HSRP technologies mainly for redundancy purposes.
• Responsible for designing and implementing new network setup which includes hardening, installation and configuring of L3 switch for EIGRP protocol.
• Amending the Configuration of the Switches and Routers through the Cisco Works.
• Worked with VOIP technologies involving CCM applications. Implemented the Cisco VOIP phones(7911G,7941G,7960G) and Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7936 in the network
• Coordinated and managed WAN and internet links and it is connected through fibre optics.
• Managed the IT infrastructures through Change Request (CR) which were raised by the customers. The CR were updated via with correct Configuration Item (CI) and then closed by giving appropriate solutions within the designated SLA.
• All and activities were recorded (CMDB) and maintained effectively employing a professional management process.


(Aug 2005 to Jan 2008)

System Administrator

Bangalore, India

• Administered and managed AD and Exchange 2003 Server.
• Managed Cisco, 3Com, Extreme (Summit48si, 48, 24e2, 24e3) switches and Cisco Routers (1800, 2800 Series) and ZyXEL wireless routers (ZyXEL G-3000H).
• Managed VLANs for different teams through DHCP server.
• Installed and configured Internet Bandwidth Controller (eSONA 100) which was used to Control the internet bandwidth. Restriction was done to different types of protocols depending on requirement.
• Managed internet bandwidth with bandwidth controller and monitor the bandwidth via MRTG.
• Experience in different types of cables such as UTP(Cat5e) and fibre optic (Single Mode and MM)
• Configured Firewall (ZyWALL35 UTM and ZyWALL100) for content filtering, Anti-Virus, Anti-spam, Intrusion Detection and used for the NATing Purpose.
• Administered NAT and filtering done through ZyXEL firewalls.
• Managed Leased line, ISDN line and PRI links through RAD modems and managed EPABX systems.


(Apr 2004 to Aug 2005)

TR. Customer Engineer

April 2004 – Aug 2005 CMS Computers Limited, Mumbai, India

• Responsible for managing Cisco Switches, Routers and Servers (includes Terminal, FTP, DHCP and AV Servers).
• Responsible for designing and implementing new network setup which includes hardening, installation and configuring of L3 switch for EIGRP protocol.
• Administered Windows 2003 servers, Exchange 2003 servers and file servers.
• Installed Cisco wireless access points for different locations, which required the successful handling and troubleshooting of daily support calls.
• Installed and worked on LINUX and UNIX for the project purpose.


(Jun 2003 to Jan 2004)

System Administrator

Maricar Investments Ltd, , Mumbai, India

• Responsible for managing IT infrastructure for small network of 25 staffs.
• Installed Layer2 Switches, File and AV servers.
• Installed Operating System and MS office for Desktops and Laptops.
• Prototyped system upgrades to identify potential problems, diagnosis and troubleshooting.
• Configured Outlook and creating separate PST folder.
• Installed and configured printers and scanners and installed different software for the project mainly Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
• Regularly updated Antivirus and Windows patches for Desktops, Laptops and Servers.

Professional Qualifications

2005: CCNA, completed the certification
2008: CCNP (underway), completed BSCI and preparing for Switching Exam
2009: SMB Engineer (642-176) Certification
2009: ITIL V3 Foundation, completed the certification
2009: MCDST (070-271 and 070-272), completed the certification
2009: MCITP and MCTS completed the certification
2004: Networking Technology Certification from Novell
2004: Diploma in Networking Technology from CMS Computer Institute

Education

(Jun 1999 to May 2003)

Bharthidasan University

Bachelor of Computer Engineering

Assignment History

(This Seller has recently been shortlisted or contracted for the following people4 assignments)

  • Due to Conficker virus threat, we're upgrading all on site PC's (approx 10 sites, with approx 15 PC's on each site) to the latest Anti-Virus patch and Windows Service Pack (SP3 + latest updates). Sites also have a Windows 2003 Server - this will need upgrading to SP2. Tedious, but necessary. We estimate that it will take 10 days, working on an average that each site we've updated so far has taken a full day.
  • Cisco Consultant: Various Cisco MDS Consultancy and Installation Projects

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