1. Avinash R
Senior Network implementation Engineer
CCIE #51529 (Routing and Switching)
avinash.ramesh86@gmail.com
https://avinashnetworking.wordpress.com/
# 512-948-8508.
Austin, TX.
Professional Summary :
 A Seasoned Networking Consultant in Networking with 8+ years of experience in Cisco, Juniper ERX
and Dell Force10 networkingproducts coupled with CCIEin routingand switching.
 Extensive knowledge of configuring, troubleshooting, testing and implementation of all routing and
switching protocols which includesBGP,OSPF ,Spanning-tree, etc..
 5+ yearsof extensive experience in troubleshooting, designingand settingup test bedsto replicate and
reproduce network issues in networking TAC teamsand provide solutions through firmware upgrades
and software patches for the customers.
 FindingRoot cause for all the network incidentsfor the customers.
 Experience in hardeningof routersand switchesthrough RADIUS, TACACS, access-listsand prefix-lists.
 Worked on complex-issues with time bound SLA’s and troubleshooting customers network in MW with
minimal impact on the data traffic and provide redundancy at the same time to avert loss of traffic.
 Coordinating with Tier-1 and Tier-2 ISP’sto troubleshoot latencyand packet drop issues.
 In-depth knowledge of network protocol analyzers/sniffers and effectively use it in troubleshooting of
network issues.
 Knowledge on TCP/IP which includes flow control, congestion control, DuplicateACK, retransmissions
etc.
 Experience of prioritizing workload in high pressure and time constrained environments, as well as on-
call duty.
 Create or update high-level, low-level and detailed networkdiagramsfor all sections of the LAN/ WAN
includingcircuits,physical maps,and logical topology.
SKILL SET:
 LAN Switching & Security: STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST, VLAN (Dot1q, PVLANS), Port-channel, Fiber-
Channel (FCoE), Multi-Chassis LAG(VPC,VLT), Port-Security, Root-guard, BPDU guard, BPDU filter,
Access-lists(extended & standard), ARP, Proxy-ARP, Flow control,IPSLA,IPPrefix-list
 WAN Routing and Multicast Protocols: BGP,OSPF, IGMP-PIM, DHCP (relay, snooping), IPV6, GLBP,
VRRP, HSRP, PPP, PPPoe, L2TP, SNMP, ICMP, TCP/IP, NAT (Static,PAT), Policy –Based Routing.
 VPN: MPLS,LDP, L3VPN,DMVPN,IPSEC(site-to-site)
 Network Analyzers: Wire shark, IXIA, solar winds.
 DNS/DHP: IPAM
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Network Build and implementation Engineer
Pearson Education: July 2016- Present
Effectively Design, build, and support global campus and data center projects. Including a variety of sized
campus build and consolidations, rapid deployments, and end-to-end support. Act as level-2 and 3 escalation
support along with maintainingthorough, and precise documentation for cross team support and handover.
Working on Cisco ASR’s, Cisco catalyst switches, Cisco nexus.
L3 Enterprise Technical Support Advisor Dec 2012 – July 2016
Dell Force10 Datacenter Networking – TAC.
Responsibilities:
 AssistingL1/L2 engineerson the cases and takingownership of S1 severityand escalated cases

2.  Understanding, troubleshooting and diagnosing and resolving network issues for the Dell customers
and partners.
 Effectively using the lab to recreate customer issues and report to the engineering team for providing
fixes to customers through patches/releases
 Providing product/technologytrainingto fellow engineersand partners
 Resolving high CPU, memory, packet forwardingissues with log analysis
 Recommend changesif required in the Dell customer’s network
 Create knowledge base articlesand providingit to the documentation team.
CSS Corp Pvt Ltd: Escalation Lead Sept 2010 - Dec 2012
Juniper: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTRE
Responsibilities:
 Provide extensive hardware/software support for the entire Juniper-ERXseries products.
 Access customer’s network remotelyand troubleshoot live critical network issues.
 Extensive analysisof packet capture and logs.
 Responsible for handlingcritical and premium Juniper accounts.
 Recreate customer reported issues in the lab and file a bug with the engineering team for resolution of
it in the upcomingJUNOSe releases
 Held trainingsessions to ensure continuous knowledge transfer within the team.
SIEMENS INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD July 2009 - Sept 2010
Systems Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Part of the incident management and configuration management team
 Managed the entire LAN network of around 1500 nodes, by configuring spanning tree on the switches,
Inter vlan for the new users, troubleshootingpacket drops, high CPU, memory leak issues.
 Involved in network design, network troubleshooting, IP addressing.
 Configuration of DHCP pool in the Cisco routers for the LAN.
 Configuration of HSRP/VRRP for gatewayredundancy.
 Configuration of port –based authentication in Cisco switches.
 Upgradingswitchesand routersto the latest firmware.
 Managed the WAN connectivity (leased line) by coordinating with the service providers and was also
involved in troubleshootingduringlink failure.
7strata IT services March 2008 - May 2009
Network Engineer
Client: Fullerton India financial limited & LIBA.
Responsibilities:
 Primary role was to troubleshoot problem validation and raise tickets for all the network events in the
NMS developed by 7strata.
 Worked on ITIL aligned process – service desk and incident management tosolve trouble tickets
 Provided LAN & WAN support by configuringIPSEC site-site for 7strata’scustomer’s network
 Configuration of VLAN, IP addressand staticroutes in customer’snetwork
 Hardeningcustomer’srouter by settingup access-listsand passwords.
 Configured GLBP,VLAN-Inter VLAN for 7strata’sinternal network
 Configured overload NAT ,SNMP,DHCP-DHCPRELAY, for all 7strata’scustomer network
EDUCATION:
 Bachelor of Engineering: I.T Hindustan College of Engineering, Anna University, Jul 2003- Apr 2007