Professional with over 15 years of diversified customer relations and technical experience. An excellent communicator with strong leadership abilities. Maintains a positive attitude, is self-directed, organized, motivated, and can handle multiple projects at one time

1. Ricardo A. Gonsalves
Email: rgonsalves2004@gmail.com
Cell: 718- 510-4549
Summary
Professional with over 14 years of diversified customer relations and technical experience. An excellent
communicator with strong leadership abilities. Maintains a positive attitude, is self-directed, organized,
motivated, and can handle multiple projects at one time
WIPRO - Senior Network Engineer - August 2014-January 2017
Developedand designed customer environments within the shared data center.
Built implementation plans from a network centric deployment standpoint to meet customer deadlines.
Built & implemented new technology within the shared infrastructure such as, unicast extended VLANSLISP VM
ESM and LISP IGP asset mode to enablea more dynamic ACTIVE/ACTIVEDC’s for multiple customers.
Built customer environments from CE to DC’s providing replication VRF, VSYSon PA, VLANSsubnets, MPLS
BGP routes from carrier hotels to WIPRODC.
Worked with PA 5020 5055’s NEXUS 7 010, s 5548UP, s ASR9010, CRT 12000.
Worked with Sr Architectsto revampthe DEV environmentby virtualizing 3 environments using 4 NX0S7 010 2
5548UP’s 6 ASR 9010, 2 Palo Alto 5520, allowing the creation oftwo independent Data Centers to build and test
new
Implementations.
All work was project driven and remotely deployed.
41st Parameter- Senior Network Engineer -July 2013– August 2014
Dev eloped technical standards and interface applications,evaluation of new products and provided resolutions for highly
complex networkproblems or issues.
Ov erseen workassignments tosupport,install,maintain and troubleshoot LAN,WANor voice communication devices and
related software for remote offices and internaland externalnetworks.
Prov ided guidance for the creation and maintenanceof documentation for data and voicenetworkenvironments including
LAN, WAN and Wireless environments.
Performed other duties as assigned or apparent.
Work with Cisco4509E,Nexus, 5510,5548,2232 FEX’s alsoworked with wireless 5508 WLC and 1142LWAP’s.
CN-TECH- Senior Network Engineer –Implementation Team - Feb 2013– June 2013
Worked in collaboration with Infrastructure Design Team,Enterprise Architects, Development Operations and a host of
business units toimplement enterprise level networksolutions
Prov ided highly skilled technicalguidance in reviewing and recommending appropriate hardware/software solutions and
ov ersees the installation of routers, firewalls,servers, switches,wireless sy stems, and load balancing solutions as job
requirements specify.
Dev eloped technical standards and interface applications,evaluation of new products and provide resolutions for highly
complex networkproblems or issues.
Ov erseen workassignments tosupport,install,maintain and troubleshoot LAN,WANor voice communication devices and
related software for remote offices and internaland externalnetworks.
Interacted with vendors toidentify and purchase hardware and software.
Prov ided guidancefor thecreation and maintenance of documentation for data and voicenetworkenvironments including
LAN, WAN and Wireless environments.
Maintained and increase professional and technical knowledgeby attending workshops, reviewing professionalpublications, or
participating in professional development activities.
Performed other duties as assigned or apparent.
Work with Cisco6509E,Nexus 7010’s,5510, 5548, 2232as well as ASR10001, 3750x as wellas Arista 7248 switches Cisco
UCS 550.
Implemented layer 3 protocols such as OSPF, BGPMPLS VPN along with establishing and troubleshooting layer 2
implementations such as Rapid-PVST, SVI’s, VPC,and VDC

2. TEK Systems -Senior NetworkEngineer -May 2012 – Jan 2013Project: HP/AMEX DC2015Migration
TEK Systems -Network Engineer Wireless Discipline –Project Assignment Cablevision August 2010– July 2011
TEK Systems - Project Assignment: Cablevision Clients NetworkEngineer - August 2009 – November 2009
TEK Systems - Network Consultant – 2012-Presently
TSYS Acquiring - NetworkEngineer September 2012 – May 2012
Prov ided networksupport for advanced level3 TCPIP, EIGRP, ACLs, Routing, IP, and CNR, IPV4 with level understanding of
routing & switching.
Managed network implementation projects between twodata centers worked closely with server teams created VSS switch
configurations SVI’s.
Worked with F5 big-ip load balancers, created VIPS, POOLS tested implementation.
Worked on cable management project toimplement CAT6 cable throughout the Tempe data center
Worked with customers tobring up frame-relay, MPLS connections on site projects.
Previous Employment
Sarcom: Network Support Analyst- New York NY -August 2004 – November 2008
IBM: Network Consultant-Long Island NY- December 2008 –February 2009
Sonic Wall: Technical Support Engineer-Tempe AZ- January 2010 – April 2010
Vital Networks: Network Engineer Lev el 3 -Tempe AZ – April 2010-August 2010
R&G Technologies/ dba On Force: Independent Contractor – September 2007 – May 2009