kc.pancholi1@gmail.com | (240) 390–6569

Top Secret (TS/SCI FSP – Inactive) Cleared IT professional with over 20 years of experience in engineering, senior administration, implementation, management,  integration, project/change management and analysis, documentation & support for various network technologies for Federal Government as well as Corporate environments which includes proficiency in routing, switching, security (firewalls), data center, voice & wireless.

 

·               Proven strength in overseeing the troubleshooting, configuring, architectural design and re-engineering of infrastructure environments; incorporating convergence, virtualization, security, routing/switching, multicasting, remote access, VoIP, and firewall solutions.

·               Organized, take-charge professional with exceptional follow-through abilities and detail orientation; skilled in planning and overseeing projects from inception to successful solutions.

 

§ Cisco Certified Network Professional – Routing CCNP –Routing

§ Cisco Certified Network AssociateCCNA

§ Certified ScrumMasterCSM

 

 

Routing/Switching Products - Cisco Routers, Cisco Catalyst Switch, Cisco Nexus Series , Juniper Routers, Juniper Switches, HP Routers, HP Branch Routers, HP Multilayer Campus/SM/Core Switches, Alcatel/Lucent Routers, Alcatel/Lucent Multilayer Switches.

R/S Protocols & Standards - WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, Spanning Tree, BPDU, CDP, ACL, NAT, PAT, RIP, RIPv2, OSPF, OSPFv6, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, VTP, SNMP, SMTP, ARP, TCP, UDP, Static Routing, Stub Routing, VLAN, VLAN Trunking, VXLANs, multicast routing, HSRP,  SVI, CEF, Etherchannel, Portfast,. VSS, vPC.             

Monitoring/Enterprise Technologies - Zenoss, Finisar, Wireshark, Remedy, OpNet, Cacti, Nagios, VMware, Solarwinds, Riverbed, Cisco Works, LogicMonitor, Cisco Security Manager Suite, Server, Sniffer, Ethereal, Solarwinds, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3, RMON, Syslog, tcpdump, DNS, DHCP, FTP, Telnet, HTTP(S), SMTP, tunneling protocols, point-to-point, SFTP, VMware VSphere, VCenter Server Appliance, VMware ESXi Hypervisor, F5 Big-IP load balancing (GTM/LTM), 10G/40G Ethernet, FCoE, SAN, Port-channels, vPC Port-Profiles, Routing Profiles and Service Profiles, SFP+, NAS, RDX, DB.

Security/Firewalls Technologies - Cisco Security Manager Suite, Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls, Cisco FWSM, Cisco IPS/IDS, Cisco ACS, Fortinet, checkpoint, Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM), BlueCoat /policy, Sonic Wall Router/Firewall combos, Cisco ASA 1000V cloud firewall, Juniper vSRX &SRX series, Cisco AnyConnect VPN management, Riverbed WAN Optimization device management, Cisco IPS/IDS, Meraki cloud based, Rackspace private cloud or public network cloud, VXLANs  - Protocols & Standards - AAA, TACACS+, RADIUS, SSH, VPN, IPsec, SSL/IPSec, Data Loss Prevention, IPSec, Data Management Zone, Pretty Good Protection (PGP), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI),  Internet Key Exchange Policy, Port Security, MAC Address Filtering.

Voice/Wireless Technologies - Products -Cisco WLC, Aironet, Bluetooth, CUCM, UCCM, UCCX, Avaya AURA Communication Manager, Avaya Definity, Avaya IP Office, Protocols & Standards - VoIP, VoIP/SIP, MGCP, RTP, SCCP, SRTP, QoS, PoE, IEEE 802.1x & 802.11, WLAN, WAP, AP, SSID, LWAPP, CSMA/CA, MMDS, LMDS, CCK, DSSS.

Other Technologies  -  Mulesoft ESB SaaS operation training, GFImax, tripwire, Rapid 7 Nexpose Pentration, Install,

administrate, Jira,confluence, Windows 2003, 2008, 2012, Linux Ubunto, CentOS.

 

 

Praxis EngineeringSr. Systems Engineer   (PM)2013-2013

Exa Tech Solutions, Inc.Sr. Systems Engineer   (SSI)2010–2013

Lockheed MartinSystems Engineer   (LSI)2006–2010

Cybercore TechnologiesLead Network Consultant2005–2006

State of Maryland – DHCDNetwork Consultant2005–2005

Becton DickinsonSr. Network Specialist1999–2004

Certified WAN Professional ProgramLANWAN Professional

Master in Business Administration (Mgmt. Info System)University of Baltimore

 

 

Praxis EngineeringSr. Systems Engineer   (PM)2013–2013

Company Overview – Praxis Engineering focuses on the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.  Praxis was founded in 2002 and has built an excellent reputation in Baltimore, MD with over 250 employees.  Responsibilities handled:

·   Lead to a team of professionals for the analysis, engineering, integration, design, creating test plans, testing and project/change management of enterprise network monitoring for a global enterprise LAN/WAN environment that includes related enterprise technologies and applications.

·   Specific team responsibilities included but not limited to installation/deployment, technical documentation/create/review, support/maintenance and troubleshooting of mission critical technologies within in a LAN/WAN environment.

·   Additional responsibilities handled included project implementation, policies & procedures update/maintenance, change management/compliance and creation of timely reports to management

 

 

ExaTech Solutions, Inc.Sr. Systems Engineer   (SSI)2010–2013

Company Overview –  ExaTech Solutions, Inc. is an Information Technologies company providing network and systems support to our customers in the Intelligence Community in the Federal Government.  There were 11 to 50 employees and Vistronix Intelligence & Technology Solutions purchased the company.   Vistronix is throughout the United States and deals with national security markets.   Responsibilities handled:

 

·   Primary activities included communications between customers and 15 regional engineers contributing to resolving critical solutions, revamping, revitalizing and troubleshooting networks and databases worldwide.

·   Responsibilities included but not limited to engineering, integration, implementation, administration, documentation/create/review, test plans, testing, migration and troubleshooting of mission critical technologies within in a LAN/WAN environment.

·   Additional responsibilities handled included project implementation, cross training, peer/gate reviews, policies & procedures update/maintenance, change management/compliance and creation of timely reports to management.

 

Lockheed MartinSystems Engineer   (LSI)2006–2010

Company Overview –  Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technology company with worldwide interests.  The company employees 116.00 people worldwide.  Responsibilities handled:

 

·   Lead to a team of professionals for the engineering, integration, design, creating test plans, testing and project/change management for a global network LAN/WAN enterprise environment.

·   Specific team responsibilities included but not limited to support/maintenance, migration/deployment, technical documentation/create/review and troubleshooting of mission critical technologies within in a LAN/WAN environment.

·   Additional responsibilities handled included project implementation, creation and reviewing of policies & procedures, change management and creation of timely reports to management

 

Cybercore TechnologiesLead Network Consultant2005–2006

Company Overview –  Cybercore Technologies provides Information Communications and Technology (ICT) professional services for government and commercial clients which includes professional services concentrating in software engineering, vulnerability assessment/ penetration testing (VAPT), systems engineering, system administration, security, and cyber defense.    They employee over 150 cleared personnel within the United States.  Responsibilities handled:

 

·   Member to a team of professionals responsible for the highest level client / vendor relationships, analysis, deployment, configuration, support and troubleshooting of various enterprise IT infrastructures within a hospital environment.

·   Technologies handled by the team include but not limited to local area network (LAN) technologies, wide area network (WAN) technologies, server and enterprise applications and desktop technologies.

·   Professional responsibilities included equipment validation and functionality, deployment of new equipment, policies & procedures, and creation of timely reports to management.