Surendar.R - Networking Professional From India

Thursday, February 05, 2004

Objective:


To achieve and support excellence in the
field of network switching and security—by combining my
in-depth technical ability and continuous learning—with
initiative, creativity, passion, and a keen understanding of the
needs of the business.



Employment History


Employer: Precision Techserve Pvt Ltd


Position: Senior Project Engineer


Stint: July 2000–Present



Current Location: Bangalore


Experience Summary:


Five plus Years of experience in
networking/hardware implementation and support:



  • Excellent knowledge of installing and trouble-shooting
    Switches and Routers

  • Keen understanding of Wireless LAN and VLAN

  • In-depth knowledge of networking concepts like WAN, VOIP, and
    VPN.

  • Wide and varied experience in Microsoft Exchange server.



Customer Interaction (partial list)



  • Cable & Wireless

  • Deutsche Software

  • Bharti Cellular

  • Ness Technologies

  • Allsec Technologies

  • Meru Convergent


  • Standardyne Amalgamation

  • 4L-IT

  • Thinksoft Global

  • Salapuriya Builders

  • SJR Builders


Technical Skills



  • Network:


  • Installation & Configuration of Switches and Routers;
    Cabling (fibre-optic and copper)

  • Strong knowledge of protocols including TCP/IP and
    IPX/SPX

  • Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows2000, Windows
    2003, Netware, and basic knowledge of Linux

  • Messaging: MS Exchange 5.5; 2000; 2003

  • Hardware Troubleshooting: Workstations &
    Servers



Project Summary



Strides Acrolabs, Bangalore


Project involves Designing and
Implementation of 700 Nodes LAN, Configuration of 5300Series HP
Chassis Switches, 2600Series Workgroup Switches, Configuring of
VLAN. WAN Implementation (Site to Site) of their Gigini &
Hosur branches. Configuring Fiber Modules.



Brown & Burk, Bangalore


WAN Implementation (Site to Site) of all
their branches with 1700Series Cisco Routers, Installation of
Fortigate 200 Series Firewall.




Cable & Wireless, Bangalore



  • Project involved implementation and maintenance of the
    Windows 2000 Server consisting 150 users and maintenance of
    Exchange2000 Server.

  • Implementation of System Management & Software Updation
    Servers.

  • Implementation and maintenance of Network Active Devices
    giving remote support for their Delhi & Mumbai offices.

  • Day to day Back up operations using Veritas.


  • Hardware Trouble Shooting.


DSL Software Ltd, Bangalore



  • Maintenance of about Windows NT servers
    and 300 workstations.

  • Maintenance of Domino (Lotus
    client).

  • Trouble shooting of Hardware.


Meru-convergent



  • Meru works with the Indian Cricket team and various state
    teams; played a significant role in supporting the Meru-Indian
    Cricket partnership


  • Support for Silicon Coach sports
    software

  • Maintenance of Windows 2000&NT
    servers with Linux8.0

  • Mail server with Qmail and proxy running on squid, sql2000
    database .

  • Trouble shooting of Hardware.


Stanadyne Amalgamation



  • Designed the network infrastructure and implemented and
    configured Windows 2000 server with Active Directory
    service.

  • Implemented Exchange server 2000 with pop@giftadmin.



Linea fashions



  • Designed the network infrastructure.

  • Implemented and configured exchange2000.

  • Installed Cisco Catalyst 3548 switch and
    configured it for Clustering.

  • Implemented and configured Cisco 2600
    series router.








Allsec Technologies, Madras.



  • Designed the network infrastructure.

  • Implemented and configured exchange server for the call
    center.

  • Implemented Exchange server with Raid 1 on HP LC2000.

  • Installed Outlook Web access for mobile users.



Bharti Cellular Limited, India (Coimbatore)




  • Designed the network infrastructure.

  • Supervised structured cabling for both
    Data and Voice.

  • Installed Cisco Catalyst 3548 switch and configured it for
    Clustering.



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Thinksoft Global Services. –Chennai




  • Deployed Exchange server for three
    customer locations.


  • Configured the exchange server to send and receive mails
    through one bridgehead server located in Egmore, Chennai.

  • Configured Outlook web access for remote clients.

  • Windows NT administration

  • Network troubleshooting

  • Backup for exchange server

  • Hardware trouble shooting.



Enmas Process Technologies




  • Managed Novell servers and Windows NT
    servers and 120 workstations.

  • Trouble shooting of Hardware.



Personal Information


Educational Background




  • B.Sc. Mathematics (1993-1996) Madras University,
    Chennai


  • Advance Certified Netware Engineer from Asset International -
    Chennai.



Technical Certifications



  • MCP and CCNA



Linguistic Strengths



  • English (Read, Write, Speak)

  • Tamil (Read, Write, Speak)


  • Telugu (Read, Speak)

  • Kannada (Speak)

  • Hindi (Speak)


Special Interests



  • Cricket

  • Volleyball

  • Travel

  • Movies


  • Music