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Sukhbir Chahal

Network Security Engineer
Gurugram

Summary

Network Trainer with over 7 years of experience in designing, delivering, and managing comprehensive network training programs. Adept at empowering individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in the fast-paced world of networking. Proven track record of consistently exceeding training goals, enhancing team performance, and fostering a passion for lifelong learning among students. Strong technical expertise, outstanding presentation abilities, and a commitment to staying current with industry trends. Seeking to leverage my experience and passion for education to contribute to Network Bulls as a Network Trainer.

Proactive Network Security Engineer adept at predicting and disrupting intrusion attempts. Pioneers novel network security measures to combat emerging threats. Maintains proven track record of utilizing both education and technological solutions to fortify companies against malicious exploitation and data breaches.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Network Security Engineer

Alethe Consulting Private
01.2024 - Current
  • Evaluated emerging technologies for potential implementation in enhancing network security infrastructure.
  • Created frameworks by designing and developing technical solutions.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
  • Maintained overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures.
  • Assisted in recruitment of new team members, hiring highest qualified to build team of top performers.
  • Troubleshot routers, layer 2 and 3 switches, and network firewalls.
  • Kept detailed documentation on each support ticket and added lessons learned to knowledge base.
  • Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.

Head Technical Operations

Network Bulls
10.2016 - 12.2023

Team Lead

  • Demonstrated strong leadership qualities by successfully leading a team of 20-30 people.
  • Develop and update networking course materials and curriculum to ensure they align with industry standards and emerging technologies.
  • Provide mentorship and guidance to instructors, facilitating their growth and improving their teaching techniques.
  • Collaborate with faculty and industry experts to stay current with networking trends and integrate real-world scenarios into coursework.
  • Conduct regular team meetings and professional development sessions to enhance teamwork and instructional skills.

Technical Instructor

  • Develop and deliver advanced technical training programs for networking professionals, including topics such as advanced routing and switching, security, virtualization, and cloud networking.
  • Create and maintain a comprehensive library of training materials, including advanced lab exercises, hands-on demonstrations, and in-depth technical documentation.
  • Collaborate with product development teams to provide input on product features and enhancements based on training feedback and industry trends.
  • Customize training programs to meet the specific needs of corporate clients, ensuring that training objectives align with business goals.
  • Collaborated with students and faculty to design and implement customized study plans to prepare for various networking certifications, including [list specific certifications, e.g., Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIE R&S and Security, etc.].

Hands on Experience

  • Realtime experience on Cisco routers (1841,1900, 2800, 2900, ISR4K, CSR1000v)
  • Experience on Cisco switches 2960, 3750,3850, 9100, Nexus (2000, 5000, 7000, 9000 ) series.
  • Cisco Firewall 5510, 5512, 5515, 5525
  • Cisco ISE 2.X, 3.X
  • Wireless WLC 2504, AP and unified access point
  • Cisco SDWAN version 20.9.x on vManage, vBond, vSmart, vEdge, CSR1000v.
  • Cisco DNAC version 1.3.3.x, 2.3.x.x , Switch 3850, 9100.
  • Managed 500+ devices in network.

Freelance

  • Linkup networks Pvt. Ltd

Co-operate Training

  • Bharti Airtel Limited Manesar, Haryana
  • SNVA, LLC

Education

Senior Secondary -

Swami Ramdev Senior Secondary School
Barwala Hisar Haryana

Secondary -

Sarvodya Vidya Mandir
Bobua Hisar Haryana

Skills

  • Understanding of Network basics
  • TCP/IP & OSI model
  • TCP functions like Windowing, Fragmentation, Flags, Flow control
  • IP addressing, Subnetting, ICMP, Traceroute, DNS, ARP
  • Layer 2 Technologies
  • VLAN, Trunk, DTP, VTP version (1,2 & 3), STP (CST, PVST, RSTP, RPVST, MST)
  • Etherchannel, Layer 2 port security, MLS, CEF
  • Layer 3 Technologies
  • Static routing with VRF & PBR
  • Dynamic routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, BGP
  • Filtering with EIGRP, OSPF, BGP protocols (ACL, Prefix-list, Route-map, BGP Communities, AS-Path access-list, Regex)
  • IPv6 understanding with EIGRP, OSPFv3, BGP
  • Multicast IGMP, PIM (Dense mode, Sparse mode, Sparse-dense mode), IGMP Snooping, Source specific multicast, Multicast Boundary, RP announce filtering, IPv4 anycast RP with MSDP, IPv6 MLD, PIM
  • Security & Services
  • Control plane policing and protection, AAA
  • VLAN ACL, PACL, Strom control, Private VLAN
  • DHCP, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP inspection, URPF, IPv6 DHCP, SLAAC
  • Syslog, SNMP v1,2,3, NTP,
  • HSRP, VRRP, GLBP with IP SLA and TRACK
  • IPv6 redundancy RS/RA
  • NAT, Policy based NAT, VRF Aware NAT
  • Transport Technologies
  • MPLS Labels, LDP, LSP, MPLS Ping and Traceroute
  • MPLS VPNv4 & VPNv6 with MP-BGP
  • Route Leaking (RD, RT import/export)
  • DMVPN Phase 1,2,3 with IPsec (FVRP)
  • IPsec with IKEv1 and IKEv2
  • Site-to-Site VPN
  • Software Defined Infrastructure
  • SDAccess, underlay (manual/PNP)
  • Overlay with LISP and VXLAN, Cisco Trustsec
  • SDAccess deployment, host onboarding, fabric handoff
  • Segmentation - Virtual network, SGT, SGTACL,
  • Assurance - Monitoring and troubleshooting, Host and device health (360)
  • SDWAN Controller deployment, edge onboarding (PNP, ZTP, manual)
  • OMP - route types, TLOC, OMP and Service
  • Feature and Device template configuration
  • Polices - Centralized and localized (control plane and data plane)
  • Application Aware routing, Multicast, QOS
  • Automation
  • Basics of Python for networking
  • Telnetlib, Netmiko, Netconf, Restconf with IOS and IOS-XE devices
  • API interaction with vmanage and DNAC

Certification

CCIE Enterprise Certified (CCIE #62007)

Timeline

Network Security Engineer

Alethe Consulting Private
01.2024 - Current

Head Technical Operations

Network Bulls
10.2016 - 12.2023

Senior Secondary -

Swami Ramdev Senior Secondary School

Secondary -

Sarvodya Vidya Mandir
Sukhbir ChahalNetwork Security Engineer