Network Engineering and project implementation lead for day to day and mission critical high visibility global enterprise projects within financial industry. Proven proficient & expert skill set in completing complex projects delivering engineering support and vendor support within budget and schedule.
Professionally trained in multiple routing and switching platforms such as Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Force10 and Nortel/Avaya. Certified as a Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS) and a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
Excellent knowledge of network components, OOB and console management, as well as, being able to configure management devices such as MRV and Avocent console servers.
Excellent experience in network design and implementations for multiple environment, VoIP network build and system deployment, Office and Data Center build and consolidation, network integration related to company mergers and Troubleshooting.
Strong understanding of project life cycle, assessing risk, gathering requirements, strategic planning and presentation. Strong background in working on a multi team environment, team work and business relations, and vendor managements.
Ability to work in a fast faced, high risk environments independently or with a team following procedures and policies of the company by business or information security team.
Excellent Communication, multi-tasking, organizational, technical and business management skills.
Networking Skills: Ethernet, IPv4/IPv6 networks, WAN, LAN, IP addressing, Subnetting, TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, GLBP, BGP, IS-IS, VRRP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast, HSRP, STP, SMLT, Radius and TACACS, Troubleshooting, SNMP, Syslog, NTP, Junos, IOS, EOS, Juniper Routers and switches (EX series, QFX series and M series and MX series), Cisco Routers and Catalyst switches, Arista L2/L3 switches, Force10 switches, Aruba and Meru wireless, and VoIP technologies (Avaya, Cisco).
Network Engineer @ - Working on supporting Network for National Market System; Configure L2/L3 juniper switches and routers with LACP, VRRP, OSPF, BGP and multicast routing, PIM and IGMP
- Deploy LAN for office with Cisco Routers and Switches; configure routers for vpn tunnel to Data Center, configure edge routers with BGP to conect to MPLS vrf routing instance to route to other back office and Data Center, configure L2 Juniper access layer swicthes, configure L2/L3 distribution switches
- Configure, maintain, deploly, and troubleshoot Aruba guest wireless network with Aruba wireless controller, and access points
- Working on completing phase 2 of Avaya Aura VoIP deployment
- Working on testing and deploying VoIP desktop applications
- Working on shutting down only VoIP system and clean up of switch configuration
- Working on deploying Cisco IP phones on the network
- Working on deploying SIP communication between Avaya and Cisco VoIP system and allow on-net
dialing between 2 systems to reduce cost
- Worked on deploying Juniper SSG-550M firewalls for VPN phone connectivity to Avaya VoIP Core From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Network Engineering Consultant @ - Working on completing phase 2 of Avaya Aura VoIP deployment
- Working on testing and deploying VoIP desktop applications
- Working on shutting down only VoIP system and clean up of switch configuration
- Working on deploying Cisco IP phones on the network
- Working on deploying SIP communication between Avaya and Cisco VoIP system and allow on-net
dialing between 2 systems to reduce cost
- Worked on deploying Juniper SSG-550M firewalls for VPN phone connectivity to Avaya VoIP Core From January 2014 to March 2014 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaNetwork Engineering Consultant @ • Working under Avaya Aura VoIP deployment project, deploying and upgrading network to support Aura VoIP, implementing ACL to protect network, and coordinating VoIP system install and firewall policies updates.
• Worked on CorpLan upgrade and Aruba wireless deployment projects: Upgrade, Configure and Deploy Nortel 8600 L3 switches to replace old switches and routers. Deployed Aruba wireless controller, access point and tested for readiness
• Made L2/L3 changes on Corplan Core to deploy new switches and subnets for VoIP and Data network.
• Configured all switches to support QoS and tagging for deployment of VoIP.
• Write work orders for changes on the network for upgrade and new installation.
• Coordinated and documented all changes on network in terms of creating Visio network diagrams and excel database.
• Worked on office relocation projects; building data network and voice network for new office.
• Supported implementing VoIP for new office; Coordinated and helped with VoIP network readiness testing ensuring QoS. Troubleshoot WAN circuit issues with carrier.
• Worked on building a lab for new office.
• Coordinated Worked under new Data Center buildout project; working on Management Network and trading network migration from old Data center to new Data Center: Configure Force10 L2 swicthes, Configuring Distribution switches to bring up new layer 2 switches online. I upgraded image for most switches new and switches that were already in production, such as Force10, Juniper, and Blade Network. I Configured network equipments such as Cisco switches, Juniper Switches, Nortel switches, and Itouch. From June 2008 to December 2013 (5 years 7 months) Greater New York City AreaEngineering intern @ • Researched on VoIP systems and created presentations based on the research. Created animated presentation on capacity planning and latency of the network.
• Looked at NYSE network IP addresses and Euronext network IP addresses to detect IP conflicts before two network integration.
• Researched on InfiniBand backbone infrastructure for SFTI backbone upgrade to 60Gb with very low latency. From June 2005 to November 2007 (2 years 6 months) Greater New York City Area
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Engineering, GPA 3.6/4.0 @ Polytechnic University From 2007 to 2010 Computer Engineering, GPA 3.4/4.0 @ Brooklyn College From 2005 to 2007 Riyad Hossain is skilled in: LAN-WAN, Data Center, Corporate Communications, VoIP, Servers, Troubleshooting, Switches, Networking, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, Network Engineering, Network Architecture, Unix, Linux