Senthil Ramaswami

Hi, I'm Senthil Ramaswami. Welcome to my profile! I always do the little things right and as a result endup doing big things right!

Senthil Ramaswami's Bio:

Senthil Ramaswami is a Network Engineer by profession having worked with several types of clients ranging from consulting, education, media, government contracts, banking. He was last employed with Cisco systems on contract as a Network Engineer within the DCNI ( Datacenter Network Implementation Team) . He loves systematic work and works towards perfection. Friendly and a very good teamplayer and a quick learner to adapt to the industry requirements. He has over 20+ years of experience getting exposed from Legacy networks to the next generation technologies. He is Cisco and Microsoft certified as well along with his College Degree in Electronics and Communication. His hobby is on Amateur Radio and loves Radio Antennas and has a General class license with Call sign KJ6KCG. He is married and has a wife and kid as well into this hobbby and had encouraged them and helped them get them their amateur license as well.

Senthil Ramaswami's Experience:

Network Engineer-(Staytop @Cisco) contractor at Cisco
March 2010 - October 2011
Responsible for Data Center Network Implementation with primary function to work on Data Center and DMZ projects that involve implementation of routing, switching, load balancing and security technologies. o Responsible for delivering Network configuration for Application Migration Projects of various sizes for internal customers. o Tasks involved having newly assigned subnet interfaces in the DNS configured in Cisco 6500/Nexus 1000, 2000, 7000 K routers on specific PODS based on their life cycle (Development, Stage and Production) in Production and Non Production environments, both internal and external facing. o Data Base servers that require Heartbeat Oracle RAC are provided with new private subnet and IP address assigned through Address Management/DNS and private VLAN's are created on Routers. o Once the Hosting team have provisioned their UCS clusters, based on the architecture of the network either ACL's are added to the routers/SIM DMZ firewalls/Application Firewalls and ASA DMZ Firewalls to provide end to end connectivity for specific ports approved by Network Security. o Based on additional requirements of the projects, tasks involve having Load balancing implemented on Cisco ACE and CSM Platform either on Bridged mode or routed mode. o On Server farms that span between data centers GSS( Global Site Selector) are configured for Load Balancing which involves configuring and adding Answer files, adding them to a group and DNS rules to enable DNS query to handle servers to which server request needs to go to. o All tasks go through a Standard Project Cycle involving discovery phase, data collection, planning, implementing and hand off, and are managed by Project Managers for each project by having recurring meeting through Web Ex and design being created either by the Design Engineer/ Implementation Engineer. o Implementation is done through a Change record process with proper approval chain
Network Implementation Specialist II at Union Bank of California
May 2006 - June 2009
As a Network implementation specialist provide Network services implementation, consulting and co-oridination. This is accomplished by recommending co-ordinating and supporting various network deployment activities so as to provide end to end network connectivity. Consistently provided MACD activities for key systems , routers, switches in accordance to the requirements of the Business partners. o Participated in all aspects of Network Deployment and was an integral part in performing delivery of all Bank routers, switches and essential network infrastructure both at the Primary Data center in Monterey Park and Backup data center in San Diego. o Had independently handled the New Bank branch called (Denovos) network router/switch implementation from procuring Router/switch hardware by selecting appropriate vendors to interacting with Telco (Verizon) for providing MPLS T1 circuit to preparing the configuration of router/switch assigning IP address using QIP IP management software for the branch to having IP assigned to ATM's and having the configuration prepared for the branch and communicating to related parties As Technology Project Leader for critical projects had involved in completion of technical assessment, approach,, review of SOW,deployment plan, and adherence to project quality(including costs, resource and functions) Completion of projects per BU requirements and managing of vendors for quality delivery.
Network Engineer at SAIC
February 2002 - June 2005
Responsible for the analysis of Incidents of Network failures at distribution frames and resolve them completely and also to provide quality solutions to users and client technologists on possible prevention of network failures. o Had taken active responsibility of analyzing network failure incidents and followed systematic problem solving approach to get problems resolved quickly and correctly. o Responsibilities included configuring Cisco 3660/3745 routers, Cisco 6513 Core switches, configuring HSRP in the core switches, Configuring VLAN' s and 802.1Q trunking between Cisco 6000 series switches at the MDF to the Cisco 2924 and cisco3524 switches at the IDF' s. Took ownership of problems assigned and worked till the problem is completely resolved. o Also monitored the resolved major network problems on performance improvement .
Network Analyst at Oxford Global Resources
February 1999 - October 2001
Responsible for analysis design implementation and support of the corporate domestic wide area frame relay network, and implement ISDN dial backup, and research on product selection for upgrading the network. * Expanded the existing wide area Frame relay network spread out at 43 locations through out U.S. and upgraded branch offices, which are either on ISDN or Peer to peer networks to frame relay. * Closely monitored real time the Wide area Frame relay Network both on performance and health and ensured that the network downtime is minimum . * Involved actively in planning designing configuring and implementation of a gigabit switching backbone network using Accelar 1100 and 1200 Switches * Multimode fiber modules and SC connectors and load distribution to workstations were done using Baystack 350 switches. VLAN was implemented on the Accelar 1200 backbone switch to reduce network collisions and broadcasts.
Sr Engineer Network Control Group at Sify
June 1998 - February 1999
Responsibility was to setup a POP (point of presence) of Satyam:Net to provide ISP and Value added services to local customer. * Successfully Analyzed, Designed, Configured and Implemented Satyam:Net value added services at Coimbatore, India. * Successfully implemented Notes: Connect, Gentran EDI services, data transfer services, Internet Service Provider Services (ISP) and CompuServe connectivity. * Used HP Open View Network Node Manager on Windows NT 4.0 for Management of the Wide area network. * Installed and configured CISCO 2511 Access Servers for dial-in users to access the Satyam Net for using their respective services. * Configured an ADC Kentrox Satellite * T1/FT1 DSU/CSU installation and configuration for Leased lines. Successfully implemented ISDN dial backup when the Leased Line goes down. * Interacted with the local Telco and carriers for network outage and performance issues. Monitored the network for the least downtime and involved in helpdesk services.
Electronics Engineer at HT Media Ltd--(The Hindustan Times Ltd)
August 1995 - July 1998
Responsibilities involved in planning,design,Implementation and Commissioning of the newspaper editorial network. Page3 * Successfully designed with redundancy for the least downtime, a Windows NT 3.51 in Multiple Domains. With SQL server 6.0. * Designed and implemented structured cabling with load distribution through 1900 series Cisco switches and hubs. * Configured the 16-asyn ports of Cisco Access server 2511 connected to Async modems for remote access for branches to upload files to the Windows 95 Personal FTP server using Netscape Navigator. * Configured (RADASM 20) SYNC Serial Modem CSU/DSU connected to the Sync serial port for WAN connectivity to Delhi. * The remote access server was installed for touring reporters to logon to the Windows NT server for filing stories. * Had given level 3 Technical support to users resolving their problems.
Electronics Engineer at Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group) (The Times of India)
July 1993 - August 1995
Responsibilities involved in supporting and maintenance of the editorial LAN/WAN. o Involved in maintaining and administering the LAN setup of Novell NetWare 3.11. o Also attended the problems of the users by giving technical support. o Maintained a communication setup, which consisted of five high-speed modems connecting to different locations of branches spread nation wide through dedicated Leased Lines using Automatic Message Switching Software (AMSS).