I am a professional with 11+ years of experience in designing, deploying and troubleshooting mission critical network and server setups. Having worked with a wide variety of customers and scenarios, I am proficient in all manner of network and server technologies like LAN, WAN, VPN, VoIP, Security & Performance Management, File & Volume Management, User Administration, Backup etc. I have a thorough protocol level understanding of network/transport layer protocols such as IP, UDP, TCP as well as application level protocols such as HTTP, FTP, DNS, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, SNMP, SMB & NFS I also have strong development skills in Perl, Python, PHP, Bash and C - which I have leveraged both to automate networking and system administration work as well as other software development. I consider effective written and verbal communication as well as an emphasis on documentation and client education as additional strengths that I bring to any project. I can also bring formal design and