Murali Alagudu
Address: 4021, Dolby Hill, Christansted, VI 00820
E-Mail:
malagudu@yahoo.com
Home
Page: ACMurali.tripod.com
Phone:
340-719-4635
Objective
Looking
for a challenging career where I can utilize my education and technical
experience
Summary
· More than 10 years of experience in IT industry with a variety of systems
·
Managed network administrators, planned and setup new offices, managed
all IS requirements for 200+ users
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Communications experience includes VOIP, network cabling, switches, routers,
firewalls, sniffers, data and voice circuits, video
conferencing, Lucent and IPC PBXs, satellite receivers, MPEG4 streaming video multicast, security cameras, access control systems, timekeeping systems, etc.,
· Systems experience includes servers, desktops, laptops, printers, scanners, fax machines, real-time market data systems, voice recording devices, LED wall-board, etc.,
· Supported facility related systems including a 750 KW backup diesel generator, UPS, automatic transfer switches, data center A/C units, alarm management system, etc.,
· Presently pursuing Cisco’s CCNP certification
Skills
Hardware: Cisco & Bay Networks routers and switches, Lucent Definity & IPC TradenetMX PBxs, Dictaphone & Audiolog
recording systems, Polycom ViewStation,
SUN, Compaq servers, RAID 5 disk array, Satellite dish antenna and recievers, Cable Modem/DSL Ethernet router,etc.,
Display Solutions & Translux LED Wallboards,
desktops, laptops, scanners, printers, fax machines, etc.,
Network OS, Software & Tools: IOS, Sniffers,
HP Openview, VOIP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, EDI, Cisco Call
Manager, Novell Netware, Windows NT & 2000 servers, Active Directory
Service, 98, 95, XP and NT, Solaris, UNIX,
SQL Server, Oracle, Terminal Servers, Citrix, MS Exchange, IIS, Apache, Webmethods, SMTP, Domino Notes Servers, Office XP, DTS
packages, Crystal Reports, XML, Reuters, Bloomberg, CQG, Aspen Graphics,
Telerate, DTN, FutureSource, etc.,
Employment
History
Sr. Network Specialist, Hovensa LLC, St. Croix, US Virgin
Islands (2003 - Present)
Responsible
for supporting network switches, Definity s8700 PBX with G700 Media Gateways through VOIP, Audix, Lucent’s FRAD, Juniper firewalls and WAN data compression devices, TruTrack
and Identipass building access systems, TargetVision multimedia, Polycom
video conferencing, and all other communications systems. Designed and implemented network with state of the art technology to provide secured wired and wireless network for the facility with more than 100 buildings spread over 8 square kilometers. The technology included various network products from Aruba Networks, Cisco, and Linksys to enforce 802.1x security, role based policy enforcement, and QoS for over 1500 network devices. Supporting
the passive network including the fiber optic cable connectivity.
Program Manager, Network Solutions, Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India (2003 - 2003)
Managed about 35 desktop engineers, 3 service desk coordinators, 4 NOC
support engineers at Digital Globalsoft.
Responsible
for providing level 1 desktop support for about 3500 end users spread across 3
campuses in a 24 x 7 environment.
The
facilities included various call centers (IPCC) that operated 24 x 7 and
provided technical solutions to its customers worldwide. The NOC included about 30 circuits and
hundreds of servers and network equipment in two main data centers
Network Manager, Amerada Hess Corporation, Alexandria, VA (2000 - 2002)
Managed network administrators, managed all IS requirements for 200+ users in LAN/WAN
Managed
network operations including maintenance of routers, switches, servers,
printers, etc.,
Consulted
with business unit managers to assess their requirements for IT services
Supported real-time market information systems such as Bloomberg, CQG, Aspen Graphics, Reuters
Managed Lucent Definity and IPC Tradenet MX telephone PBXs and supported video conferencing
Procured, configured, and delivered new computer equipment to end users
Maintained LED display board driven by custom applications
Supported
desktop applications, wrote programs in Visual Basic, and assisted uses in
Crystal Reports & SQL server database
Tested and managed power and natural gas management system application that was developed by in-house software engineers
Managed several projects including construction of a data center, setting up several small offices with LAN/WAN connectivity, implementation of PBXs, and upgrading hardware and software
Installed Apache Web server and provided systems documentation on the Intranet
Maintained a 750 KW Caterpillar diesel generator, a 225 kVA Liebert UPS system, B-Tech battery management system, power distribution systems in the building including Zenith ATSs, air-conditioning units in the data centers, environment monitoring and notification system
Sr. Network Engineer, Statoil
Energy, Inc., Alexandria, VA (1998 –2000)
Planned
and implemented new remote trading offices that incorporated routers, hubs,
computers, real-time trading information systems, printers, telephone switches
(PBXs) and units to handle automatic ring down circuits within integrated T-1
circuits
Supported various trading floor information systems including data/voice communications, network hardware, software and custom-programming in VBA. Such systems include Reuters Terminal, CQG Workstation, Telerate, Altrade, Bloomberg, Aspen Graphics System client-server, Saladin Paws , and IPC Tradenet MX turret phone systems
Planned and installed LED Wallboard to display the pricing information in real-time
Identified
and resolved the problems associated with routers, network firewalls, hubs, NT
servers, Lotus Notes servers, trading systems, desktops in the corporate
LAN/WAN
Network Engineer, AAC
Associates, Vienna, VA (1995 –1998)
The Eastern Group,
Alexandria, VA: (Client)
Installed
and configured Lotus Notes servers and configured SMTP mail transfer agent to
connect Internet e-mail to Notes mail.
Installed
network Firewall and configured the firewall and NAT strategies.
Migrated from Novell LAN to NT LAN and e-mail system from GroupWise to
Lotus Notes. Manage NetWare 4.1 servers located in different cities throughout US
connected via Frame Relay
Installed
and managed GroupWise with seven post offices, GW-Asynchronous gateway,
GW-Notes gateway, and GW-SMTP gateway.
Configured
RightFax network server to provide fax services in
the NT LAN
Relay Technologies, Inc., Vienna, VA: (Client)
Built NetWare for SAA ver 2.2, 2.0 and 1.3B
gateways on NetWare 3.x and 4.x servers in a token ring LAN and configured
profiles on the gateways. The setup provided a platform for Relay's
software development and testing using SNA, IPX and TCP/IP protocols
US National Library of Medicine (NLM), National
Institutes of Health,US
DHHS, Bethesda, MD: (Client)
Installed
several NetWare 3.x and 4.x file servers, NetWare Asynchronous Communications
Servers, NetWare Connect server, NetWare for SAA gateways, CD-ROM server, DHCP
servers, Cubix and Capserver
remote access systems, HP and other printers
Programmed
in Winbatch to access CD-ROMs from about 500
workstations connected across the LAN
Programmed
to automate daily and monthly backup processes for NetWare file servers on four
backup units
Provided
remote access solution for NLM programmers throughout the US to update NLM's mainframe MEDLARS databases
Installed
and configured TCP/IP software packages from various vendors
Custom-configured several Notebook computers for NLM executives for LAN
as well as dial-up communications. Configured a system to demonstrate Internet Grateful Med (IGM)
program to Secretary Donna Shalala at downtown
DHHS office.
Configured
system for Senator Bill Frist (R) to release the IGM
product at Georgetown University in front of the congressional committee and
Vice President Al Gore
Programmer Analyst /Systems Engineer, Mega-Tech Inc., Falls Church, VA (1995 –1995)
Configured
Novell NetWare 4.1 LAN and demonstrated to USDOD officials as a task of the
project in the Republic of Khazakstan awarded by the
Defense Nuclear Agency, USDOD
Analyzed
database structure for Technology Development division of the U.S. Department
of Energy, wrote SQL statements and procedures in MS-ACCESS to generate reports
for the System Navigation Aid Program.
Supported Novell LAN administration at the client's site (Waste Policy
Institute).
Computer User Consultant, Catholic University of America,
Installed client PCs, HP printers, hubs and jumper connections in
10BASE-T Ethernet topology in Novell NetWare 3.x LAN.
Supported
various software packages including Word Perfect, MS Office, Ccmail, AutoCAD, Harvard Graphics, and QuattroPro
Helped to move to new facility, supported the law professionals and students in Lexis/Nexis, and West-Law software.
Research Assistant, Precision Engineering
Division, NIST (
Worked
on the development of a measurement system to calibrate reference grid plates
with an accuracy of 0.025 micrometers by integrating laser measurement system,
computers, X-Y stage, and video imaging system
Integrated
systems and wrote programs in C and Basic for control and data acquisition.
Education
· ME in Mechanical
Engineering, June 92 Howard University,
Washington, D.C.
· BE in Mechanical Engineering,
November 87
Personal
· Permanent resident of the