Should or can I put this on my resume? (cisco guy given juniper experience)

pamccabe

I'm a networking student and at my school we are part of the Cisco Networking Academy. Two weeks ago I got my CCENT and am studying for my CCNA. Recently, I landed an IT internship through school, it is helpdesk, but hey, its experience. I talk frequently with the network admin and he knows I am a networking student so he comes up to me and says, 'hey network guru, I have some switches that need staging for an expansion coming up. You game?' LOL I think we know what I told him, but to clean it up, I said, 'Fudge yea!' Well, we went down to the data center and I have 12 Juniper EX2200 switches in front of me. He wants them all upgraded to the latest OS and for me to import a configuration file via USB so that the banner and VLANS are all set for when they are needed. He told me if I had questions, to look at Juniper's knowledge base and left. lol Long story short, I figured it out. They are all upgraded and have the config file on them. It took me 8 hours, but 8 hours experience in a data center upgrading network gear is heaven. My question is, as a Cisco guy, can or should I put this on my resume?? The company only uses Cisco wireless access points, so I'll never get to touch them. They use Juniper switches and PalAlto firewalls. This was a good experience though and one I wish I could easily put on my resume. What do you guys think?

NetworkVeteran

I'm not sure why you'd want to be known as a Cisco-only guy. Cisco certifications are 80% about networking and 20% about Cisco. If you've already put in the few weeks to complete your CCENT, you actually know concepts you can apply to any vendor's equipment like VLANs. I'd list your Juniper experience, and any other experience that comes your way.