Ajay Igve
Network Engineer
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Network Engineer with 7 years of expertise deploying and maintaining LAN and WAN infrastructure. Dedicated technology professional with strong track record of accurately conducting system repairs and troubleshooting. Offering exemplary planning, project management and communication talents.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Network Engineer
CONSILIO INDIA PVT LTD
Bangalore
04.2021 - Current
- Working under the Datacenter environment with more than 700 devices of the Datacenter devices including the
- Routers, Switches and the Firewall, Configuration of Cisco Nexus switches
- Responsible for updating the firewall policies on Cisco ASA Firewalls
- Creating Security Policies on Cisco ASA Firewalls
- Hands on experience on F5 load balancers
- Upgradation of firmware on Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS-XE and upgradation of the iOS on the ISR routers
- Responsible for adding devices to the LogicMonitor Infrastructure devices
- Responsible for migration of devices and updating the SNMP policies to the Routers and the Switches of the migrated device
- Responsible for upgradation of the Datacenter stack switches in multiple Datacenter locations
- Responsible in Monitoring the performances of the Datacenters and the multiple office networks
- Responsible for upgradation of Firmwares during the monthly upgradation tasks
- Provided complete end-to-end engineering and installation of route-based IP network solutions.
- Managed, tracked, and coordinated problem resolution and escalation processes.
- Provided network support services for devices such as hubs, bridges, routers, and other hardware.
- Collaborated with vendors to identify best options for optimizing network performance.
- Escalated emergency technical issues beyond knowledge to maintain optimum up-time.
- Assisted with implementation and support of network monitoring tools.
- Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.
- Troubleshot complex multi-vendor network service provider issues.
Network Administrator
MICROLAND LIMITED
Bangalore
11.2015 - 04.2021
- Handled and worked on devices like 2900, 3500, 3700, 6500, 4500 series switch; 1800, 1900, 2900, 3900 and 4k ISR series routers basics of Nexus 5k and7k
- Configured and troubleshooted EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Route-map, DHCP, HSRP, GLBP, Port-channel,
- Port security, Access-list, VLAN, NAT and STP
- Enabled port-security for preventing unauthorized network access
- Configured Trunk and Pruning on switched networks
- Configured Wireless Controllers 5500 via GUI and CLI as well as Lightweight and Autonomous
- Worked on HPE ProLiant Servers for issues such as ProLiant Raid , ProLiant CPU and ProLiant Memory
- Upgraded Devices IOS to current IOS for the bugs/issues
- Analyzed traffic utilization using monitoring tools like NetPM and extracted detailed performances of network elements
- Analyzed packet capture for slowness issues
- Exposure of Working on BMC Remedy tool (CISM)
- Troubleshooting the hardware/network issue of the Client’s Network Infrastructure
- Troubleshooting and reviewing the logs,debugs,configuration,and Hardware dispatch and finding the root-cause
- Keep the Network Infrastructure up to date and secured
- Maintain Network security policies and monitor compliance
- IMPLENTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, Experience with broad understanding of implementing, managing and supporting complex technical projects by interacting with client’s network infrastructure services
- Ensured proper maintenance of link uptime as per the agreed SLA with the vendors and escalated various issues internally to keep intact of the SLA
- Managed Network topologies, interacted with the clients in meetings and bridge calls that has impact the network physical design and mapped them to the required framework standards
- Coordinating with multiple Internet Service Providers like SingTel, Verizon, Telefonica, Colt, etc
- To investigate the reason for outage that resulted in network suspension
- Trained and demonstrated the technical concepts to the peers and interviewed the candidates for the project as and when required
- Troubleshooted various network issues affect solutions and collaborate with staff and outside vendors to resolve complex problems
- Monitored system performance and responded to alerts.
- Identified and immediately resolved issues with network devices.
- Maintained network hardware and software and monitored network to support network availability to end users.
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance, and support.
- Installed, configured and supported local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) and Internet system.
- Authored documentation for system configuration and troubleshooting.
- Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
The Oxford College of Engineering
Bangalore , India 09.2011 - 06.2015
Skills
Firewall management tools
Cisco equipment familiarity
Virtual private networks
PVST and MST knowledge
Security architecture and technologies
Cisco switching expertise
LAN switching technologies
Datacenter network implementations
Routing protocol expertise
Dashboard creation and configuration
IT best practice framework expertise
Collaborative ability
Root Cause Analysis
Network Troubleshooting
Proactive and team player
Strong troubleshooting skills
Technical Support
Remote work support
Cisco router and switch security
Infrastructure solutions
MPLS routers
Networking protocol expertise
Network device monitoring
SNMP monitoring
F5 load balancer expertise
OSPF routing
Accomplishments
- Honored with appreciations from the Client on handling critical cases, escalations and SLA.
- Supervised team of 10 and also have provided initial phase of trainings for the new joiners in the company.
- Rewarded numerous awards, vis-à-vis GEMs, SPARK (twice) and awards for Core Value teamwork in the year 2016 and 2017
- Honored with the Best Performer of the year award by Mercedes-Benz Research and Development and Computacenter in the year 2016,2018,2019.
- Recognized as a Star Microlander for the year 2019-2020.
- Achieved creator award by completing the Logic Monitor dashboards and Network monitoring configurations with accuracy and efficiency.
Hobbies
- Photography - Love clicking creative pictures
- Love playing cricket - Have been part of the school team
- Travelling - Love exploring new places and also learn about the culture
- Space Technology - Love exploring space technologies and also follow the space blogs , would love to own a telescope one day
Timeline
Network Engineer
CONSILIO INDIA PVT LTD
04.2021 - Current
Network Administrator
MICROLAND LIMITED
11.2015 - 04.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
The Oxford College of Engineering
09.2011 - 06.2015