Ajay M
Ariyalur
Summary
Highly motivated employee with strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Experienced professional overseeing complex network installations, upgrades, and security enforcement. Talented at leading critical system design, rollout, and performance monitoring to achieve necessary thresholds.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Manager
Tata Communications Limited / Novamesh Limited
Chennai
2018.12 - Current
- Conducted comprehensive Fortinet SD-WAN product evaluations in a test environment.
- Produced detailed technical documentation outlining the functionalities and architectural aspects of Fortinet SD-WAN and its key components - FortiGate, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer.
- Delivered customized solutions to meet customer requirements and developed setups for proof of concepts (POC).
- Assessed the quality of new code releases, actively engaged in bug scrubbing tasks, and conducted comprehensive tests on newly implemented features in Fortinet SD-WAN.
- Conducting a detailed technical walkthrough session of Fortinet SD-WAN features and products to CFT teams.
- Offered assistance and support to teams such as Service Deliver, Service Assurance, Technical Design Authority and Solution Engineers.
- Assessed Fortinet's Zero Test Network Access (ZTNA) in laboratory environments, providing comprehensive documentation.
- Assessed and documented the Fortinet SASE, along with evaluating its SIA, SPA, and SSA features.
- Developed proficiency in Fortinet's SSH/SSL, Antivirus, Application control, IPS/IDS and DNS/Web/URLs filters.
- Worked on Cisco Viptela and Versa SD-WAN products.
- Oversaw the configuration of Lab Infra FortiGate firewalls to safeguard networks and grant access to lab equipment.
- Gained experience working with Cloud computing on AWS and Azure
- Managed and upgraded Tata's subsea optical cables.
Network Support Engineer
Mentor Infocomm India Private Limited
Chennai
2018.02 - 2018.12
- Installed wiring, cabling and devices to establish, repair and improve network operations.
- Evaluated local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) performance data to verify availability and speed, identifying network problems.
- Installed and repaired network fiber optic cables, Ethernet cables and other networking cabling and conduits.
- Configured hardware devices and software settings to optimize network performance.
- Designed and implemented overhaul of servers, along with wired and RF, for All over Tamil Nadu location.
- Evaluated system availability, throughput and latency to lead network planning, installation, configuration and testing.
- Identified, diagnosed, and resolved network problems.
- Provided technical support for users having difficulty connecting to or using the network.
- Responded promptly to user requests for assistance with any type of networking issue.
Education
Training of Networking - Networking With Router And Switch
Sansbound The Networking School
Chennai2018-02
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical And Electronics
Velammal Institute of Technology
Chennai2017-01
HSC - Higher Secondary School - 12th
Government Higher Secondary School
Ariyalur2013-03
SSLC - 10th
Government Higher Secondary School
Ariyalur2011-03
Skills
- SD-WAN | Software Defined Wide Area Network
- Expert Level in Fortinet SD-WAN and worked in cisco viptela and Versa
- Zero Trust Network Access - ZTNA
- Fortinet Products - Fortigate, Fortimanager, Fortianalyzer and FortiCloud EMS, Forticlient and FortiSASE.
- SSE - SIA, SPA and SSA.
- SASE - SD-WAN and SSE
- Routing - BGP, MPLS, OSPF, EIGRP and RIP
- Switching - VLAN, Etherchannel, STP, VTP, RSTP and PVST
- Security - SSL/TLS, Application Control, Antivirus, IPS/IDS, DNS/Web/URL filtering.
- Intermediate Level in Cloud Platform (Ex. AWS and Azure).
- Capacity Management of Subsea backbone cables (Tata).
- L1 Layer - Copper cable, Optical fibre and modem.
- Excellent and efficient problem solving, troubleshooting, skills, resolving technical issues skills.
- Document preparation and presentations.
- Quick learning ability.
Certification
- Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist Network Security
- Fortinet FortiManager 7.0 Administrator
- Fortinet SD-WAN 6.4 Architect
Languages
- Tamil
- English
Declaration
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Tata Communications Limited / Novamesh Limited
2018.12 - Current
Network Support Engineer
Mentor Infocomm India Private Limited
2018.02 - 2018.12
- Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist Network Security
- Fortinet FortiManager 7.0 Administrator
- Fortinet SD-WAN 6.4 Architect
Training of Networking - Networking With Router And Switch
Sansbound The Networking School
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical And Electronics
Velammal Institute of Technology
HSC - Higher Secondary School - 12th
Government Higher Secondary School
SSLC - 10th
Government Higher Secondary School
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