Amit Kumar Kala
Bangalore
Summary
Having more than 6 years of experience in Enterprise Network infrastructure design, Build and Operations in IP Core, SD WAN, Data center edge networks. Primary knowledge in Microsoft Azure networking, Oracle cloud Infrastructure, multivendor firewalls and load balancers. A successful Senior Network Engineer accomplished in managing enterprise-wide networks for large-scale operations. Plan, implement and continuously improve infrastructure and controls to stay on top of changing operational and security demands. Expert in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
Xactly Corp
04.2023 - Current
- Handling design and implementation of internal projects serving various clients globally
- Working on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure; Paloalto firewall (Physical and Virtual), Panorama (Management server of firewalls); Vyos routers; Equinix Fabric; Nexus (5k, 7k, 9k) Switches, Cisco UCS, Ultra DNS (Mapping DNS records)
- Onboarding Virtual/Physical Vyos routers and Paloalto Firewalls, working on routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, Static
- Creating instances in OCI infra via GUI and Terraform
- Assigning boot volumes and resource to the instances when required
- Creating virtual circuits and DRG for Inter VCN peering and VCN- On premises peering
- Working on OCI services like Network path analyzer, VTAP, Network visualizer and logs for troubleshooting
- Automating complete configuration and upgradation of routers, switches and Palo alto firewall using python scripts
- Documentation on confluence and designing topology diagrams in MIRO
- Design and implementation of Data center and Enterprise network infrastructure to attain scalable and efficient network during the maintenance window.
- Designed scalable WAN architectures to accommodate growing bandwidth requirements while minimizing costs.
- Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
System Analyst
TECH MAHINDRA
12.2021 - 04.2023
- Part of designing and implementation project for BT Global services serving various clients
- Working on SDWAN infra: Cisco Viptela, Velocloud, Nokia NSG devices
- Preparing Bootstrap and CSV files along with preparing device and feature template to be pushed on SDWAN devices
- Migration of legacy networks to SDWAN infrastructure
- Conduct real time task completion reports
- Doing troubleshooting in ISP PE (Cisco)
- Configuration and troubleshooting of routing protocols: OSPF, BGP
- Assisted with installation and troubleshooting of Cisco router and switches
- Responsible for working activation and pre-test of the circuit
- Interacting with BT customers across the globe to troubleshoot various issues pre and post migration
- Maintaining Network up time as PER SLA.
Network & Security Admin
MICROLAND LIMITED
10.2019 - 11.2021
- Part of Incident management team, taking care of GE's Network and specific Client Network Vendor issues around the globe
- Supporting 24x7 including on call support over weekends, managing 75K network devices including Routers, Switches, APs, WLCs, Checkpoints, ASA Firewalls and BIG-IP devices, SD WAN Viptela 1000 & 2000 series Routers & SD LAN Meraki and Aruba devices
- Experience in troubleshooting network devices like F5 Big IP Load balancers, firewalls such as Cisco ASA, Checkpoint
- Additionally, showed expertise in configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Wireless LAN controllers like Cisco 7500, 5520 & Cisco Access points like Cisco 1600,3600 &2600 (both autonomous and lightweight)
- Failover the specific traffic, as requested by the customer(s), from primary to backup link using routing protocol like BGP, EIGRP and static route to fix packet loss or link flap issues
- Working on tools like Thousand Eyes, CA spectrum, Net flow to generate bandwidth reports and to analyze the report to identify top talkers in a network
- Maintaining the software and hardware of all the network and security devices as per the GE standards to prevent vulnerabilities in the network and ensuring that all the device's configuration is as per the GE evaluations
- Created Policies and Rules in ASA and Checkpoint Firewalls
- Coordination & follow ups with ISP for MPLS/P2P/DIA based Service Provider Managed Link for the Outages/Changes/New Link commission/Termination till closure.
Network Support Engineer
CONET SOLUTION PVT LTD
11.2016 - 04.2019
- Maintaining and monitoring team effort count
- Working on Cisco ISR and ASR routers to add and manage routes for client specific subnets
- Configuring newly added access switches (CISCO 2960, 3560, 4500) in the client's network
- Prepared monthly Ops reports for the WAN utilization and the top talkers
- Creating and maintaining process documentation and writing scripts for team reference
- Investigating faults in the network and provided 24/7 support for network stability
- Responsible to provide training for on-call customer service skills
- Planning and providing presentations to client for respective product support.
- Streamlined incident management processes, resulting in faster response times and improved client satisfaction.
- Conducted regular preventative maintenance on networks to ensure continued stability and performance.
Education
B.Tech - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Graphic Era University
08.2014
SENIOR SECONDARY -
01.2010
HIGH SCHOOL -
01.2008
Skills
- Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud)
- IAM (Identity access Management)
- Palo alto Firewall
- Checkpoint Firewall
- Cisco ASA
- VPN
- SDWAN
- Scripting
- Nexus
- Load Balancer
- Cloud Networking
- Routing & Switching
Certification
- CCNA Routing & Switching 200-301, CSCO13723526
- Trained CCNP and CCIE troubleshoot
- Palo alto firewall certified administration
- Microsoft Azure 700 - Design and implementation Network associate
Languages
English, Hindi
Recognition Awards
- Best performer of the month in Microland in the year 2020
- Multiple appreciation for being top performer of the week in Tech M
- Awarded with a trophy for best drummer of the event held in Dehradun
Hobbies Interests
Cooking, Trekking, Listening to music
Professional Expertise
- SDWAN: Viptela, Velocloud
- Microsoft Azure 700- Design and implementation network associate
- Azure Cloud Security
- Oracle cloud Infrastructure
- Cisco UCS
- Terraform, Gitlab
- Panorama and Paloalto firewall : 10.1 and latest version (Physical and Virtual devices)
- Cisco Routers: 1800/1900/3600/3700/3800/4300 Switches 2960/ 3550/4500/6500/6800 series
- Nexus 5K, 7K; Meraki MX65, MS210, MS225, MS250 switches.
- Router & Switch Security: ACL's, VACL's NAT, NTP, Routing Protocol Management, IOS Security Features, Cisco IOS Firewall.
- Firewall: Firewall Modes, Stateful Inspection, Security Contexts (Virtual Firewall), Network Address Translation, Port-Redirection
- OS: Windows and Linux
- Checkpoint: GAIA R80.40 and Smart Console Management.
- Wireless: Wireless Controllers-5500, Meraki, Basics of Aruba AP's in central platform
- VPN and Cryptography: GRE, DMVPN, IPSEC, MPLS VPN
- Programming language: Python
- Routed Protocols - TCP/IP & UDP.
- Routing Protocols: Static Routing, RIPv1, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization.
- LAN Technologies -Ethernet, Port Channel, Switching, VLAN, Inter VLAN Routing, Cisco IOS upgradation, DHCP, FTP, TFTP.
- Switching protocols: VTP, STP, RSTP, Trunking (802.1q, ISL) VLANs, Layer3 Switches, EtherChannels, 802.1x
- Various Features & Services: Cisco IOS Features, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP,CDP, DNS, HTTP, TFTP
- Load Balancers: F5 LTM.
- Monitoring Tools: Solar winds, CAPM, Thousand Eyes, Logic Monitors
- Ticketing Tools: Service now, Jira
- Network tools: NetMRI, Net Brain, & CAPM spectrum, Splunk
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/15/1992
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Unmarried
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the information provided by me in this application is factual and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
Xactly Corp
04.2023 - Current
System Analyst
TECH MAHINDRA
12.2021 - 04.2023
Network & Security Admin
MICROLAND LIMITED
10.2019 - 11.2021
Network Support Engineer
CONET SOLUTION PVT LTD
11.2016 - 04.2019
B.Tech - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Graphic Era University
SENIOR SECONDARY -
HIGH SCHOOL -
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