11 years of expertise in network implementation, administration and troubleshooting.
Worked on various Network Technologies. Background includes hands-on experience, specializing in Cisco Environment in Data Center Technologies and SDN.
Been a part of CEO team (Center of Excellence) worked on multiple project on-boarding engagements and implementations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Technical Consulting Engineer
Cisco
Banglore
08.2019 - Current
Delivering High Touch support to Cisco's premium customers.
Ownership of critical issues through working with the TAC case owner and development engineering on a replication or verification and communicating updates.
Handling customer escalations by taking critical issues on high priority.
Support services include troubleshooting & fixing network outages, expedited resolution to the high severity cases.
Ensuring the customer delivery experience is smooth and retaining them by meeting up NPS targets.
Coordinating with different BUs like Development, Advanced Services, FTS, Operations etc.
Providing proactive support by identifying vulnerabilities in customers' network and providing BTF (Beyond the Fix) support.
Conducting internal war rooms to discuss critical cases.
Mentoring new joinees in the team, helping then with process on-boarding and technical trainings.
Understanding the developmental details of Cisco products (both hardware and software) like ACI & Nexus Datacenter switches.
Sr.Support Engineer
Telus International
Nodia
02.2016 - 08.2019
Being a part of COE Team (Center of excellence) leading new projects technically from Datacenter and Virtualization front.
Applied critical path method (CPM) to project planning, reducing dependencies and shortening overall completion timeframes.
Managed engagement risks by performing Team's QA and rectifying issues for better customer's experience.
Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
Generated ideas in bringing technology solutions to business problems, administration and configuration service troubleshooting.
Worked on various platforms for, IOS upgrade and implementation of (Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, ASR series routers, Catalyst switches (6500, 4500X, 4948, 3560X, 3750, 3850) in datacenter environment.
Analyze and Troubleshoot Network Performance issues.
Implementation of fully redundant LAN and WAN setup for new remote sites.
Responsible for implementing network related projects as well as configuring and maintaining various network devices.
Assigned the responsibilities of evaluating and selecting enterprise’s networking hardware.
Network Support Engineer
CTSC
Delhi
08.2011 - 07.2015
Diagnosed network problems involving combination of hardware, software, power and communications issues.
Managing and scheduling complex customer changes that are related to Network optimization projects.
Configuring and planning installation of various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, Wireless devices)
Provide support, coordination and collaboration with Infrastructure teams for any IT system upgrades, changes and implementation of network services (WAN, WLAN, LAN, VoIP & Load balancer)
Preventive maintenance and documentation of the network inventory spread across all Datacenters.
Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling IOS/hardware upgrades.
Respond to reported connectivity issues and work with server and application team to resolve it.
Managed STP, HSRP, VTP in switching domain
Troubleshoot all networking problems to ensure minimum downtime and maximum availability of network.
Configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Cisco routers and switches.
IOS up gradation in Cisco devices and vulnerabilities assessment.
Education
MBA - Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
Manipal
02.2014 - 09.2016
Skills
Troubleshooting and Implementation of Network Technologies