DHARANI J
Chennai
Summary
Experienced and dependable general worker with a proven track record of efficiently completing tasks in various settings. Skilled in manual labor, equipment operation, and maintaining a clean and organized workspace. Safety-conscious with a strong work ethic and the ability to adapt to different environments. Ready to contribute to a dynamic team and make a positive impact.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
TATA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED / Novamesh Private Limited
Chennai
01.2024 - Current
- Initiated work on SDWAN Features.
- Proficient in deploying and managing Aruba Edgeconnect SDWAN as well as Cisco Catalyst SDWAN solutions.
- Optimized customer migration experience for Aruba Edgeconnect SDWAN.
- Contributed to cross functional activities.
- Deployed and set up Fortigate Firewall, ensuring efficient policy execution.
- Effectively managed REST API call development.
- Conducted regular assessments of features in Aruba SDWAN with each new code release.
- Assessed the performance of the Aruba Edgeconnect HA in diverse cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, Azure, and Equinox.
Network Engineer
Sify Technologies Limited / Sify Digital
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Configures and troubleshooting the Router (HP routers) and Switch (Juniper) configuration.
- Upgrading IOS in Router and Switches.
- Working on MPLS, BGP and OSPF routing protocols.
- Providing support to various applications and accessing internet through sify datacenter.
- Handful experience in implementing and trouble-shooting L2 and L3 concepts.
- Proactively used monitoring tools (alarms, trending graphs) to determine Link issues.
- Communicate with customers, engineers and management during trouble resolution or escalation.
- Responsible for creating RCA for major network outages and to work on corrective and preventive actions along with relevant stake holders.
- Adding static routes in DC for the CE routers.
- Experienced with Juniper and Checkpoint Firewall Configuration.
- Implementing Firewall Policies as requested by the vendors.
- Troubleshooting the issues faced after implementing the policies by checking the traffic flow.
- Taking daily back up of all the Datacenter and Disaster Recovery Center devices.
- Monitoring the IPS for checking security attacks.
- Weekly updating new security updates version on IPS.
- Analyzing the issues when Firewall CPU utilization reaches 100% and finding the cause for high utilization.
Zion Training and Consultancy Services
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Assist in the organization and inventory of all hardware and software resources
- Handled network infrastructure devices and equipments such ROUTERS (2621,2611) and SWITCHES (2950,3550)
- Designs, installs, upgrades, configures the local area network hardware and infrastructures.
Education
B.E in ECE -
Jerusalem College of Engineering, Anna University
01.2017
Higher Secondary -
Christ King Girls' Higher Secondary School
01.2013
SSLC - Class X -
01.2011
Skills
- Aruba Edgeconnect SDWAN and Cisco Catalyst SDWAN Experience
- Rest API Worked with Postman tool
- Cloud Platform Intermediate knowledge
- ROUTING: RIPV1, RIPV2, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, PBR
- SWITCHING: VLAN, VTP, STP, PVST, RSTP, Etherchannel
- WAN: FRAME RELAY, PPP, MPLS
- NETWORK SECURITY: GRE Tunnels, ACL, NAT
- NETWORK MONITORING: SNMP, SYSLOG, Wireshark
- Configuring MPLS Tunnels in Provider Edge Routers
- Installation and Configuring Server Redhat Enterprise Linux 7
- Configuring DHCP, SAMBA and ISCSI in Redhat Enterprise Linux 7
- Creating user accounts and maintaining the permission in Redhat Enterprise Linux 7
- Excellent and efficient problem-solving, troubleshooting skills, and resolving technical issues skills
Certification
CCNA, CSCO13349084
Silver Peak SDWAN Professional, 2da4879f-76d1-4eb0-86c7-2d70817485ac
Silver Peak SDWAN eXpert Certification, 4a5c39fd-6aaf-4d0b-94b9-b7b19e654fa7
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Jayaram .P
- Date of Birth: 05/03/1996
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
- English
- Tamil
Declaration
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
TATA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED / Novamesh Private Limited
01.2024 - Current
Network Engineer
Sify Technologies Limited / Sify Digital
01.2018 - 01.2021
Zion Training and Consultancy Services
01.2017 - 01.2018
B.E in ECE -
Jerusalem College of Engineering, Anna University
Higher Secondary -
Christ King Girls' Higher Secondary School
SSLC - Class X -
CCNA, CSCO13349084
Silver Peak SDWAN Professional, 2da4879f-76d1-4eb0-86c7-2d70817485ac
Silver Peak SDWAN eXpert Certification, 4a5c39fd-6aaf-4d0b-94b9-b7b19e654fa7
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