Nihal Sakharkar

• Served as a Level 2 (L2) Network Engineer for the Central Bank of India, managing core network operations, and providing escalation support for critical incidents across 4,500+ branches nationwide.

• Administered and optimized an SD-WAN infrastructure, ensuring seamless connectivity and business continuity for banking services.

• Onboard and troubleshoot FortiGate routers in FortiManager.

• Configured and maintained Palo Alto firewalls, implemented security policies, and managed VPN tunnels to safeguard inter-branch and data center communications.

• Monitoring logs on the firewall and resolving the client-facing issues.

• Performing a checklist of all network-managed devices in DC and critical locations.

Taking critical devices back up on a weekly basis.

• Troubleshoot and configure on Cisco switches.

Monitored backbone links and branch connectivity through MOTADATA tools, performing proactive troubleshooting and bandwidth analysis.

• Raise the service request to the respective OEM in case of any unknown issue, and get the issue resolved with the help of the OEM.

• Collaborated with ISP vendors and internal teams to maintain 99.9% uptime, adhering to strict SLAs for critical banking applications.

• Developed automated network health and uptime reports, reducing manual effort, and improving decision-making for management.

• Mentored Level 1 engineers, and coordinated with zonal IT teams for on-site troubleshooting and configuration escalations.

• Overall proactive Monitoring and management of the VSAT’s
• Router Configuration, Implementation & Operations of Branches and ATM of multiple customers at Nelco HUB.
• Onsite team management and proactive response.
• Monthly Uptime reports, bandwidth utilization reports, down call reports etc. of all the VSATs and routers by using monitoring tool to proactively address performance issues and ensure overall network health
• Submission of periodical reports on the performance of the equipment’s

• Serve as the primary ISP contact for Bank of India, managing BSNL link services while continuously monitoring critical connections and delivering daily performance reports to the client.
• Troubleshoot and maintain customer site networks, coordinating remotely with field engineers to ensure prompt resolution of issues, and generating on-demand bandwidth utilization and downtime reports using Entity tools.
• Prepare comprehensive daily status updates for management, including uptime metrics, inbound/outbound utilization graphs, and scheduled morning and evening link status reports.
• Oversee and troubleshoot a nationwide network spanning 5000+ branches across 69 zonal locations, ensuring maximum network uptime and reliability.
• Collaborate with field engineers to address faults, monitor backhaul links and capacity, and resolve incidents through efficient ticket management and router access via BMC tools.
• Collaborating with field engineers to address and resolve network faults, ensuring timely restoration of services and minimizing disruption to client operations.
• Implementing best practices in network management, including the development of documentation and policies to enhance operational efficiency and security.

• In this Company I have work on following role:
• I am dealing in DAC Defect detection system from Japan, Laserpin Perforation system from Italy, Svecom pneumatic expanding shaft and chuck from Italy.
• Got a good sale of shaft and chucks to converting industries and OEM manufacturers.
• Besides sales I have also into researching organizations and individuals to find new opportunities
• Increasing the value of current customers while attracting towards new products
• Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives for printing and packaging technology
• Finding and developing new markets and improving sales
• Developing quotes and proposals for clients
• Developing goals for the development team and business growth and ensuring they achieved.
• Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events