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Pavan Kumar M

Network Engineer
Bangalore

Summary

Seeking assignments in Networking, for a challenging career, encompassing professional & personal development

Attuned with the latest trends and techniques in the field, having an inborn quantitative aptitude & determined to carve a successful and satisfying career in the IT industry. A systematic, organized, hardworking and dedicated team player, confident in handling multiple assignments under pressure and meeting tight deadlines. Comprehensive understanding of concepts, owing to vast academic experience and hands -n training at Paladion Networks, Wipro Infotech Hewlett−Packard Dimension Data Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Technical Service Advisor

Juniper Networks
05.2024 - Current

Manage team to deliver proactive consulting services, such as technical analysis and recommendations (impact assessment and analysis, health check analysis, software upgrade analysis).

  • Review and assess open software defects. Discovers potential risks associated with the deployment plans and partners with the customer to develop mitigation plans.
  • Partners with Customers in conducting Juniper product health checks to identify potential product performance problem areas.
  • Based on the evaluation, make a relevant recommendation to optimize operational performance in respect to design/topology/configuration.
  • Review and evaluate network plan, assist in the planning of new feature implementation, and product deployment. Allies with internal teams to resolve identified risks in software.
  • Engages with Juniper engineering teams to improve potential quality issues with products.

Technical Support Engineer 3 - Advance TAC

Juniper Networks
1 2022 - 05.2024
  • Served as primary point of contact for support relating to owned solutions and products
  • Responded to support requests from end-users and patiently walked individuals through basic to advanced troubleshooting tasks
  • Performed root cause analysis of reported issues to enact corrections
  • Documented faults and bugs for referral to development staff for use in updates
  • Delivered Tier-3 support and SME input to internal and external customers
  • Use of Python scripts used for troubleshooting high CPU and memory-related issues.


Technical Consultant (High Touch Technical Support-Tac) for Enterprise Routing Team

Cisco Systems
05.2015 - 01.2022
  • Platform level troubleshooting of all Cisco ASR and ISR platforms
  • Troubleshooting Routing issues including advanced keywords
  • Lab recreates customer networks and troubleshoots production networks.
  • Handling network down situations
  • Filing new software defects


Consulting Engineer (Advanced Services)

Cisco Systems
08.2018 - 04.2019
  • Implementing, Designing and Migrating from the older legacy platform devices to the newer platform devices
  • For Cisco IBLM Project for the Client Goldman Sachs


Customer Support Engineer II (TAC Engineer)

Cisco Systems
05.2015 - 08.2018
  • Platform-level troubleshooting of all Cisco Lan switches including 7600
  • Troubleshooting Switching issues including advanced keywords
  • Lab recreates of customer networks and troubleshooting production networks
  • Handling network down situations.
  • Filing new software defects


Senior Network Engineer

DIMENSION DATA COMPANY, INDIA
10.2014 - 05.2015

Technical Solutions Consultant II−b

HP Hewlett−Packard GlobalSoft Private Limited
08.2013 - 09.2014

Network Engineer Level 2

WIPRO INFOTECH
03.2012 - 08.2013

NOC Engineer

WIPRO INFOTECH
12.2010 - 02.2012

Network Engineer Level 1

Sequel Myndsol
09.2009 - 12.2010

Security Engineer

PALADION NETWORKS
04.2008 - 04.2009

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication

Vemana Institute Of Technology
Bengaluru, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Network Routing & Switching

Technical Troubleshooting

Linux

Scripting Automation

Additional Information

Troubleshooting: Upgrades, Recovery, Crashes, Memory and High CPU troubleshooting, Latency issues, Packet drop issues, Design-related issues, and Hardware (Platform) level troubleshooting.

Routing: Rip, Eigrp, Ospf, Bgp, Bfd, MPLS

Switching: STP, RSTP, VTP, Etherchannel, 802.1q, HSRP, VRRP, Switch Stacking, VSS.

Other Technologies: Snmp, Telemetry, Netflow, Multicast and Qos.

Linux: Proficient with CLI and system management.

Accomplishments

    Routers: Cisco - ISR4K's, ASR1K's, C2900's, C3900's, C7600's.

    Juniper - MX/ACX/PTX Series

    Switches: Cat2K series, Cat3K series, Cat4K series,Cat6K series, Cat9K series.

    Other Switches: Metro Ethernet series, Industrial Ethernet, CBS blade switches, HP Procurve, 3com and Extreme Switches.

Certification

CCIE Routing and Switching (#57006)

Timeline

Technical Service Advisor

Juniper Networks
05.2024 - Current

Juniper JNCIP-SP

08-2022

Juniper JNCIS-SP

06-2022

Juniper JNCIA

04-2022

Consulting Engineer (Advanced Services)

Cisco Systems
08.2018 - 04.2019

CCIE Routing and Switching (#57006)

08-2017

Technical Consultant (High Touch Technical Support-Tac) for Enterprise Routing Team

Cisco Systems
05.2015 - 01.2022

Customer Support Engineer II (TAC Engineer)

Cisco Systems
05.2015 - 08.2018

Senior Network Engineer

DIMENSION DATA COMPANY, INDIA
10.2014 - 05.2015

Technical Solutions Consultant II−b

HP Hewlett−Packard GlobalSoft Private Limited
08.2013 - 09.2014

Network Engineer Level 2

WIPRO INFOTECH
03.2012 - 08.2013

NOC Engineer

WIPRO INFOTECH
12.2010 - 02.2012

Network Engineer Level 1

Sequel Myndsol
09.2009 - 12.2010

Security Engineer

PALADION NETWORKS
04.2008 - 04.2009

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication

Vemana Institute Of Technology
04.2001 -

Technical Support Engineer 3 - Advance TAC

Juniper Networks
1 2022 - 05.2024
Pavan Kumar MNetwork Engineer