Rahul Mishra
Noida
Summary
Strategic IT Project Manager with 15+ years of experience delivering complex network transformations (SD-WAN, MPLS, Cloud) and large-scale infrastructure deployments across global enterprises. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, optimize costs by 50%+, and ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery. Strong expertise in Cisco/Juniper OEM, stakeholder management, and Agile methodologies. Program & Project Management: Oversee large-scale, multi-tower programs encompassing Cloud, WAN, LAN, MPLS, WLAN, SD-WAN, Data Center Management, Migrations, and Security Vulnerability Assessments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Project Manager
In2IT Technology
05.2023
- South Africa: LAN/WAN/WLAN/SD-WAN/Voice Deployment (GPN): 200+ Sites Transformed (Budget 1 Million+)
- Project Planning & Execution: Develop and adhere to project plans while overseeing WAN, LAN, and WLAN in-life project delivery. Conduct benefit analysis, work scheduling, and risk assessment to ensure smooth execution throughout the project lifecycle. Lead complex migrations, ensuring zero escalations.
- Enterprise Network Implementation: Led the successful enterprise-wide rollout of Cisco firewalls, routers, switches, and access points (APs). Designed and implemented infrastructure from the ground up, including deployment strategies, policy design, Windows Server installation, VoIP phone systems, scanners, and security appliances.
- Financial & Cost Management: Responsible for invoicing, cost management, and quotation management to optimize project expenditures and ensure financial efficiency.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Governance: Actively participate in steering committee meetings, drive discussions with key stakeholders, and ensure alignment with project goals and organizational objectives.
- SD-WAN Deployment & Optimization: Served as Project Manager for enterprise-wide SD-WAN deployment. Led a team of network engineers to design and implement a secure, carrier-independent WAN infrastructure. Integrated SD-WAN with existing BGP environments to seamlessly redistribute routes from Viptela into traditional MPLS WAN. Delivered a 40% performance improvement and 50% cost savings, leading to accelerated deployment across additional sites.
- High-Value Project Execution: Successfully managed and delivered a $1 million project, ensuring timely completion of deliverables while maintaining budgetary constraints.
- Reporting: Designed and implemented automated reporting dashboards (Excel/Power BI) to track budget utilization, project risks, SLA adherence, and deployment progress. Provided weekly and monthly executive dashboards for steering committee meetings, ensuring data-driven decisions.
Technical Project Manager
British Telecom Global Services
11.2015 - 04.2023
- Viptela SD-WAN Deployment (DHL EMTO): 100+ Sites Transformed (Budget 1.2 Million+)
- Technical Requirement Analysis & Project Planning: Define technical requirements and develop comprehensive project lifecycle plans, including scheduling deliverables, managing budgets, and setting timelines to ensure seamless execution.
- Client Consultation & Solution Design: Conduct client interviews to capture and analyze requirements, design and develop prototypes for critical project components, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage with stakeholders, developers, product managers, and technical support teams to address product issues and drive efficient resolution.
- Mergers & Acquisitions Integration: Led IT teams in successfully integrating legacy networks during two major mergers and acquisitions. Ensured seamless connectivity, compliance, and security while completing the project in a significantly reduced timeframe with zero unplanned impact on users.
- Business & Technology Alignment: Identify business needs and develop tailored technology solutions to meet strategic objectives and budgetary constraints, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
Tech Lead
Ericsson
01.2011 - 11.2015
- Managing a wide range of project management activities including deployment of nodes, coordinating multiple resources to perform various maintenance activities, troubleshooting & configuring various telecom equipment and implementation of core network projects; contributing in planning, designing of the network, hardware and software implementation, acceptance testing, till commercial launch of the equipment.
- Responsible for project management and implementation of telecom infrastructure for various locations in the United States of America.
- Hands-on experience in identifying process strengths, weaknesses, and employing best practices to manage either or both.
- Coordinated with hardware procurement team, MPLS / ILD / NLD / Internet provisioning NOC teams including last mile provisioning team for end-to-end delivery including installation, configuration, and commissioning of communication systems & devices of the data circuits.
- Maintained healthy business relations with corporate & government clients, ensuring adherence to delivery & quality guidelines.
Sr. Engineer
Times of India Group
10.2009 - 01.2011
- Managing voice projects for VAS applications on Times group short code 58888 for all telecom operators like Airtel-PAN India, Vodafone-PAN India, MTNL-Delhi, MTNL-Mumbai, BSNL-PAN India, Tata-PAN India, BPL-Mumbai, Reliance-PAN India.
- Managing integration and configuration of VAS servers with a combination of voice processing cards at different telecom signals like Analog, ISDN-PRI, SS7-PRI, R2M%C.
Education
B. TECH -
I.M.S Engineering College
07.2007
12th - undefined
M.G. PUBLIC School
01.2001
Skills
- SDWAN/ Data center/LAN/WAN Migration
- Transition & Transformation, Project ManagementIn Life, PMO-Agile & Waterfall, Network Automation project
- AWS architecture, Cloud migrations
- Stakeholders Management
- Platforms: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project (MPP), JIRA
- Software & Solutions: Telecom IT Infrastructure, Voice & Data Services, IT Infrastructure, Network Automation
- Networking: WAN, LAN, WLAN, SD-WAN Deployment, Site Integration
- Executive Reporting & Dashboarding: Automated dashboards (Excel, Power BI, and custom reports) for leadership visibility, project health, and KPI tracking
- Cloud & Virtualization: Cloud Computing (IaaS/PaaS), Hybrid Cloud, SD-WAN Site Builds
- Automation & Scripting: Python (Network Automation, Scripting)
Certification
- PMP 2025 - 2028
- CCNA
- JNCIA
- SDWAN
Languages
Hindi
English
Italian
Hobbies
All Hobbies
Social Profiles
LinkedIn
Timeline
Technical Project Manager
In2IT Technology
05.2023
Technical Project Manager
British Telecom Global Services
11.2015 - 04.2023
Tech Lead
Ericsson
01.2011 - 11.2015
Sr. Engineer
Times of India Group
10.2009 - 01.2011
12th - undefined
M.G. PUBLIC School
B. TECH -
I.M.S Engineering College