Rakesh
Sr.Network Engineer
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior Network Engineer with 9+ years of IP Networking/Telecom experience in Troubleshooting LAN/WAN issues, Switching & Routing, Monitoring network performance, providing technical support to customers and working with network components and terminology.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
Tata Electronics Systems Solutions
09.2023 - Current
- Installing, Configuring & Troubleshooting on Cisco switches & routers, Aruba & Extreme Switches.
- Troubleshooting layer-2 protocols such as LACP,DTP, VTP, STP.
- Troubleshooting Network routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP.
- Managing IDF's, Datacenters and troubleshooting issues.
- Troubleshooting on WAN links, IPSEC VPN Tunnels.
- Coordinating with end users in identifying network related issues and troubleshooting the same.
- Troubleshooting outages, contacting ISPs, providing outage notifications, following escalation policies, etc.
- Preparing implementation plan, test and backout plans for change activities for device replacements & new changes
- Managing Incidents and change requests through Manage Engine.
Networking-Cisco Routing & Switching Engineer
Teamware Solutions(Client-TCS)
05.2023 - 09.2023
- Configuring & Troubleshooting on Cisco switches & routers.
- Upgrading IOS on Cisco C3650,C3850,C9300,C9500, ISR 4431, 4331 Devices.
- Monitoring WAN Links, Network devices & PDU Units through Solarwinds and guiding L1 NOC to resolve if any issues.
- Implementing Network changes by creating Change requests in Jira.
Specialist
HCL Technologies LTD
4 2019 - 05.2023
- Administration and Production support for Network devices and user specific network related issues in 24x7 environment.
- Configuring & Troubleshooting on Cisco switches & routers.
- Troubleshooting outages, contacting ISPs, providing outage notifications, following escalation policies, etc.
- Managing Incidents and change requests through Jira.
Junior Team Member
Tata Communication Ltd
4 2017 - 4 2019
- Validating the SDH circuits and links in Network and inventory management tools
- Deleting Unused circuits from Network (NORTEL,MARCONI,SAMS)
- Preparing decommissioning document for site closure activity & Coordinating with customer for kit recovery or equipment recovery.
SD-ENGR
Ikya Human Capital Solutions(Client-Bharti Airtel)
12.2016 - 03.2017
- Worked on technologies like PDH & SDH, DWDM & OTN.
- Knowledge in Provisioning circuits like E1/VC3/VC4 & STM*N level. Delivering the customer links like ILP, PRI services within SLA.
- Troubleshooting of alarms in SDH network comprising of ECI, CIENA Tejas, Huawei & Alcatel.
Executive Networks
Vestel Telecom Services(Client-Bharti Airtel Ltd)
07.2015 - 11.2016
- Worked on technologies like PDH & SDH, DWDM & OTN.
- Knowledge in Provisioning circuits like E1/VC3/VC4 & STM*N level. Delivering the customer links like ILP, PRI services within SLA.
- Troubleshooting of alarms in SDH network comprising of ECI, CIENA Tejas, Huawei & Alcatel.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Udaya School of Engineering
08.2011 - 05.2015
Skills
Cisco-CCNA
Switching & Routing
BGP, OSPFEIGRP,RIP
LAN/WAN
IPSEC, VPN
Basic Knowledge in Fortigate,SDWAN
Tools such as SolarWinds, Manage Engine,BMC/SMART IT, Splunk, Jira
Certification
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (Cisco ID: CSCO14081125 valid till Dec 2024)
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
Tata Electronics Systems Solutions
09.2023 - Current
Networking-Cisco Routing & Switching Engineer
Teamware Solutions(Client-TCS)
05.2023 - 09.2023
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (Cisco ID: CSCO14081125 valid till Dec 2024)
11-2021
SD-ENGR
Ikya Human Capital Solutions(Client-Bharti Airtel)
12.2016 - 03.2017
Executive Networks
Vestel Telecom Services(Client-Bharti Airtel Ltd)
07.2015 - 11.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Udaya School of Engineering
08.2011 - 05.2015
Specialist
HCL Technologies LTD
4 2019 - 05.2023
Junior Team Member
Tata Communication Ltd
4 2017 - 4 2019
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