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Rutuja Ghosalkar

Mumbai

Summary

Network Engineer with 10+ years of experience in handling various network infrastructures and providing support for maintaining network sustainability. Hands-on with various network technologies and network devices. Including soft skills such as time management, creative thinking, teamwork, and conflict resolution. Attentive and goal-focused brings successful approach to cultivating complex best practices to meet organizational and regulatory expectations. Detail-oriented focus on achieving expected outcomes. Enthusiastic hard worker with expertise in cultivating lucrative client relationships and implementing better processes and procedures.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Consultant

Capgemini India Services Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
12.2023 - Current
  • Handling the global network for the client, including implementation, operations, and troubleshooting.
  • Administering and managing the client backbone network of IP-MPLS, MPLS VPN traffic, OSPF, and overlay and underlay BGP peering within the network, as well as with ISPs across the APAC, EMEA, and AMER regions.
  • Supported and troubleshot critical network infrastructure involving MPLS, VRF/VPRN, and MP-BGP/BGP in Tier-1 ISP/Telecom environments. Documented migration processes and designed architecture blueprints for L2/3 VPN links backbone upgrades, aligning with SLAs, and future scalability goals.
  • Leading Fortinet SD-WAN migration and operations, ensuring seamless network performance across all regions.
  • Day-to-day user support for network availability at endpoints involves troubleshooting for the local BGP peering, Wi-Fi issues, AP connectivity issues, user routing and speed issues, and SD-WAN zones/policy management.
  • Change management involving new network deployment, upgradation, testing, and network changes as required.
  • Regularly assessing work productivity, and making team adjustments as needed.
  • Been a POC for the Client and managing the workflow and communication within the internal team and client company.

Senior Network Specialist

VOIS
Pune
04.2023 - 11.2023
  • Vodafone Services Private Limited >> Senior Network Specialist for Global Service Operations Team
  • Setting up, configuring, and troubleshooting support for IPSec tunnel connectivity (IPSec over BGP as well as static) and for services like IoT, IVC, roaming, UC, Message+, VOIS, and IPVPN.
  • Applying updates in the network when and where required, after customer change approval.
  • Checking and providing solutions for customer routing issues, alongside route flow check and correction as needed.
  • Provide troubleshooting for MPLS and BGP for internal, as well as enterprise, environments.
  • Enable smooth networking support, alert analysis, and problem management. Ensured interoperability and high availability across multi-vendor platforms, performing validation and failover testing.

Shift Lead - Network Engineer

Concentrix Daksh Services India Private Limited
Hyderabad
11.2021 - 04.2023
  • Google Enterprise NOC Project.
  • Troubleshooting and configuration for the network operation team, handling issues regarding the backbone network (IP/MPLS BGP), Juniper and Cisco routers, as well as access network Juniper switches, BNG routers, and load balancers Fortinet SDWAN devices.
  • AP upgradation and provisioning for cloud and legacy networks (Cisco, Arista, Aruba).
  • Hands-on experience with the GUI as well as the CLI of NOKIA and ADTRAN OLTs.
  • Handling issues regarding triple-play services for foreign client customers.
  • Creating MOP, executing change activities, and coordinating with the field operations team for service assurance.
  • Fortinet SDWAN deployment and migration of the legacy network, troubleshooting issues related to policies and configuration on the SDWAN Fabric.
  • Juniper Firewall upgradation and related issues, handling firewall access and policy issues.
  • Maintaining SLA for incident tickets, and handling escalations as per severity levels of issues. Products and tools: Hilbert-OSS, Secure Shell, Buganizer, NOKIA AMS.
  • Managed shift schedules to optimize workforce productivity and cover

L2 Enterprise Network Engineer

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
Mumbai
03.2016 - 10.2021
  • Troubleshooting for commercial L2-L3 VPN links, and ILL Enterprise customers.
  • Handling the ISP end BGP connectivity, from deployment to management.
  • Troubleshot and optimized BGP route distribution policies across multi-AS environments, leveraging communities, prefix lists, and route maps.
  • Delivered highly available Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN) infrastructures, integrating MP-BGP and VRF instances for customer-specific routing.
  • Configured and maintained BGP attributes (MED, Local Preference, AS-PATH) to enforce deterministic path selection and traffic engineering.
  • Deployed BGP route reflectors and implemented hierarchical RR architecture for scalable iBGP in large-scale ISP core networks.
  • Hands-on with Cisco routers and switches, Juniper routers, Techroute, RAD, DMARC devices, and last mile UBR and CPE switches.
  • Dealing with the daily issues of leased line customers.
  • Collaborated closely with team members to achieve project objectives and meet deadlines.

L1 RF LTE Network Engineer

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
Mumbai
09.2015 - 02.2016
  • Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot RAN connectivity at the ISP end.
  • Deal with day-to-day outages. Proactive monitoring for Samsung eNodeB via TeMIP, and Citrix.
  • Troubleshoot the Last Mile devices. Coordinate with the site technician for physical troubleshooting on-site.
  • Handling the fault management and alarm management of Samsung eNodeB (RAN_LTE) using LSMR for Reliance Jio Infocomm 4G (LTE) telecommunication network.
  • Co-ordination with IP, EPC, Transport, and Infra Team to resolve the day-to-day eNodeB-related issues.

Education

PGDM - Human Resources

MIT
Pune
01.2019

Bachelor of Engineering -

Mumbai University
05-2013

Skills

  • Project management and process improvement
  • Technology switching: VLAN, STP, ERPS, GPON, CLI, GUI
  • Network protocols: BGP, IP-MPLS, RIP, OSPF, IGRP
  • SD-WAN migration and troubleshooting
  • Work Flow, Change and Problem Management

Languages

  • English
  • Marathi
  • Hindi

Certification

  • Fortinet Certified Professional Network Security
  • Certification validation number: 9600636982RG

Timeline

Senior Consultant

Capgemini India Services Pvt Ltd
12.2023 - Current

Senior Network Specialist

VOIS
04.2023 - 11.2023

Shift Lead - Network Engineer

Concentrix Daksh Services India Private Limited
11.2021 - 04.2023

L2 Enterprise Network Engineer

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
03.2016 - 10.2021

L1 RF LTE Network Engineer

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
09.2015 - 02.2016

PGDM - Human Resources

MIT

Bachelor of Engineering -

Mumbai University

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