Santosh Sahani
Summary
An AWS and Cisco certified Senior Network Architect with over 15 years of experience driving impactful network solutions across global markets. Expert in designing and maintaining secure, high-availability network infrastructures that support high transaction volumes while reducing costs and enhancing performance. Proficient in ITIL best practices, fostering network stability, and minimizing operational errors. Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor technical teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and delivering exceptional results. Committed to leveraging extensive expertise to enhance network architecture and support organizational growth.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Architect
Livevox Solutions (Now Acquired by NICE)
12.2019 - Current
- Designed, implemented, and maintained a secure, highly-available Physical Data Center & Cloud network infrastructure that can handle millions of transactions per second.
- Migrated 60+ services from On-premises to Cloud efficiently which has reduced infrastructure cost by 30%.
- Created and maintained detailed network documentation, including network diagrams and device configurations.
- Standardized and Automated day to day configuration deployment tasks using Infrastructure As Code, which helped in reducing outages and deployment time.
- Coordinating with multiple cross functional team such as SRE, DevOPS, SecOps & Engineering to make sure Infrastructure is allied as per business need.
- Successfully Leading, Motivating & Training Team of 5 Members.
Senior Network Engineer
NTS Technology Services
01.2017 - 12.2019
- Redesigned and refreshed News UK Multi-Tenant Data Center to improve reliability and security.
- Designed and implemented secure and more robust Wireless Infrastructure, which increased mobility and stability for Wi-Fi clients.
- Engaged in High Priority Incident Bridges for Troubleshooting and finding the RCA of the Incident within the given SLA.
Senior Network Administrator
EF Information System
05.2012 - 01.2017
- Managing 700+ remote sites LAN/WAN and Wireless infrastructure.
- Conducted multiple onsite visits worldwide (South Africa, Switzerland, UAE, UK, Brazil) for replacing End of Life /End of Support Network equipment.
Network Engineer
Xplore-Tech Services
05.2009 - 04.2012
- Maintaining LAN/WAN call center network infrastructure, installing/replacing network equipment, managing Asterisk/FreePBX VoIP servers, creating site documentation, and handling user issues and escalations.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A) - Computer Science
Sikkim Manipal University (S.M.U)
Bangalore10-2019
Skills
- BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, SD-WAN
- VSS, VLAN, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP etc
- AWS, Azure, GCP Cloud
- Terraform, Python, Ansible, GitLab, Linux
- Cisco Nexus (vPC, VDC, OTV etc)
- F5 Big-IP Load Balancer
- Cisco Wireless Controllers, Cisco ISE, ACS Cisco Prime Infrastructure
- Cisco ASA, PaloAlto, Fartigate
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (AWS01784401)
- AWS Certified Networking Specialist (AWS01784401)
- CCIE Wireless- CCIE Wireless (Written) Certified (Cisco ID: CSCO11724234)
- CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional (R&S)
- CCIE (R&S) - Under Gone Training for CCIE (R&S)
- CCNP (Datacenter) - Under Gone Training for CCNP Datacenter
- Cloud Computing - Under Gone Training for Amazon AWS Cloud
- CCNA SECURITY - Under Gone Training for CCNA SECURITY
- Ekahau - Ekahau Certified Wireless Survey Engineer
Timeline
Senior Network Architect
Livevox Solutions (Now Acquired by NICE)
12.2019 - Current
Senior Network Engineer
NTS Technology Services
01.2017 - 12.2019
Senior Network Administrator
EF Information System
05.2012 - 01.2017
Network Engineer
Xplore-Tech Services
05.2009 - 04.2012
Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A) - Computer Science
Sikkim Manipal University (S.M.U)
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