Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Sarath Kumar C

Bangalore

Summary

To leverage my extensive technical skills and experience in a challenging role within Koch Industries, where I can contribute to the organization’s growth while expanding my professional capabilities.

Network Engineer with 8+ years of experience in IT networking, currently serving as a WAN and Wireless SME at Koch Business Solutions. Skilled in proactive circuit/device monitoring, alert trend analysis, capacity planning, failover testing, and firmware upgrades. Proficient in Cisco SD-WAN, Meraki, Silver Peak, Cisco AireOS, IOS Wireless, and Cisco ISE.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Network Engineer

Koch Business Solutions
04.2022 - Current
  • Proactively mitigate risk and identify optimization opportunities using data analytics
  • Manage license strategies for Cisco ISE, Silver-peak, and Meraki
  • Perform IOS upgrades on various Cisco and Silver-peak devices
  • Provide recommendations for WAN capacity planning
  • Support failover testing for network redundancy
  • Enhance ServiceNow CMDB data governance by collaborating with other teams.

Senior Network Specialist (E2 band)

Cisco Systems (HCL Technologies Ltd.)
09.2019 - 04.2022
  • Monitored and troubleshot LAN/WAN networks for HSBC
  • Coordinated with carriers and resolved WAN link issues
  • Troubleshot connectivity issues and escalated production problems
  • Managed RMA processes and configured faulty network devices.

Network Engineer (L1)

IBM India Pvt. Ltd. (IMSI India Pvt. Ltd.)
10.2017 - 09.2019
  • Configured and troubleshot MPLS networks for BSNL
  • Resolved BGP, OSPF, and Ether-channel connectivity issues
  • Ensured hardware redundancy and coordinated with field engineers/vendors.

Service Desk Associate - Network Support (Tier -1)

Dimension Data India Pvt. Ltd. (Sequel Mynd Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)
04.2016 - 10.2017
  • Supported VSAT network for SBI
  • Enabled Telnet/SSH on Cisco routers and monitored LAN IP reachability
  • Configured standard VSAT setups and resolved related issues.

Education

B.E. (ECE) -

Sambhram Institute of Technology
Bangalore
01.2015

PUC -

Mother Teresa PU College
Bangalore
01.2011

S.S.L.C. -

Corporation High School
Malleshwaram, Bangalore
01.2009

Skills

  • Networking
  • WAN
  • LAN
  • MPLS
  • VPN
  • QoS
  • NAT
  • Inter-VLAN
  • Routing protocols (BGP,EIGRP,OSPF)
  • IPsec
  • DMVPN
  • Cisco ISE
  • Logic Monitor
  • LiveNX
  • PowerBi
  • ServiceNow
  • Splunk
  • ThousandEyes
  • Cisco SD-WAN
  • Meraki
  • Silver Peak
  • Cisco AireOS
  • IOS Wireless
  • Juniper Networks
  • Palo Alto Networks firewalls

Certification

  • CCNA-Routing and Switching 200-125, CSCO13127344
  • CCNP ROUTE (300-101) & CCNP SWITCH (300-115), Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core certification
  • Juniper Networks Certified Associate, JPR00314078
  • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator, PAN00217453
  • ITIL v4 Foundation Certification, AXE-048243156145

Disclaimer

I hereby affirm that the information furnished above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I also undertake to inform you of any changes therein immediately.

Timeline

Network Engineer

Koch Business Solutions
04.2022 - Current

Senior Network Specialist (E2 band)

Cisco Systems (HCL Technologies Ltd.)
09.2019 - 04.2022

Network Engineer (L1)

IBM India Pvt. Ltd. (IMSI India Pvt. Ltd.)
10.2017 - 09.2019

Service Desk Associate - Network Support (Tier -1)

Dimension Data India Pvt. Ltd. (Sequel Mynd Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)
04.2016 - 10.2017

B.E. (ECE) -

Sambhram Institute of Technology

PUC -

Mother Teresa PU College

S.S.L.C. -

Corporation High School

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