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
Bangalore01.2015
PUC -
Mother Teresa PU College
Bangalore01.2011
S.S.L.C. -
Corporation High School
Malleshwaram, Bangalore01.2009
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