Vikas Upadhyay
Stockholm
Summary
Adept at designing and implementing robust network solutions, I significantly enhanced network performance by 30% for banking domain, leveraging skills in F5 LTM and GTM, Cisco ACI, and firewall security. My tenure at Tata Consultancy Services honed my expertise in AWS, Azure, GCP, and fostered exceptional cross-functional teamwork, driving seamless technology integrations and innovations.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Network Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
Stockholm
03.2023 - Current
- Designing and implementing a management and SDDC environment based on Cisco ACI in data centers, creating the strategy that allows the use of containers and cloud orchestration for end users.
- I have been a part of discussions with key stakeholders for design documentation, from traditional architecture to spine and leaf architecture in the ACI environment, with a network-centric approach to provide resiliency, low latency, and application availability in the F5 environment during and after migration.
- I have been a part of network automation via CI/CD in a DevOps environment using GitHub for the repository, and IAC (Terraform).
- Experience and hands-on experience in configuring VIPs using F5 LTM, GTM, including writing iRules, SSL offloading, and troubleshooting using TMOS.
- We have done hardening of network devices based on CIS guidelines, LAN/WAN design and solutions, Cisco VPN solutions, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint firewall , DWDM boxes for inter-DC connectivity, and IPN devices to support Cisco ACI multi-POD architecture.
- I have assisted clients with the implementation of hardware to ensure high availability, and protocols like OSPF and BGP have been utilized properly across the data center.
- Worked on GCP, Azure and AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, CloudFront, CloudWatch, Route53 NSG, , Auto Scaling, IAM,Transit Gateway, and other components.
- Worked on GCP, Azure and AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, CloudFront, CloudWatch, Route53 NSG, , Auto Scaling, IAM, Transit Gateway, and other components.
- Upgrade, installed and supported Cisco products such as Cisoc IOS, Nexus 9k series
Network Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2021 - 02.2023
- Customer name: Santander UK ( On-site)
- Subject matter expert in F5 products and technology (LTM, GTM, SSL offloading, WAF, etc.).
- Designed and implemented enterprise-level F5 solutions, enhancing network performance by 30%, and ensuring 99.99% network availability.
- Led the planning and execution of two major network upgrades, ensuring minimal downtime, and a smooth transition.
Senior Network Engineer
Sungard Availability Services
12.2020 - 01.2021
- Provided first and second-level escalation support for network, telecommunications, and security issues, employing high-quality service
- Implemented regular alerting and monitoring of network performance which reduced network down-time by 11% through quicker response times
- Worked with 10+ clients to build robust firewalls using Cisco and Checkpoint, enabling seamless work for employees while accessing resources
Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer
Fulcrum Digital
01.2019 - 09.2020
- Done Configuration of Juniper switch EX 2200, 2300 and 3200 series as well Firmware upgradation
- Providing Meraki VPN to users and configuring it in the Meraki Dashboard.
- Proficient in shell scripting, awk, sed, grep, and scanning inventory through Unix commands, and adding to our assets.
- Knowledge of ITIL incident, problem & change management
- Worked on AWS services like EC2, S3, VPC, ELB, Auto-Scaling Groups, Route 53, CloudWatch, SNS, IAM roles, and RDS.
- Responsible for WLAN, LAN, and WAN modifications, implementation, design, and support of network architecture for the office environment.
- Done penetration testing on websites to find the vulnerability using product Nessus Scanner and monitored the traffic flow
- Worked on F5 LTM series 3600 and 3900, Configured the ASM for preventing the various attack from source e.g Web scripting, DDOS, Sql injection
Senior Network Engineer
Wipro
05.2016 - 11.2018
- I have worked on routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, and redundancy protocols, i.e. HSRP/GLBP, along with security ASA 5500 series firewalls.
- Structured network cabling, such as STP, UTP, coaxial, etc., installation and configuration of LAN, WAN, and wireless networks with active components, such as routers, switches, and modems.
- Manage firewall and security systems using tools like Chekpoint, Cisco ASA, Cisco ISE by establishing and enforcing policies, and defining and monitoring access.
Network Support
Ant works
04.2015 - 04.2016
- Excellent knowledge in ISP – Telecommunication
- Use of monitoring tools to diagnose and troubleshoot network failure
- Troubleshooting of LAN/WAN infrastructure
- Worked on modification and debugging of Windows Operating System
- Provided the NOC support to our end user clients for seamless experience
Associate Software Engineer
Accenture
04.2012 - 11.2013
- Conducted SQL Server production database analysis on a regular basis
- Knowledge and hands on in sql and debugging
- Provided customer assistance and support pertaining to database system queries and complaints
- Knowledge on performance tuning
- Experience of performance measurement, capacity and tuning issues
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
SRM University
Chennai, India01.2012
Senior Secondary - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English
Sunbeam English School
Varanasi, India01.2007
Higher Secondary - Science, English, Mathematics, Social Science and Hindi
Sunbeam English School
Varanasi, India01.2005
Skills
- Routing and Switching
- F5 LTM and GTM
- Cisco ACI, WAF
- AWS, Azure, GCP
- Firewall Security such as Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Fortinet
- Unix
- F5 configuration
- Python
- MS Office
- MPP
- Cross-functional teamwork
- VPN configuration
- Network architecture
References
Available on Request
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 01/14/88
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Accomplishments
- Completed AWS, GCP training for designing scalable cloud solution and reduced infrastruture cost in customer environment.
- Completed IP subnetting and CIDR rotation tarining to optimize network performance and reduce IP conflicts.
- Completed F5 LTM training to improve the appliaction availability and response time by load balancing
- Currently going through CI/CD pipelines tarining using Github repository along with ansible.
Timeline
Network Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
03.2023 - Current
Network Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2021 - 02.2023
Senior Network Engineer
Sungard Availability Services
12.2020 - 01.2021
Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer
Fulcrum Digital
01.2019 - 09.2020
Senior Network Engineer
Wipro
05.2016 - 11.2018
Network Support
Ant works
04.2015 - 04.2016
Associate Software Engineer
Accenture
04.2012 - 11.2013
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
SRM University
Senior Secondary - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English
Sunbeam English School
Higher Secondary - Science, English, Mathematics, Social Science and Hindi
Sunbeam English School
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