Mahesh Shivaswamy
Hoffman Estates,IL
Summary
IT Executive with experience in architecting and automation first approach for highly scalable systems. Experienced AWS & Azure Network Architecture and Design of Landing zones. Planning, implementing and supporting network infrastructure in Medium and large enterprise environments and Service Provider. Strong project management, planning and product management skills to drive implementation excellence and efficiencies. Managed and delivery of complex projects delivering in time and exceeding expectations. Strong interpersonal skills, highly adept at facilitating discussions and negotiations with key stakeholders.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Tech Lead
Accenture India
Member Technical Support Staff
Software Technology Parks of India
Sr Cloud Network & Security Architect
Baxtehnc
01.2016 - 01.2023
- Senior technical lead in the Infrastructure & Service Architecture team, responsibilities included the new as well as evolving current networks, ensuring key deployment of new sites and hardware, logistics, testing and detailed documentation. Deployed at a local, regional, and global level.
- Ensured timely delivery of IT to various practical and business teams.
- Ensuring compliance with ITSDLC & ITSM methodologies while delivering the objectives.
- Tactical responsibilities include Requirement gathering, analysis, installation & system monitoring, problem resolution, technical and system support, and technical documentation at a complex environment.
- I have an in-depth understanding of all key technologies involved in branch, campus, and data center engineering and architectures.
- Ensuring adherence and authoring best practices guides for implementation & operational support.
- Expert knowledge on AWS & Azure, and understanding one build with VPC/VNET cloud connectivity with techno-lo & multi-cloud design.
- Design & Implement DNS Solution for Cloud-On-Prem
- Design & Implement Load Balancing solution with HAProxy
- Design & Implement Security solution for Cloud & Co-lo's
- Responsible tier 2 escalations for incident management teams such as support for critical business apps.
- Extensive hands-on experience in a variety of platform Cisco Nexus 9k/7k/5k/2k.
- Cisco Catalyst 9000/6800/6500/4500X/3750X/3850/2960X.
- Route platforms ASR1k and ISR4k.
Network Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Consulting experience in Planning, Design & Deployment of data center for some of Cisco's largest customers. Primary focus on compute virtualization and network management. Cisco UCS Compute & Server virtualization of VMWare Windows & Bare Metal installations with associated data center.
- Supporting one of Cisco's largest customers for UCS Optimization services, Architecture Assessment, Configuration & Best Practice audit.
- In Depth Knowledge on Nexus Platform for key features such as VDC, OTV, FabricPath, FCoE, vPC, L2 and L3 technologies.
- Broad knowledge in industry trends in data center space including SDN, merchant silicon.
- Working knowledge of routing in an ACI multiple tenant implementations.
- Test and development of ACI lab content for Cisco Live 2016.
- In Depth Knowledge on Storage Platform MD5 for FC, iSCSI, FCIP, NPV & NPIV features.
- Proof of concept solutions testing for Customer hardware & software.
- Develop web services, guides, solution guides & migration strategies.
Network Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Design and Implement Stadium Vision IPTV Video Service for multiple small, medium, and large scale deployments across United States, Canada & South America.
- Implementation of HCRS DNS Service for Wireless IP Telephony & End Points.
- Cisco Quantum Policy Suite Application deployment of AAA for High Density Wireless.
- Successful deployment of medium and large stadium IPTV Video Solutions consisting of Video Head End, Low Latency Campus LAN switching for Multicast Video and Stadium Vision Direct Application installation & Configuration for orchestrating the overall solution using Clean Glass Management.
- Successfully handled an EFT for new Software Release and Hardware Products & Primary interface for BU & Customers.
- Major projects handled are MetLife-NY Jets & Giants, Miami Dolphins, Circuit of America-Austin, Dallas Cowboys-Dallas, Pepsi Center-Denver, BC Place-Vancouver, Senators-Ottawa.
- Baxter Migration Transitioned to Chicago from Bangalore supporting migration for Baxter Health Care LAN/WAN. Primary responsibilities included site design, Preparing HLD & LLD Design Documents, Quality check of Network Implementation Plans, NIP's and Supporting Migration window for Cutover of Live Network to New platform.
Network Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Key member of the Advance Services Transaction Practices team responsible for Planning, Design, Migration, implementation and testing of large-scale service provider and enterprise networks.
- Preparing High-Level Design, Low-Level Design, Implementation plan, Migration plan and procedures for crucial projects involving core technologies.
- Providing end-to-end support on large scale customer projects from requirement gathering, design validation and overall delivery for large-scale networks.
- Creating test case scenarios used for developing new solutions.
- Assisting in pre-sales with optimum design for new existing customer network.
- Post sales design and implementation as per customer requirements and disclosed best practices.
- Building strong business relationships with both internal teams and end customers.
Systems Engineer
Network India
01.1999 - 01.2005
- Planning team members responsible for Implement and Maintain regional ISP backbone that would serve the region internet requirements, implementation & configuration and installation of various Cisco Core & Access equipment like Cisco 7513, Cisco 7507, Cisco 600 Routers and Catalyst 5500, Catalyst 3524 Switches. Designing and configuration of Backbone and access network.
- Implementation of various networking technologies like BGP, OSPF, LAN Switching (LAN's, HSRP etc.). Responsible for Internet Backbone capacity Planning with various Tier-1 providers, Service Provisioning & traffic management.
- Troubleshooting issues associated with Backbone, local access and network level. Tested MPLS based Internet & VPN solutions between STPI & Corporate access over Satellite link to offer customer Internet Base VPN solutions as an alternate to IPLC circuits which provide cost benefit over traditional E1 & E2 Leased lines.
- 24/7 Network Operations Center team member handling back International customer.
- Operations & Maintenance of International Private lease circuits for Domestic last mile.
- Implementation of New Circuits involving Local Loop, International Segment and Satellite leased links for IPLC including Indian/Foreign tails establishing Internet connectivity with Tier1 ISP's.
- Planning team Lead responsible for Bandwidth requirement for our ISP operations, Co-ordination with APNIC for IP Address planning for hardware requirement for routers & switches.
- Working Network monitoring tools viz MRTG, HP OpenView to provide Internet statistics to our customers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems
Birla Institute of Technology (Bits)
Skills
- Technology:
- VPC, EC2, ALB, VGW, IGW, VPC peering, End-points, Route 53, transit-gateway, S3, Direct connect, Azure, VNET, UDR, ExpressRoute, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, IGMP, PIM, QoS, IPSEC, SD-WAN, IPsec, GRE, Micro Segmentation
- Automation:
- Jenkins, Python, Cloud formation, GIT, Jira
- SWITCHES:
- Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k, 2k, Catalyst 9k, 6k, 4k
- ROUTER:
- Cisco CRS-1, ASR9000, XR12k, ASR1K, CSR
- Firewalls:
- Fortinet, Cisco ASA, ZScaler
Timeline
Sr Cloud Network & Security Architect
Baxtehnc
01.2016 - 01.2023
Network Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
01.2014 - 01.2016
Network Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
01.2010 - 01.2014
Network Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
01.2005 - 01.2008
Systems Engineer
Network India
01.1999 - 01.2005
Tech Lead
Accenture India
Member Technical Support Staff
Software Technology Parks of India
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems
Birla Institute of Technology (Bits)
Career Highlights
- Designed, implemented, and optimized complex network infrastructures for multinational enterprises, ensuring scalability, high availability, and robust security.
- Served as Technical Lead for data center builds, consolidations, upgrades, and M&A integration projects.
- Led adoption of emerging technologies including SD-WAN data center interconnect and cloud networking resulting in improved network performance and reduced operational costs.
- Managed vendor relationships, negotiated contracts, and selected technology partners aligning with technical and budgetary objectives.
- Partnered with cross-functional teams and executive leadership to ensure network strategies aligned with business goals and enterprise priorities.
- AWS Networking with Direct connect & Transit gateways to consolidate multiple VPC connectivity to single global link thereby enabling VPC creation & Adding TGW for fast & improved creation of accounts for different Business units.
- Azure vWAN & Express route for multiple integration across Geography.
- Designed and Deployed high available DNS Design & Setup across the enterprise globally with Infoblox.
- HAProxy Design & Setup for L4 & L7 Load Balancing Solutions.
- Co-Lo Design & setup with Equinix for multi cloud connectivity.