Soumendu Pal
Summary
Experienced network professional with 6+ years in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN infrastructure and security using Cisco devices. Skilled in capacity planning, technical documentation (Visio, Office), and ticketing systems (ServiceNow, Jira) for efficient network issue resolution.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Engineer/Senior Associate
Ares Management LLC
09.2022 - Current
- Involved in strategic planning, solutions design, and project support for Network Infrastructure LAN/WAN upgrade for all the distribution centers.
- Worked on wireless site survey and design for the company and performed Wireless Survey Pro and Spectrum Analysis
- Manage the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) in the distributed deployment to provide authentication to the endpoint devices.
- Responsible for layer 2 securities which was implemented using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports, deployed port security when possible for user ports.
- Tier 3 support for connectivity, failures, configuration, implementation, and troubleshooting
- Designed expertise for the SD-WAN and WAN optimisation technologies for efficient delivery of the application data across LAN and WAN
- Experience administering IPAM solutions such as Infoblox for IP address management, DNS, and/or DHCP.
Network Engineer
Sierra Consulting Inc. (Safeway Inc.)
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Worked with machine communication configuration onsite and RF monitoring equipment, Wi-Fi tester, spectrum analyzers.
- Experience in onsite support maintaining LAN infrastructure, WAN network services in a Cisco environment.
- Worked on SD-WAN and WAN optimization technologies for efficient delivery of the application data across LAN and WAN.
- Improved the troubleshooting/monitoring process for LAN/WAN activities, increasing the up-time by 27%.
Network Engineer
Advance Auto Parts
07.2018 - 12.2020
- Maintained system efficiency by responding to and resolving all internal and external network issues, resulting in a 10% reduction in complaints.
- Managed and supervised large-scale network operation centers, decreasing service issues by 40%.
- Enhanced system reliability by designing and implementing effective fault detection procedures.
- Identified and implemented monitoring strategies and procedures to ensure the health,
performance, and security of production and non-production cloud infrastructure and enhance operations.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA05-2018
Skills
- Networking: Security Implementation, Network Configuration, Traffic Management, Network Troubleshooting, TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, DNS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP
Certification
Ares Star Performer Award 2024
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer/Senior Associate
Ares Management LLC
09.2022 - Current
Network Engineer
Sierra Consulting Inc. (Safeway Inc.)
03.2021 - 09.2022
Network Engineer
Advance Auto Parts
07.2018 - 12.2020
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
California State University, Fullerton
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