Results oriented Network-Lead and Solutions-Architect with 17+ years of telecommunications industry experience.
Collaborative experience in project management, team management and mentorship, research and designing of customized solutions and technical documentation.
Areas of expertise include (Design and Management):
a) Internet service provider / Enterprise and Datacenter design and architecture.
e) Technical design writing and procedural documentation.
f) Mentoring new engineers, Helpdesk management, Technical user support and escalations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Network Architect
Crown Castle Fiber / Lightower Fiber Networks
Irving, TX
2015.06 - Current
Providing leadership and guidance to other network engineers on multiple complex migration projects and tactical upgrades.
Offering support and expertise with various vendors, such as Juniper, Ciena, Cisco, Accedians etc.
Authoring and maintaining documentation on new network technology implementations , procedures and RCA's.
Testing and introducing new technologies in both lab and field settings as proof of concepts to be then templatized and deployed network wide.
Participating as a member of a team responsible for overseeing backbone augments, audits and remediation's.
Experience with integration and merger of legacy companies and assisting with enterprise customer and datacenter integration.
Developing and maintaining process documentation, and helping others understand existing processes.
Serving as an escalation point for customer migration issues and management loss of visibility issues on legacy networks.
Conducting network-wide audits of MPLS/BGP/EMS and working to standardize and deploy those configurations.
Designing and deploying multiple POP locations, working with various vendor gear.
Experience with complex migrations , audits , grooms and overbuilds of sites between the legacy companies.
Collaborating with DevOps teams to provide templates and goals for automation which involve the NE lifecycle. ( Involved working with NSS and other teams to help automate documentation. ( 1st example Grafana SNMP Pull for NE devices . 2nd NSS script to bulk update ips etc. )
Creating in-house scripts to streamline audits and updates and automate processes.
Analyze, troubleshot and enhanced network performance to drive efficiency.
Developed network test and validation processes to maintain alignment with solution design and update necessary documentation as needed.
Synthesized data to produce reports and polished presentations, highlighting findings and recommending changes.
Senior Network Engineer / Team Lead
NetBrain Technologies
2014.01 - 2015.06
Advance Services Team lead
Employed strong team management and task prioritization skills to streamline project turnaround times and meet tight deadlines.
Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
Established and monitored key performance metrics to verify consistent compliance with important networking standards.
Design & implementation of OSPFv2/v3 , EIGRP, ISIS , BGP routing protocols, RSVP-TE & LDP label switching protocols for MPLS routing and forwarding, and IPv6 PD & ND protocols
Hands on experience on the following Cisco Gear –GSR, ISR, 7600, 6900, 4500x , next gen ASA5500x series firewalls
Hands on experience on Juniper MX, Ex4200 , Ex3300 and SRX firewalls
Extensive enterprise network design and architecture experience from bottom up for datacenter builds and core enterprise builds
Build BOMs and VAR resellers sheets using CCW and other vendor tools
Excellent troubleshooting skills to troubleshoot both network and server side of issues
MPLS: design and implementation of new additional features/enhancements for Label Distribution Protocol, LDP ,BGP/MPLS VPN ,OSPF, RIP
Extensive experience in technical documentations [SMOPs] and implementation of complex change management tasks
Monitored data transfer security to detect and prevent intrusion attempts and respond to DDoS attacks.
Worked on day to day maintenance and break fix issues using the ticketing system REMEDY/HP-NA
Write SMOPS / scheduled maintenances related activities to get various CM’s / DM’s done in the specified timeframe usually during the MIDS shifts
Involved with Major OS code upgrades on Juniper Multi chassis Routers T1600 + [ TXP+ ] 3+1 / 2+1 configurations
Involved with Cisco CRS Code upgrades [ Moving from 3.8.1 / 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 IOS XR ] CRS 8 /16
Added Responsibility of coordinating and scheduling any upcoming software upgrades / standardizations across the network
Performing both reactive and proactive maintenances to upkeep the highest level of customer SLA’s
Document and perform any deep dives - RCA’s on any ongoing or occurred outages in-order to understand and rectify any active issues in the network
Performing Failover Testing on Various Hardware Juniper/Cisco to test and audit Launch standards
Working with third party vendors CISCO/JUNIPER/CIENA/HP/AT&T/Level3 to make sure the various front-end tools, hardware , fibers are replaced/mended/upgraded within appropriate timeframes.
Network Engineer - Backbone
AT&T Corporation
2008.11 - 2010.06
Part of a NOC team that Managed 4 different (SBC, Bellsouth, AT&T, AGN) large networks both nationally (With in USA) and internationally (APAC, EMEA, CALA)
Managing all aspects of carrier relations to include circuit ordering/design/configuration/setup
Primarily break fix operational work , Layer 2 and Layer 3 troubleshooting
Snr.Technical support engineer / Technical Trainer
Master of Science - Information, Network And Computer Security
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
2006.02 - 2008.05
Bachelor of Science - Computer Sciences
Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology
Hyderabad
1999.01 - 2004.02
Skills
Tactical Planning and execution
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Accomplishments
Certifications: (Previously Active)
Crown Castle Fiber :- Multiple Major Migration projects at CCF . ( Most recent involved almost 2200 circuit moves ).
NetBrain Technologies :- Employee of the Month and Lead of the Month multiple times. Deployed their complete BOSTON datacenter and most of their LAB.
Dell :- Deployed redundant Data Center in AUSTIN TX to be an exact copy of the current MA setup within 2 months.
Dell :- Hired and trained contractors to maintain and deploy enterprise network gear and servers in 6 weeks.
Additional Information
Leading the customer and DCN integration efforts at Lightower/Crown Castle Fiber. (Integrating previously acquired company assets and customers).
Letters of recommendation from both Comcast Network Engineering Manager and Comcast Network Operations managers for my work with Comcast.
Multiple STAR Awards at Comcast Cable. Completed multiple Juniper Certifications and multiple recommendations from the higher management for excellence in work performed.
Letter of acknowledgement from Area manager AT&T.
Letter of Appreciation from Tech Lead R-Square, Satyam (SLA), Wipro.
Promoted to CCA (Command Center Analyst) within 8-9 months of being hired in Wipro
Certificates of appreciation for being ranked the Employee of the month 3 Times In Wipro.
Certificate of appreciation -Best SME ( Subject Matter Expert ) in Satyam, helping teams reach and exceed the desired SLA multiple times.