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Herndon, VA

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SUMMARY

  • Network Architect and seasoned professional having 16+ years of rich experience with global IP/MPLS Service Provider networks in areas of Network Engineering, Services Engineering & Operations

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Network Migrations/Merger planning
  • New Vendor Platform evaluation & integration
  • Partner Network evaluation & integration
  • Network Performance Analysis
  • Translating Business & Customer requirements into network requirements
  • Network Design Documentation
  • Project Planning
  • Team Management
  • Mentoring & Coaching

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Global & National IP/MPLS networks, IP Metro Ethernet access & aggregation, MPLS NNIs, Remote Access to MPLS VPNs, Data Center network, Software Defined WAN & Network virtualization, CDN & Private Cloud connectivity MPLS VPNs
  • L3 VPNs, L2 VPNs & VPLS, Wholesale IP transit, Enterprise/Business Internet (DIA), IP VPNs (IPSec based), Multicast VPNs, SD - WAN, GRX IPX Mobile data roaming Cisco (12K GSRs, 7600, 7200, ASR1K, 6500, Catalyst switches
  • ME3750/ME3600 - IOS, IOS XR, IOS XE), Juniper MX & EX series (JUNOS), Alcatel SR7750 (SR OS), Versa SDWAN TCP/IP, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, LDP, RSVP-TE, QoS, PIM, MSDP, IPv6, IPSec, STP, BFD, NAT, HSRP/VRRP, SNMP, AAA, IP SLA, DHCP
  • Ethernet, Frame Relay, ATM Concord, MRTG, Reporter, Arbor PeakflowSP, WANDL, Cacti, IXIA testers, IPERF, Wireshark, VMWare vSphere, Linux, Python, GNS3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Network Architect / Senior Manager

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

  • Designing, planning, implementing, analyzing and supporting the global IP MPLS networks.
  • Prepare detailed network designs, engineering implementation plans and advanced router/switch configuration templates for new equipment deployment, PoP rollouts and network upgrades.
  • Prepare technical service designs and engineering plans for rollout of new network services and enhancements to existing services
  • Peering architecture development and implementation for GRX IPX Mobile data roaming network
  • Lab testing & evaluation for rollout of new network designs, services, features, hardware & OS upgrades
  • Capacity & Equipment planning for network upgrades to meet capacity demands. Review of network resource utilization. Monitoring network performance & exceptions.
  • Perform traffic analysis and tactical traffic engineering to manage excess traffic with available network resources till upgrades are performed
  • Provide technical support to Sales Engineering for complex customer requirements & RFPs
  • Support operational teams in root cause analysis for complex technical issues and for fast recovery in case of major outages & critical situations
  • Technical platform evaluation to identify the most suitable vendor platforms for Tata IP/MPLS core and edge network. Perform strategic assessments of vendor products to determine best fit between market needs, supplier capabilities and TATA's service roadmap and identifying new service opportunities for TATA.
  • Imparting Service & Product trainings to Sales Engineering, Service Assurance & Delivery teams.
  • Keep abreast of new developments happening in the industry. Identify new technology and network features that will add value and differentiate Confidential .

Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Develop network design templates for new network/pop rollouts and enhancement of IP/MPLS network architecture to meet service requirements & continually improve network availability & performance.
  • Prepare detailed technical service guidelines for new IP MPLS products/services to meet business specifications.
  • Validate designs by conducting proof of concept testing in lab. Review these designs & associated capex with respective product teams.
  • Plan for capacity & equipment upgrades to support projected traffic growth. Monitor network performance, network resource utilization & critical exceptions. Trigger necessary network upgrades & resource optimizations.
  • Interlock with Service Assurance & Delivery teams on a fortnightly basis & review major network issues. Support operations for major network changes & migrations, troubleshooting complex cases and for fast recovery in case of major outages
  • Support service delivery for large & complex customer deliveries.
  • Support Sales Engineering teams to respond to complex customer RFPs.
  • Vendor evaluation to identify the best platforms for Tata IP/MPLS network. Vendor co-ordination & performance measurement. Escalation of product related issues within Vendor organization when required.
  • Work with cross functional teams to prepare the AOP for forecasting Cap-ex/Op-ex for the next fiscal year.
  • Team Management - Hiring, Resource Management, Staff reviews, People Development, Performance reviews

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