Sr. Network Architect Resume

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Strong hands - on Cisco Switches Nexus 9000, 7000, 6004/6001, 55128/5596, 3548/3164Q, 2k/1000v, Catalyst 9000, 6800, 6500, 4900, 4500, 3900, 3700, 3600, 3500, 2900 platforms, Juniper switches QFX and EX series, Arista switches 7800, 7500, 7200, 7100 and 7000 models.
Strong hands-on Cisco Routers CRS1, ASR 9000 IOS-XR, 7600, 3900, 3800, 2900 platforms and Juniper Routers MX 40, 240, 480, 960, 2020 and PTX series.
Strong hands-on SD-WAN technologies Viptela, Riverbed Sivler-Peak, Velocloud, Versa, Clougenix, etc.
Strong hands-on multi-site VXLAN EVPN implementation using Cisco (DCNM), Juniper and Arista technologies
Strong hands-on Cisco new DNA and SD-Access solutions with extensive experience on the Fabric deployment leveraging new Cisco Catalyst 9k, ISE, APIC-EM, Assurance, stealthwatch
Strong hands-on multi-site ACI implementation with VMWare integration as well as using Tetration for applications mapping.
Strong hands-on network security platforms Cisco ASA, Firepower, IPS, ISE, SRX Juniper Firewall, Bluecoat equipment, Palo Alto 3050/5020/5060 , Panorama, Zscaler.
Strong Cloud Practice background with heavy Experience on AWS Cloud Services such as VPC, S3, EBS, EC2, Route53, CloudFront, MapReduce, etc. as well as Azure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Network Architect

Responsibilities:

Analyse business requirements to develop technical network solutions and their framework and design, test, and inspect data communications systems.
Perform network modelling, analysis, and planning; Install hardware such as cables, hubs, routers, and wireless adaptors. Develop technology roadmaps and configure network drivers for software.
Analyse, engineer, and execute software functions, develop test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various projects; manage technology vendors.
Stay abreast of how technology infrastructures are currently impacting and driving competitors.

Confidential

Sr. Network Architect Consultant

Responsibilities:

Designed the End-to-End Network slicing architecture for the Confidential new 5G Stand-Alone network using Cisco ASR 9900, NCS 5500, IOS-XR, Nexus 9000, Segment Routing, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, SP technologies, Cisco NSO for the SDN orchestrator, Python, Netconf/Yang, Workflow Automation and integration with multiple vendors such as Nokia, Ericsson, Juniper, etc. to meet 5G Use cases.
Completed several POCs for SDN technologies for both the SP and DC spaces including subject matter areas related to SR-MPLS, SRv6, VXLAN/EVPN, Cisco ACI, OpenFlow PCEP, Net Fusion, Lumina, Ericsson WAN-O, Cisco NSO, Nokia, Whitebox/OCP designs of hardware silicon design (Cisco vs Merchant) and provided expertise surrounding design strategies for the 5G network Competing vendor offerings in the SP and DC spaces,
Created new Network design for the all 200+ Confidential retail Stores WAN connectivity using VIPTELA & VeloCloud SDWAN, and proposed new store network design using Cisco SDA and
Led a $5 million project to design and implement a new advanced DC WAN connectivity to host Confidential most revenue generating applications (multiple billions dollar in revenues) leveraging advanced BGP, MPLS, OSPF, etc.
Designed and implemented Full Network segmentation of the USCC network with Palo Alto for PCI Compliance
Prepared and delivered presentations for USCC business stakeholders, including VPs and CIO

Confidential

Sr. Network Architect Consultant

Responsibilities:

Led a $12 million project to redesign and simplify Cisco customer Acxiom network infrastructure and datacenters with Cisco VXLAN BGP EVPN leveraging Nexus 9500s/spine (08) and 9300s/leaf (72), 06xASR9006, 2X1006 routers, Firepower appliances, 4XF5 Viprion, 2X3850, 2x2921, Infoblox and over 1700 servers (Dell and HP) and EMC storage arrays.
Designed and deployed multiple Viptela SD-WAN solutions to improve Cisco customer’s network/ remote offices interconnectivity performance.
Provided expertise surrounding design strategies for the 5G network, including subject matter areas related to both physical and virtual networks (SDN, OpenFlow, VXLAN)
Led Cisco Wolverine project to introduce Cisco DNA solutions to top 85 Cisco partners, including Software Defined Access (SD-Access), Identity Services Engine (ISE), DNA Center (DNAC), APIC-EM and Assurance.