Career Objectives:

• To build a long - term career in Planning, Architecting, Implementing, Supporting and optimizing large scale IP Network Platform for Datacenter technology
• To use my skills in the best possible way for achieving the company’s goals
• Seeking a responsible job with an opportunity for professional challenges
• To keep up with the cutting edge of technologies

Summary of experience/Skills

Worked more than 9+ years and deeply passionate about internetworking and the evolving technology - SDN and NFV. Brief summary of experience/skills are presented below: -

Technology and Platform Experience

• Large Scale Routing and Switching - Internet/WAN EBGP and IBGP peering, OSPF, MPLS, Multicast, DMVPN, QOS and L2 Switching
• Multi-tenant Datacenter Technology
• Application Centric Infrastructure(ACI) - Network Centric Implementation
• Massive Scale Data-center(MSDC) Layer 3 Spine-and-leaf with BGP control plane
• Application Delivery Controller - F5 LTM, AFM, APM
• Palo Alto and Cisco Next Generation Firewall
• Software Platform - Cisco APIC, IOS, NX-OS, IOS XR, JUNOS, Paloalto PAN-OS, and F5 BIG-IP TMOS
• Hardware Platform - ASR9K, ASR1K, 12000, 7600, UBR, ISR G1&G2, Juniper MX480, MX960, Nexus 9K/7K/5K, Catalyst 6500 with service modules, ASA with IPS module, Palo Alto PA-5200, and F5 BIG-IP VPR-C2400
• Deep understanding of Network Transport Services such as DWDM, SONET, Metro Ethernet, Physical Media (Multimode Fiber & Single mode Fiber)

Design, Implementation and Optimization Experience

Worked on network solution design and Implementation for institutions like Confidential - VCCS, Confidential (Cisco gold partner) and Global Computing Solutions. Brief summary of design and implementation experience:

• Requirement Analysis, Planning and Designing a solution as per customer requirement with justifiable Return On Investment(ROI)
• Experienced on large scale network design and documentations including Solution Write-up/Project Specification Document(PSD), BOM, High Level Design (HLD), Low Level Design (LLD), Technical Presentation, Network Ready for Use(NRFU), Project Implementation Plan(PIP) and As-Built Documentations
• Cisco Certified Field Specialist worked on diversified project implementations
• Worked on large scale Datacenter/WAN assessment and optimization project

Soft Skills

I strongly believe that hard skills alone are not sufficient to accomplish the desired goal and always stretching to acquire higher level of soft skills. During the last 9 years I was able to possess soft skills like Communication Skills, Decisions Making, Self-Motivation, Team-Working, Problem Solving, hardworking, Time Management, ability to work under pressure, honesty and optimism

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior Network Engineer

Company: Confidential

Responsibility:

• Documented the existing Backbone & WAN Internetwork and prepared assessment report
• Redesigned and improved Backbone and WAN iBGP peering for more than 50 sites
• Redesigned and improved Datacenter Internet EBGP peering
• Implemented ACI based Multi-Tenant Datacenter for 23 Tenants with Cisco Advanced Service Team
• Designed and Implemented Multi-Tenant(Multi-VSYS) PaloAlto Next Generation Firewall
• Implementing Datacenter F5 Local Traffic Manager(LTM), AFM and APM with SAML
• Developed varies Network operations standard documents

Senior Network Engineer - Design and Architecture Team

Company: Confidential

Responsibility:

• Understand and analyzed user requirement, designed/architect solution, prepared RFP with solution write-up and BOM as per Cisco validated design(CVD)for large-scale networking projects that includes Cisco Routing & switching, Data-center and Security solutions for Awash International Bank, Debub Global Bank and Zemen Bank
• Prepared System documentation including detail design with BOM, High Level Design (HLD), Low Level Design (LLD) and Technical Presentation

Senior Network Engineer

Company: Confidential

Responsibility:

• Requirement gathering and design of datacenter and WAN solutions for top 3 Ethiopian banks
• Requirement gathering for Datacenter core network including security and application delivery systems
• Audited the existing Datacenter and WAN IP infrastructure
• Designed Datacenter and WAN Internetwork and delivered Audit report, High Level Design(HLD) and Low Level Design(LLD) document with extensive technical presentations for the customers
• Redesigned Ethio Telecom Enterprise Datacenter and delivered High Level Design(HLD) document and technical presentation

Senior Network Consulting Engineer as Freelancer

Company: Self-Employed

Responsibility:

• Understand and analyze user requirement, design/architect solution, prepare RFP with solution write-up and BOM
• Prepare System documentations including Solution Write-up with BOM, High Level Design (HLD), Low Level Design (LLD), Technical Presentation & As-Built Documentation
• Implementation of Cisco Routing & Switching, Datacenter, Security, Wireless and Collaboration solutions
• Network audit and optimization
• Conducting Advanced Cisco Network

Network Engineer

Company: Confidential

Provided critical network operations support for Ethio Telecom National Datacenter and IP Backbone network comprising of access, aggregation, distribution, core and backbone network segments. Highlight of the network and responsibilities are presented below: -

Project Overview

• It is a National IP Network serving the entire Ethiopian nation with millions of mobile broadband subscriber, 500,000+ Fixed broadband internet access and Thousands of L3 MPLS VPN service
• Multi-area OSPF is deployed for access to distribution
• BGP for distribution to core and backbone routing including internet peering
• ECMP deployed in every possible network path
• 10 G Link, LACP, BFD and LLDP is deployed
• Utilizing scripts to automate the operations like Traffic shift away and shift back for device and link maintenance
• Every little change should be managed by Change management process/system

Main Responsibility

• Worked as Sr. Network Engineer providing support (Monitoring and troubleshooting) for Severity 1 - 3 large-scale networking events
• Perform network problem resolution, root cause analysis (RCA) and assist in ensuring 24×7 availability of services and infrastructure across all locations.
• Preparing and executing Network CM (Change Management) that is required for daily network operations and expansions. This includes minor network redesign to the level of IOS/Firmware upgrade.
• Working closely with Cisco and Juniper TAC Team to manage advanced troubleshooting and RMA.
• Provide technical coordination, oversight and leadership for staff and serve as escalation point for complex technical issues

Senior Network Engineer

Company: Confidential .

Department: IP - Network Engineering Team

Project One - Confidential

Provide network operations support for Confidential network comprising of nationwide PE and P routers. Highlight of the network and responsibilities are presented below

Project Overview

• Serves thousands of L3 MPLS VPN customers
• VRF provisioning and PE-to-CE Routing administration
• MPLS Core IGP - OSPF and LDP peering administration
• MP-IBGP peering with RR deployment for VPNv4 address family

Main Responsibility

• Worked as Sr. Network Engineer providing support (Monitoring and troubleshooting) for Severity 1 - 2 large-scale networking events
• Perform network problem resolution, root cause analysis (RCA) and assist in ensuring 24×7 availability of services and infrastructure across all locations.
• Preparing and executing Network CM (Change Management) that is required for daily network operations and expansions. This includes minor network redesign to the level of IOS/Firmware upgrade.
• Working closely with Cisco and Juniper TAC Team to manage advanced troubleshooting and RMA.
• Provide technical coordination, oversight and leadership for staff and serve as escalation point for complex technical issues

Project Two - Confidential

A Network infrastructure built for Confidential that connects Primary Datacenter, Disaster Recovery Data center,17 International Banks and Micro-Finance Institutions across all over Ethiopia.

Main Responsibility

• Design, Implementation and commissioning of Internetwork solution comprising of Cisco Routing, Switching, Firewall, IPS, APs, WLC, Load balancer and WAN (MPLS-L3 VPN)
• Prepare Internetwork Solution Write-up, High Level Design (HLD) Document, Low Level Design (LLD) Document
• Auditing existing network and interconnect with the new network. End of support devices are replaced with new one and the existing router, firewall, IPS, APs, WLC are upgraded to the latest and stable IOS/Firmware.

Network Operation Expert

Company: Confidential

Department: Ethiopia National Datacenter - NOC Team

Responsibility:

• Worked as second level support for IP network infrastructure for routing and switching technology
• Ensure stability and reliability of Ethiopia National Datacenter(NDC) and the largest government network (WoredaNet)
• Day to day network performance monitoring
• Network troubleshooting and fault analysis; hardware troubleshooting and repair
• Working as per ITIL best practice staring from Incident management to root-cause identification and fixing the problem.
• Participate in a 24x7 call-out rota

Junior Network Operation Expert

Company: Confidential

Department: Ethiopia National Datacenter - NOC Team

Responsibility:

• Worked as first level support for Cisco network infrastructure in the area of routing, switching, security and basic interconnectivity including Ethernet Fiber, satellite link, STM and Microwave links
• Network troubleshooting and fault analysis; hardware troubleshooting and repair
• Worked as per ITIL best practice
• Participated in a 24x7 call-out rota

Languages

• English and Amharic

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• Available upon request