Vijay Kumar Negi

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years of experience in Networking.
Expertise in Data Center technologies and troubleshooting.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification holder.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Networking Infrastructure Expert with extensive experience in Data Center and Telecom solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data Center NetworkingTroubleshootingTechnical SupportProblem SolvingNetwork DesignImplementationDocumentationIt Management

Other Skills

ASACCIECCIE-R&SCCNPCiscoCisco CertifiedCisco IOSCisco SwitchesCisco TechnologiesConfiguration ChangesConfiguration ManagementCustomer ServiceDHCPEthernetFirewalls

About

* 15+ Years of experience in Networking. * Routing Protocols ( Eigrp, Ospf, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, VPNv4, ISIS-SR) * L2 protocols (STP, RSTP, PVST+, MSTP) * Multicast Routing (PIM DM,SM) * DC Overlay - VxLan (HER, CVX, eVPN) * Arista Products (DCS-7500, DCS-7100, DCS-7300, DCS-7280, DCS-7050) * Juniper Products (QFX3500/QFX3600/QFX5100, QFabric System, MX480, EX-2200, EX3200, EX3300, EX4200, EX4300, EX4500, EX4550, EX8200, EX9200 and EX4200/EX4500/EX4550/EX8200 Virtual Chassis system) * Cisco Products (2960, 3560, 3750, 6509, 6513 etc.) Certifications: ========= Cisco Systems: * Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE #21307) * CCNA Juniper Networks: * JNCIS - SP * JNCIA

Experience

Arista networks

Tech Lead - Technical Solutions Engineer

Dec 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Work on cutting edge datacenter technologies with Arista customers. Exposure to entire portfolio of Arista DC switching platforms and datacenter specific technologies like VxLAN (Bridging & Routing) and Multi-Chassis LAG (VARP).
Job Profile/Responsibilities: -
Troubleshoot complex/escalated issues in Data center and SDN field
Provide in-depth root cause analysis for any outages/ issues in Data Center Networks
Assist Arista customers and partners with complex networking and platform architecture issues using learned analytical problem solving skills.
Regularly liaise with internal development teams to further assist customers.
Communicating with customer account teams as part of issue resolution.
Use complex lab setups to investigate customer reported issues.
Defining and managing problem resolution plans and communicating closure/resolution to partners and customers.
Assisting in improving and creating processes and procedures to improve quality and productivity in team.
Reviewing documentation on new products for accuracy and usability.
Publish internal documentation relevant to customer issues.
Author troubleshooting documents that are used to solve technical issues
Lead and direct the team to project responsibilities and processes and ensure customer/case handling skills are imparted to the members of the team
Lead training development for a specific technology for new hire boarding.
Train new colleagues on a specific technology as well as internal tools and business processes.

VxLANMulti-Chassis LAGData Center NetworkingTroubleshootingRoot Cause Analysis

Juniper networks

Adv. TAC Engineer

Dec 2010 – Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Take ownership of high priority or sensitive customer issues and ensure prompt service restoration and resolution to the customer's satisfaction, by using a systematic problem solving approach.
Supported Platforms : EX, QFX and Qfabric series

Problem SolvingCustomer ServiceTechnical Support

Mahindra satyam

Sr. Network Architect

Apr 2010 – Dec 2010 · 8 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Designing, Implementation for various clients network.
Preparation of Configuration for network devices(Routers, Switches, Firewalls) for implementation of new networks.
Installing, configuring, managing and troubleshooting networking devices at various customer's networks.
LAN/WAN solutions like Switching, Routing, IPv6
Planning and implementing the Technology rollout for new processes including hardware/software requirement
Managing, Installation, Intranet and Internet.

Network DesignImplementationConfiguration Management

Universal e-business solutions/manocha techonology solutions

Sr. Network Engineer

Dec 2008 – Apr 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Responsible for Upgradation/refresh, Configuration changes, Troubleshooting in Client's Networks.
Responsible for preparation of Visio Drawings and Document for new and existing clients.
Preparation of Configuration for network devices(Routers, Switches, Firewalls) for implementation of new networks.
Preparation of Tech Documents for L-1 and L-2 teams to help them to understand and troubleshoot the network issues.
Part of the Network design team.
Provided back end support to Presales team (in preparation of High level Design Drawing).
Supported Voice Engineering team in Network migration and troubleshooting activities.

Configuration ChangesDocumentationNetwork Design