Jul 2020 – Apr 2021 · 9 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• Design and develop a pipeline-based framework to automate every aspect of operationalizing backbone nodes, including validation of intended state by performing span failures, alerting checks and critical services reachability scenarios. This resulted in significant reduction of time and resources needed for execution (~ 8-10 hours to less than an hour)
• Leading the initiative for global routing visibility and monitoring within the Network Infrastructure organization
• Design and developed a circuit-db tool to fetch end-to-end data for any backbone or transit circuits consumable by different teams
• Key member in the Network Infrastructure Escalation Team - Investigated and resolved several P1/P2 network troubleshooting cases
• Develop run-books on several design, engineering and operational aspects of the network to aid engineers across the org

Jun 2018 – Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Greater Seattle Area

• Automate several aspects of backbone deployment and management workflow; Heavily involved in planning and execution of 12 new POPs in the last 14 months
• Design transit connectivity model for Object Storage and Bulk Data Services to scale in multiple regions
• Automate the process to decommission network devices by leveraging change templates to compute intended vs actual state.

Jan 2018 – May 2018 · 4 mos · Boulder, Colorado

• Course Name: Data Communications
• Professor: Dr. David Reed (https://www.colorado.edu/itp/david-reed)
• Course Information: https://www.colorado.edu/itp/principles-telecommunications-policy
• Tasks undertaken:
• Comprehend and grade assignments related to the information and communications policies and regulations governing how broadband application, telephone, mobile, cable, and Internet providers offer their services to customers
• Delve into key issues and principles that shape current telecommunications policy development and develop instincts for the appropriate regulatory models to be applied to new technologies

Aug 2017 – Dec 2017 · 4 mos · Boulder, Colorado

• Course Name: Data Communications
• Professor: Dr. Sangtae Ha (https://www.colorado.edu/itp/sangtae-ha)
• Course Information: http://ngn.cs.colorado.edu/~sangtaeha/courses/tlen5330/fall17/
• Tasks undertaken:
• Design programming assignments based on socket programming implementations such as FTP, Web Server and DFS
• Conduct labs covering fundamentals of network engineering such as LAN Switching, VLANs, STP and IP Subnetting

May 2017 – Aug 2017 · 3 mos · Santa Clara, California Area

• Worked on a project aimed at emulating a service provider network involving IS-IS and Segment Routing. Extensive experience with IPv6 and BGP – LU for pushing labels on the CE routers
• Resolved Arista’s customer issues during installation, operation, maintenance or product application or interoperability with other vendors. Products include 7280QR, 7150S, 7280SE, 7050TX, and 7504
• Developed troubleshooting skills to solve issues in complex and dynamic environments including mission critical data centers, cloud and high performance computing environment
• Interacted closely with the development team to contribute and log bugs and defects running on EOS kernel agents

Aug 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• My stint at SMG Convonix introduced me to the world of computer networking where-in I learnt web debugging operations in detail. SMG, a US based MNC, is a global pioneer in digital marketing, driving business decisions for their clients through insight, impact and innovation.
• The tasks included implementing custom JavaScript codes across varied platforms like websites and mobile apps to extract data, analyze the data captured and provide business insights to clients. I also learnt about the intricacies of Internet networking such as sniffing, DNS, HTTP proxy requests. I worked with a wide range of global clients in sectors including banking, automobile and real estate.
• Roles and Responsibilities:
• Networking: Debugged HTTP traffic across websites mobile apps (iOS/Android) using Charles, Fiddler and Wireshark. Worked on integrating SPDY protocol (Networking protocol: Google) with GA to reduce client-server page load time
• Testing & Automation: Tested custom JS scripts using Google Tag Manager on websites for every periodic deployment cycle. Built automated solutions for scraping HTML elements on webpages and documented the results of the tests run
• Reporting: Data analytical reports including UI/UX inputs presented to clients based on their deadlines
• Research: Researched on various topics in web/network analytics (http://www.convonix.com/blog/author/soham-shah)

Jun 2013 – May 2014 · 11 mos

• Organized workshops, motivational events, team-building activities and fund-raisers to inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship throughout the campus
• Face of the institute at several inter-college and intra-college events. Represented the Council at the E-Leader Conference and Leadership Workshop organized at SP Jain Institute of Management & Research as well as at the E-Summit, an IIT Bombay event. Also showcased technical projects during the visits by the National Board of Accreditation on the campus
• Integral role in pushing of formation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) which would strengthen the research capability of the institution

Jun 2012 – May 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

• A campus company at Somaiya Vidyavihar, that dealt with selling engineering stationery with classroom delivery.
• Gained experience in sales and product procurement.
• The company was financially successful and made profits continuously for two years straight before handing it over to my juniors.