Jan 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

Sep 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Project: Data Center Migration Program
• Responsibilities:
• Collaborated with Architecture and third-party teams to implement and design new DCs.
• Assisted the bank in relocating their legacy Data centers to a new location and separating their HQ from DC.
• Simultaneously developed the environment in the new DC while migrating infrastructure from the old to the new DC.
• Managed multiple stakeholders throughout the migration planning and implementation process.
• Led successful migrations, including NX-OS to ACI Migration, Cisco ACS to Cisco ISE migration, Aruba CPPM and wireless to Cisco wireless and ISE migration, and Citrix Load balancer migration.

Jul 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Responsibilities
• Designed and executed comprehensive end-to-end IP Next-Gen IP network solutions.
• Created architectures and designs for SDN solutions within telecommunications datacenters, which hosted services such as LTE EPC, IMS, DNS, and CGNAT.
• Strategically planned IP addressing schemes and distribution of infrastructure, user equipment, and service prefixes to align with business needs and accommodate future expansion.
• Managed the seamless migration from L2 VPC to L3 Nexus/TOR designs.
• Led the transition to automated and next-generation data center technologies, including the design and implementation of Cisco ACI services for LTE services within the telecommunications LAN.
• Demonstrated proficiency in handling VPC configurations, image upgrades, and VPC failure scenarios.
• Acquired a deep understanding of VxLAN, COOP, VTEP, L3OUT, ACI terminology, and underlay networking concepts.
• Orchestrated the successful migration of services from an NXOS setup to ACI.
• Deployed service graphs with Policy-Based Routing (PBR) to efficiently distribute load for CGNAT traffic.
• Utilized REST API for ACI fabric deployment.
• Scope of Projects
• Crafted Method of Procedure (MOP) documents for image upgrades, migrations, and delta configurations for both ACI and NX-OS environments.
• Assisted in delivering IP addresses, VLAN assignments, and UE pools to service owners based on specific project requirements.
• Created and fine-tuned configurations for ACI and NX-OS setups.
• Collaborated on a VRF migration project – transitioning from a global setup to appropriate Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) contexts.
• Contributed to a Bandwidth Augmentation project, enhancing capacity from BL to ASR platforms.
• Successfully conducted network migration to ACI architecture.
• Designed and executed the implementation of Service Graphs paired with Policy-Based Routing for CGNAT in LTE and FTTX environments.

Oct 2018 – May 2019 · 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Jun 2015 – Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site