Arun K., Network Engineer
B2 (Upper-Intermediate) English
Senior (5-10 years)
Bengaluru,
India
UTC+05:30
Summary
- IP Network Engineer with 15 years of experience in Enterprise/Service Provider/Data Center networks in greenfield & brownfield environments.
- Provisioned, configured, maintained, and operated various networking devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers in the physical, remote, and virtual networking infrastructure.
- Exposed to and capable of various project functions like cloud/network operations, deployment, and service improvement.
- Expertise in Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and network automation, with a focus on driving efficiency and performance.
- Strong hands-on experience with a wide range of networking technologies, including routing, switching, firewall, load-balancer, and cloud platforms.
- Skilled in network migration, automation, and infrastructure optimization, with a demonstrated ability to lead engineering functions.
- Extensive certifications in networking and cloud technologies, including Cisco, VMware, and F5, highlighting a commitment to continuous professional development.
- Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams and providing training and mentorship to develop IT skills.
Main Skills
Network Engineering
Programming Languages
JavaScript Libraries and Tools
Cloud Platforms, Services & Computing
Azure Cloud Services
Deployment, CI/CD & Administration
Mail / Network Protocols / Data transfer
Virtualization, Containers and Orchestration
Version Control
Collaboration, Task & Issue Tracking
Operating Systems
SDK / API and Integrations
Logging and Monitoring
Other Technical Skills
Work Experience
Network Engineer, ENBD Bank
Duration: 22/Mar/2023 – present, Total 7 months [Contract Remote Role]
Summary: Network Engineer in IT Infrastructure (SDN) - ENBD
Responsibilities:
- Focusing on providing logical network engineering and change management for ENBD Bank.
- Planning and executing physical/virtual host migration from Cisco Nexus networks to an SDN network based on Cumulus Linux.
- Creating Ansible runbooks and using CI pipeline for network infrastructure and service delivery
- Leading engineering networking functions to be delivered as Networking-as-a-service
Optimizing edge infrastructure for DR/BCP
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Automation
Platforms: Cisco Catalyst/Nexus, White-box switches, Ansible, NVidia Cumulus
Network Engineer, OVH Cloud Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Duration: 20/Jul/2022 – 31/Jan/2023, Total 7 months [Full-time Remote Role]
Summary: Network Engineer in Network Scaling
Responsibilities:
- Leveraged expertise in private network resource allocation to develop and optimize capacity rules
- Implemented and managed dashboards to monitor and optimize network capacity while simplifying existing tools and services to align with future networking requirements
- Identifying new automation use cases, streamlined delivery processes, and reduced errors, contributing to improved operational efficiency
- Deployed/upgraded new equipment in DC and backbone connectivity
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Load-balancer, Cloud
Platforms: Cisco Catalyst, Arista, Juniper, Python, VMware
Sr. Network Engineer, Nutanix Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Duration: 28/Oct/2020 – 21/Jan/2022, Total 1.4 years [Full-time Permanent Remote Role]
Summary: Network Engineer in IT-DC Services
Responsibilities:
- Deployed and managed SDN, and cloud network infrastructure, manually and using automation
- Designed and operated networking systems for Nutanix DC & and IT infrastructure
- Orchestrated and enhanced monitoring, auto-remediated DC, and cloud networks using Python & Terraform
- Led long-term DC infrastructure changes in HDN silos
- Conducted research and implemented PoC for Nutanix Flow on AHV hypervisor for application solutions and capabilities
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Firewall, Load-balancer, Cloud
Platforms: Cisco Catalyst, BigSwitch Fabric, Palo-Alto Firewall, Python & Terraform, AWS/GCP/Azure Clouds, Nutanix AHV & Flow
Sr. Network Reliability Engineer, VMware Software India Pvt Ltd
Duration: 01/Mar/2020 – 27/Oct/2020, Total 8 months, Overall 4.4 years [Full-time Permanent Role]
Summary: Network Reliability Engineer in VMC on AWS
Responsibilities:
- Maintained network infrastructure availability on VMware Cloud on AWS
- Identified and automated responses to key performance metrics, logs, and alerts
- Monitoring and measuring availability, latency, and overall network system health
- Managed and resolved networking and dependent virtual infrastructure issues of VMware/AWS/Hybrid SDDC services
- Work closely with software engineering teams for long-term improvements, bug fixes, workaround
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Firewall, Load-balancer, Containers, Cloud
Platforms: VMware ESX/VC/NSX-T/VSAN, Open-source software, AWS, Docker
Sr. Cloud Network Engineer, VMware Software India Pvt Ltd
Duration: 11/Jul/2016 - 28/Feb/2020, Total 3.8 years [Full-time Permanent Role]
Summary: Cloud Network Engineer in VMware Private Cloud
Responsibilities:
- Automated testing, deployment, and configuration activities of network/service configuration.
- Managed lifecycle phases as needed, installing new hardware, provisioning, and decommissioning.
- Implemented enterprise-wide network solutions/capabilities/enhancements.
- Resolved end-to-end infrastructure or service problems/incidents.
- Evaluated new/emerging technologies to enhance the infrastructure's capacity, performance, and reliability.
- Assisted ARB with the enterprise architecture in building network design blocks
- PoC'ed open/closed source centric solutions for IAM, Network-Automation, SDWAN
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Firewall, Load-balancer, SDN, Containers, Cloud
Platforms: VMware ESX/VC/NSX-V/VSAN/VCD, Cisco Nexus/Catalyst, Cumulus ONS, F5 LTM, Dell-EMC Black/White box switches, Docker
Sr. Lead Consultant, Infosys Technologies Ltd, Pune
Duration: 3/Nov/2014 - 20/May/2016, Total 19 months [Full-time Permanent Role]
Summary: Lead Consultant at Cisco Systems
Responsibilities:
- Modernized clients’’ global data communication infrastructure
- Designed and delivered the new network technologies required to enable next generation applications
- Consulted the low-level design of migration from existing legacy networks to new-generation IP networks
- Documented and maintained the network baseline by client configuration management procedures to include installations, drawings, Methods of Procedure (MOP) and network Implementation Plan (NIP), improvements, and upgrades
- Supported the creation, modification, and reviewed project plans in support of requirements
- Managed client's operational activities and project deliveries
- Assisted moving legacy infrastructure to Cisco ACI
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Firewall, Load-balancer, SDN
Platforms: Cisco Core/Catalyst/ACI, F5 LTM
Sr. Executive, Vodafone India Services Pvt Ltd, Pune
Duration: 17/May/2011 - 31/Oct/2014, Total 42 months [Full-time Permanent Role]
Summary: Executive in Vodafone Shared Services
Responsibilities:
- Off-shored Vodafone core networks operation activities based to India-based shared service center
- Monitored operational activities of all Vodafone European IP Backbone networks and resolved L1/L2 incidents
- Monitored the planned activities, outage control, and performance of all network elements
- Mediated with internal/external parties to provide alert and fault reports ensuring minimal interruption
- Analyzed, troubleshot, and repaired internal customer issues escalated, on a proactive and reactive basis
- Reviewed, assessed, and acted upon problem management records
- Performed network documentation, RCA analysis, SLA reporting, MTTR reduction
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Firewall, Load-balancer, IPS
Platforms: Cisco Core/WAN/Catalyst, Juniper MX/SRX, Nortel Passport
Sr. Executive, Tata Communications Ltd, Pune
Duration: 15/June/2009 - 29/April/2011, Total 22 months [Full-time Permanent Role]
Summary: Executive in Learning & Development
Responsibilities:
- Trained CCNA R&S, CCNP R&S, CCNA Voice, CCNA Security, basic MPLS, IP foundation Etc
- Developed training content, handouts, labs & necessary resources
- Collaborated with managers, instructors, and staff to determine training needs
- Delivered training to new joiners and non-IT BUs for TCL products & services
- Determined skill set, training performance & development plans for various teams
- Developed training contents, materials, and necessary resources for classroom & web-based courses
- Evaluated external vendor training programs, and certifications
- Planned and managed training programs, batches, and participations for India based program
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Firewall, VoIP
Platforms: Cisco Core/WAN/Catalyst, VoIP, Juniper MX, ECI, Tejas
Network Engineer in Customer & Services Operations, Tata Communications Ltd, Pune
Duration: Aarvi (AEPL): 1/Jul/2008 - 12/Jun/2009, Total 12 months [Full-time Contract Role]
CMS Computers Ltd: 2/Aug/2007 - 30/Jun/2008, Total 11 months [Full-time Contract Role]
Responsibilities:
- Coordinated with BSO authorities for Ethernet, SDH & ISDN services management, and incident-resolution
- Handled documentation, and problem management, maintaining the infrastructure under NOC supervision
- Managed escalations and troubleshooting for all provider edge nodes/lines
- Mediated with external parties to provide alert and fault reports to ensure minimal interruption
- Monitored all MAN & WAN activities, outage control, and performance of all network elements
- Performed configurations of routers and switches at client side and PoP
- Planned equipment/line upgrades, L2-L3 changes, and owning end-to-end restoration
- Provided metro/WAN surveillance and service quality assurance on a 24x7 basis for corporate network customers at NOC
- Resolved connectivity issues of layer 1-2 circuits in the metro/national backbone network
Technologies: Routing, Switching, Firewall, ONS, Mux, Modems
Platforms: Cisco Core/WAN/Catalyst, Juniper MX, ECI/Tejas/Huawei Telco systems
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science
RTMNU
2006
Certification
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
August 14, 2023
ISC2 Candidate
August 14, 2023
F5 Certified! Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)
February 29, 2016
Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Administration (ECA)
September 02, 2021
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Design 2020
October 08, 2020
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design 2020
October 05, 2020
Multicloud Network Associate
June 18, 2020
VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 2020
July 11, 2020
VMware Specialist - vSAN 2020
June 22, 2020
VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2020
June 08, 2020
Double VCP - Data Center Virtualization & Network Virtualization
June 08, 2020
VMware Cloud on AWS – Software Defined Data Center 2020
May 22, 2020
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA Routing and Switching)
May 19, 2014
Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Core
April 08, 2019
VMware Certified Professional 6 – Network Virtualization
December 31, 2016
Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing and Switching (CCNP Routing and Switching)
October 20, 2014
Associate - Information Storage and Management Version 3.0
March 14, 2017
VMware Certified Associate 6 – Network Virtualization
March 23, 2016
Juniper Networks Certified Specialist, Security (JNCIS-SEC)
March 11, 2015
Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Junos (JNCIA-Junos)
November 01, 2014