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Aroon Haryani, Principal Infrastructure Developer (Solutions Architect)

Aroon Haryani

Principal Infrastructure Developer (Solutions Architect)·Cognizant Technology Solutions

Saudi Arabia

Master's degree, Computer Networking

Work experience

Total years of experience: 14 years, 0 months

Principal Infrastructure Developer (Solutions Architect)

December 2023 - Present

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 2023 - Present

+ Part of the IT managed services project for a UK & EU based clients and directing a team of experienced network engineers for Azure cloud & On-premises network operations.
+ Handing end-to-end delivery of the Data Centre Security tower, including incident response (OLA/SLAS), change management, Root cause analysis (RCA), Problem management request (PMR) and compliance with ITIL best practices.
+ Initiating and managing new processes and initiatives to improve network security, automation, and team performance, while ensuring compliance with ITL and cybersecurity best practices
+ Planning the teams workload, including change requests, ServiceNow tickets, network optimization, and Lifecycle management (upgrades, patching, .), 5 wel as ensuring compliance with internal and external audits.
+ Creating comprehensive network documentation for data centres, including runbooks, handbooks, Visi diagrams, and HLDS/LLDs, ensuring their avalabilty on customer provided trusted repositories.
+ Administered the cients network infrastructure at two data centres, including more than 100 nodes of Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus Data Centre switches, Access switches, Cisco DNAC, Voice Gateway Routers, Cisco ISE, Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, Versa SOWA, Microsoft Azure Firewalls, FS oad balancers, FS WAF Silverline, and Zscaler proxy.
+ Maintaining and handling 1/CD pipelines fo deployment of firewall requests, rules, and changes on Microsoft Azure.
+ Coordinated with al clients leads and internal tower leads to ensure that the network meets the clients current and future requirements and opened required support cases with vendors.
+ Mentoring team and colleagues on the new skil, troubleshooting and TL practice.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Consulting

Infrastructure Technology Specialist - Senior Associate

October 2017 - December 2022

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

October 2017 - December 2022

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Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Consulting

Infrastructure Technology Specialist - Associate

October 2015 - January 2017

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

October 2015 - January 2017

+ Administered the clients network infrastructure, which included a wide variety of network devices, including Nexus Data Centre switches, Access switches, Firewalls, Routers, Cisco ISE, UCS Servers, Wireless, WAN Optimizers, and Load balancers.
+ Handled complete data centre network infrastructure management in perspective of planning, designing, installing, and configuring new devices.
«Maintained the cients network documentation, which was used by all network team members and other departments to troubleshoot and resolve network issues.
+ Collaborated with all network team members and other departments to ensure that the network was aligned with the business goals of the clint.
«Successfully directed the IT project lifecycle, from the initial concept to the final deployment.
+ Migrated the clients complete IP infrastructure from traditional DHCP and manual
IP assignment to Infobox IPAM, DHCP. DNS Solution, which improved the efficiency and security of the network.
+ Redesigned the clients Wireless infrastructure across 15 floors, which included the installation of redundant Cisco Wireless controllers and 300+ access points. This improved the performance and reliability of the wireless network.
+ Revamped the clients Main data centre, which included the installation of a Cold Ile Containment solution from Panduit. This optimized the data centre footprint, improved the redundancy
of the network cabling and power, and improved the overall efficiency of the data centre.
«Transformed the clients core network infrastructure to new Cisco data centre switches Nexus 9Ks (9508) on primary and disaster recovery site. This provided redundancy with dedicated fibre links, which improved the reliability and performance of the network.
+ Planned, designed, implemented the migration of the clients Disaster Recovery site to Nournet colocation data centre. This provided huge cost saving for dedicated faciity, consisting of building rent, operation, maintenance, dedicated staff, and utility bills.
+ Deployed new Dedicated Dark Fiber optic links between Primary and Disaster Recovery site of up to 288 cores. This provided a high-speed, secure, and reliable connection between the two sites.

Company industry:
Cyber & Network Security

Network Administrator

January 2014 - January 2015

AL-AIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

January 2014 - January 2015

+ Successfully configured, maintained, backed up, and upgraded the network infrastructure, which included a wide variety of network devices.
+ Proactively monitored the network, troubleshooted and resolved network issues, and scheduled upgrades and backups to ensure the availability and performance of the network.
+ Designed and implemented new solutions that improved the resilience of the network and ensured that the network was able to withstand unexpected events.

Company industry:
Higher Education

Software/Network Test Engineer (for Nexus)

May 2013 - October 2013

CISCO SYSTEMS (Kanata Consulting Group,

South San Jose Hills, United States

May 2013 - October 2013

+ Worked in SAVBU-Arch Test Team for development and testing on Nexus 5K and Nexus 2K platform. Part of Laer 3 unicast PVA IPV6 Team.
+ Testing various 2/13 protocol such as OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, HSRP and VRRP over SVI and Access/Trunk ports for both IPv4/1P.
+ Executing test cases by generating IPv4/IPG traffic using IXIA XM12 traffic generator.
+ Work closely with software development teams, software design, services, and helps in upgrade testing, analyzing resolving software upgrade issues/ debugs/ defects

Company industry:
Computer Hardware & High-Tech Manufacture

Cisco SBSC Support Engineer (VoIP) - Graduate Assistant

February 2012 - May 2013

CISCO SYSTEMS (Wichita State University)

Kansas, United States

February 2012 - May 2013

+ Assist customers in configuration and troubleshooting severity 3 network issues comprising Cisco call managers (VolP) and switches, architectural related to IP Telephony (VoIP), SP/ SCCP, Site to Site VPN, Remote Phone registration, high CPU utilization, Inter-VLAN routing, Trunking, Layer 2/3 switching, 105/ Firmware upgrade, device crashes, POST failures, and provide related documents.

Company industry:
Computer Hardware & High-Tech Manufacture

Field Services Engineer

January 2010 - December 2011

S.IT.A. (Society International of Telecommunications Aeronautics),

Karachi, Pakistan

January 2010 - December 2011

+ Tocarry out the IMACS and maintenance of SITA operating equipment (Desktop, PCs, Printers) and network connections Implementation of customer installations according to circuit instalation, follow-up and site surveys.
+ Testing of network service equipment, installation of network service equipment, support for new connections, providing professional skills for network equipment installation at airport/customer premises and be responsible for the co-ordination of local acceptance testing with customers and 3rd parties.
Accomplishments:
- VISA MPLS Migration activities over) VISA Client Banks - Installation of MasterCard / 18M X2550 Server at MC client Bank, connecting to MPLS Network
- Networkinstalation and commissioning at PMI Lakson Tobacco Company, providing high speed WAN connectivity.
- Installation of Riverbed Steelhead SHA-00250-L and Peribit SR-20 at Cathay Pacific Airline
- Installation of Juniper WXC-1800 at Malaysian Airline.

Company industry:
Management Consulting

Education

Wichita State University

May 2013

May 2013

Master's degree, Computer Networking

United States

GPA (point): 3.3 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.3 out of 4

2 Years Masters Program

Mehran University of Science & Technology

March 2010

March 2010

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications

Pakistan

GPA (point): 3.3 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.3 out of 4

4 Years Bachelors Program

Skills

LAN Switching

Expert

Routing

Expert

IT Security

Expert

Data Center Architecture

Expert

Networks

Expert

Data center

Expert

Routing

Expert

Switching

Expert

Network Security

Expert

Cloud Networking

Intermediate

VPN

Expert

Languages

English

Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
'VCDE Agile Certification Goal
VCDE Agile Certification Goal
Leading With Emotional Intelligence
Module 3: Managing People
Hiring Manager Certification- Training. «Interview Clinic - Workshop Formalized Interview
Mult Cloud Network Associate «Python Network Programming for Network Engineers (Python 3)
«Fortinet FortiGate Essentials 6.2
Cisco Certified Network Associate ~ Routing & Switching (CCNA)
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert ~ Data Centre (CCIE-DC) (CCIEAS1883)
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert ~ Security (CCIE Security) (In
Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core (Cisco SCOR)
AZ700 Designing and Implementing Azure Networking
NVIDIA Generative AI - Sales Al Advisor
AI & Cloud (Azure & AWS) «Al Solutions on Cisco Infrastructure Essentials (DCAIE)

Hobbies and interests

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