Technical Consultant
Nabs Integrated Technical
Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months
Responsibilities:
Interact with customers for collating & evaluating requirements for designing customer architecture followed by configuration, implementation and post go-live support
Provide leadership to team members in developing, implementing & maintaining solutions to cater to the organizational wire line network
Render solution in networking infrastructure encompassing design, presentation and project implementation, LLD, HLD, solution write-up, preparing BOQ for security, routing, switching and AMC support
Function as L3 level of technical escalation point for engineers aimed at effective resolution of escalated issues. Manage installation, configuration and shipment of switches and routers
Liaise with sales & presales teams in identifying & developing network opportunities for proposing accurate solutions based on business as well as operational requirements
Focus on enhancing business generation by rendering customized solutions to evaluated client requirements aimed at enhancing client satisfaction
Guide the presales team in optimizing designs for new/existing customer network. Enhance vendor performance by incorporating SLA for vendors in the system
Optimize resource utilization and streamline processes leading to enhanced operational efficiency and departmental profitability
Evaluate team performance and render productivity enhancement feedback. Organize training sessions for team members based on identified training needs
Prepare & present various status reports for the senior management and other stakeholders to enable effective decision making
Cisco ACI with Nexus 9k, Cisco 6800, Cisco 3650, Cisco 4500 and Cisco ASR.
LLD, HLD has been created and implementation Done.
Collaborated with clients in strategic design process to translate networking & security and business requirements into processes / systems
Interacted with organizational information technology staff to ensure consistency in network and aligned to existing applications and security requirements
Liaise with various support teams in standard implementation of policies, procedures and systems operations
Drafted / maintained updated documentation for network software and operational procedures. Define hardware configuration plans for network systems
Evaluated effectiveness of network hardware, software and communications performance prior to recommendation of network software and hardware for the enterprise system
Focused on assessment / resolution of network hardware, software and communications issues using diagnostic software and / or technical troubleshooting processes. Ensure maintenance of hardware infrastructure
Coordinated with the senior leadership team for acquisition of / contracting for hardware, software and information technology services (including maintenance)
Participated in on-going network system audits to assess utility / efficiency of system hardware, software and communications components
Worked on capacity planning & redundancy based on criteria set. Migrated datacenter from existing Nortel to Nexus series switches of Ministry of finance as well as network from existing Nortel setup to Nexus series switches
Set up & managed 2 N7k, 2 N5K, 2N2k and more than 30 Catalyst 2960X Switches. Migrated Cisco catalyst switches to Nexus series switches for ALBA Bahrain including old setup running on Cisco 6500, Cisco 3750 to 2*Nexus 7010, 2*Nexus 5500, 2*Nexus 2000 Series switches and Cisco 3750 for edge switches over VPC
Responsibilities:
Coordinated activities related to development, implementation and maintenance of solutions to support organizational wireline & wireless networks
Focused on planning & implementation of Backhaul Bandwidth optimization design with redundancy for Tier 3 and Tier 4 POPs leading to savings of 30% costs in POP maintenance
Managed IP migration activity. Identified areas for process and efficiency improvement within the NOC as well as implementation of changes related to operational procedures
Worked on commissioning & decommissioning of Links and Access lines including troubleshooting of links and access lines
Enhanced client satisfaction by rendering backend support during non business hours and holidays. Focused on maintaining maximum uptime for backbone links, ILD and NLD Network as well as troubleshooting issues faced by customers
Assessed & implemented effective remedial measures based on alarms in the media for minimizing outage in the network
Managed scheduled network changes. Rendered network design & implementation assistance in support of network
Developed effective presentations highlighting organizational capabilities to the organization. Rendered solutions to the presales team in optimizing design for new /existing customer’s network
Spearheaded team efforts in setting up Cisco 2* 6509 core Switches in VSS and more than 100 Cisco 3750 Switches as distribution layer followed by integrating existing setup like edge routers and firewalls
• Handling MPLS & VPN based network across 1200 cities in India and worked on Cisco 1800, 3700, 7200, 7600, 12000 series Routers and 2950, 3400, 3560, 4505, 6500 series Switches.
• Besides wireless, also deploying a vast fibre network in major cities to provide last-mile fibre connectivity
• Provide MPLS & VPN based connectivity to client using Wireless on the last Mile.
• Responsible for shift paths on redundant links in case of Fibre cuts or any other critical situation.
• Providing Network solutions to corporate clients.
• Creating Backbones for our remote locations with all configuration for routers, L2 switches & L3 Switches taken care by me and also responsible for migration of network. Administering new infrastructure implementation and incessantly provide designing assistance
• Configuration, troubleshooting and maintaining Backbone routers and design their policies for traffic movement through multiple paths available.
Responsible for designing the customer architecture on the customer requirement, its configuration, implementation and finally support after go-live.
Responsible for providing solution in networking infrastructure as well as design, presentation and project implementation, LLD, HLD, solution write-up, preparing BOQ for security, routing, switching and AMC support.
Responsibilities as a Team lead include develop, implement and maintain the solutions that support and help the company’s wire line Network.
Resolve the customer’s and network issues in time.
Provide support for the installation, configuration and shipment of the switches and routers.
Coordinated escalation of issues as appropriate.
Work with Sales and Pre Sales team to get in to the network opportunities and understand their requirement and proposing the right solution with desired options in technical.
Preparing presentations for clients highlighting the capabilities of the organization. Understanding the client’s problem area. Highlighting the organizational capabilities to solve the problem areas.
Providing solutions to Presales team for optimum design for new /existing customer’s Network.
Ensuring the project completion within committed timeframe with customers.
Keep the project team updated with daily progress reports for ongoing projects.
Act L3 level of technical escalation point for engineers
Stellar in introducing team process w.r.t Monitoring, Change Management and Problem Management.
Diligently incorporated the SLA of vendors in system to capture their uptime and penalize for poor performance.
Proactively participated in Capacity Planning and worked for redundancy as per the criteria set.
Past Assignments Undertaken
Contribution: Planned, designed and NCDEX Data Centre shifting activity within minimal Downtime.
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