Network Consultant Engineer

SAHIL SHARMA

Qualification: B.TECH(ECE)

Experience: 10 years

Certifications: CCIE-SP#42348,VCP-6:DCV

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Email: *.*********@*****.***

An Experienced Senior Network Consultant/Team Lead with significant design, support, admin and implementation experience of network projects. 10+ years of experience with full life cycle project experience. Thrives in customer focused, multi-site environment. Always meets client demands and develops good long-term customer relation.

Having CANADIAN PR, authorized to work in Canada

EXPERTISE

Routing

Switching

Datacenter

Implementation

Troubleshooting

Automation

Project Management

Internet Of Things

KEY TRAITS

Critical & Logical Thinking

Innovative Approach

Leadership

Rich Grasping Power

Hard Working

Team Spirit

Productive Learner

Flexibility at work

EDUCATION

B.Tech-ECE

HSC from CBSE

SSC from CBSE

CERTIFICATION

CCIE (SP)#42348

VCP-6 DCV

CCNP

CCNA

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: Nov,12 1985

Language Known: English,Hindi

Marital Status: Married

Passport: J6598101

Sex: Male

Profile Snapshot

Dedicated, hardworking & proven ability to plan, organize the projects in both small groups and large corporate areas

IP Network Integration & Network Convergence

Planning and Executing Product & Service Migrations for Enterprise Networks

Leading Partner’s team with 10-15 people for proactive customer deliverables

Migration plans for different customer architectures

Setting new processes to enhance the current operation and improve Customer satisfaction level.

Capacity analysis and planning for IP networks

Ability to produce redundant network designs

Strong practical knowledge of all major IP routing protocols

Comprehensive knowledge on switching platforms and protocols

Excellent understanding of Cisco SDWAN Solution(Viptela)

Hands on experience of Cisco ACI Enabled datacentre

Ability to perform quick diagnosis and analysis of network problems and design

Technical Skill Set

Routed Protocols: IPv4, IPv6

Routing Protocols: OSPF, BGP,RIP

High Availability: HSRP,VRRP,VSS,ECMP

Switching:VLAN,ARP,TRUNKING,VTP,STP,RSTP,RPVST+,CDP, LACP

Multicast: IGMPv2/v3,PIM SM/DM

WAN Technologies: MPLS,MPLS-VPN,LDP

Security:ACL,Firewall,Intrusion detection/prevention system

Cisco Viptela, Cisco ACI

DC Switching: VPC, FABRICPATH,OTV,VxLAN,

Storage: FCoE, FCIP, iSCSI, FC, FIP, VSAN, iSCSI, RAID Professional Experience

ORGANISATION DURATION

Cisco System India Pvt. Ltd Nov 2011-Till Date

Idea Cellular Pvt Ltd June 2011-Nov 2011

Ericsson Global India Pvt Ltd March 2010-April 2011 Huawei Telecommunication Pvt Ltd July 2008- March 2010 Airtel India Pvt LTD- Trainee Engineer July 2007-Jan 2008

Advanced Services Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd Nov 2011- Present o Designation: Sr. Network Consulting Engineer

Responsibilities

o Proactive software recommendation and support to customer as per their network design and architecture. o Being a NOS SPOC for my customer, responsible for onsite consultation for Optimization services and overall design for the networks.

o Network support for Data Centers, Service Providers and enterprise customers. o Network Migration Support from legacy datacenter to ACI enabled datacenter o Managing and maintaining customer relationship and satisfaction while growing Cisco advanced services business. o Leading team of 10-15 NCE’s for different transformation Initiatives o Provide consultative support in Operation/Optimization of installed networks of advanced services customers. o High level Design & Low level Design for Advanced Services customers. o Responsible for carrying out Network Audits for Routing protocols (OSPF,BGP), Hardware audits(Routers 7600,Switches 6500, Nexus5k, 7K) etc.

o Creation and Review of Customer Design and Architectures captured via HLD and LLD o Generating risk assessment document for the customer which help them to analyze if they do have any critical issue in the network

o Help customers maximize network availability and functionality to achieve their business goals. o Review customer existing network and recommend best practices for their network. o Consulting customer’s with help of technical experience and skills to recommend solutions to their potential business impact. o Cisco IOS testing and bug reporting.

o Recommending advanced services clients with the perfect IOS and hardware. o Creating and Executing MOP

o Providing Presales support for Cisco Sales Team

Key Take away from this job were:

o Proactive approach to support customers in the best way possible. o Automating complex processes to be handled in the most simplex way possible. o Strong relationship with Client.

o Understood and delivered various NOS deliverables. o Provide customer consultation on network design. Key Achievements at Cisco Advanced Services:

o Awarded as Cisco Emerging Star in AS-GDC all Hands o Appreciation email directly from John Chamber for APEC BALI Project-2013 o Received many CAP awards from different teams for high performance. o Recognised by teams for excelling in inter-team collaboration o Awarded with Cisco Star Award.

Idea Cellular India Pvt Ltd, June 2011-Nov 2011

o Designation: Assistant Manager, Networks

Responsibilities

o Worked on Cisco Based Idea Cellular Pvt Ltd MPLS-VPN Network o Worked for O&M support for Idea Cellular Network . o Taking care of the configurations and troubleshooting part of the network. o Major Protocol used OSPF, BGP

o Layer-2 Vlan, HSRP, STP, RSTP.

o Worked on CISCO-LMS for network utilization and monitoring purpose.

Ericsson Global India Ltd, March 2010-April 2011 o Designation: - Core planning Engineer (CE).

Responsibilities

o Planning and Design customer network according to the customer requirement o Coordination with Provisioning, operations team for smooth installation & implementation of Network elements and Services o Prepare and review configurations for different network elements o Remote support for onsite engineer for installation and other technical queries o Worked with Cisco 3600,Cisco 2900,Cisco 6500

o Preparation of technical documentation, policies, guidelines for existing and future network expansions o Worked on Engineering Tool Suite Ericsson based tool o Remote Support to the site engineer regarding any problem during and after installation o Worked on the BUZZSAW Tool (AUTO-CAD) for Drawing profiles of Sprint Nextel Network

Huawei India Pvt Ltd, Aug 2008-March 2010

o Designation: - Network Engineer

Responsibilities

o Configured HIGH END HUAWEI ROUTERS (NE40,NE40E,NE80) o Provided 2nd and 3rd level of support for troubleshooting various customer service related faults like packet loss, latency and throughput issues.

o Created different connectivity’s with CORE Equipment’s including the BSC's & RBSC's o Worked on the LOW-END routers for the RBSC connectivity to the local server & for the NOC connectivity in HQ. o Deployment of VRRP, VLAN, Qos.

o Resolved issues related to protocols like OSPF, BGP, MPLS, LDP, Traffic Engineering and Multicasting from different service providers across the globe.

o Provided assistance for maintenance windows related to Huawei upgrade and downgrade. o Worked on DMS N2000 server for operating the Datacom equipment’s. o Successfully launched the IP-MPLS N/W.

o Commissioned of LAYER 3 Switches for the O&M purpose . o Handled the ACCEPTANCE TEST for routers & DMS N2000 server. o Supervision of Hardware installation.

Key Take away from this job were:

o AIRCEL GSM MPLS PROJECT.

o VODAFONE ESSAR SOUTH LTD Project

o BSNL GSM MPLS 3G PH5 Project

Achievement: Customer Acceptance test has been successfully done . o APEC 2013 Summit- Bali: The project was to support for Telkom network for APEC summit. Team of 5 members was supported tedious network design, implementing best practices & remediate any issue seen in the network. This project involves switches upgrade & its configurations with end to end testing. 24x7 Support to the network for complete event which involve troubleshooting of access layer network.

This project was a great success & got appreciation email directly from Mr. John Chambers. o Southern California Edison network optimization: Leading this account from past two years with end to end customer delivery which includes Network Audits, services support model analysis, hardware & software lifecycle planning, design optimization, establish business continuity, Software Strategy, anticipate change, future needs or risk in the business or areas of responsibility and propose appropriate activities to meet these challenges.

Received accolades many times from customer & Solution Architect on this account o AIRCEL/BSNL IP-MPLS PROJECT: These telecom providers want to enhance the existing network setup with new IP/MPLS design. Worked on end to end implementation and migration design and implemented the project with zero down time. This project is completely based on Huawei high and low end routers. Expertise:

o Business Operations: Professional Services lifecycle development, collaborative marketing, value selling, scoping & definition, project management & delivery planning, services contract negotiations, commercial partnership, relationship building & outsourcing. o Optimization: Network Audits, services support model analysis, hardware & software lifecycle planning, design optimization, establish business continuity, Software Strategy, anticipate change, future needs or risk in the business or areas of responsibility and propose appropriate activities to meet these challenges.

o Customer Delivery: Building Services delivery model for strategic customers, enterprise architecture design, High Level / Low Level design creation, Large Scale Network Migration, Network Implementation Plan & Testing, Productivity & cost control Management, training delivery & talent acquisition.

Area of Exposure

o Worked with Customers from all theaters and types. I have worked with leading ISP(s), Enterprise Customers and biggest Cisco Partners.

o Worked on Cisco Routers, Switches, Windows OS and MAC OS. o In depth knowledge of various routing and switching protocols. o Also out of curiosity I have read a lot about Internet of Things. Awards and Recognitions

o Completed CCIE–SP #42348 in Feb 2014

o Have been awarded by Cisco Emerging Star in GDC all hands o Have been recognized by teams for excelling in inter-team collaboration o Awarded with CAP award for APEC Bali Project

o Appreciation email from Mr.John Chambers(CEO-Cisco) I, hereby declare that all information given above is true and correct to my knowledge and belief. DATE: 03-16-2018 (Sahil Sharma)

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