Network Consulting Engineer

Manasa Sreedhar

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SNAPSHOT

Qualified Software professional with 5 years’ experience in Development and Testing. Associated with Cisco Systems as Network Consulting Engineer

Hold a Permanent Resident Visa of Canada (via Express Entry)

Trained PMI-PMP. Certified CCIE SP# 43534, CCNP - SP, CCIP, CCNA, IOS XR Expert

Participant at the CITC (Cisco Innovating Test Conference) 2012 at San Jose. Successfully demonstrated the software developed (FACT tool) and won the “Most Innovative and Best Technical Exhibit” Award

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools: iTest, Ixia, Spirent Test Center, GNS, MS Project Languages: TCL

Received multiple Cisco STAR awards from Cisco Leadership for successfully delivering projects while working in very tight and demanding schedules.

Worked on high priority customer issues. Received appreciation in the form of CAP award from US Delivery Manager.

Received 5 Cisco Achievement Program (CAP) awards & 2 Connected Recognition awards in 5 years.

Drove architecture, design and development of FACT tool from scratch and demonstrated the usability and innovation the tool brings. This tool was highly appreciated and adopted across the organization.

Appointed as ‘Quality Champion’ to ensure compliance to processes in a team of around 120. Also, a certified internal auditor post completion of ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Training.

CAREER CONTOUR

Nov ‘10 – Current Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Network Consulting Engineer

As an individual contributor to the Cisco’s Global Services Practice (GSP), worked with esteemed Tier-1 customers of Cisco across APAC, EMEA and the United States.

Technologies: OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, MPLS L3 VPN Platforms: Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-XR

Project Management:

Managed end-to-end migration project for Tier-1 Middle East Service Provider starting from Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control to Closure

Managed T&V projects for more than 4 customers in all phases over last 3 years. Performed PM related activities including status updates, sync up meetings, execution tracking, issue monitoring and change management.

Development:

Design and Development of Feature Analysis and Compliance Tool (FACT) using TCL. This tool is used to analyze Service Providers’ networks and ensure compliance of lab topology with the live network

Automated regression and stress testing using iTest and TCL to reduce manual intervention for Tier-1 US Service Provider

Took initiative to mentor new team members on various protocols, tools and platforms and ensured quick ramp up

Test & Validation:

Analyzed networks and designed MPLS VPN solutions for Tier-1 Service Providers

Constructed and configured test-beds in the lab by replicating Service Provider network with the complete feature set

Scaled up lab networks to simulate live network traffic based on customer requirements and ensure resiliency and optical network convergence

Performed negative testing to understand network stability and impact

Created and documented Design Best Practices for reuse by other engineers

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

DEGREE

SCHOOL/COLLEGE

YEAR

PERCENTAGE

B.E. Information Science

Bangalore Institute of Technology, VTU

2010

82.54

Presented a paper in IEEE on Data Mining in the Life Sciences domain.

Performed exceedingly well in all my academic pursuits. Stood 5th for the Visvesvaraya Technological University in Information Science.

Won numerous medals during my school days in athletics. Part of throw ball and hockey teams for my school. My participation in these sporting activities has molded me into a complete team player always aiming for excellence in everything I pursue.

Participated and won many awards and prizes in Elocution, cultural activities and Art events.

Academic Project: Data Analysis using Classification

PERSONAL DETAILS

Gender: Female Status: Canadian PR, Indian Citizen LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/manasasreedhar

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