Engineer Manager

SK

OBJECTIVE

To attain a senior position in

IT function where I can use

my extensive experience to

drive operational excellence,

continuity planning, execute

projects and control

budgeting.

SKILLS

Negotiation, Collaboration,

Communication, Result

Driven, Conflict Resolution,

Agile, People Management,

Project Management, Budget

Management (Capex / Opex),

Supplier Management,

Business Strategy.

Technical:

Cisco ACI, Nexus 7K, Cisco

ISE, Cisco Unified

Communication, ASA, Palo

Alto, Fortinet, zScaler,

Websense, WAN, LAN, VPN

(MPLS, DMVPN, GRE, Site-2-

Site) Cisco ISR, 4400, 3900,

2900, VmWare Virtualization,

Storage, SAN, Blade Servers,

Linux, Windows, Automation,

Python, Ansible, Penetration

Testing, Vulnerability

Management, Security

SUMIT KHURANA

IT INFRASTRUCTURE / ENTERPRISE NETWORK MANAGER

+91-997*******, ***************@*****.***

SUMMARY

• Results-driven professional offering a progressive, 15+ year career in information technology.

• Strong strategic, analytical and interpersonal skills with ability to define vision, strategy and roadmap

• International expertise having worked in India, UK, and US. Driven global technical initiatives in EMEA, APAC & US

• Repeated success directing IT projects globally from inception to execution, strategically allocating resources and delegating tasks to achieve on-time, on-budget delivery.

• Expertly manage technical support operations, diligently troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.

• Process improvement champion with a history of implementing new procedures and technologies to strengthen security posture, enhance operational efficiency, and control costs. EXPERIENCE

From Oct 2018 to Present

Network Manager (Director of Network Operations and Engineering) dunnhumby IT Services India Pvt. Ltd.

My job is to ensure smooth running of the IT Infrastructure & IT Operations in the company, Responsible for effectively balancing the businesses needs with its IT capability, Planning and implementing future IT developments and undertaking project work, constantly reviewing processes and identifying way to improve efficiency & Service and proactively managing all areas of Technology within the company.

Key Highlights:

• Successfully migrated Data Centers in UK and US to different CoLo provider as part of Opex saving initiatives.

• Refreshed Network core technology from Chassis based architecture (Cisco Nexus 7K) to new Spine and Leaf, Application Centric based architecture (Cisco ACI) and ensured Remediations, Compliance

Management, RedSeal,

Thycotic, Monitoring

Solutions (Solarwinds, Nagios,

SCOM),

CERTIFICATIONS

- Network+

- CCNA

- CCNP

- ITIL V3 Foundation

TRAININGS ATTENDED

- Cisco ASA,

- Palo Alto Deployment

and Management,

- PMP - Full 35 hours

PDU

- Cisco ACI Deployment

and Management.

- Security+

- Fundamentals of White

Hat Hacking /

Penetration Testing,

- Cloud Security

Fundamentals

ACADEMICS

Diploma in Information

Technology - 2004

(Sikkim Manipal University)

BSC – IT (Sikkim Manipal

University) - 2004 – 2008

Pursuing MBA in IT & HR

from SVSU, Meerut.

500K USD OpEx savings by bundling the support cover for 5 years

• Successfully migrated from Cisco Unified Communication platform (On-Prem) to office 365 Teams to support business Audio / Video conferencing and Web Conferencing needs and ensured over 100K USD yearly OpEx savings.

• Palo Alto NGFW global rollout for around 30 branch offices and replaced Data Center firewalls from Cisco ASA to Palo Alto.

• Global MPLS Migration from BT to China Telecom and roll out of DMVPN as backup path for all branch offices.

• Deployed Solarwinds various modules (NCM, NPM, IPAM, UDT) to ensure effective monitoring to NOC activities.

• Deployed Cisco ISE to streamline security policy management and enabled visibility of users and device controlling across wired, wireless and VPN connections.

• Deployed separate BYOD and GUEST network using Self- Service Device Onboarding method using Cisco ISE.

• Deployed Zero Trust Network Model.

From Jan 2015 to Sept 2018

Lead Engineer (IT Engineering and Operations)

dunnhumby IT Services India Pvt. Ltd.

• Successfully directed the on-time, on-budget completion of company-wide upgrade to Windows 10 and Office 365

• Responsible for deploying infrastructure to configure services & products at our client data-centers

• Responsible for the transformation & consolidation of dh data- centers

• Designing and implementing monitoring, tooling, and resolving in efforts to maximize the performance and availability of the services hosted in our DCs & in cloud (GCP & Azure).

• Manage a global engineering team of senior technologists & engineers.

• Managing delivery of complex projects.

• Collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders within business and technology teams to drive change required to execute product roadmaps.

• Coach, guide and promote creation of high quality, clearly documented, and compliant deliverable across various engineering teams

• Initiated transformative IT policies designed to harden system security, including enhanced measures for password requirements and user access.

• Deployed security tools e.g. RedSeal, Qualys, Attivo etc to find vulnerabilities, and other security threat and build effective patching process for reducing IT Security risk and helps application runs smoothly

From Aug 2010 to Dec 2014

Senior Engineer (Network Operations & Engineering) dunnhumby IT Services India Pvt. Ltd.

• Design and Deployed Network Infrastructure in various offices part of new office build in many countries (APAC -Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore, Gurgaon), (EMEA

– London, Manchester, Dublin, Prague, Bratislava, Budapest, Berlin, Barcelona), (Americas – Cincinnati, Chicago, Rochester).

• Migrated Cisco Call Manager 4.0 to 7.0 on Cisco UCS servers clustered for all 3 different regions (APAC, EMEA and Americas)

• Migrated DC Core switch services from Catalyst 6500 to Cisco Nexus 7000 in 4 DCs using phased approach.

From Mar 2008 to July 2010

Network Engineer

Futuristic Info Solution Pvt. Ltd.

Worked as a Network Engineer giving 24*7 support to their Client Dunnhumby IT Services India Pvt. Ltd. Responsible for maintenance and growth of network infrastructure including Firewall, Switches, Routers, Lease Lines, Cisco Call Manager

& IP Phones.

• Optimization of existing infrastructure

• Managing helpdesk & level 2 support to infrastructure team

• Up gradation / Migration of existing networking infrastructure.

• Co-Ordination with existing Infrastructure service providers. From Nov 2005 to Feb 2008

Systems Executive

Jubilant Organosys Ltd

Worked as Systems Executive giving 24*7 support to all over jubilant group of companies (Jubilant Enpro, Jubilant Biosys, Jubilant Oil & Gas, Jubilant Chemsys, Jubilant Clinsys, Monday to Sunday & Hot-Breads, Food Express Stores Ltd. and Domino’s Pizza India Ltd.).

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration and

Troubleshooting of IBM servers

• Responsible for installation, administration, troubleshooting and support of Windows2003 Server,

• Responsible for installation and Troubleshooting of Routers and Switches,

• Administration of Trend Micro Office Scan Server, Server Protect for Servers and Scan Mail anti-virus on Servers running Lotus Notes Server,

• Manages data backups on Windows Servers using Veritas software,

• Develop network strategies to integrate data networks and design network solutions that support business needs,

• Design and implement security policies regarding user access and promotion from staging to production machines,

• Installing and Managing Voice Connectivity Between Locations through Audio Codes,

• Configuring and managing mails on Blackberry’s and Reliance Data Cards.

PROJECTS:

• Implement Windows 2003 Infrastructure in 4 Plant Locations, 3 R&D Centers and Head Office.

• DATA and VOICE Integration with US Offices on Sprint MPLS Network.

• IT Infrastructure setup for Domino’s Pizza stores in various locations in India.

• IT Infrastructure Setup for 4 R&D’s Center (Fully E.O.U. Units)

• ERP BAAN (IV) Implementation.

From June 2004 to Oct 2005

Resident Engineer

M/s Sterling Infoways P. Ltd. (IBM Authorized Channel Partner)

Worked as Resident Engineer at Jubilant Organosys Ltd.

• Responsible for Managing IBM Servers, Desktops and Cisco Routers / Switches.

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