PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:Highly experienced IT professional with over 13 years of expertise in delivering comprehensive IT services, including designing, implementing, and managing complex network infrastructures. Proven track record in leading complex projects, improving system performance, and securing network solutions for enterprise environments. Skilled in network architecture, cybersecurity, cloud integration, and team leadership.TECHNICAL SKILLS:In-depth experience in planning, designing, implementing, managing, and Routing/Switching in a data center environment for the enterprise infrastructure comprising of: - Nexus Switches: 9500 / 9300 / 9200 / 7700 / 7000 / 5500 / 2200 / 1Kv. - Catalyst Switches: 9500/9300/6500/4900/3850/3700 and Juniper EX8200/4200/3200. - Compute: Cisco UCS B200 M2, M3, M5. NUTANIX NX-8170-G7, NX-3060-G7, NX-3050-G6. - Routers: Cisco C8300 / 8200, ASR-1002X, ISR-4431 / 4331 / 1100, and 3900 / 2900 / 2800. - Firewall / IPS: Cisco ASA 5585 / 5555-X / 5520 / 5510, Palo Alto 5050, and Juniper IPS IDP-250.o Network Design and Architectureo Network Security (IPsec, SSL/TLS), Network Segmentation, and Micro-Segmentationo Identity and Access Management (IAM) • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) with DUO and Cyber-Ark • Single Sign-On (SSO)o Cisco ACI Fabric and Nexus VXLANo SD-WAN Fabric and SDN Solutiono Network Virtualizationo Routing and Switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRF, PBR, HSRP, VRRP, VPLS)o Network Performance Optimizationo Firewall, Site-to-Site VPN, DMVPN, Remote Access VPN, and GRE Technologieso Team Leadership and Mentoringo Designed and implemented Cisco ACI Fabric in data centers with Multi-Pod Connectivityo Created a migration strategy to allow seamless migration from traditional Infrastructure to ACI Fabric Infrastructureo Cloud Networking (AWS, Azure, GCP) and integrate On-premise (Data Centers) with multi-cloudo Collaborate with application owners to define and map dependencies for better application workflow within ACI useo Whiteboard and discuss SDN options. Discuss pros-cons, TCO, and overall physical network readinesso Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting