Mohamed Elsayed Email & Phone Number

United States

Lead the design and engineering of technical Cisco Data Center projects that include Routing and Switching Technologies, workload migrations, and data centers expansions.· Plan, design and execute Legacy Nexus 9K integration and workload migration to ACI platform.· ACI network design considerations based on requirements which may include Tenant constructs; Application Network Profiles; End Point Groups (EPGs); Contracts (Subjects and Filters); Fabric Access Policies; IP fabric endpoint classification; categorization; naming and associated policies constructs for various scenarios.· Perform ACI tasks using high availability site and multi-site ACI platform configurations and integration with data center firewalls, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Business-to-Business (B2B) Extranet, Wireless, Provider Edge (MPLS) and Out-of-Band (OOB) data center network segments.· Design, implement APIC, MSO and automating operations and management.· Implement Rest API, Ansible, JSON and other relevant ACI automation tools.· Solid understanding of VMWare Hypervisor and integration of VMware ESXi, ACI and VMM

New Jersey, United States

• Conduct network planning, design, and initial implementation of new network project initiatives • Provide Tier 3 technical support for diagnosing/resolving network related issues that occur during the implementation of those networks • Building a new ACI network infrastructure to replace legacy data center network.• Responsible for upgrading the company Internet infrastructure. This included redesigning redundant connectivity to ISPs in 8 separate locations worldwide.• Designing and implementing a plan to migrate all data center Catalyst 6509 switches to Nexus 9300 vPC design with FEX attached.• Troubleshooting OSPF, BGP, and VxLAN routing and switching networks• Work with the network engineering team to validate network design as per customer specifications including circuit protection, transport network selection, and interworking across networks. • Provide engineering/deployment support during the implementation and turn up of new network nodes and related connections.• Meet with different teams to identify business drivers and gather technical requirements.• Create high-level solution designs/architecture and present to clients.• Create Bill of Materials (BoM)• Write technical high level design documents (HLD)• Write technical low level design documents (LLD)• Troubleshooting complex network issues if needed

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Working on a 2-year project to move two current data centers from their current location to new two new locations in NY and New Jersey.• Working closely with venders such as Cisco, F5 Technologies, Palo Alto, IBM and others on design issues and best practices.• Responsible for the other members of the Data Center Acquisition & Expansion Team to provide timely updates on the progress of the build schedule.• Creating data center Designs and Standards for new datacenter. • Provide technical expertise and end to end engineering solutions for all Data Center mission critical infrastructures including electrical utilities, UPS systems, and networking equipment.