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San Jose, CA, US

Seattle, WA, US

• Executed qualification testing of 100G and 400G optical transceivers from vendors on Switches for data center Network connectivity. Analyzed the results for anomalies to choose the best vendor.
• Prepared dashboards using SQL and Quicksight BI for network performance Analysis, and to find the cause of the link failures in the data centre network. The insights helped to mitigate the link failures by 25%.
• Automated the qualification process using Python and reduced the testing time by 40%.
• Resolved customer issues occurring in the data center network by participating in on-call rotation.

Seattle, WA, US

• Resolved the technical issues of the customers related to Amazon’s Network by participating in the 24 x 7 on-call rotation. Used ticketing systems, and networking tools to monitor the Network Performance and mitigate.
• Carried out large scale maintenance activities to roll-out software upgrades to the production network for resolving bugs as a part of change management.
• Developed operations workflows to automate the troubleshooting of the network issues using Jinja, and XML and reduced the resolution time to solve networking problems by 70%.

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Spearheaded Acceptance testing of optical networking hardware and software platforms of vendors along with its interoperability with Reliance Jio’s operation support system.
• Documented Rack space, voltage consumption and cable management for the lab environment.
• Created a script using python to automate the validation of optical parameters in the production network.
• Accomplished POC testing of Ciena’s 6500, a 400G DWDM solution along with its SDN controller titled BluePlanet MCP.
• Validated Nokia’s SDN platform titled NSP by testing GUI and REST API functionality on Nokia’s 1830 PSS-32 optical hardware.
• Facilitated the vendor in installation and commissioning of the hardware to setup the test bed and servers for testing Network Management Systems and SDN platforms for Optical networking equipment’s.

Shenzhen, CN

• Provided solutions to the Internet Service Providers, Telecom Operators and Enterprise Networks based on network requirements.
• Collaborated with product development, software, network, and systems engineering teams to develop a solution to customer.
• Presented customer with ZTE’s IP, DWDM/OTN, and Data Center equipment product portfolio.
• Improved ZTE’s business by achieving five new metro core projects by responding to RFPs, RFIs by the service providers.
• Guided project management team to deploy the planned solution in the production network.
• Designed large-scale metro, access, and long haul backbone network solutions.

Master'S Degree, Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics And Telecommunication

Diploma, Electronics And Telecommunications Engineering