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Adelaide, Sa, Au

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Australia

Technologies:- PaloAlto/Panorama- DCNM: EVPN/VXLAN- AWS Networking- MP-BGP/L3 MPLS VPN

Greater Adelaide Area

Adelaide, Australia

Projects:- DC Migrations- Traditional to ACI Migrations- Network/ACI Automation- GSLB/GTM Implementation- NSX-T Implementation

Adelaide, Australia

Working with the following platforms/technologies - Cisco ASR 9Ks, ASR 1006, Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k - Cisco ASA & FirePower/FTD - Cisco WLC with over 2000 WAPs - MPLS/BGP/OSPF Based core network - Distributed ISE environment - Multicast with PIM/MSDP/IGMP - OTV DCI - Ansible, Jinja2, Python, Git, Django, SplunkDay-to-day tasks: - Upgrades & Migrations of Routing protocols - Network Automation - Looking after both DC, Enterprise Networks & WAN - BAU work Some major projects:- Performed the OSPF to BGP migration- Performed the Cisco ISE (Identity Service Engine) major upgrade.- ACS to ISE Migration (using Ansible)- DC migration.

Adelaide, Australia

Looking after major client networksDC and WAN - Design & Implementations- Upgrades- Migrations- Network automation & programmingTechnologies:Cisco 6500, Nexus 5K, 7K, FEX, Juniper EX, MX, QFX, ASA 5585-X etc.

Adelaide, Australia

Part of the Network Engineering team, working on Visionstream's Design and Construct project for the new Royal Adelaide Hospital; the 3rd most expensive building in the world. Over 35,000 Edge Switch Ports, 800+ Edge Switches (Cisco 3850), 3500+ Wireless Access Points, 4500+ Phones.Technologies & Activities:- Nexus 7K, 5K and 2K (FEXs), C3850, ISE, Prime, F5 LBs. - MPLS/BGP-based multi-tenant network environment.- Design/As-Built Documentation - Troubleshooting and "triage" activities as required.- Liaise with various external vendors, contractors, and future tenants.- Scripting/automating network provisioning process.- Validating configuration changes, upgrades and compatibility.

Adelaide, Australia

- Looking after LAN WAN WLAN & Security for critical online and retail businesses- Design UCS/Nexus Datacentre infrastructure for internal projects- Research/Development and Python scripting for a new in-house Wireless Analytic platform- Preparing Proposals/BOMs/Technical Designs/SOW for new/existing projects.Worked in following areas:- DC Networking : IPv6, Nexus Swiching, USC 5108, C-series & B-series servers- Core Routing & Switching : 800, 1900, 2900,3900 series routers, 2960,2960,3750 series switches- Firewalls Security : ASA 55x5 NG, CX, ASA5500, AnyConnect, Cisco VPN, IPSec, IPS- Wireless Networking : WLC 2504,5508- Voice : BE6K CUCM, CUCX, CME- Cisco WAAS, Iron Port- Cisco Meraki products/ CMX Analytics- Citrix Netscaler and CloudBridge- Python, Perl

Adelaide, Australia

- Planning, designing and implementing LAN/WAN and Security solutions for clients with varying backgrounds- Carrying out Network evaluations/audits and Identifying opportunities for improvement within customer networks- Preparing Infrastructure reviews, Proposals and Technical design documents.- Working with customers to understand and resolve problems, and to improve the quality of their day to day operational tasks.- Designing and implementing Disaster Recovery networking environments for customers.- Managing existing customer LAN/WAN Routers, Switches and Firewalls and Proxy- Managing Load Balancers (ADCs) - F5, Netscaler- Implementing and managing Datacentre and Cloud based networks within Virtualized environments.- Providing Network Monitoring solutions for large scale Networks.- Introducing Wireless solutions (Controller based Cisco & HP) to large scale networks with multiple sites.- Managing internal Cisco Unified communication system.- Providing networking solutions for cloud integrations projects (Mainly in Telstra Cloud and Microsoft Azure )Worked in following technology areas in Loftus IT:Routing & Switching, LAN/WAN design, Wireless design, Datacentre Networking, Firewall/security Management, Cisco Technologies, HP Networking & Wireless, Vyatta/Linux Networking, Cisco Voice Infrastructures,Web Proxy, VMware Virtualization, Microsoft AD/DC, Microsoft Exchange, Veeam Backup , Backup Exec, Telstra Cloud, MS Azure.

Adelaide

- Managing, analysing and timely upgrading of core IP network (BGP/OSPF/MPLS based) to cater trend and forecast based requirements, Planning for redundancy and minimum unavailability - Provisioning MPLS VPN / Layer 2/3 services for commercial and government sector. Level2/3 troubleshooting of corporate services and wide-spread residential services.- Liaising with other teams within the group and offering support in joint operations as required, Providing Ethernet backhaul facilities to Internodes business customers and DSLAM traffic in rural areas.- Configuring and implementing Ethernet based Microwave back-hauls /Access points/Base stations ranging 900MHz, 2.4 GHz to 11 GHz supporting up to 300 Mbps services. (Flexnet, Infinet, Alcatel, Cisco-Aironet, AirSpan, Motorola) - Design and development of network Monitoring tools, Automation scripts mainly using SNMP Perl and Web technologies in Unix environments.- Procurement of new Network devices and accessories as required. Producing monthly Utilization reports, Incident reports, Updating network diagrams and other related documentation.

Sri Lanka

- Provisioning management connectivity for all Transmission gear over IP backbone- Designing and implementing OOB Management access to all gear.- Configuring and installing Cisco switches for management traffic within the transmission network- Managing proper access control and maintain DSN, RDNS for infrastructure hosts- Securing Network /Transmission infrastructure by implementing proper security policies and access methodologies.- Liaising with NOC and developing scripts to automate monitoring, alarming and logging systems.- Attending remote sites to troubleshoot management related issues.- Test and Implement management criterion for existing and newly arriving Equipment models / Brands- Provisioning reliable out of band access methods.- Managing IP blocks used for equipment management.- Procurement of Transmission equipment and accessories.

Colombo Sri Lanka

Have been trained in following areas. - WiMAX - Microwave Transmission and Networks - IP Core network