Highly accomplished Network, Data Center, Service Provider, Security and Cloud engineer and principal architect with 17+ years of experience in designing, deploying, migrating and supporting critical multi-site redundant data centers. Expert at leading complex multistage projects. Proven technical ability to work on all phases of project life: inception, design, documentation, procurement, deployment, and turnover for monitoring and administration. Outstanding mentoring skills. Exceptional technical-to-business communication skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills utilizing logical and systematic approach. Ability to work as a team member or individually. Excellent presentation skills. Capable of making critical decisions while under pressure and assuming responsibility for results. Outstanding customer service skills. Fast learner and eager to learn.

• Advanced Routing and Switching design, implementation, troubleshooting in large/complex networks.

• Designing, architecting and implementing cloud technology solutions, specifically Azure deployments.

• Defining strategies, developing and delivering cloud solutions and processing for managing enterprise-wide data throughout the data lifecycle from capture to processing to usage across all layers of the application architecture.

• MPLS and Next Generation Network (NGN) Service implementations in large networks.

• QoS, DSCP, congestion management and capacity planning in large Service Provider networks.

• L3-MPLS and L2-MPLS VPN implementations in Service Provider networks.

• IPTV expert at Headend and network design, implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

• IP Multicast, IGMP Snooping and PIM implementation by Sparse Mode (SM) and Dense Mode (DM).

• Hands-on experience with Cisco and Juniper Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Cisco ESA and WSA (listed below)

• Experienced with layer 2 and 3 technologies i.e. OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, BGP, PBR, GRE, IPSEC, SSLVPN

• Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM), Unity, CUACA, UCCX, Analog/Digital trunks PRI, FXO, FXS, IP Phones, Voice Gateways and Codecs G.711/G.729, MGCP, SIP Trunking, H.323.

• High Availability (HA) as HSRP, VRRP, GLBP.

• Mac-filtering, Private VLANs, Cisco AnyConnect, GetVPN, IPSEC VPN and DMVPN deployment.

• MPLS Traffic-Engineering (TE), RSVP, AToM, EoMPLS, VRF, and VPLS design and configuration.