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Network Engineer
Brijesh Patel
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Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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• In depth networking technologies experience such as 10/100 GE core, Metro Ethernet, TCP/IP,HSRP, MPLS,EIGRP, OSPF,BGP, Multicast PIM,VPNs etc.
• Expertise of deployment, configuration and troubleshooting major IP vendor (Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel/Nokia, Arista, Extreme Network and Brocade) routers and switches.
• Experience deploying and managing Firewalls (Cisco ASA,FWSM, Juniper SRX) and troubleshooting VPN tunnels (IPSec and GRE)
• Expertise in designing, deployment & troubleshoot the MPLS based VPNS (L2VPN and L3VPN) network from Enterprise and service provider perspective.
• Expertise of Cisco Nexus 2k, 5k, 7K and 9K with efficiently configuring, troubleshooting of Nexus VDC, VPC, FEX and OTV DCI technology.
• Experience of administrating, configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting F5 BIG IP /Viprion 2400 load balancers with LTM, AFM, GTM and WAF module.
• Design & deployment experience of JUNOS Fusion from Enterprise and service provider perspective.
• Creating, Reviewing and/or approving HLDs, LLDs, Detailed Designs as a Network Design engineer.
• A strong background migration of data center legacy service to new environments and WAN solutions.
• Working knowledge on CMTS (Cisco cBR 8 and Arris E6K) broadband routers, VoIP services.
• Design, deployment & administration experience of different Network Management System like HP-Open view, CiscoWorks, Whats up Gold.
• Team Player with Good Planning, Organizing and Inter-Personal skills while being sensitive to customer needs.
• Expertise of deployment, configuration and troubleshooting major IP vendor (Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel/Nokia, Arista, Extreme Network and Brocade) routers and switches.
• Experience deploying and managing Firewalls (Cisco ASA,FWSM, Juniper SRX) and troubleshooting VPN tunnels (IPSec and GRE)
• Expertise in designing, deployment & troubleshoot the MPLS based VPNS (L2VPN and L3VPN) network from Enterprise and service provider perspective.
• Expertise of Cisco Nexus 2k, 5k, 7K and 9K with efficiently configuring, troubleshooting of Nexus VDC, VPC, FEX and OTV DCI technology.
• Experience of administrating, configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting F5 BIG IP /Viprion 2400 load balancers with LTM, AFM, GTM and WAF module.
• Design & deployment experience of JUNOS Fusion from Enterprise and service provider perspective.
• Creating, Reviewing and/or approving HLDs, LLDs, Detailed Designs as a Network Design engineer.
• A strong background migration of data center legacy service to new environments and WAN solutions.
• Working knowledge on CMTS (Cisco cBR 8 and Arris E6K) broadband routers, VoIP services.
• Design, deployment & administration experience of different Network Management System like HP-Open view, CiscoWorks, Whats up Gold.
• Team Player with Good Planning, Organizing and Inter-Personal skills while being sensitive to customer needs.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2019 - 2020
job
Network Engineer
Virgin Media Ltd.
• Act as an escalation point within the Core infrastructure team and responsible to provide 3rd/4th level core network infrastructure support.
• Interact as needed with service providers, vendors, and internal Services Department for client incident restoral/resolution.
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure.
• Implement change management activity on the core infrastructure (Vendors like Cisco Router, Nexus 7k Switch, Juniper MX960 router, Nokia SR12-ESS7 and F5-Viprion 2400 ADC) platforms by Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure.
• Work with peers in Engineering and Operations team to deliver the strategic goals of the Core Infrastructure platforms with perspective of a new service or migration of service from old platform to new platform.
• Creating internal Wiki pages and operations guidelines and fully engaged in post deployment activities, including any design updates, testing and 3rd/4th line engineering support.
• Network equipment & technologies involved:
◦ Cisco ASR, Nexus 7010, 5548UP, N2K, 7609, 6509-E, 3750, ISR4000, FWSM Module, PIX and ASA Firewall.
◦ Juniper Mx480, MX960, Mx2020, EX4200 and QFX5100,3500.
◦ F5 LTM/GTM/ASM/AFM modules.
◦ Nokia service router (SR12) and Ethernet service switch(ESS7).
◦ MPLS, L2VPN, L3VPN, BGP, IPv6, 6PE, Network QoS, Multicast, IPsec VPN, WAF.
• Interact as needed with service providers, vendors, and internal Services Department for client incident restoral/resolution.
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure.
• Implement change management activity on the core infrastructure (Vendors like Cisco Router, Nexus 7k Switch, Juniper MX960 router, Nokia SR12-ESS7 and F5-Viprion 2400 ADC) platforms by Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure.
• Work with peers in Engineering and Operations team to deliver the strategic goals of the Core Infrastructure platforms with perspective of a new service or migration of service from old platform to new platform.
• Creating internal Wiki pages and operations guidelines and fully engaged in post deployment activities, including any design updates, testing and 3rd/4th line engineering support.
• Network equipment & technologies involved:
◦ Cisco ASR, Nexus 7010, 5548UP, N2K, 7609, 6509-E, 3750, ISR4000, FWSM Module, PIX and ASA Firewall.
◦ Juniper Mx480, MX960, Mx2020, EX4200 and QFX5100,3500.
◦ F5 LTM/GTM/ASM/AFM modules.
◦ Nokia service router (SR12) and Ethernet service switch(ESS7).
◦ MPLS, L2VPN, L3VPN, BGP, IPv6, 6PE, Network QoS, Multicast, IPsec VPN, WAF.
Design, Change management, Operations, Cisco, Deployment, Management, Firewall, Service, Engineering, Network, Router, Support, Infrastructure, Testing, Waf
2019 - 2019
job
Network Engineer
TSS (Telent) solution Ltd.
• Work as network engineer under NRTSII project where installed , configured Juniper switches , firewall into data center (Goswell DC and Slough DC)
• Working with TDA to prepare BOM for NRTS II project.
• Working with TDA to prepare BOM for NRTS II project.
Firewall, Network
2016 - 2019
job
Network support Engineer
Equinix (services) Limited.
• To manage and deliver Network Infrastructure/Projects (Firmware upgrade, Config changes, Hardware refresh in line with product Lifecycle).
• Preparing the Scope of Work (SOW), configuration for the implementation of new juniper routers (MX960 & MX489) and Juniper switches (EX4300, EX4550 and EX4600) for the campus Equinix next-gen platform.
• Attend site when it requires assisting on installation hardware/site surveys.
• To support and implement the transition of project form scoping to hand over into production environment.
• Prepare SOW for Migration of customers from old Extreme (X450a, Summit400-48T), Brocade MLX-e Series (NetIron 4-slot Router and ICX-6610 Switch), Cisco (6509, 7609) to Equinix next-gen Juniper platform
• Configuration of BIG IP F5 platform (LTM, GTM, AFM module).
• Generate change management request and migrate customer during migration window and make services post migration network services are work as per pre-check and update Network diagram accordingly.
• Co-ordinate with technician / NOC engineer for remote customer network service migration.
• Providing day to day support for EMEA level network escalated problem from NOC.
• Provide OOH on call support to customer and network Infrastructure if require
• Preparing the Scope of Work (SOW), configuration for the implementation of new juniper routers (MX960 & MX489) and Juniper switches (EX4300, EX4550 and EX4600) for the campus Equinix next-gen platform.
• Attend site when it requires assisting on installation hardware/site surveys.
• To support and implement the transition of project form scoping to hand over into production environment.
• Prepare SOW for Migration of customers from old Extreme (X450a, Summit400-48T), Brocade MLX-e Series (NetIron 4-slot Router and ICX-6610 Switch), Cisco (6509, 7609) to Equinix next-gen Juniper platform
• Configuration of BIG IP F5 platform (LTM, GTM, AFM module).
• Generate change management request and migrate customer during migration window and make services post migration network services are work as per pre-check and update Network diagram accordingly.
• Co-ordinate with technician / NOC engineer for remote customer network service migration.
• Providing day to day support for EMEA level network escalated problem from NOC.
• Provide OOH on call support to customer and network Infrastructure if require
Change management, Cisco, Management, Service, Network, It, Surveys, Router, Implementation, Support, Infrastructure, Firmware, Hardware, Production
2014 - 2016
job
Network Engineer
University of Reading.
• Migrate network from legacy Extreme network kit to Juniper devices (MX 104 router, EX 9208 Switches and SRX 5400 firewall).
• Installation & Configuration of Cisco Nexus 5548 switches across two data centers with capability of VPC, LACP and Fabric Path features for university SAN network.
• Preparing the Scope of Work (SOW) for the implementation of new aggregated Juniper switches (EX4300, EX4550 and EX4600) and HP switches (2530 and 3800) for the campus wide network / sites.
• Provide specialist expert technical support (e.g. LAN/WAN, installation and configuration of core, distribution and edge layer devices) for datacenters/network services such as IP routing, IPSEC VPN, Firewall HA, policy configuration.
• Configuration & Troubleshooting of Multicast related issues to support major operating system patch updates to various department computers.
• Configuration and integration of Wifi network Arbua controller (7240 & 7220) and Access Point AP 115 & AP225 with Campus IP core network.
• Perform risk analysis against operational changes for low impact events (e.g. edge switch configuration changes), and with advice for high impact events (e.g. Core and Distribution layer network), submitting changes to fulfill to the Change Advisory Board for approval as required.
• Perform firmware/software upgrades to all deployed network/security devices on a regular basis to ensure the most appropriate level of security and functionality is maintained at all times.
• Liaise with vendor support teams (i.e. Juniper and Extreme TAC) to coordinate activities for remediation of issues
• Installation & Configuration of Cisco Nexus 5548 switches across two data centers with capability of VPC, LACP and Fabric Path features for university SAN network.
• Preparing the Scope of Work (SOW) for the implementation of new aggregated Juniper switches (EX4300, EX4550 and EX4600) and HP switches (2530 and 3800) for the campus wide network / sites.
• Provide specialist expert technical support (e.g. LAN/WAN, installation and configuration of core, distribution and edge layer devices) for datacenters/network services such as IP routing, IPSEC VPN, Firewall HA, policy configuration.
• Configuration & Troubleshooting of Multicast related issues to support major operating system patch updates to various department computers.
• Configuration and integration of Wifi network Arbua controller (7240 & 7220) and Access Point AP 115 & AP225 with Campus IP core network.
• Perform risk analysis against operational changes for low impact events (e.g. edge switch configuration changes), and with advice for high impact events (e.g. Core and Distribution layer network), submitting changes to fulfill to the Change Advisory Board for approval as required.
• Perform firmware/software upgrades to all deployed network/security devices on a regular basis to ensure the most appropriate level of security and functionality is maintained at all times.
• Liaise with vendor support teams (i.e. Juniper and Extreme TAC) to coordinate activities for remediation of issues
Cisco, Integration, Firewall, Network, Security, Router, Implementation, Support, Firmware, Advisory board, Software, WiFi, WAN, Risk analysis, SAN
2013 - 2013
job
Network Design & Integration support Engineer
BBC Ltd.
Design, Management, Integration, Test, Firewall, Network, Router, Support, Network design, Infrastructure, Software
2007 - 2011
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IP MPLS Network Engineer
Nokia Siemens Networks Ltd.
Design, Cisco, Deployment, Integration, Node, Service, Network, Net, Implementation, Support, Hardware, WAN, Processes
2004 - 2007
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Network Engineer - Executive
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited.
Network
2002 - 2004
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engineer
NOC.
Gujarat Online Pvt. Ltd.(Division of United Telecom ltd.)
Telecom, Online
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