Sharad Pardeshi

Flat No: - A-603, Kapil Upavan,

Bibvewadi, Pune (Maharashtra)-37
Mobile: 9881074750 / 9823003779
E-Mail: [email protected]
Objective

To obtain a challenging post in an organization that will utilize

my professional experience to contribute in organization's goals and
simultaneously provide excellent opportunities for career
development and personal growth.

Summary

I have 11 years & 6 months of experience in Design,

implementation & support of ISP & Data Centre network.
Configuration and troubleshooting skills on network build with Cisco
IOS 7600 & 6509 series, Cisco IOS XR 9K/12K, Nexus 5K/2K,
Fortigate 1000C/300C, Juniper M320, MX960, EX4200/4500
devices. I have predominantly worked with clients in UK/US; have
strong communication skills and tenure to handle client interaction.

Professional Qualification
Cisco Certifications
CCNA
CCNP (Switching, TSHOOT)

Juniper Certifications
JNCIA-SP (Associate , Service Provider)
JNCIS-SP (Associate , Service Provider)
JNCIA-EX (Associate, Switching)

ITIL 2011 Foundation Certified.

Technical Skills

Strong Exposure to Design, Implementation, troubleshooting &

optimization of Network. Experience in large scale MP-BGP
design and implementation with BGP community based, traffic
control.
Excellent Knowledge of protocols BGP, OSPF, ISIS, LDP,RSVP,
MPLS, Traffic Engineering, High Availability, QOS, DIA, L3VPN
& L2VPN.
 Experience of various firewalls like Cisco multi-context ASA,
Fortigate 1000C/300C, Juniper SRX & Netscreen & some
experience on checkpoint firewalls.
Experience of working on Load Balancer F5 LTM/GTM.
Strong customer service and communications skills (written and
oral).
Some hands on perl scripting for gathering information from
network.

Skill Set

Excellent interpersonal, intuitive, technical, analysis skills.

Thrive in both independent and collaborative work
environments.

Quick learner with an ability to rapidly achieve organizational

integration, assimilate job requirements and employ new
concepts, methods and technologies. Self-motivated team player.

Employment History

30-Nov-2016 Till Date

Company: Capgemini India. Pune.

Job Title: Manager

Responsibilities:

To design, implement and operate network solutions to support

business and network projects and ensure timely delivery and
compliance to internal technical standards and processes & ensuring
Service continuity for business operations.
Representing the offshore Network Team for two Capgemini data
centers located in UK.
Responsible for developing, supporting and optimizing a large scale
and high performance network with datacenter devices such as Cisco
multi-context ASA, Nexus, Fortigate, F5 Load Balancers, Routers &
switches.
Drive the implementation of data center projects & support the
existing customers/projects. Develop project plans individually or in
conjunction with project managers to support the delivery of new or
enhanced network service.
Handled network migration of data centre devices to manage
demanding load on infrastructure.
Work with vendors and contractors to secure network specific
products and services.
Manage & perform the
Establish and maintains regular communication with IT senior
leadership, stakeholders regarding pertinent network activities.
Design and implement short and long term strategic and
transformation plans to ensure network capacity meets existing and
future requirements.
Conduct research and make recommendations on products,
services, protocols in support of all network development efforts.
Handled the Data Centre migration & closing activity from network
perspective.
Handling a team of 4 senior network engineers.

09-Oct-2014 24-Nov-2016

Company: Accenture Technologies. Pune.

Job Title: Client Deployment Engineer

Responsibilities:

Understanding physical and logical topologies/requirements of

projects & deploy connectivity through locations as per client
requirements.
Document and obtain sign off on requirements for data connectivity.
Deploy solutions based on cost estimates for the data network
design & coordinate implementation of the data network design.
Assist with testing to validate proper operation of the network
implementation & obtain signoff from the project team that the
solution is operational.
Produce operational documentation for the final solution.
Produce weekly status report for the projects being supported &
weekly time report of hours charged on various projects.
Working closely with project managers and clients to achieve project
timelines.
Creating detailed project documentation and topologies & preparing
documentation for E2E transition.
 Working with CISCO routers, L2 switches, multilayer switches.
Working knowledge of Netscreen firewalls, ASA Firewalls/VPNs,
Juniper VPNs, Packetshapers.

05-April-2010 08-Oct-2014

Company: Vodafone India Ltd. Pune.

Job Title: Assistant Manager - NOC

Responsibilities:

Working as Subject Matter Expert in IP Provisioning to provide Tier

3 supports to Vodafone MPLS core network.
Responsible for implementation of MPLS POP's including Provider
Edge routers, Provider routers, POP switches and links connecting
POP's.
Working with third party vendors for new project implementations.
Validating and suggesting changes in LLD HLD for new
implementations as per customer requirements.
Co-ordination for network maintenance and provisioning activities
like Integration of new network elements configuration and initial to
final set up of new location.
Implement, Support & manage IP services such as uplink Peering,
VPN, Internet as per planning guidelines.
Configuring and testing customer services such as L3-VPN/ L2-VPN/
Internet to the deliverable parameters (SLA) before handing them to
Service Assurance teams.
Troubleshooting customer issues faced during provision &
implementation of POP involving PE-CE & PE-P link/configuration
issues related to BGP, MPLS, and QOS.
Exposure to Juniper netscreen & SRX firewalls for addition of review
& addition of security policies.
Optimizing the traffic flow through the core routers by altering the
paths whenever traffic congestion is encountered on specific links.
Worked on implementation of Infoblox as DNS servers for Vodafone.
Provides tier 3 support and expertise for escalated issues in
Products, Technology and process related troubleshooting
requirements.
Performing critical planned events and migration on the existing
services and ensuring that the activity is completed in stipulated time
frame with the services being restored to normal.
Perform analysis and diagnosis on complex networking problems,
identify issues and resolve faults.
 Provides inputs towards implementation of various networking
policies and procedures (both technical and process).
Performing & validating Physical Acceptance Test of Juniper and
Cisco Devices with the help of Onsite Field Engineer.
Performing Service Acceptance Test for new Products and Services
with vendors.
Escalate critical technical issues pertaining with Network devices to
vendor and follow up for resolution.
Knowledge of Perl scripting and developed basic Perl scripts for
networks.
Understand and implementing new and emerging technologies like
URL Filtering, ARBOR Netflow, Cisco Flex VPN IPSEC Backup.
Architected and Integrated back-end and network infrastructure
with an emphasis on scalability, availability, security and
manageability.

25-May-2009 31-March-2010

Company: Tech Mahindra, Pune.

Project: - British Telecommunication.

Job Title: Sr. Network Engineer.

Responsibilities:

Provide Tier 2_3 network problem isolation, determination and

resolution using various diagnostic techniques, equipment, and
vendor resources.
Guide the team doing monitoring network alerts and system
notifications to identify issues proactively.
Provide support for business continuity and disaster recovery
tests.
Provide technical assistance to customer during network
outages.
Coordinate with different teams to resolve outages.
Assemble and update documentation in the form of trouble
ticket logs and network diagrams.
Provide assistance and training to other Network Operations
Center staff.
Adherence to documented Problem, Change and Incident
management policies and procedures
Assist in network maintenance activity, as required.
02-Apr-2007 22-May-2009

Company: Wipro Technologies, Pune.

Project: - British Telecommunication.
Job Title: 2nd Line Technical Support.

Responsibilities:

Diagnosing the root cause of the faults related to QOS, BGP,

IPSEC, MPLS, ISDN.
Resolving the issues of PE-CE Links like slow response, link
down, packet drop, asymmetric routing, Customer devise issues,
and ISDN backup problems faced by customers.
Configure & maintain routers of Cisco 800, 1700, 1800, 2600,
3600, 7200.
Configuration and troubleshooting of the WAN links between CE
and PE.
Troubleshooting and resolution of issues related to BGP, QOS,
IPSEC, and MPLS.
Provide Technical support for router configuration to Field
Engineers.
Establish proper documentation of technical details for
Customer devices and maintain database of router
configuration.
Maintain technical documentation of troubleshooting
procedures.
ISDN backup testing using automated script and resolving the
ISDN related issues reported by automated perl script.
Co-ordinate with Local PTT of different countries for
maintaining ISDN links.
Contributions in knowledge transfer i.e. inter project training of
MPLS and IPSEC.
19-Feb-2005 22-Feb 2007

Company: HCL Infinet Ltd. (Internet Service Provider), Pune.

Job Title: Network Administrator.

Responsibilities:

Configuration, installation, and administration of the WAN,

ISDN, RF & LAN networks include Network Routers.
Handled entire Tier-2 POP containing 300+ links and several
HO Clients.
Install configure & maintain Cisco 800, 1700, 1800, 2600, 3600
series router at CE.
Maintain Isdn Backup connectivity in case of failure using Cisco
Routers.
 Handle the projects of IP VPN configuration with tunneling.
Troubleshooting of IP VPN & MPLS VPN technology.
Install IOS for Cisco routers.
Install & configure RF equipment with VPN technology.
Handle SLA for HO Clients and maintain good relationship with
them.
Co-ordinate and maintain relationship with Local PTT for
installation and up gradation of Lease Lines and ISDN links.

Educational Qualification

Year Of Result
Exam Institute / College University Class
Passing %
P.G.D.I.T. Symbiosis Centre of Symbiosis Centre
(Distance Aug 2012 Distance Learning of Distance 66.08 A
Learning) Pune Learning
North
B.Sc. P.O.Nahata College
Apr 2004 Maharashtra 57 Second
Electronics Bhusawal
University
Diploma
S.S.G.B. Polytechnic
Industrial Jun 2000 M.S.B.T.E 60.10 First
Bhusawal
Electronics
New English School
S.S.C. Mar 1995 Nasik Board 61.00 First
Bhusawal

Personal Details

Fathers Name Mr. P.G. Pardeshi

Date of Birth 01 June 1980.
Marital Status Married.
Nationality Indian.
Gender Male.
Languages known English, Hindi and Marathi.

Undertaking

The above information is true and correct to the best of

my knowledge. I am confident that I will do justice to the
responsibilities assigned to me with a great sense of professionalism,
enthusiasm & passion.
Sharad Pardeshi.