Alessandro Esposito
Principal Architect IP Transport & Network Services
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Described as a talented Solutions Architect that simplifies complex technology solutions for real business benefits. With over 15 years experience in Networking & Security, specialising in well developed competencies in managing teams, stakeholders and enabling effective cross-functional collaboration. An outcome focused problem solver that consults, influences, connect at all levels, including C-Suite leadership. Passionate about my teams, their development and high performance outcomes.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
25
25
years of post-secondary education
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
TPG Telecom
Sydney , NSW
2020 - Current
- Develop and manage domain technology roadmaps, aligned to Business strategy.
- Planning Networks operating budget, Capex and Opex for Annual Plan and Long range planning.
- Financial analysis of various solutions to determine optimal solution for business outcome.
- Working with up to $10 million budget to achieve business objectives.
SENIOR SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
Vodafone Hutchison Australia
SYDNEY , NSW
2017 - 2020
- The point of reference for short term planning and issues resolution around NETWORK SERVICES, INTERNET/EDGE NETWORK, CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK, DDoS, ensuring Capacity, Lifecycle, Security of several business critical network elements.
- Governance of all vendors including the MSP (managed services provider) ensuring required capacity lifecycle and performance management of network at all times.
- Lead continuous improvement of engineering processes, methodology and approach to secure robust engineering planning outcomes.
SENIOR NETWORK & SECURITY ENGINEER
ICT Networks
Sydney , NSW
2013 - 2017
- Helping customers find the best solution to optimize their network, increase network availability and performance. Working closely and directly with enterprises like BPAY, FOXSPORTS, Australia Rugby Union, Real-World-Technology where the network perfomrance can directly affect business revenue.
- Providing Layer3 support as Juniper expert ensuring strategic alignment in all projects to the organisation’s customer-centric goals.
SENIOR NETWORK DESIGNER
2011.12 - 2013.12
- Part of the Value Added Services team in role as Network Designer for VODAFONE & HUTCH 3G network Network tech lead in a “Data Optimisation” project - Routing, Fire-walling, Load Balancing, Scripting Majors technology players; f5, Juniper, Cisco Shift platform to Nokia Siemens Network and successfully deploy this solution across all the sites on budget, on time.
VOIP & NETWORK CONSULTANT
Lutech Italia
2007.01 - 2011.12
- Part of the Competence Center Network Engineering department Lead project design, build, implement and transition of the Cisco, Juniper, f5 network solutions Data Center design, roadmap and implementation - merging Cisco & Juniper benefits into Cisco Data Center Infrastructure Managed sign-off by the customer The technical interface between the organisation and suppliers, carriers, vendors Leveraged network, security, VOIP and systems experience throughout troubleshooting phase ICT Trainer for Lutech’s customers VOIP, VSS, Data Center Virtualisation, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, RIP, BGP, MPLS, PIM,VRRP, GLBP, HSRP, PBR, SNMP, IPSEC, JunOS, IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS, Cat-OS, ScreenOS, Wireless, Window Server, Linux, GRE, Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Voice Gateway, Cisco ASA Firewall, H.323, SIP, MGCP, SCCP, SSL-VPN, Check-Point, TcpDump, NMAP, CUCM, QoS, ISA-Proxy, Microsoft NLB, WebSense, FTP Dynamic VPN.
Education
Master - Networking For Enterprise & Carriers
TELECOMITALIA
ITALY 2004.09 - 2005.08
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Naples Federico II
NAPOLI, ITALY 1999.10 - 2023.07
Skills
Excellent presentation skills
undefinedAccomplishments
- MASTER'S DEGREEScholarship with Telecom ItaliaNetworking for Enterprise andCarriersBACHELOR'S DEGREEUniversità degli Studi di NapoliBachelors in Computer ScienceTECHEXP.
- Network Function Virtualization(NFV)MPLS (L2/L3 MPLS, MPLS-TE)OSPFDeep understanding ofData-Packet (ISO/OSI stack)physical to app.
- Software Defined Network (SDN)Segment RoutingTelco/IT Cloud VMwareIPv4 & IPv6 PlanningBGP (All Applications)Huawei HNCPACHIEVEMENTSTHESIS PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS, NAPLES.
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II / March 2004Awarded the highest possible marks of 110/110 for my thesis relating to the sensorysoftware in the Hadron Collider in Geneva.
- This was later published and peer reviewed bythe Institute of Nuclear Physics in Naples, Italy.
- The code from my thesis was officially adopted and used within the experimentsby the scientific community since 2004VODAFONE DATA OPTIMISATION PROJECTVodafone Australia / June 2019Upon joining this project, our team reduced time to achieve business outcomes by 30%through improved collaboration process and technical deployment.
- Initially project was behind by 3 months Backlog of technical tasks had not moved in weeks Trust between client and project managers was non-existentLEADING CRISIS MANAGEMENT TEAMVodafone / 2017 - 2020A series of critical P1 & P2 incidents led to millions of Tier 1 & 2 clients adverselyimpacted.
- Clients such as Qantas, BlueStarm, VHA-IPSEC, VHA-RR.
- Saved millions of transactional dollars for our Tier 1 & 2 clients including theintangible costs of a potential tarnished brandDDoS ATTACK ON VODAFONE INTERNET / EDGE SECURITYVodafone / 2019Led VHA Ops team in a prompt and successful response to a DDoS attack on VodafoneInternet and Edge Security.
- Led a high level, sophisticated network performance investigation which had adirect impact on the data reporting to the ACCC.
- TECHEXP.
- (cont.)5G and Mobile Packet CoreTechnologyScrum AccreditedJuniper Ingenious Security &Routing.
Certification
HARVARD CORE Certification (Core subjects of an MBA)
Timeline
SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
TPG Telecom
2020 - Current
SENIOR SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
Vodafone Hutchison Australia
2017 - 2020
SENIOR NETWORK & SECURITY ENGINEER
ICT Networks
2013 - 2017
SENIOR NETWORK DESIGNER
2011.12 - 2013.12
VOIP & NETWORK CONSULTANT
Lutech Italia
2007.01 - 2011.12
Master - Networking For Enterprise & Carriers
TELECOMITALIA
2004.09 - 2005.08
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Naples Federico II
1999.10 - 2023.07
HARVARD CORE Certification (Core subjects of an MBA)
PRINCE2
JUNIPER (Ingienius), CISCO (CCNP/CCIP and others), F5