Deepak Bansal is a Technology lead Data Center with nearly 13 years of experience in designing,implementation and migrating highly complex Data Centres environment.
Proudly certified in CCNA(Data Center & R&S), CCDP(Cisco Certified Design Professional), Cisco DevNet, DCACI, CCIE(Data Center #44583), Cisco ACI Black Belt stage 3 and Cloud certification practitioner.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technology Lead Data Center
Wipro Limited
04.2022 - Current
Planning, designing of new infra as per Industry standard like VxLAN EVPN, Cisco ACI based DC fabrics.
Gather requirements from business/Compute service lines and prepare plan to develop network infrastructure/Automation scripts and implement to Production environment.
Migration of exciting N7K fabric path enterprise and DC network to catalyst 9500/9600 switches or Cisco ACI or VXLAN EVPN as per requirement.
Connectivity of Next-Gen Palo Alto Firewall to DC fabric using eBGP, PBR and service based routing which provide network segmentation , tenant segmentation and dynamic routing policing.
Plan and implement design changes to existing network infrastructure.
The core work is on new site projects to design and implement, based on the project scope used to design the Low-Level design (LLD) and High-level design (HLD) network and implement the scope. Which includes Cisco 9500/9600, ACI, DNA and WLC.
Provide inputs on solution architecture based on evaluation/understanding of solution alternatives, frameworks and products.
Assist the Network Ops team in troubleshooting the complex issue.
Senior Technical Manager
Reliance Jio Platforms Limited
03.2021 - 04.2022
To provide IP network implementation & design support for 5G ACI fabric across India.
Doing research on Day-2 automation tool like Cisco NSO, Cisco NI/ND.
Migrating 5G node from Jio private cloud to google cloud.
Migration of existing Data centre TOR/EOR switches to ACI fabric.
Working with different vendors like Dell, Arista, Juniper, cisco and implement their 5G solution in the Q&A lab and give the best possible design go ahead to implementation team.
Working with Network planning team to validate the design as per 5G standard implementation.
Working with Different vendors to support and design the IP fabric as per their server requirements like Microsoft, Akamai, Facebook etc.
Developing python scripts to automate the 5G network audits, inventory etc.
Technical Consulting Engineer
Cisco System India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2016 - 03.2021
Working as TAC engineer in Cisco ACI/SDN solving complex problems where analysis requires in-depth evaluation of various factors within the Data Center environment and across 3rd parties.
Advanced Troubleshooting ACI Cloud Service Support / ACI and Nexus Switching Support / DC Computing Support.
Resolving problems and figuring the root cause, and deliver known solutions with a high level of customer satisfaction.
Designing TAC lab, to simulate customer networks and find the best solution.
Broke down and evaluated user problems using Python test scripts, personal expertise and probing questions.
Worked with software development team on reported errors and bugs on newly released software and assisted in deployment of release fixes.
Analysing customer problem with help of Wireshark, or other protocol analyser.
Worked in Catalyst and Nexus Switching team, Cisco HTTS Nexus Team handling HTTS customer as TAC engineer. Enormous experience in switching technologies across all Cisco platforms.
Troubleshoot various issues through different processes and procedures (e.g. phone calls, emails, IM's) to obtain a quick resolution to various Cisco Data Center switches.
Formulating technical action plans for analysing and resolving problems related to the deployment.
Network Support Engineer
Virtela NTT INDIA Ltd
02.2015 - 02.2016
Perform Network devices (Routers, Switches, WLC etc.,) & Servers troubleshooting to quickly resolve the issues per documented procedures.
Became SME for few priority customer accounts and to be proactive to improve customer service.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, to include resources, priorities, and timelines.
Worked on Projects -
1) Sysco Food Hardware Refresh (Team Lead) Building Configurations for the Sysco Food HW Refresh project.
2) Migration Of BG VM's from existing Infrastructure to VCE Block. Managing Network Side Complexity and configurations required.
Senior Technical Trainer
Networkers Home
04.2014 - 01.2015
Conducted various corporate Boot Camp session for Online/Classroom for CCNA, CCNP and CCIE Data Center.
Administer installation and maintenance of Networkers Home data Center.
Perform troubleshoot on Data Center, identify issue and assist in timely resolution of same.
Ensure client satisfaction and provide optimal level of customer services for various departments.
Developed new training programs such as online modules, interactive software, language labs and online programs and provided constant training to staff to ensure long-term excellence.
Computer Engineer
IT Solution Point
10.2012 - 04.2014
Performed periodic hardware analysis of computer hardware and software in banks, schools and universities.
Configuration and Troubleshooting outlook issue on desktops.
WiFi technology modem configuration with Remote support.
Management and configuration of Cisco routers/switches, network protocols, Layer 2 and Layer 3 VLANs, Fast/Gig EtherChannel.
OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MP-BGP EVPN family and multicast
VxLAN EVPN - Design, Implement and migration of multisite fabric & experience in next-gen Palo Alto firewall eBGP based connectivity to multsite fabric
Worked as Solution Architecture for Canada Airport Migration project
Catalyst 9500 and 9600 based VxLAN architecture
Cloud Networking like AWS vpc, AWS Site-to-Site VPN connectivity
Cisco DNA controller deployment and SD access networks