Rishikesh Darwade

Experience

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  Binary Solutions

  Apr 2005 - Jun 2007

  Network Admin
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  Convergys

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

  Technical Support Officer
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  CSS Corp

  Aug 2008 - Jun 2009

  Network Engineer

  Juniper TAC EX (Enterprise Switching)

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  HCL Comnet Systems and Services Limited

  Jul 2009 - Dec 2010

  Specialist Networks

  • Monitoring Microsoft Data Centers network with close to 16,000 devices that includes Switches, Routers and F5 Load balancers.• Job includes L1/L2 troubleshooting and resolving the issues related to LAN/WAN, Frame-Relay Circuit, HSRP/VRRP state change, Edge & Core Routers/Switches, Interface/Processor Utilization, Device down/re-load, OSPF/BGP session down, Spanning Tree, Network Outage/Maintenance etc.• Troubleshooting issues by remote login to high-end devices of Juniper, Cisco, F5 Load Balancers, etc.• Creating cases and assigning the priorities also troubleshooting and resolving 95% of issues or escalating and engaging L3 team.• Job also includes dealing with vendors (Cisco, F5, Juniper) and coordinating with other teams for replacement of a part of device. Show less

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  Mphasis

  Dec 2010 - Apr 2013

  Lead Infrastucture Engineer

  • Managing the network of Data Centre at Phoenix Arizona and Remote offices over globe.• Create High- and Low-Level network design & documentation.• Configuration & Troubleshooting of Switching/Routing issues.• Creating change scripts which involves configuration, test and back out plan and implementing the same upon CAB approvals.• Adhering project SLA by resolving network related issues and incidents in a timely manner• F5 Load balancer (BIGIP-LTM) version upgrade, creation of VIP, SSL Client Profile, Pool, Health monitor and certificate renewal/testing.• Site-to-Site VPN configuration on Cisco ASA• Creating/Updating firewall policies on Checkpoint Firewall.• Dealing with vendors, ISP's etc. Show less

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  DXC Technology

  Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  Sr Associate - Networks

  Leveraged L3 support for issues/escalations related to Switching/Routing/WAN Accelerators and BIG IP F5 Loadbalancer.• An L3 technician, managing the Data network of two Data Centers and 17 local sites across Australia and New Zealand.• Handle the day-to-day operations, escalations, and changes.• Implement network changes as per new project requirement and manage the operations as well. • Work on hardware and software upgrades.• Draft and submit Root Cause Analysis statements (RCA) for Sev-1 and failed changes and update problem records. Show less

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  AT&T

  Apr 2014 - now

  • Create detailed design and technical implementation plan for new service deployments, migration, and tech refresh.• Software upgrade for Cisco LAN switches, Routers and F5 Load Balancers.• Infrastructure changes on the network devices installed at Data Centers in Asia-Pac and AMS region majorly but not limited to Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASR's, F5 load balancers and AVI - NSX Advanced Load Balancer.• Support Disaster Recovery drill activities.• Manage and update device inventory and design records. Show less  Design, build, implement and test complex Network solutions. Prepare detailed implementation, backout and test plans. Submit RFC and implement the changes upon CAB approvals. Job included working on multi-vendor hardware but not limited to Cisco, Juniper, Aruba Work with different teams and local site engineers. Work on SD-WAN related incidents and LAN/WAN designing and implementation projects for clients across Asia. The role was to work and troubleshot issues over VeloCloud SD-WAN by working on the dedicated orchestrator. Was also leveraged to work on HPE initiated project to make infrastructure changes on HPE data centers network devices. Show less  An L3 technician, managing the Data network of two Data Centers and 17 local sites across Australia and New Zealand. Handle the day-to-day operations, escalations, and changes. Implement network changes as per new project requirement and manage the operations. Work on hardware and software upgrades. Draft and submit Root Cause Analysis statements (RCA) for Sev-1 and failed changes and update problem records. Led the redesign and implementation of network infrastructure at Mac Park Sydney office, that supported over 1000 users, enhancing network performance. Show less

  • Specialist Network Technology

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Technical Specialist Network Services

    Nov 2017 - Dec 2023

  • Sr Associate Networks

    Apr 2014 - Nov 2017