Vineet Jalali

Experience

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  Prolient Group Inc

  Aug 2007 - Jul 2010

  Network Operations Engineer

  Summary: Migration Engineer, End-to-End processing for New & existing customer’s, Lead Network engineer for projects for migrating customer’s to GSR platform• Worked with IP network engineering team, design, configuration and implementation, voice and data services using equipment from major industry vendors.• Worked on provisioning and troubleshooting T1/T3 circuits while migrating AT&T network which includes dedicated MPLS networks• Build and setup systems for existing network to fulfill orders placed by customers for IT services• Migration engineer for migrating customer's network from shared cisco 7513 routers to cisco 12000 GSR.• Tracked critical order milestones to meet delivery dates, escalate issues and problems on behalf of the customer. • Managed the entire order provisioning process, coordinating final testing between customer network engineer and AT&T communication technicians• On call 24x7 support to provide services in case of network outage, provide maintenance, monitor circuits till the network stabilizes. Show less

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  Juniper Networks

  Jul 2010 - Mar 2011

  Sr. Network Engineer

  Summary: Responsible for testing EX series platform for Junos Code releases• Worked on EX series switches which include Ex 8208, Ex8216, Ex4200, Ex3200, Ex4500.• Mentored testing team for running and debugging various scripts coded in perl for scalability.• Developed and documented the results for testing with various releases of “Junos” releases • Worked on test plans for “Junos” releases and tested feature as a part of Feature Testing Team using TGN applications not limiting to Spirent and IXIA. Show less

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  AT&T

  Aug 2011 - Jul 2012

  Network Engineer-Tier-4

  Summary: Tier-4 Support for AT&T mobility labs for projects deployed for LTE/4G Network in production, Led projects for consolidating network stability, provided guidelines for Production Team.• Supported AT&T Mobility Labs including labs backbone.• Worked with IPv6 groups to implement Dual-Stack (IPv4 and IPv6) in the existing network for supporting and implementing the latest technology for mobile networking.• Replicated and tested real-time production scenario/issues in lab for AT&T Global Networks team and hence documented the implementation guideline based upon lab testing.• Cross-Functional interaction for Architecture and design, cabling, management, lab operations for deploying data centers in labs to mimic production design.• Supported mobility backbone including vendors like M320 (PE’s), CRS-1 (PE’s & P), GSR, Nexus-7K series (CE’s) and MX-960 chassis• Developed and evaluated lab engineering plan, engineering design request, data fills, and engineering guidelines with various vendors for implementing mobility lab Infrastructure. Show less

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  Juniper Networks

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2016

  Summary: Led deployment for VNF(Virtual Network Functions) in AT&T’s Virtualization Cloud using Contrail/Openstack. Led SDG Project in deploying and delivering as LTE Transport in AT&T’s production.• Migrated AT&T’s services to virtualization and building VNF’s on (Mirantis/Contrail) with Juniper’s Contrail.• Enhanced certification efforts, enhancement requests and rectifying current bugs/limitation in the code in accordance with co-ordination with business units to deliver the expectation.• Tested and Certified SDN/NFV, Contrail Networking solution in AT&T labs integrating it with different vendor Orchestrator like Mirantis, VMware, and Canonical and building AT&T’s own cloud architecture.• Implemented Juniper’s MX-Series Platform (Routing/Switching/load Balancer) integrating into AT&T’s 4G LTE architecture for mobile networking. • Led and deployed NDC (National Data Centers) with MX-Series chassis with 8 redundant zones for AT&T’s labs to support 4G/LTE integration.• SME for MX platform, coordinated with different teams and vendors like Ericsson, Cisco for E2E integration and AT&T’s Mobility Labs for synchronizing configuration and deployment of the Zones in the NDC (National Data Centers) for AT&T Mobility labs• Lead RMA process for hardware failures, QC (Bug Tracking Application) follow up for bugs/improvisation based upon testing team analysis, issues raised • Designed and documented functional documents, implementation guidelines for AT&T production operations for deploying configuration on infrastructure based upon lab testing. Show less

  • Sr. Solutions Consultant Staff

    Jul 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Sr. Resident Engineer

    Jul 2012 - Jun 2014
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  AT&T

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2017

  Principal Member Of Technical Staff

  Summary: Led deployment for VNF(Virtual Network Functions) in AT&T’s Virtualization Cloud using Contrail/Openstack. Solution and Design Engineering for VNF’s to adapt and virtualize in AIC cloud. •Managed and worked on building NextGen Virtualize Cloud Network for AIC-AT&T’s Integrated Cloud.o Integrating with Openstack/Contrail for Networking• Lead for deploying VNF’s in AIC cloud in order to adapt to emerging virtualization technologies.•Managed project for capacity augment production design to adapt with increasing customer’s traffic.•Lead for Enterprise project involving SDG-(MX) router with functionality of Firewall/Routing/Switching/Load Balancer for customers to avail AT&T’s services.•Designed, Tested and deployed any VNF in mobility lab as a poc (proof of concept).•Understood and communicated with “VNF” Vendors to gather their requirements and help them to integrate with AT&T’s guidelines in deploying and virtualizing services into AIC cloud.•Involved in the decision factor for evaluating and analyzing for vendor selection for products to be deployed within the AT&T’s Network Data Center•Documented and Implemented guidelines and procedures for configurations, upgrades for production environment. Show less

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  Palo Alto Networks

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2021

  Summary : Architect, Design and Deploy Palo Alto Network’s Security solutions for designing Customer’s Security Solutions.● Design, architect, plan NextGen Infrastructure, security and SASE/CASB solutions for Fortune-500 customers worldwide.● Service delivery leader: project deliverables, solution architecting, design & implementation, product service delivery outcomes, challenges to reduce Capex/Opex for overall transitioning.● Customer relationship liaison between account team & customer’s requirements gathering for a product needs to fit their security posture.● SME for day-to-day activities, coordinating escalations/issues/bugs/resolutions/suggestions based upon projects and product limitations as identified.● Technical Presentations at Security and Sales Conferences to showcase PaloAlto’s Security Solutions to Customers.● Pre/Post sales deliverables to drive, plan and deploy methodology to articulate customer’s requirements,● Publish tech notes, deliver training for Knowledge Transfers, workshops, Tech-Talks to educate internal and external customers about PaloAlto’s products to integrate into their environment.● Collaborate with the Account sales, Systems-Engineering, Product-Management for new/improved features coming with new releases of products and advocate future prospective businesses.● Cross-Functional collaboration with QA, Product Management, Engineering to identify bugs, Issues in new PanOS releases to ensure quality product delivery to customers. Show less Architect and Design NextGen Network utilizing latest cutting Edge Features on PaloAlto Network’s Security solutions.• Design, Architect and Test NextGen Infrastructure to meet Palo Alto Network’s Customer requirement.• Technical Presentations at Security and Sales Conferences to showcase PaloAlto’s solutions to Customers worldwide. • Post-Sales Implementation to Drive, Plan and Deploy Methodology at Customer’s Data Centre.• Publishing Tech Notes/Training for Knowledge Transfers, conduct Workshops, Tech-Talks to educate internal and external customer about PaloAlto’s products to integrate in their environment.• Collaborate with Product management team for new/improved features coming with new releases of products as per customer requests.• Product Release QA and Implement in in-house Production grade network to identify Bugs, Issues.• Working with Engineering team to closely work with the new product release and test essential feature sets to satisfy Customer’s requirement. Show less Summary: Architect, Design and Deploy PaloAlto Network’s Security solutions in Customer’s Data Centre Environment.• Design, Plan and Implement Security solutions in customer’s (POC) and production data centers.• SME to migrate customer’s existing Security Infrastructure from other vendors to PaloAlto’s Security solutions.• Integrate and collaborate with customer’s architecture and design team to design their security infrastructure as per best practices to secure their applications.• Single point of contact for any issues encountered during testing, production implementation, RMA’s for faulty hardware deploying PaloAlto’s products on premises or in cloud.• Involvement with ‘Tac’ for any bugs/issues encountered during full end-to-end/implementation testing during (POC) deployment in customer’s environment.• Documentation for MOP (Method of Procedure), implementation guidelines functionally tested in POC/lab environment for customer’s deployment in their production data centers. • Exceptionally driving growth in sales as being part of system’s engineering team.• Enthusiastically educating and recommending PaloAlto’s security solutions to customers to better adapt within their organization. • Actively collaborating with Product management team for new/improved features coming with new releases of products as per customer requests.• Publishing Tech Notes/Training for Knowledge Transfers, conduct Workshops, Tech-Talks to educate internal and external customer about PaloAlto’s products to integrate in their environment.• Team Leader with building knowledge transfer and technical sessions for junior engineers to better present to their customers. Show less

  • Sr. Security Consulting Engineer

    Oct 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Principal Engineer

    Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

  • Sr. Professional Security Consultant

    Sept 2017 - Apr 2019
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  Aryaka

  Apr 2021 - Dec 2023

  Principal Security Solutions Architect

  Spearheading technological advancements in product architecture, with a focus on advancing Unified-SASE. This encompasses elements with proxy architecture, such as secure web gateway, NextGen Firewall, and cloud-security services enablement, all of which contribute to enhancing Aryaka's NextGen cloud architecture.Taking the lead in strategic business development and go-to-market initiatives for security products. This strategic effort aims to position Aryaka as a market leader in offering Network and Security as a Service.Cultivating entrepreneurial-driven partnerships with third-party vendors, particularly those specializing in SASE and Cloud Security, to seamlessly integrate their products into the Aryaka ecosystem.Collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to refine product positioning, ensuring alignment with market trends and the broader business vision.Strategically aligning with the channel partner ecosystem to drive commercial and business objectives. This includes conducting competitive analyses to assess our product's positioning in the market.Establishing a high-performance lab infrastructure to support strategic positioning efforts and validate Aryaka's Unified-SASE offerings including Proof-of-Value (POV)/demos model to channel partners and customers.Serving as a trusted advisor in architectural transformations, specifically in the context of SASE and SD-WAN integration. This role involves close collaboration with sales, customers, and external vendors, resulting in customer acquisition and substantial revenue growth.Actively participating in conferences and both internal and external events to maintain a strong presence in the field. Show less