Raghavendra Kumar

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About Raghavendra Kumar

With over 5 years of experience in the IT and Telecom industry, I specialize in end-to-end project management, network infrastructure deployment, and secure connectivity solutions. I bring a unique combination of deep technical knowledge in networking and network security with strong project governance, stakeholder engagement, and agile delivery capabilities across global enterprise environments. At Wipro, I have led the successful delivery of a 1920-site SD-WAN migration and over 1200 greenfield rollouts across Australia and New Zealand for BP. These projects involved hands-on implementation and coordination of Juniper SRX firewalls, EX2300 switches, secure VLAN setups, WAN configurations, and LTE/fiber circuits at a national scale. I ensured robust network security practices through firewall staging, interface hardening, and access policy enforcement as per BP’s IMI standards. I played a central role in designing and validating secure, scalable architectures, integrating primary NBN-based connectivity with 4G failover and ensuring end-to-end protection and service continuity. My work included planning and executing site cutovers, managing Go/No-Go checkpoints, enabling UATs, and aligning cross-functional teams and stakeholders, including BP, NTT, and IMI. I worked closely with field engineers, support teams, and vendors (NBN, TPG, One.NZ) to ensure successful provisioning, testing, and secure handovers. I also supported the automation team in integrating ServiceNow with backend systems using RPA, cutting manual effort by 40%. I managed project billing, procurement, and payments using SAP Ariba, and used Planview, Clarity PPM, MS Project, and Excel for project planning, resource, and risk management. I applied ITIL principles for structured incident, problem, and change management to maintain service integrity and operational readiness. At Tata Communications, I provisioned and routed customer circuits using Layer 1–3 devices for clients like Vodafone, AT & T, and Virgin Media in the UK. I engineered OSI-layer-based designs, led migrations from SDH to DWDM, and configured high-performance network solutions aligned to bandwidth needs and site topology. I worked on 700+ sites, coordinated testing with NOC and field teams, documented circuit designs in Visio, and managed circuit orders via Cramer OSS, AMDOCS CRM, and Salesforce OM. I deliver high-volume, technically complex telecom projects with a strong focus on network security, automation, SLA compliance, and cross-regional delivery Serving Notice Period