Sai C.

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About Sai C.

Network Engineering professional with 6 years of experience in network design, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, testing, and managing campus and Data Center networks. Hands-on experience with Data Center switching technologies including Cisco Nexus 9K, 7K, and 5K series switches and Catalyst switches; proficient in configuring Virtual Port Channels (VPC). Skilled in configuring and troubleshooting network protocols such as OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP on Cisco 6500 and Nexus series switches. Configured VPC on Nexus 9K (9396) for integration with F5 load balancers and Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC); set up Link Aggregation Groups (LAG) between F5 VIP and Nexus 9K switches. Experienced with Cisco Catalyst switches including 3750, 4500, 4900, and 6500 series; familiar with Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders, as well as Nexus and series switches. Proficient with network firewall technologies including Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, Checkpoint, FortiGate, and SonicWall firewalls. Experience deploying Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders (2148) combined with Nexus series switches to deliver flexible Data Center access solutions. Expertise installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Juniper EX Series switches. Familiarity with Juniper routers (MX960, MX480), SRX firewalls (SRX240, SRX550), and Juniper EX switches (EX2200, EX4200, EX4500); experienced in configuration of OSPF and BGP routing protocols on Juniper platforms. Working knowledge of multi-vendor environments including Cisco, Juniper, HP Aruba, Avaya, and Arista networking equipment. Collaborated with multiple vendors such as Palo Alto Networks, Checkpoint, Fortinet, Zscaler to maintain stable, high-speed secure networks. Implemented network security measures including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), VPN configurations, secure access controls; experienced in migrating Checkpoint VPN rules to Cisco ASA solutions. Skilled in using network management tools like Wireshark (Ethereal), HP OpenView, RSA Envision, and CiscoWorks to support Network Operations Centers (NOC) in a 24x7 environment. Experienced configuring F5 load balancers; performed migrations from Cisco ACE load balancers to F5 solutions.