Profile

About Rahul

Eleven years of networks, automation, and the occasional 2am BGP incident — told as a career in motion.

With over a decade in network infrastructure architecture and hybrid cloud, I build connectivity that scales — from Tata Communications backbone operations to greenfield data centers for NICE CXone in Mumbai, Frankfurt, and Munich.

At NiCE I deploy AWS resources with Terraform and CloudFormation, manage Panorama and AWS firewall policy, and automate NetOps with Python and Ansible. AWS Advanced Networking certified. NICE CXone MVP (2023). Exploring MCP and AI agents for multi-cloud network operations.

Experience

2014 — Present

012020 – PresentPune

Specialist Cloud Network Engineer

NiCE (NICE CXone)

Deploy AWS VPC, transit gateways, PrivateLink, ELB, and VPN with Terraform and CloudFormation.
Manage hybrid on-prem and cloud network resources; handle firewall policy in Panorama and AWS.
Troubleshoot backbone and customer routing; act as SME for Juniper devices and automation.
Built data centers in Mumbai, Frankfurt, and Munich — inventory, cabling, remote access, documentation.
Develop and maintain Python and Ansible automation; set up SNMP and Syslog monitoring.

022019 – 2020Pune

Network and Security Engineer

Varian Medical Systems

Managed enterprise routers, switches, firewalls, VPN gateways, and wireless.
Resolved issues from clients and monitoring teams; planned network changes with vendor TAC.
Wrote Python scripts to automate repetitive operational tasks.

032017 – 2019Pune

Network and Security Engineer

FIS (SunGard)

Managed data center switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers.
Handled trouble tickets and executed scheduled and emergency changes without client impact.
Validated change tickets and resolved firewall and WAN issues.

042014 – 2017Pune

Network Engineer, IP/MPLS

Tata Communications

Monitored and troubleshot global backbone network; maintained PE-to-PE connectivity.
Migrated customers from legacy Cisco to Alcatel, Juniper, and Huawei platforms.
Optimized global traffic; managed L2/L3 VPN; supported Formula 1 clients.

Education

2010 – 2014

B.E. Electrical, Electronics & Communications

PES Modern College of Engineering, Pune

Toolkit

Networking: Juniper · Arista · Palo Alto Firewalls · F5 Load Balancers · BGP · OSPF · MPLS · L2VPN / L3VPN
Cloud & Automation: AWS (Advanced Networking) · Azure · Python · Ansible · Terraform · Git
Observability & Ops: Panorama · ThousandEyes · AWS CloudWatch · Firemon · Wireshark · ServiceNow · SolarWinds · LogicMonitor
Certifications: AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty · Introduction to Model Context Protocol (Anthropic) · Azure Fundamentals · CCNA · JNCIA-Junos · JNCIA-Cloud