Nikhil P
Network Engineer • Arlington, TX • n***************@gmail.com • +12******479 • linkedin.com/•••••
Professional Summary
Network Engineer with 5 years of experience designing and hardening large-scale enterprise and hybrid-cloud networks for data-center, insurance, telecom, and pharmaceutical environments. Core strengths span BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SD-WAN, IPv6, Palo Alto and Fortinet NGFWs, and automation with Python, Ansible, and Terraform. Proven record of reducing WAN spend, compressing incident response times, and delivering PCI-DSS-aligned Zero Trust segmentation. Hands-on with AWS, Azure, and GCP connectivity, VMware NSX micro-segmentation, and Wi-Fi 6 rollouts that support thousands of users. Adept at instrumenting SolarWinds, Splunk, and NetFlow for proactive monitoring and at mentoring teams through complex change windows. Excels at translating business availability goals into secure, resilient, and observable network architectures.
Technical Skills
Programming Language: Python
Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services,Microsoft Azure,Google Cloud Platform,VMware
Version Control & Development Tools: Linux,Windows Server
DevOps & Infrastructure: Terraform,Ansible,Kubernetes
Messaging & Monitoring: SolarWinds,Splunk,NetFlow
Security Tools & Platforms: Wireshark,Palo Alto,Zero Trust
Network & Endpoint Security: VPN,Fortinet,Cisco ASA
Networking & Infrastructure: VMware NSX,TCP,IP,OSPF,BGP,MPLS,VLAN,SD-WAN,IPv6,QoS,Cisco DNA Center
Project Management & Collaboration: Microsoft Teams
Work Experience
Equinix
Dallas, TX
Senior Network Engineer
Sep 2025 – Present
Engineered hybrid-cloud and data-center interconnection networks supporting high-frequency trading workloads hosted in Equinix facilities.
Tech Stack: BGP, Cisco DNA Center, MPLS, Palo Alto, Terraform, AWS, GCP, QoS, Cisco UC, Microsoft Teams, Aruba, IPv6, VMware NSX, Kubernetes
- Implemented SD-WAN across 28 branch offices and 3 data centers using BGP and Cisco DNA Center, cutting mean incident response time from 30 minutes to 10 minutes.
- Negotiated carrier contracts and consolidated MPLS circuits, reducing annual WAN spend by 18%.
- Deployed Zero Trust segmentation with Palo Alto NGFWs that isolated trading workloads and met PCI-DSS controls.
- Automated AWS and GCP network build-outs with Terraform, eliminating vendor professional-services spend and saving $150 K annually.
- Tuned QoS on Cisco UC and Microsoft Teams traffic to ensure voice and video quality during market open peaks.
- Rolled out Wi-Fi 6E across two campuses with Aruba access points, supporting secure roaming for 600 employees.
- Migrated core IPv4 infrastructure to dual-stack IPv6, designing address plans and transition mechanisms without service disruption.
- Integrated VMware NSX overlays with Kubernetes clusters to enable micro-segmentation for containerized trading applications.
Zurich North America
Southlake, TX
Senior Network Engineer
Aug 2024 – Sep 2025
Maintained high-availability network services for an insurance enterprise spanning data centers and remote offices across the US.
Tech Stack: Cisco Nexus, VMware VeloCloud, Ansible, MPLS, IPSec, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Cloud Interconnect, SolarWinds, NetFlow
- Designed redundant core switching on Cisco Nexus and Catalyst platforms, achieving 99.99% availability for policy-administration systems.
- Rolled out VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN to remote branches, cutting WAN circuit costs by $2.1 M over three years.
- Implemented automated configuration compliance using Ansible, reducing audit remediation time from 5 days to 1 day.
- Configured MPLS and IPSec VPN tunnels to secure inter-office traffic.
- Integrated Azure ExpressRoute and Google Cloud Interconnect with on-prem routers to support hybrid DR workloads.
- Instrumented SolarWinds and NetFlow exports to diagnose packet loss during peak insurance quote traffic.
- Authored disaster-recovery runbooks and mentored junior engineers on change-window execution.
Infosys
Hyderabad, India
Network Engineer
Sep 2021 – Jul 2023
Provided managed network operations for Telstra enterprise customers, ensuring stability of large WANs and VoIP services.
Tech Stack: TCP, IP, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, Cisco ISR, Wireshark, Cisco ASA, Python, ACL, NAT, QoS
- Triaged TCP/IP, LAN and MPLS incidents for 24 enterprise customers within established SLAs.
- Configured BGP and OSPF on Cisco ISR routers, eliminating routing loops that had caused 40% of prior outages.
- Analyzed pcap traces in Wireshark to isolate a 500 ms jitter issue impacting VoIP trunks.
- Deployed ACL and NAT rules on Cisco ASA firewalls to enable secure partner connectivity.
- Performed planned IOS upgrades and configuration backups using Python scripts to standardize branch routers.
- Optimized QoS markings for voice traffic, improving mean opinion score for customer calls.
- Maintained detailed network diagrams and SOPs to accelerate onboarding of new support engineers.
Piramal Pharma Limited
Bangalore, India
Network Engineer
Jun 2020 – Jun 2021
Supported secure connectivity for pharmaceutical manufacturing plants and corporate offices.
Tech Stack: Palo Alto, Fortinet, SolarWinds, Splunk, VLAN, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco APs
- Hardened perimeter security with Palo Alto firewalls and Fortinet IPS, blocking 98% of attempted malicious traffic.
- Configured Azure VPN gateways to link manufacturing sites, cutting file-transfer times from 15 minutes to 4 minutes during batch release.
- Deployed SolarWinds and Splunk dashboards to monitor 180 network nodes and produce real-time insights for OT engineers.
- Implemented VLAN segmentation on Cisco Catalyst switches to separate production and lab networks.
- Provided on-call support for wireless networks, resolving roaming issues on Cisco APs used in barcode scanning.
- Documented root-cause analyses for security incidents and coordinated patching with manufacturing IT teams.
Education
University of Central Missouri
Master of Science in Computer Science • Warrensburg, MO • Aug 2023 – May 2025
Certifications
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) — Cisco
CompTIA Security+ — CompTIA
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services
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