Aniket Puranik

About Aniket Puranik

I am passionate about making networks highly secure, scalable, and efficient, and I have a keen interest in automation and innovation. As a Cloud Network Engineer and previously Network Engineer at Box, I am responsible for designing, deploying, and operating the network infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipeline. I have over 9 years of experience in network engineering, automation, and optimization, working with enterprise-scale distributed data centers, pops, and public cloud networks.I have successfully deployed hybrid connectivity solutions between on-premise and GCP environments, implemented zero trust security models, and supported the migration of services to the cloud on aggressive timelines. I have also collaborated with Google PSOs and network architects, as well as TPMs and service owners, to ensure the best customer experience and network reliability. I have hands-on experience with deploying data centers leveraging various network vendors and technologies, such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Cumulus, Palo Alto Networks, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, VxLAN, IPSec, MACSec, and DDoS mitigation. I am also well versed with Python, Terraform, Ansible, Linux, and Windows systems administration.

Experience

1. Senior Nerwork Engineer - Backbone and Cloud

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   Jan 2026 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (M.S.), Networking and System administration

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Java
• Matlab
• C++
• Windows System Administration
• Networking
• Troubleshooting
• C
• Opnet
• Wireshark
• Bash
• Cisco Ios
• Amazon Ec2
• Cisco Technologies
• Network Security
• Linux System Administration
• Perl
• Embedded Systems
• Sql
• Html