Paritosh Goel

About Paritosh Goel

Senior Data Center & Network Engineering Leader | 9+ Years | Large-Scale Production Infrastructure I design, build, and automate large-scale data center networks trusted by enterprises and service providers across India — and I do it fast, reliably, and with end-to-end ownership. Currently leading Bharti Airtel\'s national DC network strategy as Senior Manager — DC Engineering, driving a full-stack modernization from Arista CVaaS to Cisco ACI Multi-Pod/Multi-Site spine-leaf fabrics with VXLAN/EVPN overlays, BGP/ISIS routing policies, and real-time gNMI telemetry pipelines feeding Grafana observability dashboards. Previously at Oracle India, I spent 4+ years as a Senior Network Development Engineer — architecting ACI fabrics, automating tenant provisioning via APIC REST API + Python SDK + Ansible, deploying hybrid cloud landing zones (GCP/AWS/OCI), and building a Python+Ansible NetDevOps platform that cut ticket-to-deploy from 3 days to 4 hours. What I bring to the table: • Expert-level: BGP, ISIS, MPLS, Segment Routing, EVPN, VXLAN, QoS, Traffic Engineering • Cisco ACI: Multi-Pod, Multi-Site, APIC REST API, Python SDK, Ansible ACI Collections • Automation/DevOps: Python, Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs, Git, CI/CD • Telemetry: gNMI Streaming, NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow → Grafana / Elastic • Cloud: AWS, GCP, OCI — hybrid DC-to-cloud connectivity & BGP peering • Leadership: 15+ engineer teams, ITIL change governance, program management Certifications: Oracle AI Foundations Associate | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate | Pursuing CCIE Data Center If you\'re looking for a DC network leader who can own production at scale, automate ruthlessly, and mentor teams — let\'s connect. p••••••••@gmail.com |+91••••••••16

Experience

1. Sr Manager Engineering

   airtel

   Oct 2025 — Present · IN

   Leading national DC network strategy and end-to-end production ownership of large-scale spine-leaf fabric environments across Airtel\'s data center infrastructure.• Driving Cisco ACI Multi-Pod/Multi-Site rollout across 5+ national DC sites — VXLAN/EVPN overlays, BGP routing policy, QoS, and L2/L3 segmentation at carrier scale.• Automated day-2 ACI operations using Ansible ACI collections and Python APIC REST scripts — tenant lifecycle, EPG/BD/VRF provisioning.• Implemented Arista Cvaas for intent-based policy design, automated compliance validation, and closed-loop remediation.• Lead a 15+ engineer team with full ownership of SLA targets, ITIL change governance, incident escalations, and operational runbooks.• Established structured cabling standards, high-density fiber/copper topology design, and DC build governance.

Education

• Bharat Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Project Management
• Research
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Customer Service
• Management
• Microsoft Office