Rajat Chaudhari

About Rajat Chaudhari

Network Engineer with 2.6 years of experience working with enterprise technologies…

Experience

1. Technical Consulting Engineer

   Cisco

   Sep 2024 — Present · Pune, IN

   Diagnose and resolve network issues across Cisco enterprise routing, switching, SD-WAN, andwireless platforms, ensuring high availability and service continuity for global customers.• Troubleshoot critical system resource including high memory usage, CPU saturation, memoryfragmentation, platform crashes, network connectivity affecting device stability and performance.• Manage unexpected device reboots, core dumps, configuration corruption, and rollback scenarios,minimizing downtime and data loss.• Address platform-specific performance degradation and process failures, including memory leaks includes Catalyst switches and 9800 wireless controllers.• Perform deep-dive debugging using crash info, core dump analysis, trace logs, process memorydumps, and detailed CLI debugs for root cause isolation.• Resolve complex Smart Licensing issues including entitlement verification, license reservation conflicts, activation failures, and compliance auditing across all IOS-XE license tiers.• Lead software lifecycle management activities including upgrade/downgrade planning, imagecompatibility validation, feature enablement, and rollback strategy development to minimize serviceimpact.• Reproduce and simulate customer network scenarios in lab environments to validate software bugs, verify fixes, and assess configuration impact under controlled conditions.• Drive high-priority technical escalations, collaborating closely with Cisco Engineering andBusiness Units to accelerate defect resolution, patch releases, and workaround development.• Prepare detailed Root Cause Analysis reports, technical advisories, mitigation recommendations to support customer transparency and long-term network stability.• Develop and maintain internal and customer-facing documentation including troubleshootingguide, knowledge base articles and best practice documents.• Maintain upto date expertise including Cisco certifications, TAC knowledge transfers and multi-domain technical training.

Education

• Priyadarshini College Of Engeenearing Nagpur

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

  2019 — 2022