Saud Ikram
Senior Network Engineer | Check Point Firewall Specialist | Data Center & Cloud Infrastructure Specialist | Cisco Nexus, Juniper, ACI, AWS | SDN | VMware | OpenShift | Network Automation (Python, Ansible)
- Role
- Senior Network Engineer Check Point Firewall Specialist at 高盛
- Location
- Dallas, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Saud Ikram
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Experience
Senior Network Engineer Check Point Firewall Specialist
Jun 2023 — Present · Dallas, TX, US
Created and executed comprehensive migration runbooks detailing each step of configuration, cabling, rollback planning, and validation procedures to ensure seamless network transitions.• Developed custom Python and Ansible scripts to automate device onboarding, configuration generation, and post-migration validation checks, reducing deployment time by over 40%.• Configured and troubleshot Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN), Ethernet VPN (EVPN), and MPLS technologies to support multi-site connectivity and scalable data center interconnects.• Designed and implemented L3VPN configurations to support segmentation and isolation of services across production environments, enabling high availability and compliance alignment.• Applied advanced BGP routing strategies, including route filtering, redistribution, and policy-based route mapping to manage traffic flows across internal and edge routers.• Tuned OSPF across core and distribution layers for faster convergence and stability in dynamic routing scenarios, reducing failover times in high-impact environments.• Conducted IPv4 and IPv6 address planning and subnetting for multiple network domains, optimizing address space utilization while ensuring scalable growth.• Managed EtherChannel, LACP, and VPC configurations to ensure link redundancy and high availability between leaf and spine switches within data center fabrics.• Designed and provisioned VLANs, trunk interfaces, and STP enhancements (MST, RPVST+) across multi-tier switch environments to reduce loop occurrences and convergence delays.• Played a central role in live migration windows, collaborating with server, storage, and application teams to coordinate pre-change readiness, cutover actions, and post-checks.• Participated in after-hours and weekend on-call rotations to provide support during critical migrations and outages, ensuring business continuity and SLA adherence.
Education
JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Engineering
2015
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