Rakesh S.

▪ Spearheading global data center deployments for production and DR including proximity colocation designs. ▪ Architecting secure, global network infrastructure design with Cisco Nexus Switches, Palo Alto firewalls, and Aruba switches. ▪ Developed scalable routing designs (BGP/OSPF) and multicast implementations tailored for high-throughput applications. ▪ Documented network topologies and created LLDs and HLDs for security and connectivity. ▪ Built and monitored VPN tunnels and strict firewall policies to support financial-grade compliance. ▪ Leading a team of experienced engineers to design, implement, and optimize data center solutions for production and disaster recovery (DR) environments. ▪ Proven track record in architecting, deploying, and managing enterprise-level IT infrastructures utilizing Cisco and Aruba networking equipment, VMware virtualization, SIEM, firewalls (Check Point & Palo Alto) to cover network security and threat mitigation and comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategies. ▪ Develop low level design document (LLD) and High-level design (HLD) to capture technical design architecture of network and security devices that covers multi-site design with global and local connectivity across different continents to deliver a secure, fully scalable solution to the Bank. ▪ Strong background in team leadership, cross-functional collaboration, vendor management and driving business continuity.