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Mihir Mehta

San Jose

Summary

Senior Network Architect Engineer with expertise in designing high-performance, scalable networks. Proven success in developing automation frameworks, enhancing operational efficiency, and troubleshooting complex systems.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Network Architect Engineer for GPU Cloud

Nvidia
Santa Clara
02.2020 - Current
  • Designing the network backbone for NVIDIA’s H100, A100, GB200, and B200 platforms.
  • I architect solutions to handle both north-south and east-west traffic efficiently, ensuring high performance and scalability.
  • In addition, I led the development of a greenfield network automation framework that automatically generates switch configurations and integrates telemetry data, significantly improving deployment speed, consistency, and operational visibility.

Senior Network Engineer

Disney Streaming Media
San Francisco
03.2018 - 02.2020
  • Built/Deploy standards configuration thru out the data center using Ansible template.
  • Managing/troubleshooting multi-pods environment for multicast, ISP issues, re-routing traffic in/outbound.
  • Implemented spine-leaf networks in multi-VRF environments utilizing BGP as the routing protocol and vxLAN for extending Layer-2 networks.
  • Built tooling for the operations to automate IP allocation via excel into IPAM.
  • Built/deploy baseline configuration using Ansible roles.
  • Built monitoring system using cisco Telemetry, ELK, Docker container to fetch live switch ports throughput, instead of using SNMP trap.
  • Built Slackbot for the operation and for auto-remediation, reduced operation time to 30%.
  • Cutover old ISP circuit to new 100GB.
  • Built scripts to parse multicast output using textFSM for daily operation usages.
  • After launch of ESPN+, help troubleshooting issue with broadcast folks.

Senior Network Automation Engineer for DC

SAP (ARIBA) – Contract
Palo Alto
11.2017 - 03.2018
  • Design and Implemented Monitoring solution FortiSemi (Accelops).
  • Built centralized authentication servers thru out the DC (8 USA, 4 UEA, 2 China).
  • Built Ansible template to deploy configured on Cisco Cloud solution APIC for the DC.

Senior Network Automation Engineer for IPTV

Verizon
Santa Clara
02.2014 - 01.2017
  • Play a lead role in designing solutions for video and data networking environment to meet business requirements.
  • Configured/Automate 500+ Dell S4048/S6000 bare metal network switches with Cumulus open platform for data center using Ansible and Python.
  • Built tools for Operation Center to run the job based on the event, in automation fashion.
  • Designing/Implementing 'Routing on Host', Quagga/bgp routing.
  • Configured VLAN's, HSRP, VRRP, LACP on the Cisco 6500 and Nexus 7010/9K (NXOS).
  • Document network problems and changes working in diverse management environments.
  • Building Automation tools for Nexus9K, 3K and Juniper QFX5100 using netconf, pyez, and Ansible module.
  • Network management via SNMP/XML/Netconf, Configure Routers, Switches and various routing protocols such as BGP and EIGRP.
  • Configure/Troubleshoots for CLAG/MLAG, LACP/L2 ECMP, VLAN's, VTP, Trunked, Encapsulation, Inter-VLAN routing, redistribution and authentication issues.
  • Implementation and troubleshooting VRRP, interface-tracking and load-balancing.
  • Implementation of secure switched environment, which includes enabling port security and configuration of ACL's among others.
  • Provide Tier-3 troubleshoot support on all managed devices and supported technologies such as multicast (PIM-SM, IGMP, PIM-SPARSE).
  • Perform complex system and device level problem analysis and problem solving, including modeling and reproducing production problems in a lab.
  • Document network problems and changes working in diverse management environments.

Senior Network Engineer/System Administrator @ Intel Media

Intel Corporation
Santa Clara
09.2012 - 02.2014
  • Create project scopes and award project work to vendors.
  • Design network architectures for data centers and office areas.
  • Conduct site surveys and design LAN networks for high use office areas.
  • Asset management of all data center networking equipment.
  • Use of monitoring tools such as Splunk, Spectrum, and ServiceNow Event Management to monitoring overall.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with customers and partner organizations.
  • Lead team to resource projects, meet deliverables, create customer solutions, and resolve escalations.
  • Maintain, monitor, and sustain network connectivity for data centers with 20K+ servers.
  • Set-top box architecture, testing environments, IP infrastructure, streaming.
  • Experienced with IPTV protocols and overall knowledge about network protocols.
  • In knowledge of TCP/IP protocols and technology in a video environment Expertise with IP protocols: Multicast, HTTPs, SNMP, DNS, DHCP.

Security System Engineer

Union Bank
Monterey Park
08.2012 - 08.2012
  • Project base consulting – SSB Banking group Project: Migration Security IP Appliance such as Firewall and IPS/IDS system convert over to current environment in the Union Bank.
  • Firewall devices migration from Juniper SRX to Checkpoint R75.40 Gaia platform.
  • All the security policy, NAT rules, VPN tunnel and objects re-create them into Checkpoint environment.

Security System Engineer

BT America Inc
El Segundo
01.2011 - 07.2012
  • Supporting in live service Security and Network solutions.
  • Maintain/Implement/Troubleshoot on Bluecoat SG Series, Websense, Proxy SG, Nokia/Juniper Firewall.
  • Troubleshoot customer problems within Security and network domain.
  • Troubleshoot traffic passing through our managed firewalls and connectivity issues through our firewalls.
  • Also taken upon a Incident Management responsibilities will include troubleshooting security device issues, documenting troubleshooting steps, providing status updates to customer.
  • Create and present reporting information, updating process documents and other duties as required.
  • Implement/Troubleshooting using Checkpoint Provider-1, Checkpoint SmartProvisiong, SmartUpdate.
  • Monitoring system (Nagios, CentOS, Splunk). Performed Security Audits.
  • Identify from the Load-Balancer (switch) which proxies or firewall is being used when working with customers.
  • Checking MPLS tunnel within the manage BT core router, whether their have been any drops or not.
  • Utilize packet capture tools to aid in analysis of network and firewall issues.
  • Analysis e.g. root cause, repeat faults, trends to identify opportunities for improvement and initiate investigation and/or corrective action, where appropriate.
  • Review, advise and implement firewall changes in line with BT & Customer security policies and change control processes.

Level 3 Support: Network/Broadcast Engineer

GlobeCast America
Culver City
01.2006 - 01.2011
  • Configuration/Install Encryption: Nagra2, Irdeto System for the STB.
  • Designing/Installing/Troubleshooting H.264 for IPTV / Deployed EPG data with the current STB system.
  • Deployed Automation script to built small amount of physical server to production environment to manage encryption application.
  • Also worked on VMare vSphere and building virtual computers.
  • Using Packet Trap and OpUtils to monitoring the network such as traps, ports, and also other security.
  • Setting up Quality Assurance Test Lab, Testing Audio/Video technology and also DOD system (software and hardware) to verify stability before it goes on-air.
  • Perform White / Black box testing.
  • Implemented SNMP on Devices to allow for network management & traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-list, Distribute-list, and Route maps.
  • Tandberg SkyStream Device: SMR-26, Implement/Troubleshoot Encryption Problem: Nagra and VIAccess.
  • Providing Quality Assurance for devices before put it online and contently checking for errors and future implementation to improve the devices.
  • Configuring/Troubleshoot devices such as Source Media Router, Mediaplex for multiplexing the signal coming in different source: ATM, T1, ASI, and Fiber.
  • LAN/WAN connectivity issues, routers and switches using various network management tools such as Intermapper, Vistalink Pro (Broadcast traffic), MVP(Maestro).

Education

Masters - Information Technology: Concentration in Network Security

American Intercontinental university
Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems, Business Administration

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY
Arcata, CA

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Senior Network Architect Engineer for GPU Cloud

Nvidia
02.2020 - Current

Senior Network Engineer

Disney Streaming Media
03.2018 - 02.2020

Senior Network Automation Engineer for DC

SAP (ARIBA) – Contract
11.2017 - 03.2018

Senior Network Automation Engineer for IPTV

Verizon
02.2014 - 01.2017

Senior Network Engineer/System Administrator @ Intel Media

Intel Corporation
09.2012 - 02.2014

Security System Engineer

Union Bank
08.2012 - 08.2012

Security System Engineer

BT America Inc
01.2011 - 07.2012

Level 3 Support: Network/Broadcast Engineer

GlobeCast America
01.2006 - 01.2011

Masters - Information Technology: Concentration in Network Security

American Intercontinental university

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems, Business Administration

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

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