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Amit Sharma
7 assignments
Fixnetix Limited
Low Latency Network Engineer
Feltham, England, United Kingdom
Contract work only
Remote work
1 weeks notice
Low Latency Network Engineer
Fixnetix Limited (via Hubbado Limited): IT Networks
Financial Services company & Banks
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Feb 2017 - Present, Moorgate,London

About the role

Design, configure, and maintain network services, equipment and devices including Nexus 7K, 5K, 3K, Catalyst 65xx [E], 55xx, 4xxx, 37xx, 35xx, 29xx, 26xx, 25xx & 17xx, Arista 7000 Family, F5 and Corvil.
• Setup of network infrastructure with clients to ensure that the systems are tailored and comply with their requirements and needs.
• Troubleshooting issues on the low latency / high frequency trading network infrastructure and associated connectivity.
• Monitoring the network to improve performance and functionality.
• Network connectivity troubleshooting on both the LAN and WAN environment.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Service Delivery Managers, Market Data & Trading Engineers to deliver customer solutions and designs.
• Designing and implementing highly available, resilient and scalable networks.
• Configuring BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, Multicast PIM/IGMP, HSRP, vPC, VPN, ACL.
• Experience with co-located data centre environments.
• Knowledge of Market Data applications/protocols.
• Decommissioning legacy equipment, services and configurations.
• Strategic analysis of the infrastructure lifecycle.
• Creating high level and low level design documentation.

 

Skills
Business Activities
  • RFI
Environments
  • Content Delivery
  • Data Networks
  • Financial Exchange
  • Low Latency / High Frequency Trading
  • Trading Floor & Platforms
  • WAN (Global)
IT Infrastructure Expertise
  • IT Monitoring Tools & Management
IT Infrastructure Technologies & Protocols
  • BGP
  • EIGRP
  • FabricPath
  • Multicast (PIM)
  • Traffic Engineering
  • VPC
IT Network Expertise
  • Change Approval
  • Configuration Approval
  • Network Deployment
  • Network Implementation
  • Network Support
  • Packet Analysis
  • Proof of Concept
Testing
  • Network Testing
IT Network Engineer
Ladbrokes: IT Networks
Sports company
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Mar 2015 - Feb 2017

About the role

This role has no description

Skills
Environments
  • Data Centre
  • Data Networks
  • Network Security
  • Voice / Telephony
  • WAN (Continental)
IT Infrastructure Expertise
  • IT Monitoring Tools & Management
IT Infrastructure Products
  • Aruba
  • Check Point
  • Cisco
  • Cisco ASA
  • Cisco Nexus 9000 Series
  • F5
  • Fortinet
  • Infoblox
IT Infrastructure Technologies & Protocols
  • BGP
  • DMVPN
  • Firewall Policies
  • OSPF
  • Server Load Balancing
  • Spanning-Tree (STP, RSTP)
IT Network Expertise
  • Network Deployment
  • Network Implementation
  • Network Support
  • Proof of Concept
  • Roadmap
Network Infrastructure Engineer
IP Global Services: IT Networks
IT company
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Jan 2014 - Mar 2015

About the role

• Working in accordance with Change Management and making new policies to improve the process.
• Working as Network engineer responsible for implementation of secure networks.
• Network cabling, both copper and fibre media, to racks & patch panels.

• Racking, cable management and power management
• Responsible for Installation/Configuration of Cisco Switch/ Routers /Juniper SSG550 and there management.
• Managing, troubleshooting on LAN and WAN network in IRP and ERP i.e. OSPF/BGP, Static, Floating routing GRE/IPsec Tunnels, PBR, route redistributions, backup links, load sharing and Quality of service.
• Good exposure to VPN (Site-to-site, Remote-VPN & Easy VPN Setup) configurations & troubleshooting.
• Experience in working in multi-vendor, multi technology environment.
• Implementing Quality Of Service across all facilities
• Administering monitoring tools like MRTG, WhatsUP Gold, Device Expert, Firewall Analyzer & Netflow.
• Responsible for preparation of MIS reports - Network Outage/ Lease Links / IPLC / Internet Bandwidth Utilization/ Calls Analysis / Resource Utilization.
• Responsible for giving Process /Network specific training to new joinees in the team.

Skills
Environments
  • Campus LAN (Small)
  • Data Networks
  • WAN (Nationwide)
IT Infrastructure Products
  • Cisco
  • Juniper Networks
  • Juniper Networks SSG
  • WhatsUpGold
IT Infrastructure Technologies & Protocols
  • BGP
  • Firewall Policies
  • GRE
  • IPSec
  • OSPF
  • QoS
IT Network Expertise
  • Network Implementation
Junior Network Infrastructure Engineer
London Metropolitian University: IT Networks
Education company
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Apr 2012 - Dec 2013, London, UK

About the role
Installing, configuring and administering of Cisco infrastructures equipment- switches and routers etc.
• Troubleshooting networking connectivity issues ping tracert telnet
• Providing second line support, assisted users facing network and desktop problems 
• Configuring Layer 2, Vlans, Trunks, VTP, and Spanning-tree. 
• Monitoring performance of network and Configuring Layer 3 interfaces for multiple vlans
• Troubleshooting and configuring of networking equipment across multiple sites 
• Using in-house call logging software to ensure a detailed and precise record of all events is maintained .
• Active Directory users and groups management 
• Procurement and commissioning of the leased lines 
VPN - MRAS - LAN - WAN, Secure ID, various Mainframe applications, UNIX Utilizing - Service Center, Lotus Notes, Novell Netware, Active Directory, Exchange Admin, Encryption hard disk, Remote Connect , ThinDesk, Sametime applications
Skills
Environments
  • Campus LAN (Small)
  • Data Networks
  • WAN (Nationwide)
IT Infrastructure Products
  • Cisco
IT Infrastructure Technologies & Protocols
  • L2TP
  • L3 VPN
  • Spanning-Tree (STP, RSTP)
IT Network Expertise
  • Network Implementation
  • Network Support
IT Helpdesk Support Engineer
Secretsales.com Ltd: IT Networks
Retail company
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Jun 2010 - Mar 2012, London, UK

About the role
•1st and 2nd line support - troubleshooting of IT related problems from in-house software to hardware, such as Laptops, PCs and Printers. 
• Proven skills in Windows 7 and XP, Microsoft Office 2007/2010 and Antivirus software(Sophos) 
• Hands-on experience in hardware repairs such as video cards and hard drives in addition to a number of software programs 
• Maintained Help Desk specific applications and assisted in refining procedures 
• Prepared new computers and upgraded existing ones on both hardware and software sides. 
• Installation of software as needed also troubleshooting with Ms Lync 2010 and 2013 
• Responded and handled client raised tickets using the ticket support system from BMC Service Desk Express and JIRA.
Skills
Environments
  • Data Networks
IT Infrastructure Products
  • Microsoft
  • Microsoft Lync 2013
IT Network Expertise
  • Network Implementation
  • Network Support