Avinash Gujje

• Spearheaded the ICT strategy for Warwickshire Government Council comprising of head
quarter data centers, schools, libraries, Fire Station and corporate offices.
• Led emphasizing a cloud-first approach and designed future state architecture strategy.
• Led strategic IT decisions, including the design of new IT solutions using TOGAF principles.
• Directed integration of MS Dynamics, Power Platform and MS Azure Cloud.
• Designed resilient data center architecture, and planning for SASE and SD-WAN.
• Established a centralized security system and established risk management strategies,
governance and compliance to strengthen overall council’s IT cybersecurity posture.

• Designed Network and Security Architectures for Data Centres and Enterprise Networks LAN, WAN and Wireless
• Provided solutions to ISP, SME, Government, Banking and Education organisations across the EMEA and APAC region
• Delivered Fabric Network architecture for Internet Data Centres consisting of 1000+ Racks and 20K+ Compute
• Built IT Security infrastructure solutions using NGFW, ZTNA, SASE, NAC, SIEM and SOC
• Delivered SDN architecture including SD-WAN, SASE, Cisco ACI and SD-Access
• Responsible to prepare HLD, LLD, Visio Designs, Client Presentations and BOM Quotations in Cisco CCW and Iris
• Conceptualised Software Design Network architecture and Security Fabric Architecture for multiple customers
• Led Product Manager role for Network and Security Devices and Standardized architecture design for product
• Modified Security infrastructure design to reduce complaints by 70%
• Planned various critical migration projects of MPLS, WAN, SD-WAN, Firewalls and IPv6
• Designed and Deployed SD-WAN solutions, cut costs by 30% on Dedicated MPLS links
• Product Portfolio - Cisco Nexus, ACI, Firepower, Meraki, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba
• Awarded Employee of the Year in 2021 for being a Fast Lerner and Customer Focused.

• Built Data Center network and security architecture for Ericsson and Mediakind Video OTT Project
• Designed and Implemented DC Fabric Network for the OTT Video Platform using Cisco Nexus and Security Infra using Cisco Firepower and FortiGate
• Designed LAN, WAN, and WLAN Architectures across multiple HQ and branch locations
• Modified existing WAN to SD-WAN infrastructure to reduce the cost by 30%
• Conceptualized IP Management and Asset Management for 2 HQ and 10+ Branch Sites
• Managed a team of 3 IT engineers to deploy the data centre and enterprise network and security infra
• Led Multivendor VPN connectivity projects for OTT Streaming testing
• Recognized for various modifications to the existing network and security design
• Received a promotion within six months of joining.

• Built Network and Security Infrastructure for Reliance Jio Greenfield Internet Data Centres in 3 locations and 4 Data Centers
• Reliance Jio is the first 4G network project in India with a customer base of 391 Million
• Designed and Implemented DC L3 and L2 Spine- Leaf Fabric Network using the Cisco Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K, 3K, and 2K Fex
• Delivered DC Perimeter and Trust Security Architecture using Cisco Firepower and FortiGate
• Designed traffic load balancing using Citrix VPX, MPX, and F5 Big-IP
• Managed the Passive Infrastructure design, Server hall planning, and structure cabling for DC having a capacity of 12 Server Halls and 1440+ Racks
• Implementation of Compliance for ISO 20000, 27001, and TIA Rated-3 Certifications
• Prepare HLD, LLD and Customer Presentations
• Drove multiple implementations in the data centre for Production, Non-Production, Banking, Private Cloud, IoT, and OSS BSS projects
• Product Portfolio - Cisco Nexus, Citrix, F5, Cisco Firepower, Cisco Catalyst

• Design and Implementation of Enterprise Network Infrastructure
• Configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting of entire IP Network
• Implementation of LAN, WAN, WLAN, Campus Networks
• Network Monitoring
• Used PRTG and Solarwinds Tools
• Centralise monitoring and handling of Network Devices
• Incident and Change Management
• Used Servicenow, and Jira tools.

• Install, configure and maintain the LAN, and WLAN
• Maintain back-up, restore, and upgrade of Router and Switch IOS
• Configure Cisco and HP switches and routers
• Troubleshoot LAN and Wireless Issues
• Network monitoring
• Provided LAN services on client-side locations.