Ravikant P Sabale
Sr. Network And Information Security Consultant
Dubai
Summary
20+ years of extensive experience in the field of Hardware, Network, Security, VOIP, NAC solutions. Routing and Switching, Firewalls, Server Administration and datacentre infrastructure planning and project management.
Focused Senior Project Engineer with success in creating designs and engineering plans to establish project specifications. Detail-oriented in assessing project objectives to determine the correct direction for project planning and implementation.
Results-oriented Senior Project Engineer with 20+ years of experience designing and implementing Network and Security projects. Successful in determining project scope, creating project parameters. Proficient communicator in working with teammates to solve problems that arise during implementation.
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Sr. Project Engineer & Consultant (Network and Information Security)
Alpha Data LLC
Dubai
05.2022 - Current
- Managing the Team of Network and Security Engineers & Technicians.
- Assigning Tasks to team members according to requirement of projects and support.
- Providing support to team members for any L2 &L3 escalations
- Working as project management Technical lead on deployment of large and complex network projects
- Configuring networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operations
- Network Architect & Solution Architect: Planning, Design, deploy and test an End-to-end Networking architecture and infrastructure solutions
- Establishing networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting and enforcing system standards
- Design wireless solutions in campus network, site survey and preparing heat map by using WLAN Planner and Ekahau tool.
- Design NAC solutions in Campus wired and wireless networks.
- Project Core Technical Team lead: Playing main role of implementation consultant and engineer since start of the project till handover and sign-off
- Designing & Implementing and providing level 2and 3 support in above mentioned various technologies
- Technical Support Lead & Projects implementation Engineer: After handover providing onsite technical support to customers and Function as a Sr
- Technical expert for resolution of data, wireless and security technical issues in various principle environments like Aruba , HP, Dell, Cisco , Huawei, Fortigate etc.
- Preparing Project technical implementation documentations related to each component and handing over to customer for sign off.
- Client facing for cross-functional influence, external and internal consulting/ partnering.
- Provide Architectural assessments and solutions for RFP’s, new business and client specific network & security business requirements
- Day to day visits to different customer places for Level 2 & 3 support and project implementations and ensuring customer network up and running.
- Multitasking, Team leadership, provide technical guidance, troubleshooting skills, able to work more than regular hrs.
- Per week on occasions, sometimes planned and unplanned activities in weekends
- Responsible for understanding the business requirement in event of a disaster recovery and business continuity and preparing solution by considering all aspects
- Monitor and test network performance of customer networks and provide network performance statistics and reports to customer in monthly basis
- Doing health checkup of customer networks in monthly/quarterly basis and submitting reports after analysis.
- Providing network infra upgradation plans to customer.
- Perform network, security audits and Vulnerability scanning & compliance configurations in the customer networks.
- Completed almost 10 + large , medium and small business network & Security implementation projects in 1 year in UAE within the specified timeline and handed over successfully.
- Providing training to IT technical teams of various UAE ministries, cooperates and industries after project completion.
- Performing UAT tests after completion of projects before handover.
- Handling major Govt Ministries and Corporate Organizations accounts by supporting them 24x7x365 days
- Supporting organization for getting new business opportunities in Govt Ministries and Corporate Organizations of UAE.
- Adhered to timelines to meet quality assurance targets.
- Preparing scope of work and requirements to assist with project design determinations.
- Planning and implementing large-scale Network & security engineering changes to achieve team objectives.
- Participating in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Proving successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Completing paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
- Delivering services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
- Providing professional services and support in a dynamic work environment.
- Exercising leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
- Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures.
- Performing risk analyses to identify appropriate security countermeasures.
Assistant Manager (Network and Security Cosultant)
Bahwan IT LLC
Muscat
01.2015 - 05.2022
- I was managing the Team of Sr Network and Security Engineers as team lead.
- Assigned the Tasks to team members according to the requirement and customer demand.
- Provided supports to team members for any escalations
- Worked as project management Technical lead on the deployment of large and complex network projects
- Upgraded and expanded network systems and components.
- Analyzed data traces using protocol analyzers to identify anomalies and find solutions.
- Tested and evaluated various network monitoring softwares to improve performance and usability.
- Implemented and maintained firewalls, All series switches and security appliances.
- Kept up-to-date on new developments in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding and encryption.
- Configured networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operations
- Network Architect & Solution Architect: Planning, Design, deploy and test an End-to-end Networking architecture and infrastructure solutions
- Establishing the networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting and enforcing system standards
- Design wireless solutions in campus network, site survey and prepared heat map by using WLAN Planner and Ekahau tool.
- Design NAC solutions in Campus Networks
- Project Core Technical Team lead: Playing main role of implementation consultant and engineer since start of the project till handover and sign-off
- Designing & Implementing and providing level 2and 3 support in above mentioned various technologies
- Technical Support Lead: After handover providing onsite technical support to customers and Function as a Sr
- Technical expert for resolution of data, wireless and security technical issues
- Preparing technical implementation documentations related to each component and providing to customers after project implementations
- Client facing for cross-functional influence, external and internal consulting/ partnering
- Provide Architectural assessments and solutions for RFP’s, new business and client specific network & security business requirements
- Day to day visits to different customer places for Level 2 & 3 support and implementations and ensuring customer network up and running
- Multitasking, Team leadership, provide technical guidance, troubleshooting skills, able to work more than regular hrs
- Per week on occasions, sometimes planned and unplanned activities in weekends
- Responsible for understanding the business requirement in the event of a disaster recovery and business continuity and preparing the solution by considering all aspects
- Monitor and test network performance of customer networks and provide network performance statistics and reports to customer in monthly basis
- Doing health checkup of customer networks in monthly/quarterly basis and submitting the report after analysis
- Providing network infra upgradation plans to customer
- Perform network, security audits and Vulnerability scanning of the customer networks
- Completed almost 45 + large, medium and small business network & Security implementation projects in 7 years within the specified timeline and handed over successfully
- Providing training to IT technical teams of various Oman ministries, corporates and industries after project completion
- Performing UAT tests after completion of projects before handover
- Handling major Govt
- Ministries and Corporate Organizations accounts by supporting them 24x7x365 days
- Supporting organization for getting new business opportunities in Govt
- Ministries and Corporate Organizations of Oman.
- Troubleshot and maintained networking devices and infrastructure across enterprise.
- Communicated with vendors to resolve network outages and periods of reduced performance.
- Administered and prepared programs for IP addresses, developed network resources and trained support personnel to provide Tier I support to end users.
- Configured and installed wireless controllers, routers and switches.
- Upgraded network software and hardware for optimized performance.
- Monitored system logs for all company computers and devices to maximize uptime.
- Reviewed logs for all networking devices for unresolved abnormalities and problems.
- Designed and implemented networks in collaboration with project engineers.
- Within a span of 7 years implemented almost 45+ enterprise , medium ans small business campus wired and wireless network projects.
- Developed loyal and highly satisfied customer base through proactive management of team customer service strategies.
- Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs, and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
- Made hiring recommendations to increase company's productivity and profitability with quality workers.
- Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
- Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.
- Generated repeat business through exceptional customer service and responded to customer concerns with friendly and knowledgeable service.
- Created employee schedules to align coverage with forecasted demands.
- Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
- Monitored security to protect employees, customers and property.
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
- Trained personnel in equipment maintenance and enforced participation in exercises focused on developing key skills.
Assistant Manager (Sr. System & Network Admin)
SND Ltd.
04.2011 - 01.2015
- Worked as a IT Infra lead and datacenter operations lead with SND LTD, Essel group company
- Established datacenter in Cisco network environment and HP server and storage.
- Datacenter network Setup implementation & Operations: Implemented the redundant IT DMZ network of Cisco Routers, Cisco 4500 series multilayer Switches, Cisco ASA 5540 Firewalls, ACS 1121, Array Load Balancer, HP180G6 & 380G7 Servers, IBM Servers etc
- IT Infra Project Management: Done setup of all the IT & Network infrastructure (LAN and WAN) of 12 commercial offices and 30 power distribution centers
- Call Center Setup and Daily Operations: Done setup of 30 seats Call Center for Power DF project in the month of May 2011 with aspect dialer application servers with windows 2003 and Linux 9 environment IT Team Lead: Managed team of system and network engineers for Datacenter operations, infra support, Desktop Hardware, system and network support services to all 30 company locations, Network administration, system administration
- Managed 30+ power substations and power distribution centers network connectivity for applications
- Performed Helpdesk Management, Asset Management, Mail management, Database Backup Management, Storage Management, Application Management, Server administration.
- Server Administration: Managed the Datacenter of 20+ application and database Servers (Active directory, DHCP, Oracle & SQL Database of Nagpur Electricity Consumers, Customer relationship Management Applications, Symantec Endpoint protection 12.0 antivirus Server, File/ftp Server, Biometric attendance System Database Server, Lan Management System Server, Internet Security and Acceleration 2006 as Proxy, and Call Center Dialer, Database servers (Aspect) etc
- MS Exchange Server 2010 mail Server Setup, Administration & Management IT System and Network Administration User administration IT infra planning and design, project management, new infra setup
- IT purchase, IT budget planning, RFP and BOM preparation for projects and vendor management
- Managed and setup priorities for the design, maintenance, development, and evaluation of all infrastructure systems, include LANs, WANs, Internet, intranet, security, wireless implementations, and so on
- Managed and was making sure all infrastructure services are available to use and work
- Managed all infrastructure servers, network devices and phone system to work
- Conducted feasibility studies for various upgrade projects, improvements, and other conversions
- Defined hardware and software standards requirement for Projects Team.
Sr. System and Network Admin
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd. (Tata Docomo)
02.2007 - 04.2011
- Monitored operational and security procedures for numerous computers in network, related systems administration and maintenance protocols.
- Evaluated security measures and made recommendations to network administrator for upgrades and changes.
- Implemented corrective plans of action for network availability and latency.
- Maintained network performance by performing network monitoring, analysis, and performance tuning.
- Upgraded network by conferring with vendors and developed, tested, evaluated, and installed enhancements.
- Established network specifications and analyzed workflow, access, information and security requirements.
- Troubleshot network problems and escalated problems to vendor.
- Maintained network hardware and software and monitored network to support network availability to end users.
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance, and support.
- Identified and immediately resolved issues with network devices.
- Assisted IT staff on troubleshooting issues and closing calls.
- Verified continuity of computer and telephone system services for users..
- Managed computer operation scheduling, backup, storage and retrieval functions.
- Implemented network security measures to minimize data loss.
- Installed, configured and supported local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) and Internet system.
- Maintained applications to keep software current with necessary software updates and upgrades.
- Established and maintained WAN connectivity of 25+ new customer support offices during the service tenure of 7+ years.
- Managed TTML Nagpur cluster of 5 districts of Vidarbha for IT network support and administration.
Sr. Resident Engineer
Wipro InfoTech
01.2004 - 01.2007
- Comprehensive Hardware Support for the 350+ desktop (office & automation) PCs, 7 Servers (Win2k server, Linux), 92DMP, Laser & deskjet printers and 17 Fibre optic Layer 2 and layer 3 Network Switches
- Administration task on Cisco Network Switches: Our team was responsible for Network setup and maintenance of Entire Factory
- Administration Task on LINUX Proxy (Squid) Server: Administration Task on LINUX mail (Net core 3.3) Server: Administration Task on Windows Server 2003 (Symantec Antivirus Server): Administration Task on Windows Server 2003 (File Server): Day to day hardware, OS, application access and network support to entire factory depts
- And users
- Managed the LAN and WAN network of 2 Core and 40+ cisco network switches in 15 production depts Of factory
- Worked as a Dell Support Escalation Engineer for Vidarbha region.
Sr. Customer Support Engineer
Wipro InfoTech
02.2002 - 01.2004
- Mainly provided on field Server, Desktop, Laptop, OS supports to Banking and Commercial sectors of entire Vidarbha region
- Functional Area: Hardware Maintenance, System Support, Server Support to Banking and Corporate Sector
- Worked for Availability Services & DELL support Services of WIPRO INFOTECH
- Handled various O.S installations, administration of various corporate organizations Servers & troubleshooting of hardware, Software, Network problems
- Worked on various Wipro Net power, Acer Altos, IBM x-series Servers, client desktops & network printers in Govt., corporate, financial & industrial organizations and corporate customers of WIPRO LTD in entire Vidarbha region
- Administration, Troubleshooting and New Installation Projects handled: Managed SCO-Unix servers of Canara Bank & UCO Bank in Vidarbha Region
- It included complete installation, Network Configuration, Services Configuration required for database and troubleshooting of system & OS problems
- Wipro Servers in Datacenter Installation Project: Completed Server installation project of 10 new branches of UCO bank.
- Trained customers to use and maintain equipment to reduce service issues.
- Explained complex technology-related issues in understandable terms to customers.
- Responded to customer inquiries and provided technical assistance over phone and in person.
- Installed, configured and maintained computer systems and network connections.
- Patched software and installed new versions to eliminate security problems and protect data.
- Configured hardware, devices, and software to set up work stations for employees.
- Maintained servers and systems to keep networks fully operational during peak periods.
- Installed and configured operating systems and applications.
- Successfully completed Datacenter installation project of RO of National Insurance Company Ltd., Nagpur.
Education
Diploma in Comp Engg -
Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
Nagpur 04.1996 - 04.1999
Skills
Cisco small, medium business and enterprise business Network switches and routers including cisco Nexus products Cisco Nexus series switches 9500, 6500, 5500 series
Software defined Network- VMware NSX , Cisco ACI software defined network, Huawei SVF
Huawei Cloudengine switches, Quidway , S series switches, routers, wireless, voice, video conference products Huawei datacenter 12808 series Cloudengine , Quidway 9700,7700series , 6700 series and 5700 series Network switches and huawei wireless controller AC 6605 and AR routers
HP Enterprise Procurve and Comware Switching, routing and wireless products HP Flexfabric comware based A10500, A5900, A5800 series switches HP msm controller 760,765 and various models of MSM access points
Aruba enterprise medium business Switching, routing and wireless products HP datacenter 10500 series, 8200 series, 5400 series, HP A 5900 series and other various switches of Procurve series Aruba mobility controllers
Hands on experience in NAC solutions such as Cisco ISE, Aruba Clearpass and Huawei iMaster NCE Aruba Clearpass wireless management solutions with Onboard, Onguard, Guest solutions implementations and wired NAC Cisco ISE with 8021x, Guest, BYOD solutions, Wired NAC Implementations of Aruba , Huawei, HP wireless solutions
HP IMC, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight network monitoring products including RTLS solution
Working knowledge of network infrastructure Security technologies in Cisco ASA 5540, Fortigate , Sonicwall firewalls , Palo Alto , ipsec, ssl VPN and access control, intrusion detection and prevention and administrative access controls, VPN technologies etc Fortinet 30d, 60D, 300D and 1500D firewalls, Cisco ASA, Firepower
Hands on in various network features such as VSS, CSS, Stacking, IRF, IP routing, routing protocols, Etherchannel, eth-trunks, vlans , IP addressing, VRRP, HSRP, SNMP , AAA, VRF, VSF, SVF, port security, inter vlan routing, Spanning tree, VOIP, Voice Gateways, port assignments, port spanning etc
OSPF, VXLAN, BGP-EVPN M-Lag in Huawei,HP & Cisco network solutions
Operating Systems: DOS, Windows 98, XP, 2000, 2003 Server,2008 Server, 2012 servers, win 7, win 8 , win 10, Linux OS, SCO- Unix,
Networking Layer 2 (Spanning tree, Eth-trunk, Vlan etc), Layer 3 switching and Routing (routing protocols RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS , MPLS etc , DNS, DHCP & WAN environment: Access list, , Frame Relay, internet Leased Line, P2P Leased Line, MPLS, ISDN, Broadband, PPP, HDLC etc
Expertise on Wireless planning and design tools- Huawei RTLS , Ekahau Pro , WLAN planner
Juniper Mist , Switching & routing and Firewall
Huawei Gpon implementation in Hospitality projects
Site management
Project management
Design review
Cost estimation
Scope definition
Engineering design development
Engineering design
Value engineering
Proposal development
Lean principles
Proactive approach
Environmental regulations compliance
Training and mentoring
Risk assessment
Analyzing information
Project closeout
Material selection
Engineering project design
Project deadlines management
People management
Cross-functional team collaboration
Team collaboration and leadership
Scheduling and planning
Field support
Document management
Client relations
Documentation control
Technical analysis
Planning and deployment
Process improvement
System engineering
Root-cause analysis
Asset management
Project scoping
Cost management
Schedule management
Safety-minded
Project regulations
Systems development
Technical Certifications
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- Aruba Certified Mobility Professional (ACMP)
- Aruba Certified Clearpass Professional (ACCP)
- Prince2 Certified (Beginner and Practitioner)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021 Certified Associate
- VMware Certified Professional – VCP – NSX-T Network Virtualization
- Cisco Core Technology – ENCOR – CCIE written
- Cisco Certified Network Professional – Enterprise (ENCOR & ENARSI)
- Huawei Certified IP network Professional (HCIP)
- VMmare VTSP – NSX datacenter, Server Virtualization, SD-WAN, Hyper Converged Infrastructure
- Vmware VTSP (server virtualisation)
- Vmware VTSP (NSX datacenter)
- Vmware VTSP (SD-WAN)
- HP MASE – Flexnetwork Architect & SDN Technologies –V2
- Dell Certified System Expert
- Huawei Certified Network Associate (R&S)
- Huawei Certified Network Associate (Unified Communication)
- Huawei Certified Network Professional (R & S)
- Huawei Certified Internetwork Expert (HCIE –Written)
Willingness
Willing to relocate and travel worldwide for better opportunities.
Driving License
- Oman, LMV (Car-NT), Left, Manual, 10 years
- UAE, LMV, Right, Automatic, 2 years
Personal Information
- Passport Number: X8430523
- Date of Birth: 01/01/1979
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Residence Addresses
- 122, Shanti Sadan, Near Pandav College, Nagpur, 440009, India
- 1406, ABT-05 Tower, Al Khan Corniche Road, Al Khan, Sharjah
Extracurricular Activities
Completed 2 year full time Military training course along with academics during school and college education in Bhonsla Military College, Nasik, Maharashtra, India.
Played College division level volleyball Tournament. Played College division level Cricket Tournament.
Played cricket for Bahwan IT in inter league tournaments.
Hobbies – Swimming, Listening to music, driving, bike riding, chess, Traveling to new places on bike or Car.
Timeline
Sr. Project Engineer & Consultant (Network and Information Security)
Alpha Data LLC
05.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager (Network and Security Cosultant)
Bahwan IT LLC
01.2015 - 05.2022
Assistant Manager (Sr. System & Network Admin)
SND Ltd.
04.2011 - 01.2015
Sr. System and Network Admin
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd. (Tata Docomo)
02.2007 - 04.2011
Sr. Resident Engineer
Wipro InfoTech
01.2004 - 01.2007
Sr. Customer Support Engineer
Wipro InfoTech
02.2002 - 01.2004
Diploma in Comp Engg -
Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
04.1996 - 04.1999