Damodhar Naidu Challagundla
Verified Expert in Engineering
Networking Developer
Damodhar is a senior network DevOps engineer with 15+ years of expertise in network infrastructure, automation, service delivery, and AWS cloud. He is proficient in constructing, configuring, activating, and overseeing networks for B2B and B2C clients, managing the deployment of approximately 25,000 hardware units sourced from various vendors. Damodhar excels in OpenStack, virtual router migration, and secure SD-WAN connectivity. He's also skilled in backup and disaster recovery on AWS.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
ISP Servers, Enterprise Networks, Data Center Networks, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenStack, SD-WAN, Data Analysis, Network Monitoring, Network Switching, Routing, Network Automation
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a self-healing innovation that handles more than half of the network faults automatically through log analysis utilizing ML and AI.
Work Experience
Telecom Network Infrastructure and Operations Manager
Syncomint Technologies Inc.
- Spearheaded an in-depth analysis of network components, including architecture, configuration management, self-healing mechanisms, data analytics, monitoring systems, processes, and resilience measures.
- Supervised the management and operation of the college's data center, including server infrastructure, storage systems, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Used Cucumber and internal tools to automate network checks, including standard configurations and protocol verifications. Ensured consistency in network and device failover configurations, ultimately ensuring the stability of the network.
Network DevOps Engineer
Accenture
- Worked in an agile development environment of operations support systems (OSS)/business support systems (BSS) applications iterative release E2E testing. Coordinated with teams, including the testing and infrastructure teams.
- Tracked new stories, epics, test scenarios, and automation scripts in Jira. Used Netcracker and Netcool tools for delivery and assurance.
- Ran a total of 2,000 test cases daily by using Selenium automation.
Broadband Network Engineer
Tech Mahindra
- Handled the administration and preparation of network resources of access nodes, including digital subscriber line access multiplexers (DSLAMs), aggregators, ethernet concentrators, management gateways, and customer edge devices.
- Used tools for designing, configuring, and maintaining hardware. Utilized Ixia, Wireshark, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA), Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), and LogicMonitor.
- Tested the hardware and introduced approximately 5,000 Cisco and Huawei hardware to production.
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Network Engineer
Infosys
- Acted as the network administrator and test engineer for MPLS networks, including administering end-to-end (E2E) connectivity, identifying problems, and configuring network elements.
- Tracked network issues by using local tracking tools and Excel sheets.
- Completed E2E traffic flow tests for more than 200 customer sites.
Experience
DashBoard for Network Incidents and Traffic Monitoring
Skillset
Tools
Wireshark, Splunk, Cucumber, VMware
Paradigms
Automation, E2E Testing, Agile, Software-defined Networking (SDN)
Other
Networking, CCNA, QA Testing, Business Requirements, Open-source Software (OSS), BSS, Routing, Cisco Switches, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Infrastructure, IP Routing, Juniper, LAN, WAN, Traffic Analysis, System Administration, Data Analysis, Design, Chemistry, ISP Servers, Enterprise Networks, Data Center Networks, SD-WAN, Network Monitoring, Network Configuration, Network Switching, Network Automation, Telecom Business Support Systems (BSS), Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenStack
Storage
Datadog
Languages
Python
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) - Hyderabad, India
Certifications
SAFe 4.6
Safe
Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
Cisco
JNCIA
Juniper
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Network Associate
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