BOGDAN PÂRVU
Bucharest
Summary
Experienced Senior Network Engineer with a proven track record in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and global network operations. Demonstrated expertise in network reliability engineering and IP engineering and architecture. Strong background in managing and troubleshooting network infrastructure. Skilled in implementing and maintaining network security protocols. Proficient in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and other networking technologies. Highly knowledgeable in network protocols and performance optimization. Committed to delivering exceptional results and driving operational efficiency. Holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and High School Degree. Seeking a challenging role in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Network Reliability Engineering. Having an overall working experience of over 15+ years in highly technical, challenging and multicultural environments I am prepared to face a new opportunity in my career. My long-term goals involve developing my skills and experience in significant projects with large scale networks and cloud providers. This includes but is not limited on working with Networking protocols, data center arhitectures based on CLOS, Microsoft/Linux servers, virtualization and containerization, automation, high availability clusters in high-end data-center, Internet core and backbone network devices. I'm focused on taking on additional responsibilities on existing or new infrastructure, and contributing as much as I can to develop the company's IP network. I'm a CCNA - JNCIA - CCNP R&S - JNCIS - CCAI - CCIP - MCSA WIndows Server 2016 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Associate. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Network Reliability Engineering
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
02.2023 - 02.2024
- Acting as the 3rd and latest level of escalation for all the Network Operations teams in OCI Physical Networking org
- I'm focused on break/fix incidents, root cause analysis, improving SLAs and goals, runbooks and workflows for Availability organization
- I'm also participating in the recruiting, onboarding and mentoring of new hires and junior engineers in Romania, Dublin and US for OCI Global NOC and Network Infrastructure
- Optimizing monitoring system and troubleshooting network issues to minimize downtime and increase network performance
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand and break/fix network incidents under certain pressure to meet customer requirements, SLAs and goals
- Working on network automation projects to streamline network operations and improve efficiency
- Implementing network security measures to protect against cyber threats and ensuring compliance with industry best practices
- Providing technical support, mentoring and guidance to internal teams for network-related issues
- Documenting network configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps
- Achievements: Optimized the runbooks and processes for the NetOps teams in the Availability org
- Provided valuable ideas and implemented in the automation area having the outcome of eliminating the human interaction and errors as much as possible in the OCI Network Operations
- I've enlarged my expertise on the Prometheus monitoring system, Python, Docker & automatic orchestration of services that OCI uses.
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Global Network Operations
Oracle
09.2020 - 02.2023
- I've been part of the OCI Networking team, working to support the underlay IP fabric network for all the regions around the world
- I'm one of the technical leads, part of the Advanced L2 Ops team of the OCI Global Network Operations group which has more than 80.000 devices under direct administration
- I'm working closely with the other teams in the Physical and Virtual Networking organizations in projects, maintenance activities and troubleshooting
- Part of the actual position is helping the GNOC frontline teams with escalation and on-call support
- Monitoring and managing the frontline of alerts for global network infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal network performance and availability
- Troubleshooting network issues in Jira tickets based on severities, implementing automations to detect and engage the engineers sooner during a downtime
- Monitoring network capacity and escalating to service owners
- Providing technical support and guidance to internal teams and customers for network-related issues
- Documenting network configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps
- Achievements: Improved overall cloud architecture knowledges and expertise with Oracle GEN2 Cloud (OCI), working under OCI standards, runbooks and processes while managed to lead a couple of important optimization projects across the organization
- Also gained expert knowledge in MPLSoUDP, MPLS-TE, advanced BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VxLAN+EVPN and been able to understand automated network configurations with Autonet, Bitbucket and GIT
- Also performed a bunch of Jira automations and dashboards used across the team.
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Managed Cloud Services, IP Engineering and Architecture
Oracle
08.2016 - 09.2020
- In the IP Design and Architecture team (part of the Oracle GEN1 Cloud - OPC)
- I've been involved in some important network projects: Designing, scaling, optimizing and troubleshooting a specific network gear (Oracle/SUN branded), significant hardware refresh planning and implementation for Data Center distribution layer, IP Automation with Ansible for some specific network operations like upgrades and automatic changes
- Achievements: Ansible automation, customer critical project planning and implementation, network change management for data center fabric devices.
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Managed Cloud Services
Oracle
12.2013 - 08.2016
- Being hired as part of the Global Network Team of the Oracle's Private Cloud organization I had been working on troubleshooting advanced customer's tickets (network issues) as a Level 3 support
- Having a follow-the-sun rotation with colleagues from US, Asia and Europe I was promoted as a Technical Team Lead for EMEA time-zone
- Achievements: Juniper SRX Firewall and F5 LTM load-balancers advanced troubleshooting scenarios, VPNs, BGP, Internet core architecture.
IP/MPLS Backbone Engineer
RCS&RDS
11.2012 - 12.2013
- As a member of the National Backbone team I have tasks like designing and provisioning solutions for national network nodes
- This includes planning, configuring and maintaining complex network scenarios for Cisco 7600&6500 Routers, Cisco ASR and Juniper MX devices
- Achievements: MPLS - LDP, MPLS-TE, VPN, QoS, OSPF, BGP, IPv6, Multicast VPN, Cisco ASR, CRS, 7600&6500 line-cards and architecture, Layer 3 switches, Juniper MX architecture, Brocade switches and backbone design.
Technical Project Manager IP/MPLS
RCS&RDS
10.2010 - 11.2012
- In the Technical Project Management department, I had many projects with very important and strategic corporate clients
- I had responsibilities to design and implement technical solutions for many clients like banks, healthcare/pharmaceutical companies, fashion retailing, marketing, and institutions from the public sector
- Achievements: Project Management, BGP, MPLS VPN, EoMPLS, IGP Routing Protocols, Network Security, Cisco ISR and ISR 2 devices, JunOS commands and architecture, Juniper SRX devices, firewall and other security configurations.
Network Engineer / NOC IP
RCS&RDS
09.2009 - 10.2010
- My tasks as a Network Engineer (Level 3 escalation) at NOC IP Department were to configure and troubleshoot the metropolitan area network (MAN) in Bucharest
- Achievements: Strong knowledge about IPv4, VTP, STP, OSI Layer 2 protocols and features, troubleshooting layer 1 to 3, Cisco Catalyst switches and other access/distribution equipment.
Technical Support Engineer
RCS&RDS
02.2009 - 08.2009
- I was working as a technical support engineer (Level 2 escalation) in the Customer Care / Techs Support Department for RCS&RDS
- My job was to troubleshoot access network and operating systems problems for issues registered within the internal ticketing program
- Achievements: In this period, I have gained technical experience with customers, operating systems problems and the IP metropolitan access network
- Maintained and updated customer records, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information in the system
- Generated detailed reports of support issues and customer feedback that helped identify areas for system improvement
- Identified customer needs and provided customized technical solutions
- Researched and identified potential solutions for complex customer issues and worked with development teams to fix software bugs.
Education
High School Degree -
National College "Andrei Saguna" Brasov
Bachelor Degree -
Polytechnic University of Bucharest Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, Computer Science
01.2019
01.2017
01.2014
01.2013
01.2013
01.2010
01.2010
01.2009
01.2008
01.2007
01.2007
01.2007
Skills
- Network Reliability
- IP Engineering
- Network Infrastructure
- Network Security
- Troubleshooting
- Performance Optimization
- Strong PC&Internet skills, operating systems (Windows/Linux/Mac), DOM0/hypervisors host servers, Bare metal and virtualization, network storage, Automation and Internet routing, Transit/Peering Backbone expert knowledges Good level for Bash and Python scripting, SQL databases and computer programming languages (C/C, Python and Java) and strong Ansible Automation playbook developing experience;
Languages
English
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 09/18/87
- Nationality: Romanian
- Driving License: Yes
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Network Reliability Engineering
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
02.2023 - 02.2024
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Global Network Operations
Oracle
09.2020 - 02.2023
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Managed Cloud Services, IP Engineering and Architecture
Oracle
08.2016 - 09.2020
Senior Network Engineer - Oracle Managed Cloud Services
Oracle
12.2013 - 08.2016
IP/MPLS Backbone Engineer
RCS&RDS
11.2012 - 12.2013
Technical Project Manager IP/MPLS
RCS&RDS
10.2010 - 11.2012
Network Engineer / NOC IP
RCS&RDS
09.2009 - 10.2010
Technical Support Engineer
RCS&RDS
02.2009 - 08.2009
High School Degree -
National College "Andrei Saguna" Brasov
Bachelor Degree -
Polytechnic University of Bucharest Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, Computer Science
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