1. Deep Gajjar
2G, # 327, Folsom St, Boulder, CO 80302 Deep.Gajjar@colorado.edu Cell: 720-514-2019 www.linkedin.com/in/deepgajjar/
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a position at a leading edge innovative company in the fields of Network Design, Testing, and Troubleshooting to apply
my networking knowledge and programming skills.
EDUCATION
MS in TelecommunicationsEngineering (graduating in May 2016)
University of Colorado, Boulder GPA: 3.69/4.00
Bachelor in Electronics and Communications Engineering May 2014
Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India GPA: 3.50/4.00
SKILLS
Networking: ARP, LACP, PAGP, Spanning tree (RSTP, MST-802.1s, PVST+), VSRP, HRRP, GLBP, SLB, VMware Networking, RIPv2, OSPF,
BGP, EIGRP, Metro Ethernet, IPSec, MPLS (Traffic Engineering, VPLS, RSVP, L3VPN), IPv6, SNMP, GNS3, Wireshark, CPT, QoS, GRE,
L2TP, VxLAN, MLAG, 802.1x
Platform: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS)
Vendors: Cisco, Juniper, Dell, Brocade, Arista
Software Defined Networking: POX, Openflow, Pyretic, Kinetic, NFV, Mininet
Virtualization: VMware ESXi, vCenter, vSphere HA, vSwitch, Load Balancing, Clustering, Failover
Scripting: Python, Shell scripting
ACADEMIC COURSEWORK
Advanced Telecommunications Lab, Data Communications, TelecommunicationsSystems Lab, Linux System Administration, Software
Defined Networking (Coursera), IP Routing and Protocols, Network Management and Operations
EXPERIENCE
Network Deployment Analyst Intern: Polycom June 2015-Present
 Set up a Networking lab and deploying endpoints for testing end-to-end connectivity.
 Carry out the installation and testing of Polycom products on Dell servers and VMware test bed environments.
 Deploying and testing of Polycom products on VMware ESXi and AWS.
CERTIFICATIONS
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA R&S), CCNP Switch
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Graduate Coursework Project: RSTP, MST and Etherchannel Aggregation January 2016
• Implementation of different scenarios of RSTP, MST and Etherchannel negotiation between Cisco devices.
Graduate Coursework Project: GLBP, VRRP, HSRP and Server Load Balancing Feb 2016
• Configuration of gateway redundancy protocols and weighted server load balancing among 3 FTP servers.
Graduate Coursework Project: QoS configuration March 2016
• Implementing QoS features like shaping, policing, queuing and using QoS tools like DSCP and CoS.
Graduate Coursework Project: VMware Networking February 2016
• Deployment of ESXi servers, load balancing using vSwitch, failover and clustering.
Graduate Coursework Project: MPLS, LDP and RSVP March 2015
• Designed a MPLS network in the lab which would implement traffic engineering through RSVP.
Graduate Coursework Project: SNMP on a Cisco router September 2015
• Implemented SNMPv1, v2c and v3 on different routers and management of the routers through a NMIS system.
Graduate Coursework Project: IPv6 configuration April 2015
• Implementation of network using DHCPv6, IPv6 tunneling (ISATAP and 6to4) and IPv6 NAT-PT.
Graduate Coursework Project: Peer-to-Peer chat and File sharing server application in Python October 2014
• Code for the client which connects to the server and then initiates a chatting/file sharing session with other client.
HONORS
ITP (Interdisciplinary Telecom Program) Academic Excellence Award
Scholarship from the Telecom department for securing 4.0 GPA in the first semester.
ITP Spring Fellowship Award
Scholarship from the Telecom department for consistent academic performance.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Academic Support Assistance Program (ASAP) Tutor October 2015 – Present