Ambrose Yakkopu Mariachinnappan

Ambrose Yakkopu Mariachinnappan has extensive experience in network engineering and has worked in various roles throughout their career.

Ambrose began their career as an Executive in Networks at Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited from July 2008 to July 2010.

Ambrose then worked as a Technical Support Engineer at Cisco TAC - Student position at Wichita State University from April 2010 to April 2012. In this role, they handled priority cases for Level-1 enterprise customers related to VoIP technologies and escalated cases for Level-2 Consumer TAC related to Cisco home products.

From September 2012 to February 2013, Ambrose worked as a Data Network Engineer at inVentiv Health (formerly known as Pharmanet-i3). Ambrose was responsible for resolving tickets and configuring OSPF, BGP, and MPLS on core routers. Ambrose also worked on ITIL and change control policies and led small projects.

Next, they joined Catholic Health Initiatives as a Network Administrator from March 2013 to October 2013. Ambrose'sresponsibilities included installing and configuring catalyst switches, creating network diagrams, managing VPN tunnels, and working with monitoring tools like SolarWinds Orion.

From November 2013 to August 2014, Ambrose worked as a Network Engineer at Catholic Health Initiatives. Ambrose performed core migration tasks, worked on incident and problem management, and managed Check Point Smart-1 appliance for network segmentation and threat detection.

Ambrose then joined Comcast Cable as a Regional Operations Engineer from November 2014 to February 2015.

From May 2015 to October 2015, Ambrose worked as a Core Network Engineer at U.S. Cellular. Ambrose'sresponsibilities in this role included working with Cisco modeling tool MATE, decommissioning provider routers, and modeling tool design.

Ambrose then joined Prime Healthcare as a Network Engineer in November 2015 and worked there until January 2022. No specific details about the role are provided.

Most recently, Ambrose joined VectorUSA as a Network Engineer III in February 2022. The role involves providing IT support for infrastructure services and delivering end-to-end managed services solutions.

Throughout their career, Ambrose has gained experience in network engineering, troubleshooting, configuration, and project management.

Ambrose Yakkopu Mariachinnappan has a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from Wichita State University, which they obtained between the years 2010 and 2012. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Karunya University, where they studied from 2004 to 2008.

In addition to their formal education, Ambrose has obtained several certifications. Ambrose completed the "Introduction to VMware" course at LinkedIn in November 2022 and also completed the "Python 3 SSH Network Automation Quick Start" course at LinkedIn in the same month and year. In October 2022, they completed the "Introduction to Data Science" course and the "Python Quick Start" course, both at LinkedIn. Furthermore, Ambrose obtained the "Wipro COBCE [Code of Business Conduct and Ethics]" certification from Wipro in March 2014. Ambrose also holds the "Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP)" and "Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ACSA)" certifications from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which they obtained in November 2022 and August 2022, respectively. Additionally, they earned the "Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 3: Certified Associate" certification from Fortinet in June 2022 and holds the "Cisco Certified Specialist - Collaboration Core" certification from Cisco, obtained in October 2021. Ambrose has also completed the "Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 1: Certified Associate" and "Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 2: Certified Associate" certifications from Fortinet, both obtained in May 2022. Lastly, Ambrose has mentioned three certifications from Cisco, including "Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - Routing and Switching," "Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - Security," and "Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) - Routing and Switching," but the specific details regarding when and where they obtained these certifications are unavailable.