Vivek K Suriyanarayanan

Vivek K Suriyanarayanan has a diverse work experience in the field of network engineering. Vivek K is currently working at Versa Networks as a Principal Systems Engineer since August 2022. Prior to this role, they served as a Senior Systems Engineer at the same company from June 2021 to August 2022.

Before joining Versa Networks, Vivek worked as a Senior Consultant Network Engineering at Sify Technologies Limited from September 2018 to June 2021.

Vivek K gained valuable managerial experience at Tata Communications, where they held the position of Manager Network Engineering from January 2017 to August 2018. Prior to that, they served as an Assistant Manager Network Engineering from August 2014 to December 2016.

Vivek started their career at CSS Corp as a Network Engineer in the Juniper TAC team. Vivek K worked on troubleshooting, design, and configuration assistance for Juniper EX and QFX switches. Vivek K has successfully resolved customer problems by simulating them in a lab environment. Vivek K held the positions of Network Specialist - Juniper TAC from January 2014 to August 2014 and Network Engineer - Juniper TAC from February 2012 to March 2014.

Vivek K'searly career includes a role as a Network Support Engineer at SEW Infrastructure Ltd., where they were responsible for maintaining network status at various locations, troubleshooting network issues, and liaising with ISPs for quick problem resolution. Vivek K held this position from June 2010 to September 2011.

Vivek K Suriyanarayanan completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Osmania University, which took place from 2008 to 2011. Vivek K then pursued a Master of Business Administration in Business Administration, Management, and Operations from Venkateshwara Open University from 2016 to 2018.

In terms of certifications, Vivek obtained various qualifications from different institutions. Vivek K received the Cisco umbrella certification from Cisco in November 2018. In September 2015, they obtained the JNCIP-ENT certification from Juniper Networks. Additionally, they achieved the JNCIS-ENT certification from Juniper Networks in 2013 and holds three JNCIA certifications from the same institution in July 2020. Vivek K also obtained the Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Cloud (JNCIA-Cloud) certification, Juniper Networks Certified Associate - Junos (JNCIA-Junos), Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Security (JNCIA-SEC) certification, and the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Associate certification in respective years.

Vivek recently obtained several certifications from Versa Networks, including the Versa Certified Administrator - SD-WAN Professional certification in July 2022, the Versa Certified Administrator - SD-WAN Specialist certification in February 2022, the Versa Certified Administrator - Security Specialist certification in October 2021, and the Versa Certified SD-WAN Associate certification in August 2021. Furthermore, Vivek holds the Fire Eye Certified Systems Engineer (FCSE) certification from FireEye, Inc. obtained in December 2018 and the VMWARE VCA-DCV certification from VMWARE obtained in September 2015.