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Osman Khan

@osmankhan2

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I build secure hybrid-cloud networks, data center fabrics, SD-WAN, and automation for enterprise environments.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build and automate resilient hybrid-cloud, data center, security, SD-WAN, and wireless networks, with opportunities to improve reliability, Zero Trust controls, observability, and disaster recovery.

At Synchrony Financial, I build Cisco ACI EVPN-VXLAN fabrics, Palo Alto Prisma SASE Zero Trust controls, AWS EKS Terraform modules, and Wi-Fi 7 environments for financial services. I also use Splunk ML and ThousandEyes AI Insights for predictive monitoring and proactive incident prevention.

Across Meridian Corp and Ticketmaster, I delivered Nexus vPC data center fabrics, Palo Alto firewall platforms, Viptela and Meraki SD-WAN, F5 load balancing, Cisco ISE access control, and AWS/GCP hybrid connectivity. My work has supported PCI-focused financial infrastructure, disaster recovery, high-availability venues, and high-density stadium wireless deployments.

I bring 13+ years of hands-on network operations experience, from NOC support through senior engineering, including automation with Python, Ansible, Terraform, and GitOps. I document resilient designs and troubleshoot from L1 through L7 using Wireshark, NetFlow, SolarWinds, and ThousandEyes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Network Engineer with AI

Current

Synchrony Financial

Aug 2022 - Present (4 years)

Built Cisco ACI 6.x spine-leaf with EVPN-VXLAN overlays for multi-tenant micro-segmentation of financial applications. Integrated AI/ML-based network monitoring using Splunk ML and ThousandEyes AI Insights for predictive alerting and proactive incident prevention.

Cisco ACI VXLAN Splunk ThousandEyes ZTNA IRules SSL Offload Terraform Karpenter PXGrid TACACS+DNSSEC Wireshark NX OS PAN OS Python Ansible eBPF Cilium

Senior Network Engineer

Meridian Corp

Apr 2020 - Jul 2022 (2 years 3 months)

Built Cisco Nexus 9000 vPC fabrics for data center core, including peer-link, keepalive, and orphan port handling. Rolled out Viptela SD-WAN with zero-touch provisioning for branches, integrating BGP peering for hybrid cloud connectivity.

VPC Palo Alto PA 5k Panorama BGP CBWFQ SSL Offload TACACS+Direct Connect OSPF Wireshark StackWise Virtual Ansible Git

Network Engineer

Ticketmaster

Dec 2017 - Mar 2020 (2 years 3 months)

Built Cisco Catalyst 9300 stacks for event venue network infrastructure, including VLANs and trunk ports. Rolled out Meraki SD-WAN for venue connectivity, with hands-on experience in VPN tunnels and shaping policies.

Cisco Catalyst SD WAN Palo Alto 5050 Ekahau Aruba Central Direct Connect VRRP Python SFTP Wireshark

Junior Network Administrator

Guy Carpenter

Jun 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years 5 months)

Maintained Cisco ASR and ISR routers for enterprise backbone, monitoring interface utilization. Managed Infoblox DHCP scopes and DNS records for corporate systems.

Cisco Catalyst Info Blox DHCP DNS OSPF BGP TACACS+RADIUS

NOC Technician

Bluebird Bio

Jan 2012 - May 2015 (3 years 4 months)

Monitored network health across multi-site research facilities using SolarWinds NPM dashboards. Troubleshot OSPF and BGP route issues in conjunction with senior engineers.

Solarwinds OSPF BGP Cisco Catalyst DNS DHCP Fiber Optics