✅ Senior Network Administrator
✅ Network Security Expert
✅ Firewalls - Cisco ASA, Palo Alto
✅ Cybersecurity
✅ Professional Engineer
✅ CCNA, CCNP, CCNA-Security certified
Network Security Engineer with more than 9 years of experience in the field holding certifications including a CCNP.
If you hire me you will be hiring an Engineer with vast experience in Security and Core Network Issues.
I have experience leading big projects doing tasks like- Installation, designing, configuring, Implementing, & troubleshooting networks.
I have good communication skills and work well in a team.
Expertise on:
-Cisco ASA Firewalls
-Palo Alto Firewalls
-Network Proxy
-Cisco Meraki
-Network Design
-Cisco ISE
-VPN Technologies (Cisco Anyconnect, Pulse Secure, GlobalProtect, Meaki VPNs)
-Routing
-Switching
Here are the certifications I have:
CCNA
CCNA Security
CCNP Routing & Switching
MCP
Network Engineering
Network Administration
Network Design
Network Security
Firewall
Cisco Meraki
Network Monitoring
Information Security
Amit S.
Pune, India
$40/hr
4.7
59 jobs
We help startups and product companies scale faster with AI development, chatbot development, and consulting solutions. Our small yet expert team comprises AI developers, DevOps engineers, UI/UX experts, and certified Technical Writers, supporting global clients across various industries, including MedTech, FinTech, LegalTech, Telecom, EdTech, and Compliance.
We deliver:
- Custom AI chatbots, NLP, and RAG pipelines
- MVP builds, SaaS integration, and startup consulting
- Content migration (Markdown, DOCX, FrameMaker → DITA/XML) & CCMS migration
- Custom CMS platforms and documentation portals
Open to fixed-cost, retainer, or partnership models, we combine technical depth with project management. If you need an AI developer, chatbot developer, or startup consultant to drive an AI-first content strategy, let’s collaborate.
The following list provides the technical skills in Technical Authoring & Content Frameworks
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- DITA-XML (Learning & Training, TechDocs, Specialized Doctypes)
- DocBook, S1000D, JATS, SCORM packaging
- Markdown, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText (RST)
- API Documentation (Swagger / OpenAPI, Postman, RAML)
- Adobe FrameMaker (unstructured → structured mapping)
- MadCap Flare, RoboHelp
- Oxygen XML Author/Editor
- Structured writing & Information Architecture
Some of the CCMS & Content Platforms in which I have expertise
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- Heretto
- SDL Tridion Docs
- IXIASOFT CCMS
- Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Docs / Sites
- Astoria CCMS
- Paligo
- Custom GitHub/GitLab-based DITA repositories
- Strapi (Headless CMS)
- Contentful, Sanity CMS, WordPress (structured workflows)
Development & Integration Frameworks Skills
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- Python (ETL, content parsing, NLP pipelines)
- XSLT / XQuery / XPath (DITA-OT, DocBook transformations)
- Java / Ant (DITA-OT custom plugins)
- Node.js / Express (chatbot APIs, CMS integration)
- React / Next.js (frontend for doc portals & dashboards)
- REST API & GraphQL integrations
- Docker, Kubernetes (DevOps for content delivery pipelines)
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, GCP
- Vector DBs: Qdrant, Milvus, Pinecone (for AI retrieval)
Technical Writing
API Documentation
HTML5
Software Documentation
XPath
XML
HTML
XSLT
Bootstrap
User Interface Design
Hugo
CSS
API
Chatbot Development
AI Consulting
Darshin V.
Pune, India
$25/hr
5.0
26 jobs
HIGHLIGHTS:
1) Business Development
o Successful BD Campaign: Acquisition of KQ by STEC via the ZFS port on Linux Campaign (Primary target: North America, South America, EMEA, Asia Pacific)
o Lead Generation, Demos & Sales Closure: data storage & application development services
o Expanded Rishabh Software’s RPO services market to EMEA
o Business Plan & Strategy for a IoT startup
o Penetrated Global markets & developed channel partner relationships for a Database company (Db - NoSql database)
2) Sales
a) Automation Anywhere
• First sales hire & exec at Automation Anywhere when they were just an 8 people company
• Handling inbound leads, demos, outbound warmups, end-end sales cycle & account management • Delivered high conversion rates. Activities involved contacting inbound leads, demonstrations, POCs, Proposals, CXO conversations & sales closures.
• Increased sales rev (Q2Q) exponentially – rev of over $150K generated Q2Q (this is during AA’s startup phase)
• Initiative to target the Asia Pacific market & major client acquisitions
• (top fortune companies as well as gov sector) – closed major client deals & helped with market penetration. Client’s converted list includes Dell, E&Y, Amdocs (OEM), govt. of Aus, KP, and many more.
b) B2B SaaS company Startup – Sales Consultant - Wholesale Helper - Shopify
• B2B SaaS software for ecommerce clients (retail stores) - Again the First sales person they hired, then we grew the team
• Profile: Inbound/Outbound sales, client onboarding, demonstrations & sales closure. Selling both software & services, upsell/crossell during account management
• Q2Q revenue generated & carried over from Under 20,000$ to over $100K MoM
c) B2B Enterprise OpenSource Software Startup – Sales consultant - OpenSilver/WPF
• Design & develop the sales strategy & collateral
• Reach out to incoming leads, technical discussions, proposal writing & sales closure
• Target achieved:
o 346% revenue growth YoY for the company
o Major clients included government, top fortune companies (Multi-Billion $ revenue) and one of the core sectors was Healthcare
o Revenue well over $ 500K Q2Q for the company, instrumental in growing it from just 2 people org to over 25 people organization
• Plan & Implement future sales strategy & lead generation strategy
3) Product Management & Marketing o Two successful product launches
o Comprehensive product marketing management (From UI design to whitepapers)
o Presenting at Flash Summit
KEY SKILLS:
Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Program Management, Account Management, Sales Management, Sales Closure, Lead Generation, Sales Strategy
20 years of experience in Global IT Product Management, Program Management, Business Development, Marketing Sales & technical Support (Expertise in both products as well as services sales), Lead Generation, Marketing, Market Research & Analysis, Business Development, Business Analysis and IT Support. Catered to US, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) & Asia-Pacific customers.
Strong understanding of various IT Verticals, right from Web Services to Data Storage domain. Have catered to clients from various industry verticals ranging from BFSI to Healthcare. Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Master of Information Technology (Networks & Security)
As a client success manager, involved in program management for Qwiklabs (Google). Managing a staff of 96 associate cloud engineers providing support for a cloud based product, delivering high value with high customer satisfaction ratings (over 95% with over 3000 tickets per week).
Working with this company, I grew the team size by adding over 60 headcount in a space of 9 months.
I have worked with over 11 Start Up companies in the US & EMEA & 3 publicly listed companies at NASDAQ. Played a pivotal role in getting one of the start up companies acquired, while I was the acting Business Development Manager for the start up company.
Have successfully launched products in the markets, generated leads for the same as well as written product roadmap.
Love team games, contributing in whichever way I can, try to give my creative inputs to the product team or keep an eye for any business opportunity.
Right from Consulting Small Medium Businesses for Business Devleopment & Lead Generation to launching products in the market or running successful programs, in these years of experience, I have amassed a mutli-faceted experience in the field of Sales & Business Development and Product Management And Marketing with a touch of customer support.
Am passionate about what I do and more than willing to go an extra mile to help the clients.
Together we will & together we can is what I always say :)
Lead Generation
Sales
Sales Development
Relationship Management
Sales Management
Business Development
Sales Call
Sales Leadership
Customer Satisfaction
Business Plan
Business Proposal Writing
Marketing Management
Customer Service
Sales & Marketing Collateral
Account Management
Inside Sales
Sales Consulting
Sales Strategy
Mohnish A.
Pune, India
$12/hr
4.9
5 jobs
I have 7+ years of experience as IT professional, Microsoft certified associate with MS-700 and AZ-900 certification.
Hands on experience on technical support and operation domain on Microsoft teams, Exchange online and Azure AD along with good understanding of SharePoint online and OneDrive for Business.
Looking for such position where I can use my expertise and contribute to organization.
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