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    Sikandar Shaik

    Triple CCIE Network consultant Trainer

    Consulting and instruction, informed by hands-on enterprise and service-provider deployments.

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    Sikandar Shaik
    Consulting TrainingArchitecture, delivery, and technical instruction
    15+years in networking
    and consulting
    1,50,000professionals trained
    worldwide
    15+countries reached
    through training

    Experience figures supplied for this profile

    Consulting experience. Practical training.

    Since 2011, independent technical training has run alongside consulting delivery.

    Consulting

    Consulting work in network design, migrations, security and troubleshooting provides the practical context behind his instruction.

    Independent technical training

    Alongside client projects, he develops instruction through authored workbooks, lab topologies and practical learning programs.

    Career record / 2008 — Present

    Two practices.
    One field perspective.

    A consulting career beginning in 2008, with an independent training practice running alongside it since 2011.

    2023–Present

    Service Delivery Head / Consultant

    Organization not provided Hyderabad, India

    Leads end-to-end IT service delivery for enterprise and manufacturing clients.

    View responsibilities
    • Directed multi-site SDA/DNAC and Active Directory migration work across India and the GCC.
    • Oversaw Cisco Viptela and Fortinet SD-WAN deployments for BFSI and industrial customers.
    • Managed network and security transformation covering NGFW migrations, VPN deployments, and SOC integrations.
    • Established HLD/LLD standards and delivery governance; built and led L1–L4 consultant teams.

    2013–2023

    Senior Network & Security Consultant

    Freelance consulting Projects across India, GCC, Europe, and Africa

    Delivered enterprise and service-provider architecture, transformation, and project work.

    View responsibilities
    • Migrated 300 European manufacturing sites from legacy Aruba and MPLS environments to Cisco Viptela SD-WAN.
    • Designed and delivered FortiGate HA, Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN, and Cisco Firepower IPS solutions.
    • Led brownfield SDA/DNAC deployments, Catalyst-to-Nexus 9K migrations, and firewall consolidation.
    • Modernized data-center environments using Cisco ACI, Nexus 7K/9K, VMware, and Hyper-V.
    • Produced runbooks, HLD/LLD documents, and knowledge-transfer packs for client operations.

    2008–2013

    Senior Network Consultant

    Netmetric Solutions Hyderabad, India

    Delivered enterprise and ISP-grade networking for provider backbones and corporate WANs.

    View responsibilities
    • Worked on MPLS/BGP backbones, multi-site WAN deployments, and enterprise connectivity.
    • Deployed Cisco ASA firewalls, VPN solutions, and secure OT/IT access projects.
    • Supported client environments including AT&T, Wipro, Aricent, and Tech Mahindra.

    2011–Present

    Independent Senior Cisco Trainer / Network Consultant

    Independent global delivery Corporate engagements across 15+ countries

    A concurrent training and consulting practice alongside the consulting roles above.

    View responsibilities
    • Delivered advanced CCNA-to-CCIE programs across Enterprise, Service Provider, Security, and Data Center domains.
    • Led workshops covering BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, QoS, VXLAN/EVPN, SD-WAN, and next-generation firewalls.
    • Provided solution design, configuration review, optimization, and troubleshooting across Cisco and multi-vendor networks.
    • Developed workbooks, lab topologies, documentation guides, and online training programs.
    • Resume-reported reach: 15,000+ professionals trained worldwide.

    Selected deployment work

    Networks at
    enterprise scale.

    Six project records from consulting engagements. Dates are shown only where provided in the resume.

    Choose a project record

    2025

    SCFA Sharjah

    Catalyst C9200L stack deployment and campus network refresh.

    VLAN migrations, IP addressing overhaul, and SNMP, AAA, and NTP integrations.

    Logos identify organizations named in the project records and do not imply endorsement.

    2025SCFA SharjahCatalyst C9200L stack deployment and campus network refresh.

    VLAN migrations, IP addressing overhaul, and SNMP, AAA, and NTP integrations.

    2025SDA / Active Directory migrationCisco DNAC underlay and overlay provisioning.

    VRF segmentation, fabric creation, and Active Directory synchronization.

    2024ENEC NuclearOT segmentation using Cisco ISE and Firepower.

    The resume describes the work as aligned with ISA/IEC 62443 standards; it does not claim a personal compliance certification.

    2023European manufacturing300-site MPLS-to-Viptela SD-WAN rollout.

    Legacy Aruba environments migrated to Cisco Viptela across the manufacturing footprint.

    Date not providedOMAN AirportsSDA/DNAC and ISE integration.

    Firepower IPS deployment and WAN optimization.

    Date not providedICD BrookfieldMulti-tenant enterprise campus.

    Cisco Nexus ACI with a Fortinet perimeter.

    Technology & delivery

    A broad stack.
    One connected practice.

    Multi-vendor environments across routing, security, enterprise fabrics, and data-center infrastructure.

    01

    Routing & service provider

    BGPOSPFIS-ISMPLSQoSVXLAN / EVPN

    02

    Enterprise fabrics

    Cisco SDA / DNACCisco ISECatalystNexusCisco ACISD-WANCloud networking

    03

    Security

    Cisco ASA / FirepowerFortiGatePalo AltoCheck PointVPNZero TrustOT/IT segmentation

    04

    Platforms & delivery

    JuniperArubaF5VMwareHyper-VHLD / LLDRunbooksKnowledge transferPresales & client engagement

    DELIVERY PRACTICE

    Architecture / Presales & client engagement / HLD & LLD / Governance / Troubleshooting / Runbooks / Knowledge transfer

    Training delivery archive / 19 engagements

    A record of
    technical instruction.

    Selected historical corporate engagements from the trainer resume. Onsite and online records describe past delivery—not current live-class availability.

    NOA’s current training offering is recorded lessons.

    19 records
    1. 01
      Dec 201112 participants

      MPLS

      MyISP

      Kenya
      Onsite
    2. 02
      Feb 20138 participants

      CCIE Service Provider

      Global Knowledge

      Dubai (UAE)
      Onsite
    3. 03
      Mar 20138 participants

      CCIE Service Provider

      Global Knowledge

      Shanghai, China
      Onsite
    4. 04
      Nov 201335 participants

      CCNP Routing & Switching

      Tech Mahindra

      Hyderabad
      Onsite
    5. 05
      Dec 201315 participants

      CCNP Service Provider

      AT&T

      Bengaluru
      Onsite
    6. 06
      Jul 201515 participants

      CCIE Routing & Switching

      Customer not provided

      Abu Dhabi (UAE)
      Onsite
    7. 07
      Feb 201610 participants

      CCIE Service Provider

      Dhiraagu

      Maldives
      Onsite
    8. 08
      Nov 201610 participants

      CCNP Data Center

      Dhiraagu

      Maldives
      Onsite
    9. 09
      Aug 201712 participants

      CCIE Routing & Switching

      Customer not provided

      Dhaka, Bangladesh
      Onsite
    10. 10
      Nov 201720 participants

      CCNP Service Provider

      Oman Airport

      Oman
      Onsite
    11. 11
      Dec 201932 participants

      CCNA 200-301

      Hormuud Telecom

      Somalia
      Online
    12. 12
      Nov 20205 participants

      CCIE Enterprise

      Oman Airports

      Oman
      Online
    13. 13
      Dec 20218 participants

      CCNP SD-WAN

      Wipro

      Location not provided
      Online
    14. 14
      Mar 202210 participants

      SD-Access / DNAC

      Dhiraagu

      Location not provided
      Online
    15. 15
      May 202212 participants

      Cisco ASA / Firepower

      HP

      Location not provided
      Online
    16. 16
      Apr & Sep 202210 participants

      CCNP Service Provider

      Ciena

      Delhi
      Onsite
    17. 17
      Aug 202425 participants

      CCNP Enterprise

      Maldives Police

      Maldives
      Onsite
    18. 18
      Date not provided5 participants

      CCIE Routing & Switching

      Aricent

      Hyderabad
      Onsite
    19. 19
      Date not provided20 participants

      CCNP / MPLS

      Wipro

      Chennai / Pune
      Onsite

    Customers, dates, participant counts, locations, and delivery modes are transcribed from the supplied trainer resume. Unspecified fields are labeled as such.

    Credentials & education

    Expertise with
    a formal record.

    Credentials and education listed in the supplied resumes; no additional status verification is implied.

    Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert / #35012

    Three expert-level tracks

    • Enterprise Infrastructure
    • Service Provider
    • Security
    01

    Cisco SpecialistSDA, SD-WAN, Firepower, ISE, VPNs

    02

    MicrosoftMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
    Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

    03

    EducationDiploma in Computer Engineering

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