Ankur Khandpur
About Ankur Khandpur
Ankur Khandpur is a Technical Solutions Engineer at Arista Networks with extensive experience in network planning, design, and engineering across various companies and regions.
Current Title and Company
Ankur Khandpur is currently serving as a Technical Solutions Engineer at Arista Networks. He has been in this role since 2018, working in the Vancouver, Canada area.
Previous Work Experience
Ankur Khandpur has a diverse background in network engineering and planning. Before joining Arista Networks, he worked at several prominent companies. He was a Computer Lab Assistant- Network Architecture at Dalhousie University in 2017 in Halifax, Canada. Prior to that, in 2016, he served as Engineer- Network Planning and Design at BT in Gurgaon, India. He has also held various engineering roles at Ericsson, including Engineer- Engineering in Noida, India (2014-2016), Transmission Planning Engineer in Guildford, UK (2013-2014), and Engineer- Network Engineer in Noida, India (2011-2013).
Educational Background
Ankur Khandpur holds a Master’s Degree (MEng.) in Internetworking from Dalhousie University, earned between 2016 and 2018. He also possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, completed between 2007 and 2011.
Technical Expertise
Ankur Khandpur has an extensive skill set in network planning and management. He is proficient in using T-Mobile Network Planning tools such as Apollo, Nemesis, Circuit-Manager, IQ Link, TMS, Map Info, and Cramer. He has experience with Cell Site Gateway/Transport Equipment including models from Tellabs, Huawei, BTS, and Nokia. Additionally, he is adept in Microwave Radio technologies from Ericsson, SIAE, and NEC. His protocol and service expertise includes TCP/IP, BGP, IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, DHCP, ARP, NAT/PAT, IP VPN, VRRP, Multicast, EIGRP, STP, MPLS, VRF, IPSec, DNS, and Network Security measures against DDoS Attacks and Spoofing.
Skills in Programming and Cloud Computing
Ankur Khandpur is skilled in Python programming and has experience with REST APIs. He possesses knowledge in AWS Cloud Computing and Network Virtualization using VMware vCentre and vSphere. He is also experienced with Fortigate 5.4.1 and the JUNOS operating system.