Nikhil Chaudhari
About Nikhil Chaudhari
Nikhil Chaudhari is a Lead Network Engineer at Vista Equity Partners in Austin, Texas, with a Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He has extensive experience in network security, configuration, and management across various organizations, including Broadcom Inc. and Visa.
Work at Vista Equity Partners
Nikhil Chaudhari has been serving as the Lead Network Engineer at Vista Equity Partners since 2019. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing network security implementation and managing policy change requests using security appliances such as Cisco ASA and Palo Alto Firewall. His position is based in Austin, Texas, where he has contributed to the company's network infrastructure and security protocols for five years.
Education and Expertise
Nikhil Chaudhari holds a Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from Oklahoma State University, where he studied from 2014 to 2016. He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai, completing his studies from 2009 to 2013. His educational background has equipped him with the skills necessary for configuring and maintaining complex IP networks, including enterprise LAN, WAN, and Datacenter environments.
Professional Experience
Prior to his current role, Nikhil Chaudhari worked as a Network Engineer at Broadcom Inc. from 2017 to 2019 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also held a position as a Network Engineer at Visa in Denver, Colorado, from 2016 to 2017. His earlier experience includes roles as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Computer Lab Assistant at Oklahoma State University, where he worked from 2014 to 2016 and 2014 to 2015, respectively.
Technical Skills
Nikhil Chaudhari possesses a range of technical skills relevant to network engineering. He is proficient in using network monitoring and management tools such as ASDM, Infoblox, Wireshark, NetBrain, SolarWinds, NetFlow, and TACACS. He has experience in providing L2/L3 support for enterprise-level network devices and is skilled in setting up and managing multivendor network devices, including Cisco and Aruba HPE multilayer switches, ASR, ISR routers, and Palo Alto firewalls.
Project Management and Documentation
In his professional capacity, Nikhil Chaudhari regularly engages in project documentation, inventory management, and network design using Microsoft VISIO. His responsibilities include ensuring prompt troubleshooting and adherence to service level agreements, which are critical for maintaining network performance and reliability in enterprise environments.