OSPF // AREA 0
BGP // AS 65010
LACP // ETH-CHANNEL
ACL // PERMIT IP ANY
Network Automation Engineer

Prakash N

Building intelligent enterprise networks with automation, Python, Ansible, and AI.

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
ZenQuix Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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[OK] PRAKASH N. NETOPS RUNTIME ENGINE INITIALIZED.
[OK] Ansible Core, Pytest, and Netmiko environments ready.
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About Me

I am a Network Automation Engineer with around two years of hands-on experience turning manual, error-prone network operations into safe, repeatable code infrastructures. I work extensively inside Cisco and Arista environments—managing and automating routing, switching, and firewall appliances.

I am drawn to where enterprise networking intersects with AI-driven operations: implementing intelligent tooling and autonomous scripts to make complex network fabrics self-monitoring and self-healing. I love troubleshooting design obstacles from the hardware interfaces up to abstract software layers.

Network AutomationEnterprise Networking Infrastructure as CodeAI Network Agents DevOps for NetOpsObservability Network Security
● LONGEST — Full-Time Experience AUG 2024 — PRESENT
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate
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Technical Stack

Networking Essentials

RoutingSwitchingVLANsSTPEtherChannelOSPFEIGRPBGPHSRPGLBPACLNATDHCPDNSSNMPSyslogTACACS+AAA

Supported Vendors

Cisco (Inc. 8K Sandbox)Arista

Automation & Audit Engines

PythonNetwork Audit EngineDeterministic CLI ParsingCustom Catalog StudioAnsibleJinja2YAMLJSONREST API

Python Networking Libs

NetmikoNAPALMParamikoNetworkXPyVisFlaskRequests

CI/CD & DevOps

GitGitHubBitbucketJenkinsKubernetes

Monitoring & Telemetry

GrafanaLokiGraylogOpenSearchPrometheus

Virtual Environments

VMware ESXiEVE-NGGNS3VirtualBox

Operating Systems

LinuxUbuntuRocky LinuxWindows
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Experience

Network Automation Engineer

AUG 2024 — PRESENT
ZenQuix Technologies Private Limited · Bangalore, India
  • Designed and implemented Ansible-based network automation solutions for Cisco and Arista switches and firewall platforms.
  • Developed reusable Ansible playbooks and roles to automate VLAN provisioning, IP address management, routing protocol configuration, and firewall rule deployment.
  • Automated device onboarding, configuration standardization, and software updates, reducing manual configuration effort and deployment time.
  • Integrated automation workflows with monitoring and security tools to enable compliance validation, configuration drift detection, and proactive troubleshooting.
  • Collaborated with network, security, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, secure, and standardized enterprise network solutions.
  • Built Jinja2 templates for standardized, multi-vendor configuration generation across Cisco and Arista platforms.
  • Worked with DevOps pipelines (Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes) to integrate network automation into broader delivery workflows.
  • Improved network reliability and operational efficiency through automation-driven workflows and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Software Developer Trainee Intern

MAR 2024 — JUL 2024
ZenQuix Technologies Private Limited · Bangalore, India
  • Configured and troubleshot Cisco and Arista network devices in lab and enterprise-like environments.
  • Implemented routing protocols including OSPF and BGP and performed IP addressing and subnetting for multi-segment networks.
  • Assisted in firewall and ACL configuration to support network security requirements.
  • Supported network monitoring, issue analysis, and incident resolution activities.
  • Contributed to Ansible-based automation projects to streamline repetitive network configuration tasks.
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Featured Projects

FLAGSHIP PROJECT · BETA 01 LIVE

Enterprise Network Infrastructure Audit Application

Beta 01

A modular, explainable enterprise network audit platform built around an end-to-end deterministic pipeline: automated multi-vendor CLI collection, structured configuration extraction, interface & L2/L3 validation, compliance findings, and executive reporting.

Audit Engine Workflow Architecture Deterministic & Explainable
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Collect CLI & Discovery
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Parse Structured Data
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3
Validate L2/L3 & Interface
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4
Find Policy Deviations
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5
Report Executive Audits
Architecture & Design Principle

“AI assists development, while network collection, parsing, and validation remain deterministic and explainable.”

Core Capabilities & Verification

Device Discovery & CLI Collection Structured Inventory Extraction Deterministic CLI Parsing L2/L3 & Interface Validation Findings & Executive Reporting Custom Catalog Studio Modular Audit Architecture Validated on Cisco 8K Sandbox

Tech Stack

Python Network Automation Cisco IOS-XR / 8000 Deterministic Parsing Web UI AI-assisted Development
⚡ Beta 01 Status: Active engineering phase. Next up: Multi-vendor expansion (Arista/Juniper), topology graph validation, rule packs, and Catalog Studio capabilities.

NetGenie360

Project

Enterprise network automation platform for zero-touch provisioning and multi-vendor configuration deployment.

Key Features

ZTPConfig GenerationDry-run ValidationAuto-Onboarding

Tech Stack

PythonAnsibleJinja2KubernetesGit

Enterprise Configuration Generator

Project

A template engine generator compiling standardized, production-ready configuration modules for core networks.

Generators for

OSPF / BGPACL / NATHSRP / GLBPSNMP / SyslogTACACS+ / AAA

Core Tech

Python CLIJinja2 TemplatesYAML Config Schema

Interactive Network Topology Generator

Project

Parses physical network connection descriptors (JSON maps) and automatically builds interactive layer diagrams.

Key Features

JSON SchemaAuto LayoutPort-channel groupingDynamic clustering

Libraries

NetworkXPyVis WrapperHTML Canvas

EVE-NG Enterprise Lab

Project

A localized physical server lab mapping multiple virtual vendor devices to model live routing states and config testing safely.

Lab Elements

Cisco IOSvArista vEOSVMware ESXiCentOS testbeds

AI Network Monitoring System

Concept · R&D

Researched framework deploying intelligent network agents for log processing, anomaly isolation, and incident ticketing recommendations.

R&D Subjects

Telemetry StreamAnomaly DetectionAuto RCALog Aggregation

Candidate Stack

Python AgentLoki / GraylogLangGraphNetBox API
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Explorations & Learning

Concepts, frameworks, and next-generation systems I read about and integrate into my staging configurations.

Studied

Networking Fundamentals OSI & TCP/IP MAC Address Ethernet Frame VLAN Access vs Trunk Inter-VLAN Routing Router-on-a-Stick Broadcast vs Multicast Layer 2 Concepts HSRP / GLBP Network Architecture Wireless Fundamentals Network Automation Python Ansible Jinja2 Network Monitoring & Observability

Currently Learning

CCNP ENCOR Enterprise Routing & Switching Enterprise Wireless Arista Networking Arista Wireless Advanced Network Automation Network APIs Postman EOL/EOS Automation Automation Testing Intent-Based Networking
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Credentials & Education

VERIFIED CERTIFICATION

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Foundational credential verifying expertise in IP routing, switching logic, endpoint security, and network automation APIs.

Graduated May 2024

Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering

P. A. College of Engineering and Technology

Coimbatore, TN, India · CGPA 8.73 / 10

Coursework: Computer Networks, Routing Protocols, IP Subnetting, VLAN Structures, OOP in Python, Database Architectures.

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