Łukasz Napierała

Network Engineer

+48512824978  /  lukasz@napierala.net  /  www.napierala.net
ul. Janusza Meissnera 4D/16, 60-408 Poznań, Poland

PROFILE        Network Engineer with 12 years proven experience in designing, delivering and maintaining network solutions for internal and external customers.  With 2 years experience as a Network Service Delivery Manager dedicated for external customer projects. Responsible for interfacing with clients, geographically dispersed team management and delivering enterprise solutions for customers. Extensive knowledge and experience with leading network vendor devices.

Main area of interest related to the Network Security.

EXPERIENCE                Network Expert – Sep 2018 - Present

LUNA Networks / Remote                     

• Responsible for the design, configuration, support and management of network technologies operating in 24x7 PCI DSS environments.
• Maintenance and development Data Center Network environment based on Cisco technology (FabricPath, Nexus 9K,7K,5K,2K family)
• Design and development client Campus Network (Catalyst 9k,6k,3k family, ASR1k and ISR4k family, Cisco ASA, FTD2k/4k, Cisco FMC, Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Cisco ISE, FlexConnect Cisco Wireless based on WLC5520 and WLC9800), design and deployment IPv6 in Campus Network
• Designing and developing (in a two members team) Azure Cloud migration project (responsible for BGP and IPSec design, ExpressRoute)
• Designing and developing Campus Network based on SD-Access (DNA Center), SD-WAN Network
• Conducting training courses to external customers from Cisco Security Solutions (Cisco ISE, Cisco NGFW)

                        Network Service Delivery Manager – Sep 2016 – Sep 2018

Ciber/CGI / Poznań                   

Responsible for designing, organizing, modifying, installing and supporting a company's computer systems. Designs and installs LANs, WANs, Internet and intranet systems and network segments.

• Design and operation of data center network,
• Design of customer-connections,
• Operations of infrastructure services like DNS, NTP, IPAM,
• Design and implementation of network security architecture,
• Support of customer network environment incl. involvement in customer,
• Remote operation and diagnosis of high-end network equipment,
• Analysis of live traffic patterns for major ISPs worldwide,
• Ensuring continuous operation of servers and services,
• Providing quality support for a range of devices deployed in ISP Core IP networks,
• Troubleshooting all network and system-related problems,
• Opening tickets to track and document the resolution of problems,
• Cooperation with ISP and NOC administrators around the globe.

As Network Service Delivery Manager responsible for:

• Interfacing with key client stakeholders and take end to end responsibility for a transition/service contract,
• Building and leveraging on long term relation with the client,
• Taking complete responsibility for people and their performance during transition and later steady state. Additionally applying a coaching model which is a part of our learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued,
• Ensuring optimization of IT service processes and structures to increase their effectiveness and efficiency. Moreover driving the continual service improvement process by developing methods, tools, knowledge and accelerators based on ITIL framework,
• Cooperating with our global service delivery and transition centers of excellence.

                        Network Engineer – Jul 2013 – Aug 2016

Allegro/PayU / Poznań 

Responsible for the configuration, support and management of network technologies operating in 24x7 PCI DSS environments.

• Maintenance and development network environment based on Cisco, F5 and Juniper technologies (Cisco Nexus/Catalyst/ASA, Juniper MX/SRX/QFX/EX, F5 LTM)
• Maintaining VPN Connections (Cisco ASA, Juniper SRX)
• Network problems troubleshooting
• Maintenance and development of network documentation
• Network automation process automating configuration (Ansible), documentation (Ruby/Python)

Participating in data center migration for PayU Russia and PayU Turkey.

Responsible for firewalls configuration such as clustering, BGP Sessions, IPSec VPNs, Routing, F5 load balancers configuration, Switching.

EDUCATION                MASTER’S DEGREE – JAN 2016

Poznań University of Technology

Electronics and Telecommunications

ENGINEER’S DEGREE – MAY 2014

Poznań University of Technology

Information Technology

CERTIFICATION        CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate

CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise

CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional Security

CCDA Cisco Certified Design Associate

CCDP Cisco Certified Design Professional

Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation

Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core

Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Design

Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core

Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Identity Management Implementation

JNCIA Juniper Networks Certified Associate

Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamental

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate