PROFESSIONAL CV
Ronit Shakya
IT & Infrastructure Manager · Datacenter & Network Architect
Kathmandu, Nepal · mail@ronit.com.np · LinkedIn
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Profile
IT and infrastructure leader with 9+ years of progressive technical and operational experience across datacenter architecture, enterprise networking, private cloud and security governance. Lead a 20+ member technical department, including core L2/L3 engineers and a 15-member rotational NOC team. Current responsibility spans 120+ physical enterprise servers, VMware and Huawei DCS platforms, and infrastructure supporting 30+ enterprise clients under a 99.9% uptime SLA.
Core expertise
- Datacenters: facility relocation, rack elevations, structured cabling, power distribution, thermal and airflow planning, multi-tenant environments.
- Networking: iBGP/eBGP, dual-router redundancy, NPIX peering, multi-ISP transit, VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, MikroTik and NetFlow.
- Cloud & continuity: VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, HA/DRS, Huawei DCS, vSphere Replication, Carbonite / DoubleTake failover.
- Security: Palo Alto firewalls, NAT, threat prevention, SSL inspection, IPsec/SSL VPNs and vulnerability management practices.
- Operations: Zabbix, Checkmk, Grafana, InfluxDB, SNMP, automated alerting, RCA, 24/7 NOC leadership, SLA and vendor management.
- Governance: operational compliance across ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 20000-1.
Professional experience
IT Manager · Silver Lining Pvt. Ltd.
Feb 2025 — Present · Kathmandu, Nepal
- Lead operations and lifecycle management for 120+ physical enterprise servers and private cloud infrastructure supporting 30+ enterprise clients.
- Spearheaded primary datacenter relocation and consolidation, including rack planning, structured cabling and airflow optimization.
- Orchestrated physical and logical rack migrations for 8+ external enterprise clients, with zero business disruption.
- Designed and administered dual-router edge networks using iBGP/eBGP, NPIX peering and multiple upstream IP transit providers.
- Lead 20+ technical personnel across L2/L3 infrastructure engineering and a 15-member rotational NOC, with KPIs, escalation matrices and duty rosters.
- Built observability using Zabbix, Checkmk, Grafana, InfluxDB and MikroTik NetFlow; oversee replication, live failover, security baselines and vendor SLAs.
Assistant IT Manager · Silver Lining Pvt. Ltd.
Jul 2023 — Feb 2025 · Kathmandu, Nepal
- Led ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 20000-1 compliance initiatives, internal audit drills and remediation of findings.
- Supervised Palo Alto firewall operations, including security rules, NAT, threat prevention and SSL inspection.
- Managed ESXi host performance, vCenter resource allocation and datastore performance.
- Served as a tier-3 escalation lead and contributed to capacity expansion planning.
Sr. Network & Security Administrator · Silver Lining Pvt. Ltd.
Jul 2020 — Jun 2023 · Kathmandu, Nepal
- Strengthened perimeter security through patch management, firewall rule auditing and network security practices.
- Built centralized monitoring with Zabbix, Checkmk, custom SNMP profiles and Grafana dashboards.
- Configured multi-VLAN switching, inter-VLAN routing, gateway redundancy and site-to-site IPsec VPNs.
- Worked with systems, database and development teams on IT governance and infrastructure protection.
Network Administrator · Silver Lining Pvt. Ltd.
Sep 2018 — Jun 2020 · Kathmandu, Nepal
- Managed enterprise network stability, scheduled backups and disaster recovery procedures.
- Provisioned physical servers, operating systems, DHCP/DNS and IP addressing; resolved LAN/WAN escalations.
Jr. Network & Systems Monitoring Executive · Vianet Communications
Mar 2018 — Jul 2018 · Lalitpur, Nepal
Monitored ISP backbone transmission rings and analyzed traffic spikes, packet loss and capacity signals.
Support Coordinator · Classic Tech Pvt. Ltd.
Jul 2016 — Jan 2018 · Kathmandu, Nepal
Coordinated technical support staff and provisioned/tested GPON ONTs, routers and wireless access points.
Education & professional development
Bachelor of Information Management (BIM)
KCMIT, Tribhuvan University · Graduated 2016
Professional development includes Cisco CCNA/CCNP Enterprise curricula, Palo Alto architecture and PCNSE concepts, VMware vSphere administration, Huawei DCS, CompTIA Security+/Network+ and CEH concepts, Docker and ITIL v4 operational practices.
References
Available on request.