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Ondrej Latta

Network Engineer
Bratislava,Slovakia

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Manager Infrastructure Services (continuous role as Senior Network Design Engineer)

DXC Technology
1 2024 - 02.2024
  • Transfer of productive unit from AT&T to DXC
  • Supporting the transition of the client from AT&T to DXC.

Senior Network Design Engineer

AT&T Global Network Services Slovakia
03.2017 - 12.2023
  • In the role as Network Engineer and Network Security Engineer, I have been dedicated to delivering project work, handling non-standard delivery requests and resource requests, focusing on preparing high-level and low-level designs in cooperation with architects, as well as overseeing service delivery. I consistently approached network infrastructure from comprehensive perspective and network security point of view, and role included executing configuration changes too
  • Responsibilities included creating technical implementation proposals, estimating effort for deployment in LAN/WAN/Datacenter areas, and project implementation ranging from small (10 hours) to high-visibility (500 hours of effort). I acted as technical coordinator between customers and service delivery teams while also implementing changes myself
  • I have executed changes in data centers, performed complex routing changes and redesigns, migrated firewall policies from Checkpoint to FortiGate, built DMZ network infrastructure for carve-out projects - ensured seamless service and user migration to new company with utmost confidentiality and integrity. Other notable projects include preparing underlying routing for FortiGate SD-WAN, collaborating on migration of telephony systems from network perspective, and many others.
  • My experience extends to network security projects, working closely with network architects and IT Security officers.
  • Often positioned as "technical coordinator", responsibility for connecting external partners via S2S VPN tunnels (parameters negotiation and defining access policy with third parties); Firewall policy consolidation and configuration - I facilitated communication between requestors and IT security, ensuring implementation of network security measures (Firewall – Checkpoint, FortiGate, Cisco ASA; IPS – Tipping Point; Proxy – McAfee) and compliance with security standards.

Project specialist

SOITRON
07.2015 - 01.2017
  • Worked on project for one of the biggest car producers in world, located in Bratislava, Slovakia as network engineer dedicated for project activities

Main responsibilities include:

  • Pre-sales activities (effort proposals, high-level design, clarification of customer`s needs)
  • Low-level design of networking solutions based on Cisco product portfolio mainly but not limited to Routing & Switching and Wireless LAN solutions
  • Deployment of designed networking solutions, device configuration
  • Implementing network changes in assembly plant environment as well as in datacentre
  • Documenting deployed solutions
  • Testing deployed solution (including failover tests and creating FO test procedures)
  • Turn over to production related activities
  • L3 support for LAN/WLAN/WAN infrastructure
  • Problem management (creating troubleshooting plans, troubleshooting complex network related issues)
  • Participate in design, implementation, and troubleshooting process of complex wireless network environment at Volkswagen assembly plant
  • Perform wireless site survey, analyse wireless coverage and measure signal strength

System Engineer

AT&T Global Network Services Slovakia
10.2013 - 06.2015
  • Worked in Service Delivery team as a Systems Engineer for nternational customer, where network infrastructure primarily consisted of Cisco, Riverbed, and Motorola devices
  • Main responsibilities included installing network devices worldwide from office center in Slovakia, collaborating with on-site technicians at customer premises, preparing configurations, communicating with customers, performing device installation and configuration, preparing solutions for logical change requests, conducting testing, and performing IOS upgrades." System engineer in general is responsible for designing, configuring, and supporting WAN/LAN infrastructure
  • This position provides lifecycle management, quality assurance, customer communication, and technical/troubleshooting support
  • Responsibilities also include traffic engineering, hardware/software configuration, diversity analysis, disaster recovery analysis, inventory management, utilization analysis, network implementation, problem management and general subject matter expertise.

DTAC Engineer

AT&T Global Network Services Slovakia
06.2012 - 10.2013
  • In the role as a DTAC Engineer at AT&T, I gained extensive hands-on experience with Cisco and Juniper devices, analog modems, and CSU/DSUs
  • Responsibilities ranged from simple router installations and network logic adjustments to complex site installations and migrations involving multiple network device types
  • Collaborated with onsite technicians, customers, and external resources
  • Install and activate Cisco & Juniper HW at new locations
  • Test and troubleshoot LAN/WAN connections, mostly focused on layer 1 and 2
  • Implement (hardware replacement) and logical (network design change, configuration update, IOS upgrade) changes
  • Disconnect closed locations, maintain database
  • Interact with both internal and external resources to complete provisioning tasks

Education

Master's degree - Department of Air Traffic Management, Air traffic management

Technical University of Kosice
01.2011 - 05.2013

Bachelor's degree - Department of Flight Training, Air traffic controller

Technical University of Kosice
01.2008 - 05.2011

Skills

LAN/WAN/network devices:

- Cisco Routers (eg ISR 4000 Series, ASR 1000 Series)

- Cisco Switches (eg Catalyst 4500/6500, c2960x, c3750 etc)

- Cisco Nexus 9000/7000/5000/2000(FEX) Series

- F5 load balancer

Network Security:

- Cisco Secure Control Access Server (ACS)

- Cisco ASA

- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

- Checkpoint R7730, R8010

- Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager)

- Tipping Point IPS

- Proxy - McAfee Web Gateway

Wireless:

- Cisco Wireless Access Points

- Cisco WLAN Controller

- Motorola Canopy AP, SM

Network & management tools:

- CiscoWorks LMS, Cisco PRIME Infrastructure

- ManageEngine NETFLOW Analyzer 97

- Flowmon collector

- Infoblox DHCP/DNS, Vital QIP

- WireShark, InSSIDer

- Splunk

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CCNA Routing & Switching - Cisco Certified Network Associate

CCNP Routing & Switching - Cisco Certified Network Professional

CCNA Security - Implementing Cisco Network Security

Personal Information

Driving License: B

Timeline

Senior Network Design Engineer

AT&T Global Network Services Slovakia
03.2017 - 12.2023

Project specialist

SOITRON
07.2015 - 01.2017

System Engineer

AT&T Global Network Services Slovakia
10.2013 - 06.2015

DTAC Engineer

AT&T Global Network Services Slovakia
06.2012 - 10.2013

Master's degree - Department of Air Traffic Management, Air traffic management

Technical University of Kosice
01.2011 - 05.2013

Bachelor's degree - Department of Flight Training, Air traffic controller

Technical University of Kosice
01.2008 - 05.2011

Manager Infrastructure Services (continuous role as Senior Network Design Engineer)

DXC Technology
1 2024 - 02.2024
Ondrej LattaNetwork Engineer