Currently @ UBS · Open to conversations

Engineering zero-downtime networks for global financial infrastructure.

I'm Yaswanth Pothula — a Senior Network Engineer with 10+ years leading large-scale DC migrations at UBS across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. I move legacy estates onto modern Arista + FortiGate fabrics without dropping a packet.

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Years
10+
Enterprise & financial-sector DC experience
Devices migrated
500+
Cisco/Juniper/NetScreen → Arista/FortiGate
Tunnels migrated
200+
VPN, Extranet & MPLS across 8+ global DC sites
Continuity
99.9%
Service uptime maintained across cutovers
/ About

Built for the rooms where downtime isn't an option.

I specialize in full-lifecycle network transformation — BGP/OSPF/VXLAN/EVPN spine-leaf architecture, perimeter security, and hybrid cloud connectivity. At UBS, I serve as primary architect and lead delivery engineer on the Migration & Design team, driving cutovers across 8+ international DC sites.

My day-to-day is deep hands-on: Juniper SRX, FortiGate SD-WAN, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, F5 BIG-IP, Azure hybrid connectivity, and Python/Ansible automation that has cut manual change cycle time by ~40%.

Location
Edgewater, NJ
/ Capabilities

The stack I run in production.

Routing & Switching

  • BGP
  • OSPF
  • EIGRP
  • MPLS
  • EVPN/VXLAN
  • VPC
  • VDC
  • LACP
  • HSRP/VRRP/GLBP

DC Platforms

  • Arista 7050/7060/7280/7500R (EOS)
  • Spine-Leaf · BGP-EVPN · VTEP · MLAG
  • Cisco Nexus 3K/5K/7K/9K
  • Juniper QFX5100/5200, EX4300/4600, MX480

Firewalls & Security

  • Juniper SRX 5200/5400/5600/5800
  • FortiGate NGFW 3601E
  • Cisco ASA 5500/5525/5585
  • Palo Alto PA-200/3020/5000
  • Zone policy · NAT/PAT · IPS/IDS

VPN, WAN & Cloud

  • IPsec · GRE · EBGP/MPLS Extranet
  • FortiGate SD-WAN (policy-based steering)
  • Azure VNet/subnet peering
  • Hybrid DC-to-cloud connectivity

Load Balancing

  • F5 BIG-IP LTM
  • VIP/pool · iRules · persistence
  • SSL offload · TMOS upgrades
  • Certificate lifecycle

Automation & Ops

  • Python (VLAN, port, firewall audits)
  • Ansible · GitLab CI/CD
  • SolarWinds NPM · Wireshark
  • Infoblox/IPAM · TACACS+ · RADIUS
/ Organizations

Teams and institutions I've delivered for.

2021 — Present

UBS Inc.

Senior Network Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer

New Jersey

2018 — 2021

Akkodis / Modis

Network Engineer

New Jersey · Client: UBS

2017 — 2018

Aption LLC

Network Associate

New Jersey

2014 — 2016

Suns Solutions

Network Engineer

India

/ How I work

A migration is a sequence of reversible, validated steps — never a leap.

01

Assess

Audit existing topology, traffic flows, and risk surface before any change is scoped.

02

Design

Architect target-state routing, security zones, and spine-leaf fabric for the cutover.

03

Migrate

Execute change-managed cutovers with documented rollback plans and per-site validation.

04

Validate

Post-change traffic validation, BGP/OSPF health checks, and continuous monitoring.

/ Let's talk

Hiring for a Senior or Lead Network Engineer role?

I'm happy to walk through specific migrations, fabric designs, or automation work in detail. Reach out by email or grab my resume.

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