Hi, I'm Talha Shakeel

Infrastructure, Networking & Automation

I work across enterprise infrastructure, networking, and automation, with hands-on experience spanning production environments and self-built systems. My focus is practical execution, problem solving, and building things that actually work.

About Me

About Talha Shakeel

About My Work!

My background spans enterprise networking, infrastructure, and automation, shaped by over a decade of work in large-scale production environments. I have worked in financial services, telecom, and data center contexts, where reliability, change control, and execution matter.

Outside of my day-to-day role, I spend a significant amount of time building, automating, and experimenting with systems on my own. This hands-on work helps me understand how technologies behave in real conditions, beyond documentation and design diagrams.

My Journey

Education

2007 - 2011

Bachelors of Engienering - IQRA University

I pursued my Bachelor's degree in Telecommunication Engineering at IQRA University. This program laid the foundation for my technical expertise and passion for the world of communication and technology.

2005 - 2007

High School - Govt. Dehli College

Experience

July 2017 - Present

AVP Network Deployment - Deutsche Bank

Managing enterprise network deployment and infrastructure delivery across the Americas.

  • Manage network deployment across the Americas, including user connectivity, data center integrations, and legacy decommissioning.
  • Work with global project teams on re-architecture and major builds — providing resource planning, execution timelines, and operational ownership.
  • Own change assurance governance flow: initial technical reviews, SNOW change tickets, approvals, and coordination with Change Management.
  • Built an automation platform to validate change requests, reducing manual review time by 50%.
  • Created a terminal server line discovery tool to auto-detect connections and identify misconfigurations, replacing manual checks.
  • Led regional deployment of Arista CVP and Cisco ACI with zero business impact.
Nov 2014 - June 2017

Engineer III - Verizon Wireless

  • Managed MSC operations for Northern New Jersey region, maintaining 99.993% uptime across critical infrastructure.
  • Ran regional EMUX circuit migration across multiple markets, upgrading legacy 100Mb links to 1Gb circuits. Delivered 10x bandwidth scaling.
  • Wrote and standardized MOPs and automation scripts for regional rollout activities, reducing manual errors.
  • Did root cause analysis and fault isolation for service-impacting outages, partnering with network performance teams and vendors.
  • Coordinated across 10+ teams and 20+ technology platforms to deliver projects within timelines.
Aug 2013 - Nov 2014

Network Engineer - Quadgen Wireless

  • Ran a five-engineer deployment team executing AT&T’s national microwave integration project.
  • Deployed Ericsson Mini-Link and ALU/Nokia microwave backhaul infrastructure for LTE/UMTS sites.
  • Did carrier aggregation and eNodeB upgrades for high-traffic regions, improving RAN capacity.
  • Managed vendors, trained junior engineers, and handled field escalations.
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

Telecom Engineer - SSGC

  • Managed routers and switches deployment, OS upgrades and lifecycle management.
  • Effectively managed SW/HW upgrades, patches, and maintained a comprehensive inventory database using a combination of remote and physical measures.
  • Contributed to the success of a pivotal Oracle database upgrade project for the procurement department.

My Skills

Networking & Infrastructure

Cisco ACI & Arista CVP 95%

Enterprise Routing (BGP/OSPF/MPLS) 95%

Network Security (Palo Alto/Fortinet) 85%

Data Center Switching (Nexus/Catalyst) 90%

DNS & IPAM (Infoblox/BlueCat) 75%

Load Balancing (F5 LTM/GTM) 70%

Automation & Operations

Network Automation (Python/Ansible) 90%

Linux, Docker & Virtualization 85%

ITSM & Tools (ServiceNow/JIRA/Confluence) 85%

Network Monitoring (Splunk/SevOne) 95%

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) 75%

Technical Leadership (Vendor Mgmt) 90%

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