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Michalis Daskas

Michalis Daskas

Senior IP Network Engineer
Athens

Summary

Seasoned Network Engineer with over 4 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex enterprise and ISP networks. Expertise includes a wide range of networking protocols and technologies, such as routing, switching, security, cloud solutions, and wireless networking. Proven track record in managing high-impact projects, from small-scale network upgrades to large-scale migrations, demonstrating strong abilities to enhance network performance and reliability. Skilled in identifying and troubleshooting network issues, resulting in increased uptime and improved user satisfaction.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

IP NETWORK ENGINEER

NOVA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SA
11.2021 - Current
  • Designing, maintence and troubleshooting of the Metro ethernet, IP Backbone, ISP MPLS, LAN/WAN
  • Working in a Multivendor ISP network environment with the biggest Vendors in market (CISCO, JUNIPER, FORTINET)
  • Expertise knowledge on CISCO products and software (all Cisco flavors IOS, IOS XE, IOS XR)
  • ASR 920 all models.
  • CISCO 4000 Series ISR 4321, 4431 - CISCO 800 Series C881, C888 - CISCO 3400,NCS-520
  • Metro Aggregation (CISCO7609, NCS-540, NCS-5500, C-7600, C-ASR-9000)
  • IP Backbone/ IP CORE (ASR-9001, C-7200, C-ASR-9000, ASR-9910)
  • Good knowledge on Juniper products and softwares
  • IP CORE - J-M10i, J-MX960, MX104
  • Advanced knowledge on Fortinet Products with hands on experience (Fortigate 40F, 60F, 70F, 90G, 100F, 600E).
  • Software products with hands on experience (Fortianalyzer, FortiManager, Fortiportal,Forticlient)
  • Experience on the design of SD-WAN and SECURESDWAN projects
  • Advanced hands on experience on Fortinet infrastructure technologies (High-availability (HA cluster, split-brain etc), Health monitoring, Routing, NAT, VDOMS, FSSO, ZTNA, IPSEC VPNs, SSL VPNs, BGP (features such as dynamic bgp, bgp self-healing).
  • SDWAN Architecture (Hub&Spoke , ADVPN ,ECMP,sla-based routing,ZTP)
  • Advanced hands on experience on Fortinet security technologies (Secure SDWAN, Firewall Policies, SSL Inspection, IPS, Application control, Antivirus, Web Filtering,DNS filtering, Custom Security Profiles, Security Fabric designing).
  • Routing Protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, OSPFV3, BGP, MP-BGP) Advanced hands on experience
  • IP network design and implementation of corporate customer services (Internet, VPLS, E-lines ,AtoM,QoS,L2vpn,L3vpn,Traffic-Eng tunnels) over Metro Ethernet networks and transport over IP MPLS backbone
  • Participating in Syzefxis II project's roll-out, connecting public bodies to central hubs
  • IP network design and implementation of all corporate customer services
  • WEB services, Data circuits, MPLS L2VPN/L3VPN, BGP for our Customers or Provider Independent Corporate Customers
  • VOICE services, SIP TRUNK, TDM (asr920 with PRI)
  • Designing of Qos Mechanisms (Queuing, Marking, Shaping, WRED, Policing)
  • DDOS activation for Corporate Customers (ARBOR)
  • Lead Engineer on Most valuable B2B projects in my company
  • ERT project Design-rollout (168sites)

- Dual Hub&Spoke Design.

- L2vpn VPLS Redundancy.

- MPLS IP SLA.

- QoS.

- MPLS traffic-Eng tunnels.

- Design with Automation tools(Ansible+Jinja).

  • SecureSDWAN projects.
  • Mobile IP Migration of old firewall Cisco ASA ipsec vpns to the new Firewall Fortigate 600F
  • DEDDIE IoT Project(Designing&Implementation).
  • Eurobank design and rollout of 168 branches (Hub-spoke topology, L3vpn, IPSLA)
  • BGP designing (iBGP, eBGP, MP-BGP).
  • OSPF designing (Areas,LSA types,Redistribution,adjacencies).
  • MPLS (L2VPNs, L2VPNs, L2PtP, EoMPLS, VPLS over MPLS, EVPN, Traffic-Eng, Pseudowires).
  • Hands on experience in Secure Access Control field: AAA server (RADIUS, TACACS +), Rancid
  • Hands on experience in Network Analysis Tools: Wireshark, IP SLA, SPAN, RSPAN, ERSPAN, SNMP, NETFLOW, monitoring (Cacti, solarwinds)
  • Designing of VPNs: GRE, IPSEC, DMVPN, ADVPN ,SSL.
  • Excellent knowledge in Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting of all b2b services for both exWind and exForthnet ISP networks.

Network Engineer

BITCORE
05.2021 - 09.2021
  • Implementation of network projects for our customers (Network Architecture, Routing, Switching, Security, QoS)
  • Good understanding of Mikrotik, Ubiquiti, TP-Link and Cisco devices (routers, switches, access-points, Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Antennas, managed switches and poe switches, Network Controllers, Antennas for Air-fiber etc)
  • I contributed to the big project of the company in building our own Internet Service Provider through wireless pairs mostly
  • Security policies with firewalls, ports security, Acls (extended, named), mac-filtering, network analysis with tools such as wireshark
  • VLANS (Voice Vlans, Management Vlans, Dot1q, VTP, DTP, Vlans Trunking, Inter-Vlans, Router on stick, L3 switch)
  • STP
  • Dynamic routing (EIGRP, OSPF)
  • BGP Designing in order to build the WISP (BGP peer groups, Communities, attributes, filtering, route maps and prefix lists, BGP Authentication and best practices to prevent BGP hijacking or leaks)
  • NAT implementation for our Customers
  • Install, repair and maintence hardware infrastructures (Network Cables CATE5e, CAT6, FTP, multimode fibers, modems, routerboards, switches, patch panels)
  • Worked with Mikrotik products such as (CCR1009 router, CCR1072 router, RB4011 router, RB951, RBCap AP, CRS112 Switch, CRS all the versions)
  • Worked with Ubiquiti products such as (Ubiquiti AIRFIBER 5XHD, PowerBeam all the versions, LiteBeam, Edge Switch, UNIFY Switch all the versions)
  • VPN implementations (GRE, IPSEC, GRE OVER IP TUNNEL, GRE OVER IPSEC, DMVPN, OPENVPN)

Call Center Agent

Φυσικό Αέριο Ελληνική Εταιρεία Ενέργειας
01.2021 - 04.2021
  • Customer Support
  • Call Center support Inbound, Outbound
  • Working with tools such as Oracle CRM Right Now, UIP Tool, Microsip
  • Remote support on company tools
  • Emails management

Information Technology Network Engineer

Military Base
01.2020 - 10.2020
  • Call center agent (Inbound, Outbound)
  • Technical support on Main Distribution Frame (MDF)
  • Network cables measuring and testing
  • Installation, repair and maintenance VOIP technologies (hardware & software)
  • Installing, configuring and supporting network equipment including routers, servers, switches, DNS and DHCP
  • Troubleshooting on Network issues
  • Configuring firewalls, routing and switching on Military base network
  • Field services engineering
  • Setting up, developing and maintaining computer networks
  • Troubleshooting on a PSDN/ISDN lines issues such as (Hec, Fec, Crc, Latency, Jitter, Packet loss)
  • Packet and Malware analysis with a variety of tools such as Wireshark, Tshark, Nmap
  • Server room management
  • WLANS installation, repair and maintenance (Architecture, Access Points, Wireless Controllers, Security)
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve software, hardware issues

Network and Telecom Engineer

OTE Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation S.A.
02.2019 - 08.2019
  • Install, repair and upgrade PSTN/ISDN lines
  • Technical support on ADSL/VDSL (vectoring, super vectoring) issues
  • Network testing and measurements with variety of tools such as ARGUS 152, VIAVI
  • Solving network and telecom cables issues
  • Customer support on variety of network & telecom problems
  • Good knowledge and technical support on VOIP technologies
  • Technical support on Network Main Distribution Frame (MDF)
  • Good knowledge on Network and telecommunications measurements such as RC, TDR, COPPER BOX
  • Maintenance and troubleshooting of network devices

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science and Telecommunications

UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY

Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP Enterprise) - undefined

CISCO

Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation (CCNP ENARSI) - undefined

CISCO

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP ENCOR) - undefined

CISCO

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-301) - undefined

CISCO

Fortinet Enterprise Firewall 7.4 Administrator

FORTINET(NSE TRAINING INSTITUTE)
07-2025

FCP - FortiManager 7.2 Administrator

Fortinet
08-2024

Fortinet FortiGate 7.2 Administrator NSE 4 -

FORTINET(NSE TRAINING INSTITUTE)

Edexcel level 3 certificate in ESOL International (CEF B2) - undefined

CISCO

Introduction to Cybersecurity - undefined

CISCO

Skills

Fluent in English and Greek

Field service engineering expertise

Advanced routing expertise

Proficient in static and dynamic routing for network setups

Expertise in advanced skill transitions

Proficient in dynamic routing protocols

Expertise in MPLS technologies

Experienced with wireless networking protocols and IEEE 80211

Wireless network types expertise

Wireless networking standards expertise

Skilled in troubleshooting Windows and Unix systems

Proficient in TCP/IP networking protocols

Network infrastructure management

IPv4/IPv6 subnetting expertise

Layer 2 technology design

Voice management expertise

VLAN trunking with dot1q encapsulation

Inter-VLAN routing implementation

Proficient in network security practices

Network security configuration

IPsec tunneling expertise

Networking Automation tools(Ansible,Python)

Driving Licence

B

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 01/24/95
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Greek

Communication Skills

  • Fluency in English speech
  • Active listening
  • Networking and relationship building

Interests

Book Reading

Gym

Trips

Timeline

IP NETWORK ENGINEER

NOVA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SA
11.2021 - Current

Network Engineer

BITCORE
05.2021 - 09.2021

Call Center Agent

Φυσικό Αέριο Ελληνική Εταιρεία Ενέργειας
01.2021 - 04.2021

Information Technology Network Engineer

Military Base
01.2020 - 10.2020

Network and Telecom Engineer

OTE Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation S.A.
02.2019 - 08.2019

Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP Enterprise) - undefined

CISCO

Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation (CCNP ENARSI) - undefined

CISCO

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP ENCOR) - undefined

CISCO

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-301) - undefined

CISCO

Edexcel level 3 certificate in ESOL International (CEF B2) - undefined

CISCO

Introduction to Cybersecurity - undefined

CISCO

Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science and Telecommunications

UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY

Fortinet Enterprise Firewall 7.4 Administrator

FORTINET(NSE TRAINING INSTITUTE)

FCP - FortiManager 7.2 Administrator

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiGate 7.2 Administrator NSE 4 -

FORTINET(NSE TRAINING INSTITUTE)
Michalis DaskasSenior IP Network Engineer