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About me

Hi 👋, my name is Kastuv Tuladhar and go by ~K2.

I am an experienced Senior Network Engineer with a Master’s in Computer Science. My background spans data communications and academic research, with a current focus on architecting, automating, and securing next-generation network infrastructure.

Currently, I am pursuing expert-level certifications to deepen my expertise. I created this digital archive to share specialized insights, practical tips, and resources from my professional journey.

Certifications

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Work Experience 👷🏻

Senior Network Engineer -  Sanford Health (03/2019 - Current)

At Sanford Health, I lead the role in Architecting and Automating NextGen Networks related to Cisco SD-ACCESS, ACI, and SD-WAN and DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) Infrastructures.

Skill Category Technologies/Tools
Security Solutions Firewall/VPN, Network Security, Threat Management, and Access Control.
    FirePower/ASA, Fortigate, Cisco ISE, Medigate, CheckPoint etc
Monitoring and Visualization Tools Network Performance Monitoring, Data Visualization, and Analytics.
    ThousandEyes, SolarWinds, Grafana, Prometheus, Telegraf etc
Server Technologies Server Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Application Delivery.
    Cisco UCS, Citrix NetScalers, VMWare, KVM, Dell etc
Database Management Systems Relational and Time-Series Database Technologies.
    SQL, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, SQLite, etc
Networking Hardware Enterprise Networking Equipment and Wireless Communication Systems.
    Cisco Catalyst/Nexus families Switches and Routers & Meraki MR/MX
Advanced Networking Protocols     MP-BGP, VxLAN/EVPN, LISP, SDN, NFV, Segment Routing, QoS, IPv6, etc

Graduate Assistant (Network Security) -  University of South Dakota (01/2017 - 12/2018)

  • Performed a variety of research related to network security and AI/ML related to Vehicular Networking/autonomous driving
  • Published several IEEE papers or find more on my google scholar.

Data-Communication Engineer -  Huawei Technologies (06/2014 - 12/2017)

  • Team leader in designing the IP-RAN networks with Hierarchical-VPN in MP-BGP, MPLS/IP-VPN architecture for Mobile Backbone with Traffic Engineering (TE). Configure custom services 3G/4G and L2 Enterprise Services for +10000 network elements.
  • Migrated carrier and backbone networking from TDM to IP-based network for  NCELL-AXIATA and  Nepal Telecom as a vendor.

Education 🎓

Awards 🏆

  • Achieved Best Paper Award on IEEE UEMCON 2018.
  • IT Graduate Assistantship Award on MS Computer Science (2 years).
  • Top 3 new employees at Huawei Nepal.

My IEEE Publications 📚

A list of IEEE conference papers that I have authored/co-authored while working as a Research Assistant at University of South Dakota. My reseach areas were related to networking and security for autonomous driving.