Rohit Thakur
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Top SchoolRohit Thakur is a Principal Software Engineer with 8 years of deep expertise in network automation, LTE core and optical network management, currently driving platform-agnostic Ansible solutions at Red Hat. He combines hands-on development of LTE nodes (ePDG, SaMOG, eMBMS) and optical NETCONF/gRPC clients with extensive Ansible module work across Junos, IOS, NXOS, VyOS and Arista. Rohit’s background spans low-level protocol troubleshooting (DIAMETER, GTPv2, RADIUS) and high-level automation patterns using Python, Flask, Jinja and YANG, enabling reliable deployments at scale. An active contributor to the upstream Ansible project, he improves network configuration modules and testing for widely used networking platforms. Based in Shimla, he pairs telecom-grade systems thinking from Nokia Bell Labs and Altran with open-source craftsmanship and a practical focus on operability.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Software Engineering, Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Software Engineering at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (7)
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Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible
May 2019 - Mar 2020
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 review, 22 commits, 124 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Rohit primarily contributes to network configuration modules within the Ansible project. Their work involves modifying configuration files for network devices such as Cisco ASA, VyOS, and NXOS. They address bug fixes, implement new features, and add tests to improve module functionality and reliability. The user demonstrates expertise in network device configuration management and the use of Python within the Ansible framework.
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rohitthakur2590/arista.eos
Jan 2021 - Dec 2024
Ansible Network Collection for Arista EOS
Contributions:200 pushes, 60 branches in 4 years
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