From Engineer to Industry Transformer
In the ever-evolving world of network infrastructure, few professionals stand out like Vivek Bagmar. With over 12 years of hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and automating high-performance network solutions, Vivek has carved a niche for himself at the intersection of traditional networking and forward-thinking automation. His career journey, marked by technical rigor, innovation, and an unrelenting passion for efficiency, has culminated in his current role as a Proof-of-Concept (POC) Engineer at Arista Networks. Here, he is transforming how enterprise and data center customers evaluate and adopt next-generation network solutions through Arista’s CloudVision and CVP Studios.
Dual JNCIE Certifications and Technical Mastery
Vivek Bagmar holds the prestigious Juniper Networks Certified Expert – Enterprise certification, ranking #747 worldwide. This accolade came after successfully passing an intensive 8-hour hands-on lab, validating his expertise in OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, multicast, and advanced network security. This credential highlights his ability to design, configure, and troubleshoot highly complex enterprise networks using Juniper technologies.
In addition, Vivek is globally ranked #304 in the Juniper Networks Certified Expert – Data Center certification. This achievement showcases his mastery in data center technologies, including EVPN and VXLAN, advanced routing and switching protocols, and network automation. It further underlines his capacity to design scalable, resilient data center architectures with seamless Juniper integration.
The Arista Era: Leading with POC Innovation
Vivek’s impact at Arista is both technical and visionary. Rather than simply presenting features, he builds real-world topologies that address complex customer scenarios using advanced concepts like EVPN VXLAN and Optimized Inter Subnet Multicast (OISM). By crafting sophisticated test environments, he validates how Arista’s technologies outperform under stress and scale, optimizing traffic flow and reducing congestion across distributed networks. His deep understanding of traffic engineering, along with his experience in ECN, PFC, and AI/ML-enhanced telemetry, has made him instrumental in developing POCs that go far beyond conventional evaluation, transforming them into strategic solution validations tailored to enterprise-scale demands.
Demonstrating Value with CloudVision and CVP Studios
At the core of Vivek’s transformation toolkit is Arista’s CloudVision platform and its automation layer, CVP Studios. Through these platforms, Vivek has designed and implemented network workflows that automate critical functions like device onboarding, configuration consistency, compliance enforcement, and real-time telemetry. By leveraging parameterized configuration templates and building scalable automation pipelines, he enables dynamic updates while maintaining a secure and predictable network posture. He has also successfully integrated CloudVision with external systems to extend observability and accelerate troubleshooting, ensuring network health is continuously optimized. His contributions are not just limited to configuration, they encompass performance analytics, fault isolation, and capacity forecasting, all critical to the operational lifecycle of large-scale networks.
Shaping Multi-Vendor Solutions at Juniper
Before joining Arista, Vivek held pivotal roles at Juniper Networks, where he led efforts in advanced support engineering and sales engineering for nearly eight years. His experience with Juniper’s QFX, MX, and EX platforms, combined with a deep knowledge of Junos OS, enabled him to lead one of the industry’s most comprehensive interoperability projects between Juniper and Arista. This initiative provided real-world validation of BGP-based EVPN VXLAN fabrics across heterogeneous vendor environments, ultimately laying the groundwork for more adaptable and vendor-agnostic data center designs. Additionally, his work with Juniper Apstra introduced him to the principles of intent-based networking, where he helped customers define service-level objectives and automate policy-driven deployments across diverse platforms.
Global Recognition and Industry Leadership
Vivek’s contributions have been widely acknowledged by the global tech community. His thought leadership and technical excellence have earned him invitations to judge major technology and AI competitions such as the Claro Awards in AI, the Globee Awards for AI, the Make Ohio Hackathon, and the Live AI Hackathon hosted jointly by Duke and Harvard Universities. His influence extends into academic circles, where he served as a session chair and peer reviewer for the IEEE-sponsored InC4 conference, roles reserved for recognized experts in their domain. He is also a respected member of elite think tanks like AI 2030, AI Frontier Network, and the Hackathon Raptors Fellowship, all of which recognize innovators who are shaping the future of technology through AI and automation.
Awards, Publications, and Ongoing Contributions
Vivek’s body of work has not gone unnoticed. He has been honored with a Global Recognition Award for his transformative contributions to networking and AI-based infrastructure management. As a published author, his insights have been featured in prominent IEEE-sponsored conferences such as the International Conference on Self Sustainable Artificial Intelligence Systems (ICSSAS) and the International Conference on Data Intelligence and Cognitive Informatics (ICDICI). These papers delve into the integration of AI with real-world networking challenges, demonstrating his ability to translate cutting-edge theory into practical solutions.
Vivek Bagmar is more than a network engineer; he is a catalyst for industry transformation. His ability to bridge conceptual models with practical, scalable deployments has made him a key figure in modern network automation. Whether it’s building end-to-end POCs, deploying policy-driven configurations at scale, or evangelizing automation-first architectures through Arista’s platforms, Vivek continues to define what future-ready networks look like. In a world where agility, intelligence, and automation are paramount, Vivek is not only navigating the future but also engineering it.
