SENIOR NETWORK AND SECURITY ENGINEER
Emaratech
Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months
Responsible for designing and implementing network and Security solutions to ensure smooth and reliable operation of various projects fulfilling business objectives and processes.
Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network equipment and related documentation and technical specifications information
Coordinate with vendors for resolution of any network and Security devices related issues
Interact with vendors once products and services are secured for POC and agreed implementation
Provide technical expertise to new and/or junior members in the team to guide them on a day to day basis
Managing existing and new network, Firewall, IPS, WAF and Load Balancer requirements for eForm, eDNRD, APIGEE, Smart Gate, Smart Corridor, Vision and Smart/Unified Channels Projects of the Organization
Performed migrations of Cisco to Palo Alto Firewalls and Cisco to Citrix and F5 Load Balancers as part of Hardware Upgrades
Set up Network, Firewall and Load Balancer in Alibaba Cloud for new project of the Organization
Worked as Network Engineer and responsible for managing Organization HO, three branch offices, Noqodi Payment gateway Project and Cloud Services
Managed complete network and Security for internal projects such as ARA, ERP and HP Monitoring Tools
Managed Routers, Switches, Wireless Controller and Firewall with UTM for more than 300 organization user’s access to internet as well as internal applications
Managed Noqodi payment gateway project by implementing Load balancer with SSL and content switching, Firewalls with UTM, multi chassis Switches for Server farm connectivity, Web application Firewall for Web layer security, Routers for Data Center and remotes offices connectivity, VPN Firewall for Site to Site Connectivity with Financial partners
Handle and manage daily requests from other business and technical units on routine activities related to the network and Security infrastructure
Responsible for working on fixing Security Vulnerabilities identified during internal and external VA and submitting the closure reports
Responsible for maintaining Network and Security Configurations to comply with PCI standards as in order to obtain yearly PCI Certification on Payment Gateway
Plan Switch to Disaster Recovery Site and ensures switchover criteria are met with desired benchmark
Designed and implemented Network and Security on Cloud services subscribed by organization for hosting applications
Coordinated with Vendors for network and security devices bug fixes, upgrades and replacements as required
Identify and ensure network and Security systems are updated with latest available firmware patches and not vulnerable to exploits
Worked in Managed services section of Etisalat and supported Customers in maintaining WAN Connectivity using BGP Protocol, LAN redundancy with HSRP Protocol and WAN Redundancy by tuning BGP attributes as per customer expectations.
Configured CE Routers as per the CRF raised by customers
Part of team involved in helping customers switch from Production to DR Site (Banks)
IOS upgrade of routers and switches.
Synchronizing with:
o Third Party Vendor, for Device’s related problem
o Team of Engineers posted locally for the Link Related Problems
o Client Core Engineering Team, Vendors, Customers and 3rd Party Service Providers
Monitoring more than 4000 WAN devices including switches, routers and firewall in MPLS environment as per instruction / policy of clients
Accountable for performing:
o Installation & configuration of Cisco Switches and Cisco Routers
o Upgrading of Cisco IOS
o Configuration of VLANs
o Installation & maintenance of the organization’s local area network
✓ Certified CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate Certified CCNA - security CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional Cisco ID: CSCO11873587 CCIE - R&S Planned ITIL Foundation V3 ✓ Bachelor in Engineering in Information Science & Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore in the Year: 2010