Network Engineer,Network Security Engineer, Checkpoint
Resume:
Sameer Bhosale
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Objective
I would like to work in an organization which will give me a platform to utilize my technical skills and enrich my knowledge in network, cloud and security with highly efficient and dynamic workgroup. Proffesional Summary
• 5+ years of experience in networking & security with technical expertise in implementation, operations
& support functions of multi-platform environments.
• Checkpoint firewall implementation and configuration including R80.10 and previous versions of CheckPoint firewall OS.
• Experienced in handling and installing Palo Alto firewalls, working on Amazon AWS cloud environment using (Cloud Formation & Terraform).
• Firewall technologies including general configuration, risk analysis, security policy, rules creation and modification of CheckPoint/Nokia Firewall VPN-1 FW-1 NGX R65, R70 & R75 Provider-1/Site Manager-1 R65, R70.30 & R75.40 Smart Domain Manager command line & GUI.
• Managing Checkpoint firewall R65-R75 installing software blades, configuring and deployment.
• Experience with convert CheckPoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both CheckPoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience.
• Experience with working on Akamai configuration properties for data-center offloading and route optimization.
• Experience in creation and managing of VPC in AWS by building out EC2 instances, Amazon S3, ELB, Amazon RDS etc as per requirement in multi-availability zones.
• Monitor Firewall traffic using smart view-tracker and smart view-monitor.
• Configuring and performing load balancing using F5 products by Big IP LTM and GTM.
• Knowledge of CheckPoint suite of blades, such as Firewall, IPsec, Monitoring and Identity Awareness.
• Experience in installation and configuration of security features like IPS/IDS, Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware and Threat emulation on firewalls to mitigate the risks.
• CheckPoint Site-to-Site VPN configuration for data encryption.Back up, Restore and upgrade of CheckPoint firewall appliance.
• Work experience on Bluecoat Proxy SG for Content filtering and URL filtering.
• Designing layout and documentation by preparing the process related Operational Manuals and high level network architecture diagram.
• Experience working on Cisco ACI architecture platforms in scalable environment.
• Effective inter-personal skills, adaptive to any environment, keep abreast with the latest technologies and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team. Proffesional Experience
Intercontinental Hotels Group (Atlanta, GA) Feb 2017 - Current Network Engineer
Responsiblities:
- Installation, configuration, administration and maintenance of different vendor firewalls and related network security infrastructure used to protect company assets.
- Working closely with other infrastructure support teams in the firewall reviews, containment and recertification of rule sets.
- Configure firewall rules, objects database, policies,access control lists and deployment.
- Working closely with network security teams, solutions engineering team, software database engineering teams and business teams for implementation of security policies as per PCI/ company standards.
- Working extensively on Checkpoint firewalls for clean up, edit,code upgrade, enhancements and establishing new rules as per business/technical requirements.
- Building IPSEC site-to-site VPN tunnels across firewalls to maintain secured traffic flow/ connection between customers to company and vice versa.
- Migrating data/services from on-prem to AWS environment, defining IAM user roles, policies and building VPC by defining security groups across public/private subnets.
- Working with Stakeholders and solving technical issues/tickets for network troubleshooting.
- Working on Akamai by property configuration for traffic shaping/redirect as per application requirements.
- Designing and deploying effective solutions on Amazon Web Services platform which includes web/application hosting, data storage and disaster recovery.
- Configuring & Managing web domains for applications hosted by AWS using Amazon Route 53 for content delivery, domain registration, health checkups to reduce latency and provide full functionality.
- Interacting with offshore team members as data center smart hands.
- Maintain accurate documentation of firewalls and network security support activities and upgrade processes.
- Act as POC for most of the Technical details required in security firewalls and determine key vulnerabilities.
- Working in VMware, PowerPoint, Visio for designing complex high level network infrastructure diagrams.
- Working on various technology/platform migration from Cisco ASA to CheckPoint, CheckPoint TO VSX etc
- Performing advanced load balancing by configuration of GTM/LTM using load balancing products like F5 for traffic swing, code deployment on server’s and implementing SSL certificates.
- Extensive knowledge of Firewall, IDS, IPS (HIDS, NIDS, NIPS, HIPS) methodologies and concepts.
- Familiar with Security standards such as HIPAA, NIST, FISMA, etc.
- Having knowledge and experience evaluating, designing, testing and supporting hardware and software based security.
- Experience with the network security technologies such as: Threat prevention system, Anti Bot, Anti Malware, Packet sniffing etc.
- Conducting technical interviews for potential candidates.
- Training other fellow or some junior candidates on current projects/technologies. ConocoPhillips ( Bartlesville, OK) Feb 2016-Jan 2017 Network Security Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Installation, configuration, administration and maintenance of firewalls and related network security infrastructure used to protect company assets.
- Worked closely with other infrastructure support teams in the firewall reviews and recertification of rule sets.
- Worked extensively on creation, validation and maintenance of enterprise firewall policies.
- Configuration of firewall rule-base and objects.
- Configuration of system and network related parameters, intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) updates.
- Worked closely with business teams on the implementation of upgrades, enhancements and reviews.
- Worked deeply on CheckPoint and Cisco ASA firewalls environment for implementation, upgrades and audit documentation on the firewall policies.
- Worked extensively on ServiceNow to maintain/update the record.
- Solving tickets related to firewall issue as requested by other business teams. Spica Computers LLC (Jersey City, NJ) May2015-Feb 2016 Checkpoint Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Configuration, administration and managing CheckPoint firewalls.
- Documenting firewall infrastructure working on the CheckPoint environment.
- Worked on deployment of firewall rules, migration of rules and firewall administration.
- Worked on converting existing rule based onto new platforms.
- Worked with all Stakeholders for required changes/upgrades on the firewalls.
- Represented the changes at weekly change review meetings.
- Updated the network diagrams and all other applicable documents to maintain the record. IT Source Technologies Ltd, India July 2012-July 2013 Network Trainee Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Complete Network Security support with CheckPoint Firewall and Cisco ASA.
- CheckPoint and Cisco ASA VPN configuration (Site to site and Remote Access).
- CheckPoint and Cisco ASA IPS configuration and managing.
- Implementing security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS.
- Firewall and router configuration changes as per the business requirement.
- Implemented Network Address Translation using Static NAT, Dynamic NAT, and PAT.
- Installing, configuring and managing Cisco Routers/Switches.
- Network Redesign for branches locations. Managing P2P for multiple locations and backup.
- Identifying customer requirement & configuring VLAN, IP Pool.
- Policy Implementation as per customer requirement. Monitoring Health status of Network peripherals. Technical Skills
Firewalls : Cisco ASA (8.2, 8.3 and higher) and IPS/IDS modules, Check Point Splat and Gaia, Palo Alto
Routers : Cisco 2300, 4000, 6500 series
Tools : Skybox, ServiceNow, Redmine, Visio, Smart Console, Akamai Load Balancer : F5, Citrix, Amazon AWS ELB
Switches : Cisco 1600, 2950, 3550, 6500 series, Nexus 7k-9k Routing Protocols : RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP
Monitoring Tools : Smart View-Monitor, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Solar winds Programming : C++,Python, Tcl, iRules, Unix, Ansible Certification Coursework
- Palo Alto Firewalls – Installation, Configuration & Maintenance, Certified through Udemy
- Check Point Certified Security Administrator (R77.30), Certified through Udemy
- AWS Cloud Practitioner, Certified through Linux Academy School/College Activities
Projects: Designed a model based on “MATLAB based Robotic Navigation using Virtual touchscreen”,Burglar alarm system and various other small projects as a part of term work. Interests: Computer Networks, Advanced Computer Networks, Network Technology, High-Performance Networking, Network Management,Network Security,Operating Systems, System Security. Seminar: Optical Switches,Internet 2, 4G, Cloud Computing,SKY-X Technology. Quizzes and Group discussions: Participated in various quiz competitions, debates, group discussions at school and college level.
Volunteering Work: Volunteered for organizing National Quiz Competition during Jan 2004 and monitored for Tech-fest and Annual sports.
Community help: Raised funds for different humanity needs such as child care and wounded soldiers of Kargil 1998 & 2000 and funds to old age ashram in Neral,India. Education
• Graduated as Master of Science with Major as Computer Science and Specialization in Networking from Santa Clara University,2015.
• Bachelor of Engineering with Major in Computer Engineering from University of Mumbai,2012.
• Completed Management and Entrepreneurship courses from Santa Clara University.
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