Network Engineer Palo Alto

Hari Krishna Boddupalli

SR. NETWORK ENGINEER/ NETWORK ENGINEER/SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATR

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Technical Skills

Network Engineer with 14+ years of experience in data networking and security with Medium and Large Enterprise.

• Hands on experience in deploying, Maintaining and troubleshooting of Network and Security Multivendor Load-Balancers, Routers, Switches and Firewalls/UTMs in Data Centers and Offices.

• Experience in installation, configuration and troubleshooting of F5 (LTM, GTM, ASM), AVI Networks (AVI Vantage),

• Knowledge of network monitoring and administration tools (NSM, AppView -X, HPNA, Splunk, Triage)

• Strong understanding on routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP and switching protocols: STP, Trunking, EtherChannel, vPC.

• Work experience on UTM devices Fortigate, SonicWall, Palo Alto and Juniper platforms.

• Work experience on Bluecoat proxy.

• Good Work experience on Network Automation Developer using Anisble, Terraform and

• Work experience on Source Control GitHub repository and code promotion.

• Knowledge on scripting and created scripts using Python, Perl and Bash.

• Ability to work effectively as well as independently in a team environment.

• Experience in handling on-call, Incident tickets and resolving as per SLA.

• Good Experience with Service now, Jira in managing tasks, Dashboard creation, Generate reports and good understanding of Agile process.

Other supported technologies:

Datapower Technologies: IBM WebSphere DataPower XI50, XI52,IDG

DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform

Programming Languages: Java, Python, XSLT, XML, JSON

Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

Version Control: Git, SVN

Monitoring Tools: Splunk, Nagios, Prometheus and Cacti

Professional Experience:

Organization: Wells Fargo

Designation: Sr. Network Engineer Dec 2019 – Aug 2024

Project description:

NAAS(Network As A Service) is responsible to provide security devices management services which include change management, incident management, problem management and health/availability for customer enterprise-wide infrastructure network across the global.

Platforms used:

Datapower, Solace, F5 (LTM/DNS/ASM/APM), Palo Alto, Panorama, FortiGate, Forti Manager, Versa SD-WAN, ZScaler, Prisma, AWS, AZURE Cloud support and Ansible.

Responsibilities: As part of the Security Operations Team, responsible for provisioning, deploying, configuring, administering and troubleshooting multiple security devices for 200+ large corporate companies.

• Stage and implement changes for various security devices which include ASA, Palo Alto, Forti Gate Firewalls, F5 and SD-WAN Gateway.

• Investigate and troubleshoot of network security issues.

• Responsible for packet capture analysis, syslog and firewall log analysis.

• Perform Firewall/Load Balancer Audits to verify non-compliance configurations/changes.

• Actively involved Major Incident calls & P1/P2 tickets.

• Identifying gaps and as per team needs created Standard Operating Procedures.

• Investigating the issues, working with the vendors and preparing Root Cause Analysis.

• Training the operational teams to support new design and product deployments in customer network.

• Worked as technical front face to customer and provide presentations on Network and Security projects.

• Worked on Automation projects for Palo Alto & F5 using Python, Ansible and VCAT.

Organization: Wells Fargo

Designation: Sr. Network Engineer Dec 2013 – Aug 2019

Designed and implemented secure and scalable Datapower solutions for various clients.

Automated deployment, firmware upgrade and alert suppression processes using Jenkins and Ansible, reducing deployment time by 60%.

Collaborated with DevOps teams to integrate Datapower services with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).

Developed custom XSLT and XML configurations to enhance service performance.

Conducted performance tuning and troubleshooting to ensure optimal system performance.

Hands on experience in deploying, Maintaining and troubleshooting of Network and Security Multivendor Datapower, Solace, Routers, Switches and IIS 6.0 and Web hosting servers in Data Centers and Offices.

Experience in installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Imperva,Datapower IDG, Solace Ansible, F5 and IIS 6.0.

Knowledge of network monitoring and administration tools (HPNA, Splunk, Triage)

Good Work experience on Network Automation Developer using Ansible,

Work experience on Source Control GitHub repository and code promotion.

Ability to work effectively as well as independently in a team environment.

Experience in handling on-call, Incident tickets and resolving as per SLA.

Good Experience with Service now, Jira in managing tasks, Dashboard creation, Generate reports and good understanding of Agile process.

Helping Manager with monthly Team reports

Helped Management in screening profiles and interviewing and provided KT to new team members.

Developed and maintained Datapower services for enterprise applications.

Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, improving deployment efficiency.

Provided technical support and training to junior developers.

Organization: Wells Fargo

Designation: Sr. Analyst Dec 2010 – Aug 2013

Assisted in the deployment of MSI builds on IIS servers for hosting the sites

Worked closely with development and operations teams to streamline workflows

Maintained high performing applications with at

Participated in code reviews and contributed to best practices documentation.

Supported the integration of Datapower with existing enterprise systems.

Managed and maintained over 100 IIS servers, ensuring 99.99% uptime.

Implemented security measures to protect sensitive data and applications.

Automated routine tasks using PowerShell scripts, improving efficiency by 20%.

Provided technical support for application deployment and troubleshooting

Worked on middleware products WebSphere, WebLogic and Tomcat configuration

Monitoring utilization using Foglight

Worked on clustering for high availability of servers

Achievements & Recognition:

• Gold coin ward which is highest award in Wells Fargo 2014

•Received many Shared Success from customers in Wells Fargo.

•Champion Award from Wells Fargo.

Education

GNIIT certified from NIIT

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Osmania University

Graduated: 2000

Certifications

MCP from Microsoft

Azure Fundamental AZ-900

GNIIT from NIIT

Projects

Cloud Integration Project: Led the integration of Datapower services with AWS, enhancing scalability and security.

Automation Initiative: Developed Ansible playbooks to automate routine tasks, reducing manual effort by 60%.

Performance Optimization: Conducted a comprehensive performance analysis and tuning of Datapower services, resulting in a 30% improvement in response times.

Monitoring: analyzed Netcool alerts and removed non impacting errors to reduce incident tickets which were pilling up queue.

Professional Affiliations

Member, IBM Datapower User Group

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