Network Engineer It

VENKATA GOPI HARI KRISHNA ALLA

**************************@*****.*** +1-314-***-**** St. Louis MO, United States PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Versatile and results-driven IT Network Engineer with proven expertise across enterprise-grade platforms including Cisco IOS, Wireshark, and AWS. Adept at designing secure cloud networking environments, implementing policy-based routing with SDN tools, and orchestrating VPN architectures for hybrid systems. Demonstrates deep proficiency in firewall management, packet analysis, and automation using Ansible, with a strong track record of enhancing network performance and resilience. Skilled in simulating and validating complex topologies using Packet Tracer and GNS3, and managing infrastructure with tools like NetBox and SolarWinds. Brings a strategic mindset and hands-on technical depth to every layer of network engineering.

SKILLS

Wireshark

pfSense

Cisco Packet Tracer

NetBox

GNS3

Nagios

AWS & Azure Networking

Ansible

SolarWinds

OpenDaylight

EXPERIENCE

IT Network Engineer

Tech Electronics

06/2024 – Current United States

•Engineered multi-region AWS and Azure networks with encrypted VPN tunnels and dynamic routing.

•Built real-time dashboards in SolarWinds and Nagios, improving SLA adherence by 7%.

•Developed automated CISCO IOS deployment pipelines using Ansible and GitOps workflows.

•Conducted forensic WIRESHARK analysis on zero-day traffic anomalies in VPN-secured environments.

•Designed SDN-based segmentation using OpenDaylight, enabling policy-driven routing across AWS workloads.

•Reduced incident response time by 39% through proactive alerting and packet capture with WIRESHARK.

•Architected full-stack VPN solutions using pfSense, integrated with SSO and MFA for remote access.

•Simulated disaster recovery topologies in GNS3, validating CISCO IOS failover and BGP convergence.

•Leveraged NetBox for dynamic inventory and IPAM, integrated with CI/CD for network-as-code.

•Achieved 52% reduction in provisioning errors by templating CISCO IOS configs via Ansible. IT Network Engineer

Infodot Technologies Private Limited

09/2019 – 07/2023 India

•Configured CISCO IOS routers in GNS3 labs to simulate enterprise routing with VPN tunnels and WIRESHARK packet tracing.

•Deployed Nagios and SolarWinds for real-time monitoring, reducing downtime by 28% across multi-site networks.

•Automated CISCO IOS switch configurations using Ansible, cutting manual provisioning time by 35%.

•Designed secure VPN topologies using pfSense, integrating with AWS VPCs for hybrid connectivity.

•Conducted deep WIRESHARK analysis on VLAN traffic to troubleshoot packet loss in CISCO IOS-based networks.

•Built scalable cloud networks using AWS VPC peering and Azure VNets for cross-region failover.

•Achieved 31% improvement in link utilization by optimizing routing paths via OpenDaylight SDN controller.

•Documented IP schema and rack layouts using NetBox, streamlining audits and compliance workflows.

•Simulated BGP and OSPF scenarios in Cisco Packet Tracer, validating VPN failover logic.

•Reduced configuration drift by 2% through version-controlled Ansible playbooks for CISCO IOS devices. EDUCATION

Bachelor's in Electronics & Communication Engineering Dhanekula Institute of Engineering & Technology

09/2020 India

Master's in Cybersecurity

Southeast Missouri State University

05/2025 United States

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