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Plano, Texas, United States

• Performing Network Planning, Implementing, Configuring, Troubleshooting and Testing of networking system on Checkpoints and Juniper. Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN, Route-maps, address, phase1 and phase 2 parameters and Access Control Lists.• Cisco ISE to provide authentication and set up radius server and used for applying rules in TACAS.• Worked on Cisco ASA firewalls migration 5505, 5506, 5510, 5520. As port channeling and side to side cable layout process switch to firewall.• Coordinate with dev team to report vulnerabilities by explaining the exploitation and the impact of the issue.• Design, develop and maintain automation solutions for our network infrastructure using Python, Ansible, and other automation tools.• Develop and maintain Python virtual environments and pip requirements for network automation.• Assisted in Migrating checkpoint 41k firewalls to Palo Alto 5250 and Installing Virtual Appliance (Palo Alto VM) in Azure Cloud.• Configured and Established Express route and VPN connectivity to Microsoft Azure Cloud.• Worked with Microsoft support and Deployed HUB and Spoke topology in Azure Cloud.• Configure Virtual Network (Vnet), Subnet (Snet), Resource Group (RG), Network Security Groups (NSGs) through Terraform Cloud platform (Automation) from on-prem.•Configured Aruba Central to enable zero-touch provisioning of new APs and simplify lifecycle management*Administered Aruba AirWave for network-wide performance monitoring, troubleshooting and RF optimization*Upgraded campus switching infrastructure with Aruba CX 6300 switches to support increased bandwidth demands*Leveraged Aruba Wireless Assurance to proactively identify and resolve issues, improving user experience*Automated configuration backups, change control, and documentation using Aruba Central APIs

Texas, United States

• Experience in configuring all Palo Alto Networks Firewall models (PA-2k, PA-3k, PA-5k etc.) and Supporting Panorama Centralized Management for Palo Alto firewalls to central manage the console, configure, maintain, monitor, and update firewall core, as well as back up configuration.• Worked with team Managing and configuring Aruba Wireless controller devices (7210, 7240) and Cisco Access Points.• Experience in Ansible collections and their underlying Python libraries to automate network tasks.• Security policy review and configuration in Palo Alto and Juniper SRX Firewall in US offices and Datacenter.• Experience in Network access control technology and platforms for wireless environments (Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, etc.) Configured SSL decryption on Palo alto along with wildfire future experience. • Worked on Aruba ClearPass AAA technologies (Radius, TACACS, 802.1X, MAC authentication, and Web authentication).• Installed and configured Meraki (MX80, MX60) Appliance via Meraki MX400 Cloud.• Installed and configured Cisco Meraki (MR66, MR74, MR84) wireless Access points in the warehouses.• Worked on Cloud platforms that include Azure, AWS, and Meraki. Experience working with connecting multiple sites to cloud using SD-WAN solutions, Cloud Connections, Load Balancing and Security with Cloud traffic.• Play a key role in the company’s direction towards Cloud Computing platforms by creating a strategy for transition plans. Azure AD and AWS, Office 365. • Leveraged Aruba Encrypted Tunnel technology for secure connections between data centers and remote teams• Engineered Aruba AirWave and Aruba Central upgrades to strengthen network management across 500 devices• Automated Aruba switches and AP configuration backup using Python scripts for zero-touch provisioning • Configured application-level traffic prioritization using AppRF for voice and video traffic as per Aruba best practices

United States

• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5585 Security appliance.• Configured cisco ASA 5510 firewall to establish logical separation between Legacy network & lab environment.• Performed network monitoring, troubleshooting, implementation and maintenance of juniper and checkpoint firewalls.• Migrating the policy from cisco ASA firewalls into Palo-Alto & vice versa.• Maintaining day to day activity includes change management on Palo alto firewalls, log analysis and troubleshooting of network issues.• Implemented Zone Based firewall and Security Rules on the Palo Alto Firewalls• Implemented antivirus and web filtering on Juniper SRX 240 at the web server.• Worked on Aruba ClearPass AAA technologies (Radius, TACACS, 802.1X, MAC authentication, and Web authentication)• Configuring rules and Maintaining checkpoint VSX, Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs using various tools.• Multisite distributed ISE 2.0 (10 VM nodes) Design, Implement, Configure, Planned and migrated ACS existing configured devices like WLC, Radius, Tacacs+,802.1x, Guest portal, posture policies and VPN authentication.• Migrated juniper firewalls to Palo Alto network firewalls and carried out troubleshooting and configuration of the same.• Replaced aging Checkpoint firewall architecture with new next gen Palo Alto appliances serving as Firewalls and URL and application inspection.• Experience in Network access control technology and platforms for wireless environments (Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, etc.)• Customized Aruba Central and AirWave dashboard views using APIs for improved visibility and support SLAs• Spearheaded Aruba 802.11ax rollout using AppRF, ClientMatch and AirMatch to optimize next-gen capabilities• Automated network change configurations and documentation by developing Python scripts for Aruba OS switches