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Amit Avinash Bendale

Pune

Summary

Results-driven Network Security Engineer with 14+ years of experience in securing enterprise networks and cloud environments. Skilled in firewall management, VPN/IPSec, IDS/IPS, and vulnerability management with expertise across Palo Alto, Cisco ASA/FTD, and
Prisma access. Strong background in incident response and risk mitigation. Known for resolving complex issues under pressure and mentoring teams to
strengthen overall security posture.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Security Engineer

Converge One
Hyderabad
01.2023 - Current
  • Leading and Managing team of 12 Network / Security Engineers in network related issues.
  • Providing RCA for Outages and Developed and executed incident response protocols, minimizing network downtime and data breaches, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
  • Managed and mentored a team of network security professionals, providing training and support to improve overall team performance and security awareness.
  • Managed budgets for network security tools and solutions, optimizing costs without compromising on security.
  • End-to-end security infrastructure project implementation.
  • Develop and implement strategies to improve team efficiency and performance.
  • Perform detailed analysis of security infrastructure and procedures of clients to identify areas of improvement.
  • Managed project timelines, ensuring deliverables were met within deadlines.
  • Led firewall migration projects, ensuring seamless transitions with zero security gaps.
  • Leading RM (Release management) project to keep network devices up to date.
  • Multi-Vendor firewall devices support faulty hardware replacement, and hardware upgrades for vendors like Palo Alto, FortiGate and Cisco.
  • Managed patch deployment for firewalls, ensuring compliance with industry security standards.
  • Performed advanced troubleshooting of firewall issues, resolving connectivity and security problems.
  • Palo alto Customer onboarding and policy configuration.
  • Scheduling normal and Emergency change requests through Ivanti for implementation.
  • Monitor the Incident/SR que and ensure that proper response is provided in timely manner.
  • HLD/LLD plan drafting and Project Documentation.
  • Coordinate with teammates to ensure project delivery is done in a timely manner.

Sr. Security Engineer L3

General Data Tech
Bangalore
06.2017 - 08.2022
  • Involved in HLD/LLD design and project coordination and deployment.
  • Palo Alto/Checkpoint/ASA Firewall deployment and maintenance.
  • Review Alerts generated in the LogRhythm SIEM tool and remediate the SIEM.
  • Troubleshoot connectivity issues, analyze, debug, and Packets through firewalls and other network devices.
  • Onboarding Customer network and mobile users to Prisma cloud.
  • Performing firewall rule base audit and cleanup.
  • Troubleshooting and optimizing already existing networks to get them up to speed.
  • Configuring Wildfire, URL filtering, antispam, and malware filter policy on the PA firewall.
  • Performing firewall maintenance tasks like configuration revision, system backup, and restore.
  • Managing customer infrastructure PA firewalls through Panorama central management console.

Sr. Network Engineer

Aspect Technologies
07.2016 - 03.2017
  • Coordinated with the Manager and Junior Network Engineers and ensured project objectives were met.
  • Managing SSO tools like Okta.
  • Configuring and managing F5 load balancer.
  • Troubleshooting Routing related problems related to OSPF.
  • Global protect VPN configuration and troubleshooting.
  • McAfee Endpoint detection deployment and maintenance.
  • Recommended changes in the network and its security when required and implemented design changes.
  • Accessing security posture and patching the devices accordingly.
  • Symantec DLP deployment and maintenance.
  • Documented all updates and designs prepared for the network.

Technical Specialist

HCL Technologies
07.2015 - 06.2016
  • Managing 3rd Party access on Juniper SSL VPN, troubleshooting Vpn related issues.
  • Managing network security infrastructure for Global customers.
  • Network Security support and implementation using Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, and Juniper firewalls.
  • Implementing New, VPNs and building new/old checkpoint firewalls.
  • Providing RCA for problems and implementing enhancements.
  • Responsible for analyzing, designing, implementing, and maintaining the network F5 Load Balancer infrastructure.
  • Creating and executing firewall upgrade plans.
  • Incident resolution: receive, respond, and resolve S1–S3 tickets for data center network.
  • Deploying and Managing Sophos Endpoint Solution.
  • Configuring Juniper Mist Wireless Access point and controller.
  • Symantec DLP Deployment and Management.

Tech Lead

Happiest Minds Technologies
05.2013 - 06.2015
  • Configuration, designing, Monitor, and Support of firewall services.
  • Involving day-to-day activity in worldwide Datacenter project implementation and handling network / Firewall / Server migration-related issues.
  • ASA failover and SLA monitoring for link tracking, implementing access lists to allow traffic across firewall.
  • Design, plan, establish, and optimize wireless networks.
  • Develop wireless network infrastructures and make recommendations on systems enhancements for optimization.
  • Configure and test access points.
  • Load balancing traffic across the server farm with the help of load balancers (Big IP).
  • Interacting with clients to Design, develop, configure, and support Firewall/IDS/IPS technologies for client's networks.
  • Configuring troubleshooting, Migration VPN solutions like WEB VPN, Site-to-Site VPN, and remote access VPN for Branch.

Sr. Network & Security Administrator

Microland ltd.
02.2012 - 05.2013
  • Troubleshooting proxy-related issues.
  • Configuring and troubleshooting VPN tunnels across various customer locations, Designing CRF for tunnel migration, and any other major changes.
  • Performing RCA and providing CA for Problem tickets.
  • Managing Incident tickets and raising change requests for needed changes.
  • Designing and streamlining new projects, and performing network security audits.
  • Monitoring network performance with the help of tools like SolarWinds, Prtg, NetFlow.
  • Configure and troubleshoot Switch connectivity related to STP, Trunking, HSRP, Port Security, Inter VLAN routing.
  • Solar winds Deployment and monitoring.

Education

B.com -

Mumbai university
Santacruz

Skills

  • Firewall Management
  • Firewall Migration
  • Patch Management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Routing
  • Switching
  • Prisma SASE architecture
  • Load balancers
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem-solving
  • Technical documentation
  • TCP/IP
  • BGP
  • Project Planning
  • Network security
  • Firewall management
  • Incident response
  • Security infrastructure
  • Project implementation
  • Network architecture

Skills - Technical Competency

  • Firewall Management: Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Cisco FTD, Check Point.
  • Firewall Migration: Policy conversion, rule optimization, cutover planning
  • Patch Management: Security updates, vulnerability management, compliance adherence
  • Troubleshooting: Network security incidents, traffic analysis, rule conflicts
  • Routing: OSPF, Intervlan routing, SLA monitor
  • Switching: VTP, HSRP, Vlan trunking, STP
  • Basic understanding and hands on Prisma SASE architecture and SPN onboarding
  • Load balancers: F5 LTM, Configuring Irules, Profiles, S-NAT.
  • Strong Attention to detail and problem-solving skills with adaption to change
  • Good at technical documentation
  • Expert level knowledge on TCP/IP Intermediate level knowledge on BGP
  • Good at project Planning and timely implementation

Timeline

Sr. Security Engineer

Converge One
01.2023 - Current

Sr. Security Engineer L3

General Data Tech
06.2017 - 08.2022

Sr. Network Engineer

Aspect Technologies
07.2016 - 03.2017

Technical Specialist

HCL Technologies
07.2015 - 06.2016

Tech Lead

Happiest Minds Technologies
05.2013 - 06.2015

Sr. Network & Security Administrator

Microland ltd.
02.2012 - 05.2013

B.com -

Mumbai university

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