ANURAG PENUMATSA
Hyderabad
Summary
I am an accomplished network security professional with over six years of expertise in managing critical Palo Alto Firewall integrations and migration projects. Possess deep understanding of advanced threat detection, intrusion prevention systems, and firewall configurations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Network Security Engineer
HCL Tech Pvt. Ltd
Hyderabad
02.2024 - Current
- Managed VMware transition to standardized Broadcom tasks
- Led network security migration from VMware DC to Broadcom DC
- Threat prevention, WildFire, DNS Security, URL Filtering configurations on PA Series & VM Series Firewalls
- Advanced configuration of Palo Alto Networks NGFW (PA-series, VM-series, CN-series).
- Security policy design and optimization (App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID).
- Conducted regular security audits to identify potential risks and weaknesses.
- Executed OS upgrades for 400+ Palo Alto firewalls.
- Maintained firewall policy compliance according to Qualys CIS standards.
- Helped develop Firemon automation tool to Configure policies in firewalls via panorama.
- Implemented 1000+ policies via Firemon.
- Resolved critical network issues with users.
- Led multiple shifts and kept firewall requests on track with the team.
- Assisted in hardware replacement for various firewall series.
- HA (High Availability) setup and troubleshooting.
Network Security Engineer
Madul Tech Software Pvt. Ltd
11.2019 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: Software solutions company focused on network security
- Handled L1/L2 roles and responsibilities
- Contributed to the development of Opticom packet capture product
- Assisted contractors with packet capture and understanding 3-way handshake
- Worked on Checkpoint object creation and rules creation
- Educated clients on identifying vulnerable rules
- Participated in passive monitoring in IPS/IDS to prevent network threats
- Assisted clients with decommissioning projects (with scripts)
- Provided EOL/EOS details to clients
- Migrated firewall policies/rules from Checkpoint to PaloAlto (1000+ rules)
- Configured NAT rules and conducted tests
- Troubleshot firewall traffic issues
- Guided clients in understanding connectivity issues when firewalls are in place
- Collaborated with PaloAlto TAC on last packet sync issues
- Software solutions company focused on network security
Network Engineer
ECS LTD
Dallas
04.2018 - 05.2019
- Company Overview: IT services and support company based in Dallas, Texas
- Handled L1 roles and responsibilities
- Validated critical alerts and link down issues
- Worked closely with data center ISPs regarding BGP issues
- Worked with L3/L4 engineering team to build up documents and to understand new products
- Configuration and cleanup project
- Onboarding devices to monitoring tools
- Involving necessary stakeholders during outages
- Monitoring Solarwinds for logs and devices status
- Vulnerability checks
- Maintaining device inventory
- IT services and support company based in Dallas, Texas
Education
Master's -
Texas A&M University
Texas01.2018
Bachelor's -
VIT University
India05.2014
Intermediate -
Sri Chaitanya College
India05.2010
High School -
Vignan Vidyalayam
India05.2008
Skills
- Palo Alto
- Check Point
- Cisco
- Cisco Routers
- Cybersecurity
- FortiGate
- Sonic Switches
- Dell Switches
- Qualys
- VMware ESX
- Wolken Ticketing
- IDS
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Visio
- S&OP
- SolarWinds, Spectrum
- Switches
- Visio
- Wireshark
Timeline
Senior Network Security Engineer
HCL Tech Pvt. Ltd
02.2024 - Current
Network Security Engineer
Madul Tech Software Pvt. Ltd
11.2019 - 12.2023
Network Engineer
ECS LTD
04.2018 - 05.2019
Master's -
Texas A&M University
Bachelor's -
VIT University
Intermediate -
Sri Chaitanya College
High School -
Vignan Vidyalayam