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Meltin Devasia

Meltin Devasia

Network Engineer
#104,18th Main,7th Cross,Lakshmi Layout, MCHS Colony, BTM Stage-2, Banglore - 560076

Summary

Experienced Network and Cloud Infrastructure Specialist with over 7 years of demonstrated expertise in building, deploying, and optimizing solid networking solutions and cloud architectures. Adept at smoothly integrating cutting-edge technology to improve security, promote operational efficiency, and guarantee seamless communication. Competent in administering a wide variety of network equipment, including Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches, ASR routers, ASA and Fortigate firewalls, as well as Cisco Meraki devices. Adept at designing scalable, high-performance cloud systems and well-versed in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. Renowned for using a scientific approach to troubleshooting and problem-solving, providing uninterrupted network operations and excellent user experiences. Strong team player and communicator with expertise in converting difficult technical information into insights that both technical and non-technical stakeholders can use. In an effort to support the development of a forward-thinking firm, want to make use of strong technical knowledge and track record of effective leadership.

Work History

Network Engineer

Gadgeon Smart Systems
Kochi
08.2022 - Current
  • Provided complete end-to-end engineering and installation of route-based IP network solutions
  • Provided network support services for devices such as hubs, bridges, routers, and other hardware
  • Performed troubleshooting for Fortigate, Cisco, and packet analysis
  • Managed, tracked, and coordinated problem resolution and escalation processes
  • Troubleshot complex multi-vendor network service provider issues
  • Configured and troubleshot VoIP and multi-media distributed systems and platforms
  • Recommended options for disaster recovery and remote access security
  • Provided detailed network diagrams and procedural guidelines
  • Created VPN infrastructure and allowed for secure remote connections
  • Assisted with implementation and support of network monitoring tools
  • Applied tier-isolation best practices to support multi-tier architectures
  • Established robust infrastructure and data capacity for new applications
  • Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve complex network problems
  • Liaised with stakeholders to keep project goals and deadlines on target
  • Coordinate with MNO for connectivity
  • Interacted with customers for their IoT issues
  • Check with SIM card data Issues for particular VPN or APN
  • Building new VPN or APN as per request
  • Building VPN between AWS VPC and Fortigate Firewall
  • Making Firewall Policy, Rules and particular routes also based on request
  • Load balancing, IP whitelisting, IP and URL Whitelisting on F5
  • Migration of Cloud Infrastructure from AWS to GCP
  • Carrier Tunnel Build
  • VPN and Data center Decommission Projects
  • Syslog server management and log forwarding from Cisco devices, Cisco Meraki device and Fortinet Fortigate firewalls
  • Troubleshooting downtime and recovering outage

Network Security Engineer

Honeywell
Banglore
12.2018 - 08.2022
  • Coordinated with third-party security information and event management (SIEM) providers to maintain protections and predict threats.
  • Worked with teams to develop company-wide information assurance, security standards and procedures.
  • Create and maintain network documentation and knowledge base that is up-to-date.
  • Timely completion of given activity and generate daily link utilization report with SLA achievement of more than 95 %
  • Monitoring & Troubleshooting Network devices that include Cisco Routers, Switches, ASA-X Series Firewalls.
  • Implementing security policies using Router & switch security, Firewall.
  • Escalate technical issues to vendor and follow up for resolution.
  • Configuring firewall rules and providing access to users as per user requirement.
  • Implementing, configuring and troubleshooting ASA Firewall with all types of ACL, MPF, and URL filtering.
  • Troubleshooting and Managing different types of VPN like IKEV1 & IKEV2 site-to-site VPN (IOSIOS, ASA-ASA, ASA-IOS), DMVPN & SSL Any Connect according to the company’s requirements.
  • Maintaining and Troubleshooting Routing Protocols like OSPF, and BGP.
  • Configuration, implementation and troubleshooting Local Area Network technologies like VTP, Inter VLAN Routing, RSTP, VLAN-Trunking, Ether-channel, DHCP Server, PVLAN,
  • Restoration and upgrade of IOS and regular configuration backup of switches, Firewall and routers.
  • Troubleshooting and Managing different types of VPN like IKEV1 & IKEV2 site-to-site VPN (IOSIOS, ASA-ASA, ASA-IOS), DMVPN & SSL Any Connect according to the company’s requirements.
  • Configuring and troubleshooting ASA Firewall with different types of NAT, Static, Dynamic, PAT, and Static PAT & Identity NAT.
  • Configuring and managing ASA Firewall Security level, IOS up-gradation, Password reset.
  • Configuring and troubleshooting SNMP v2c, SNMP v3 and Syslog server.
  • Maintained user accounts and Access Control Lists.
  • Responsible for Installing, Configuring and troubleshooting Network devices like Cisco routers and switches.
  • Configuring and troubleshooting Layer 3 routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF
  • Taking Backup of devices configuration and IOS.
  • Maintaining technical documents like switch port patching details, network diagrams, and service diagrams for proactively attacking problems
  • Done on daily basis to maintain network flow out on customer demands • Enabling switch port for users.
  • Monitoring traffic and devices.
  • Maintaining records/logs
  • Maintaining technical documents like switch port patching details, network diagrams, and service diagrams for proactively attacking problems
  • Using HSRP for high availability of critical services
  • Switch Operation, VLAN and Trunking, VTP, Pruning, Ether Channel, STP, RSTP, Multilayer Switching, Switching Redundancies (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP)
  • VLAN configuration, adding, removing and changing devices to required VLANs.
  • Done on daily basis to maintain network flow out on customer demands
  • Enabling switch port for users.

Broadcast Engineer

I-Vision Digital LLP
Kattappana
01.2015 - 11.2018
  • Adjusted controls on station console to regulate transmission fidelity, contrast, and brightness
  • Worked with Studio team for their requirement
  • Managed Networking Devices Like Switches, Multiplexer, transceiver, Server and Routers
  • Kept signal strong, clear, and reliable with continuous monitoring and optimization of broadcast equipment
  • Worked with sound engineers to strengthen audio and video quality during broadcasts
  • Completed emergency fixes as stopgap until maintenance teams could conduct advanced repairs
  • Troubleshot issues with broadcast systems to resolve problems quickly to minimize downtime
  • Evaluated program schedules and prepared programs to assess transmission readiness and identify any signal issues
  • Researched and evaluated new broadcast technologies to utilize latest technologies
  • Selected sources from which programming would be received or through which programming would be transmitted
  • Installed and configured broadcast software to optimize performance
  • Coordinated with engineers and producers to ensure effective operation of broadcast systems
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment
  • Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications
  • Paid attention to detail while completing assignments
  • Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes
  • Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
  • Acted as team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback
  • Provided professional services and support in dynamic work environment
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments

Education

Diploma - Electronics And Telecommunication

Kerala Technical University
Kerala
06.2011 - 06.2014

HSE(10+2) - Computer Science

St Thomas HSS
Kerala
06.2009 - 03.2011

SSLC - General

St Marys
Kerala
06.2000 - 03.2009

Technical Training Completed

  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) R & S
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security
  • AWS

Skills

Firewall management tools

User credential management

Excellent presentation skills

Packet trace analysis

Network security systems

Disaster recovery operations

Change Management

Networking protocol expertise

Virtual private networks

Project Management

Network architecture understanding

Network Troubleshooting

Python programming proficiency

F5 load balancer expertise

Technical infrastructure upgrades

Datacenter network implementations

Technical Skills

ASA NAT           : Section 1, Section 2, Section 3. 

ASA ACL           : Extended, Named, Time-Based, Object Grouping. 

MPF                   : Class Map, Policy Map, Service Policy. 

ASA                   : Failover Active-Active, Active-Standby. 

ASA                   : Modes Single-Mode, Multi-Mode with Context, Transparent Firewall. 

AAA                   : Server Radius and TACACS+. 

VPN                    : Site To Site, GRE tunnel, DMVPN, GET VPN, Client VPN, SSL Any Connect IKEV1, IKEV2, ASA, ASA, . IOS-IOS, ASA-IOS, IKE V2. 

BGP                   : EBGP, IBGP, Path Manipulation, Attributes 

DHCP                : DORA Process, DHCP Relay Agent. 

Routing             : OSPF, EIGRP, BGP. 

Redundancy     : HSRP, VRRP, GLBP. 

STP                    : STP, RSTP, PVST+. 

ACL                    : Standard, Extended, Named, Time-Based, Role Based ACL. 

NAT                   : Static Nat, Dynamic Nat, PAT, Static PAT. 

VTP                   : VTP Versions v2, v3. 

L2 Security       : Switch Port-security, DHCP Snooping, BPDU Guard, BPDU Filter, Root Guard, SPAN & RSPAN 

AWS                   : EC2,S3,RDS,VPC,IAM,Route 53,SNS,Lambda,CloudFront,DynamoDB,ECS,EKS,Redshift,CloudWatch,Graffana

Azure                 : Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, SQL Database, Active Directory, Virtual Network, App Service, Functions, Logic Apps, AKS, Cosmos DB, DevOps, Monitor,Security Center,ExpressRoute,Functions

GCP                   : Compute Engine, App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Google Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud SQL, Firebase, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Cloud Functions, Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM), Google Cloud Spanner, Google Cloud Dataproc, Google Cloud IoT Core, Google Cloud AI, Google Cloud Dataflow

Devpos              : Jenkins,Git,Docker,Kubernetes,Ansible ( Networking Automation) ,Puppet,Terraform (GCP parameters)

Network Devices

  • Cisco : ASA Firewall, ASR Routers, Meraki Devices(AP,Switches and Firewalls), Nexus Switches and Catalyst Switches (NX-OS,IOS,IOS XE,SSP)
  • Fortinet : Fortigate Firewall
  • BIG IP : F5 Load Balancer

Work Availability

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Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

Timeline

Network Engineer

Gadgeon Smart Systems
08.2022 - Current

Network Security Engineer

Honeywell
12.2018 - 08.2022

Broadcast Engineer

I-Vision Digital LLP
01.2015 - 11.2018

Diploma - Electronics And Telecommunication

Kerala Technical University
06.2011 - 06.2014

HSE(10+2) - Computer Science

St Thomas HSS
06.2009 - 03.2011

SSLC - General

St Marys
06.2000 - 03.2009

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