Mukesh Kumar
Gurgaon
Summary
Dynamic Network Architect with extensive experience at McKinsey & Company, specializing in secure application access and network infrastructure design. Achieved 99.99% service availability while enhancing security through innovative solutions. Proficient in firewalls and automation scripting, leveraging strong collaboration skills to drive team success. Committed to advancing network efficiency and security in future projects.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Network Architect
Mckinsey & Company
Gurgaon
01.2023 - Current
- Provided a comprehensive segmentation design for approximately 2,000 users in China, aligning network infrastructure with government regulations. Employed Prisma, Virtual PA NGFWs, Aristas, along with Internet and private connections. Accomplished this within tight deadlines while upholding stringent security standards.
- Crafting and implementing tailored application security solutions that meet customer needs and firm standards, while collaborating within the core team to inspire innovative security designs from the ground up.
- Worked on end-to-end architecture and built APAC Singapore data center, defining target-state network design using Arista leaf–spine architecture, integrated with Dell ESXi virtualization, delivering 99.99% service availability, sub-millisecond latency, and scalable capacity for 100+ compute nodes.
- Designed enterprise-grade secure application access architecture, implementing Palo Alto NGFWs at the internet edge, and F5 load balancers for SSL offload and traffic management, improving application performance and strengthening security and resiliency for mission-critical platforms.
Senior Engineer
Mckinsey & Company
Gurgaon
07.2017 - 12.2022
- Working on API externalization requests with help of customized ASM WAF policies
- Facilitate logging and analysis through Splunk dashboards for various platforms.
- Collaborating within the core firewall community to analyze current policies, evaluate new code updates, and address zero-day vulnerabilities.
- Design and troubleshooting complex LAN/WAN infrastructure issues based off offices, Colo's and DCs
- Engage in daily or weekly calls with design teams to review forthcoming infrastructure changes, conduct risk assessments, and establish backup strategies.
- Actively participate in core infrastructure changes, outages, or enhancements
- Asset management using firm approved tools
Senior IT Operations Specialist
Mckinsey & Company
Gurgaon
07.2015 - 06.2017
- Teamed with 10-12 to enhance network security.
- Implement network configurations, troubleshoot performance issues, carry out network monitoring and configure security policies on firewalls
- WAN optimization using proxies
- Managed external DNS infrastructure and firm's public domains
Senior Network Engineer
Tech Mahindra
Noida
12.2014 - 07.2015
- Responsible for designing, redesigning, implementing, and managing client's network infrastructure remotely
- Configuring inpath and outofpath arrangements for Steelhead devices as per requirement
- Configuring VIP, monitoring, profiles and irules on Big IP as per application requirement
- Configuring & troubleshooting VLAN, Inter-VLAN routing, VTP
- Configuring & troubleshooting DHCP Snooping, Port Security, STP, RSTP, BPDU, HSRP, VRRP
- Using Microsoft Visio as a tool for technical documentation and presentation
Senior Specialist
HCL Infrastructure IOMC Limited
Noida
08.2011 - 11.2014
- Responsible for end-to-end support for datacenters and remote sites internet and intranet services
- Actively participated in issues related to the WAN such as link down, drops in the link and application access issues
- Responsible for network performance management and commissioning & decommissioning of sites remotely
- HCL Technologies is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Noida. It is among the top 20 largest publicly traded companies in India with a market capitalization of $50 billion as of September 2021.
Education
BTech - Electronics and Communications Engineering
Priyadarshini College of Computer Sciences
Noida05.2011
12th - Non-Medical
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Noida05.2007
Skills
- Networking and routing protocol expertise
- Firewalls
- VPNs
- Security products
- F5 load balancer expertise
- Routing and switching
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) integration
- Automation scripting
- Monitoring tools
- Wireless networking
- DNS implementation
- API security using WAF products
Certification
- CCNA
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
- PCNSE
- Professional certified scrum master
- CMNO (Certified Meraki Network Operator)
- AZ-900 (Microsoft Azure)
- AWS cloud practitioner
- AWS solution architect associate
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner - AIF-C01
Languages
Punjabi, Hindi, English: C1 Advanced
Hobbies and Interests
- I actively participate in regular cricket matches and am affiliated with several corporate teams in NCR.
- My passion for traveling allows me to meet new individuals and enhances my interpersonal skills.
Timeline
Network Architect
Mckinsey & Company
01.2023 - Current
Senior Engineer
Mckinsey & Company
07.2017 - 12.2022
Senior IT Operations Specialist
Mckinsey & Company
07.2015 - 06.2017
Senior Network Engineer
Tech Mahindra
12.2014 - 07.2015
Senior Specialist
HCL Infrastructure IOMC Limited
08.2011 - 11.2014
BTech - Electronics and Communications Engineering
Priyadarshini College of Computer Sciences
12th - Non-Medical
Kendriya Vidyalaya