Nishanth Reddy
Hyderabad
Summary
Network Security Specialist with hands-on experience in ethical hacking, vulnerability assessment, and secure network design. Skilled in penetration testing methodologies, firewall configuration, incident detection, and remediation strategies. Adept at analyzing security threats, performing risk assessments, and providing actionable recommendations to strengthen system resilience. Passionate about continuous learning and applying industry best practices to defend against evolving cyber threats.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Network Security Consultant
Independent
01.2024 - Current
- Conduct penetration tests focused on network, web application, and wireless security.
- Perform reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, exploitation, and post-exploitation following ethical guidelines.
- Analyse and validate vulnerabilities, correlating risk to business impact.
- Monitor network traffic, investigate suspicious activities, and support incident response workflows.
- Assist in designing secure network architectures, including segmentation, firewall rule updates, and access control hardening.
- Create detailed security assessment reports with mitigation steps and best practices.
Engineer- Network Security-IT
Penna Cement Industries Ltd/Adani Cement
01.2017 - 01.2024
- Maintaining LAN, WLAN and architecture of the server as per the business policy
- Analyze & implement new security protocols to increase efficiency against threats/malfunctions by resolving existing security issues & maintained Fortinet (FortiGate 200D) & Fortinet Next Generation Firewall (NGFW).
- Worked on Fortinet FortiSIEM and FortiCloud services related to IAM Policies, Create and manage IAM Users with fine-grained permissions to assets and services.
- Generating & maintaining the virtual private network/firewalls/web protocols & email security decorum & responsible for performing firewall vulnerability testing & reporting.
- Experience on IP Addressing, Subnetting, Ping Concept and working knowledge on OSI model, TCP/IP.
- Recognized security flaws & ensured sufficient information security controls by proposing changes in legal/technical/regulatory areas.
- Security assessment of online applications to identify the vulnerabilities in different categories like Input and data Validation, Authentication, Authorization, Auditing & logging.
- Validating firewall settings and network configurations is necessary to effectively resolve connectivity issues and secure stable connections for remote users.
- Monitor security incidents and events on the enterprise SIEM solution & recommend preventive, mitigating, and compensating measures to ensure the protection.
- Assist users and managers in their efforts to establish and maintain adequate audit trails.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B. tech) - Electronics and Communications (ECE)
SSJ Engineering college
Hyderabad01.2010
12th -
Sri Chaitanya College
Hyderabad01.2006
10th -
St. Claret high school
Medchal, Hyderabad01.2004
Skills
- Network security (firewalls, IDS/IPS, VLANs, VPNs)
- Ethical hacking and penetration testing
- Threat Detection & Incident Response
- Vulnerability Assessment & Risk Analysis
- Security Hardening & Configuration
- Packet Analysis & SIEM Monitoring
- Python/Bash Scripting (Intermediate)
- Report Writing & Documentation
Certification
- CompTIA Security+, Pursuing
- CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), Pursuing
Projects
Internal Penetration Test Simulation, Set up a full lab environment using Kali Linux and vulnerable VMs. Discovered misconfigurations and exploited vulnerabilities using Nmap, Metasploit, and manual testing. Documented findings using professional reporting structure. SIEM Threat Detection Lab, Built a home SIEM using Splunk/ELK Stack. Created alerts, dashboards, and tested detection capability with simulated attacks. Secure Network Design Project, Developed a segmented, firewall-protected network model. Applied least privilege, ACLs, and recommended hardening practices.
Tools And Technologies
Nmap, Burp Suite, Metasploit, Nikto, Hydra, SQLmap, Wireshark, Snort, Suricata, Splunk, ELK Stack, Kali Linux, Parrot OS, Ubuntu, Windows Server, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Routing & Switching, VMware, VirtualBox, AWS/Azure basics
Timeline
Network Security Consultant
Independent
01.2024 - Current
Engineer- Network Security-IT
Penna Cement Industries Ltd/Adani Cement
01.2017 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Technology (B. tech) - Electronics and Communications (ECE)
SSJ Engineering college
12th -
Sri Chaitanya College
10th -
St. Claret high school