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Pranesh Manisekaran

Lead Enginner

Summary

IT Professional with 10.5+ years of expertise in data network support, administration, and implementation, including security and automation. Adapts well to a multi-site customer scenario. Always meet clients' demands and develop solid long-term partnerships.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Lead Engineer

Wipro Ltd
01.2025 - Current
  • Experience with Cloudflare’s security and operations features, including WAF, DNS, and TLS
  • Experience in managing Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to ensure protection against emerging threat
  • Analyze and respond to security incidents, identifying root causes and implementing measures to prevent future occurrence
  • Experience in implementing security measures to resolve data loss vulnerabilities, mitigate risk and recommend security measures
  • Experience in building security monitoring Splunk UI experience able to write searches, debug search queries using Splunk
  • Worked on algosec firewall for firewall rules analysis and firewall rules cleanup for enhancing security
  • Optimizing Meraki setup and troubleshoot and implementation

Sr Consultant

INFOSYS
11.2022 - Current
  • Migrating legacy cisco wireless networks to Meraki cloud
  • Migrating legacy cisco wireless to Ruiji wireless networks.
  • Migrating Forti wireless AP’s to meraki wireless networks
  • Migration of legacy Juniper firewalls to FortiGate firewalls
  • Migration of Legacy branch network sites to Palo alto cloud genix SDWAN sites
  • Configuring network & security polices for SDWAN sites based on the user requirements
  • Migrating legacy cisco switches to Meraki switches

IT Analyst

TCS Ltd
03.2019 - 01.2022


  • Knowledge on basics of PACLI, Auto IT, Windows Batch scripting, Python.
  • Upgrading the IOS for the devices like Switches & Routers
  • Configuring switches and Routers based on the business requirement of various locations remotely
  • Expertise in conducting security policy review to identify and remove rules that are not needed to reduce firewall policy lookup
  • Configured New SSID on Wireless controller with secured authentication based on customer requirement
  • Implementing B2BVPN tunnel to new vendors and troubleshooting B2BVPN tunnel cases
  • Provisioning, Installing, Configuring, Monitoring and managing the network/security equipment used in the operation of the supported network
  • Load balancing the portal traffic by creating Virtual IP address to the servers
  • Capture and analyses Network traffic using Wireshark capture
  • Checking Connectivity and Traffic between Core Router and Google Cache/Peer
  • Implementation of Global Protect On-premises VPN and managing it
  • Pre login Configuration in Enterprise Global Protect on- premises VPN and Prisma cloud
  • Expertise in configuring, troubleshooting, monitoring Palo alto HA and standalone firewalls from centralized Panorama
  • Software upgrades for F5 Load balancer, Citrix NetScaler, Palo Alto, cisco switches, Nexus switches, Cisco Wireless controllers
  • Generating SSL cert and offloading it for various devices like F5, Paloalto, Citrix NetScaler load balancers

Network Administrator

Wipro LTD
09.2014 - 02.2019
  • Coordinating with ISP on outage issue, Planned outage and Circuit implementation and disconnection
  • New switch configuration and managing the switching configurations such as STP configuration, Port channel, Trunk and access ports, VTP, Access-list, PXE ip server configuration
  • Onboarding Windows and Linux accounts
  • Basic Configurations and troubleshooting related to Wireless issues on Wireless controller and Access points
  • Connectivity test to all target servers using NMAP
  • Creating Nodes, Pool and VIP’s, iRules in F5- Load balancer and managing the servers, SSL certificate and offloading in F5, Citrix NetScaler Load balancer
  • Responsible for remote management of Global Production Network (Data & Wireless) in Datacenter and Mfg plants
  • Measuring the WAN optimization and TCP connections, Top Talkers, Traffic Summary on Riverbed and configuration of New steelhead boxes
  • Worked on Wireless Controller replacements and license updating.

Education

B.E -

Computer Science and Engineering

Skills

Network (Data & Wireless)

Certification

CCNA

Training

  • F5 LoadBalancer
  • CybeArk
  • Cisco Wireless
  • Riverbed WAN Optimizer
  • HPNA

Programming

  • AutoIT
  • Python
  • Batchscript

Timeline

Lead Engineer

Wipro Ltd
01.2025 - Current

Sr Consultant

INFOSYS
11.2022 - Current

IT Analyst

TCS Ltd
03.2019 - 01.2022

Network Administrator

Wipro LTD
09.2014 - 02.2019

B.E -

Computer Science and Engineering
Pranesh ManisekaranLead Enginner