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
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