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Prashant Petkar

Pune

Summary

In search of a demanding role in the data security industry that will offer a chance for professional development and where my extensive knowledge and initiative will be a great asset to the company.

Expert in the design, deployment, implementation, and troubleshooting of Checkpoint Firewall, Cisco Routing and Switching, Load Balancing, Radware, F5 LTM, NetScaler, Juniper SRX/EX, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint R75, R77.30/R80.10, R80.40 MDS & MLM & Next Generation firewalls, Network Security and DLP, and IPS/IDS for data center environments, this network and security engineer has over 15 years of experience. Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA 2x); Network Security Engineer with extensive experience in managing firewall deployment, rule implementation and monitoring. Stronghold in Checkpoint upgrades, site - to-site VPN configuration and cluster implementation/configuration. Management server HA for fail-over for network management reliability. F5 LTM pools, monitors, profiles and VIP's configuration and troubleshooting. Experienced in Networking concepts such as DNS, DHCP, HTTP, SSL, OSI Model and TCP/IP Protocols and application. Good knowledge of Juniper SRX and ASA 5500 series, Palo Alto Firewalls. Hands on experience of F5 & Citrix NetScaler MPX, VPX, SDX. Hands on experience on Monitoring & packet capturing tool Wireshark and & Solar wind. Hands on experience on handling L2 & L3 Technical operation support. Professional level understanding of OSPF and BGP routing protocols. Ability to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical persons. ITIL Services Practices & Agile at work, Confluence, Jira tool. Having experience of working on Banking Domain Project.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Consulting Engineer

HCL TECH
10.2022 - Current
  • Conducted a Proactive Software Recommendation Report to identify the best software solutions for security
  • Provided data-driven recommendations that improved workflow efficiency by 70%
  • Collaborated with stakeholders, IT teams, and vendors to ensure alignment with business needs

Network Security Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
10.2017 - 05.2022
  • Manage 500+ firewall/security systems by establishing and enforcing policies using Tufin automation tools
  • Performed Check Point MDS up gradation from R77.30 to R80.10
  • Maintain High Availability and clustered firewall environments for customers using Check Point High Availability
  • Monitored performance and help to troubleshoot any network issue across multiple locations
  • Perform Level 3-4 security implementations and troubleshooting of Check Point
  • Configured, troubleshoot, and upgraded Check Point firewalls for client
  • Optimize existing policies to improve security and performance
  • Identify and remove security policies that are not no longer needed to reduce Checkpoint firewall policy lookup
  • Monitored performance and help to troubleshoot any network issue across multiple locations
  • Provisioning Direct connection to various clients on Equinix portal
  • Provisioning physical and virtual server network connectivity in ACI
  • Hands on experience on Infoblox IPAM, managing DNS, DHCP, server resolving DNS DHCP related issues
  • Hands On experience on F5 Application load balancer, creating new setup, backup, IOS upgrade & troubleshooting HA, troubleshooting virtual server related issue
  • Extensive knowledge and experience regarding F5 BIG-IP LTM VIP configuration with health check
  • Configured NetScaler with VIPs, Pool, and SSL certificates to ensure traffic was load balanced
  • Engineering and configuring Virtual Server, Pools, Profiles, Persistence, and monitor on F5 LTM to match the configuration the Application had on NetScaler
  • Experience in managing the load balancers in a high-availability infrastructure
  • Manage NetScaler Load balancer SDX, MPX, VPX including different geographical location

Network analyst

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 09.2017
  • Worked as network analyst for Accenture in house support
  • Deployed new setup for Accenture software people to connect their client end
  • Creating L3 VLAN (HSRP) for new project setup on Cisco 4500 catalyst switches
  • Creating rules on Juniper firewalls for intranet traffic and routed to requested path as per requirement
  • Have part of many critical activities in Accenture
  • Doing Resiliency test for Accenture per quarter as BCM perspective
  • Creating rules on Cisco ASA 5500 firewall for internet related traffic and create VPN on the same (Client to site, SSL & IPSEC)
  • Working on packet shaper for bandwidth shaping over internet & MPLS also for project dedicated bandwidth
  • Implement 802.1x Authentication to wired user on across PDC location

Network Security Engineer

Tech Mahindra
10.2014 - 08.2015
  • Installed, configured, and maintained Checkpoint R75, R77 Gaia/SPLAT
  • Identified and removed security policies that are no longer needed to reduce Checkpoint firewall policy lookup
  • Perform level 3-4 security implementations
  • Monitored Checkpoint VPN tunnel activities with Smart View monitor and troubleshoot VPN issues with CLI
  • Troubleshoot and monitor firewall traffics/issues through command-line using CLI commands, GUI interface and Smart Console (SmartView Tracker, Smart Log and SmartView Monitor)
  • Manually fail-over in Checkpoint firewall Cluster XL
  • Configure IPsec, SSL - VPN on Checkpoint Gaia and troubleshoot VPN tunnel connectivity issues

L2 Network Engineer

Hewlett Packard
11.2011 - 09.2014
  • Performed troubleshooting on HP owned devices layer2 and layer 3 switches and routers & Firewall to resolves network related issues
  • Responsible for implementing the firewall related changes to the client’s service requests, in accordance with security approval via proper change management
  • Interface with vendors and service providers to ensure security is maintained and integrated into all network connectivity activities efficiently and effectively, with minimal downtime
  • Day to day activity includes change implementation on firewalls, log analysis and troubleshooting of network access issues
  • Responsible for configuring of firewalls, routers & switches to meet business needs
  • Independently plan & implement simple configuration changes in coordination with internal teams & vendor, over conference calls
  • Configure NAT and PAT such as Static, Source (Hide) as well as Destination NAT policies as required
  • Configured security policies and captured Logs using FW monitor utility if required
  • Maintained High Availability and clustered firewall environments for customers using Checkpoint High Availability
  • Hands on experience of McAfee NIPS, configured policy on IPS, monitor attack, resolved sensor latency issue and security manager related issues
  • Configured sensor & established connectivity
  • Website Configuration & Load balancing application through Radware & SSL Offloading
  • Mitigate Vulnerability by upgrading firmware and updating patches
  • Up-gradation & Backup of MacAfee NSM version and signatures and updates

Network Engineer

I-source info systems Pvt.Ltd
05.2011 - 09.2011

L1 Engineer

Prompt Personnel Consultancy Services ltd.
12.2008 - 09.2010

Education

Master of Computer Management -

Certification

  • CCNP (Route Paper 642-902)
  • ITIL Foundation V3
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect
  • CCNA
  • CCSA (156-215.75)
  • CCSA (156.215.R80)
  • Splunk Core Certified user- (SPLK-1001)

Self Evaluation

  • Punctual
  • Hard-working
  • Strong Will
  • Well Disciplined
  • Adaptable to varying conditions
  • Enthusiastic for teamwork
  • Self-action oriented
  • Motivated for producing best results

Timeline

Consulting Engineer

HCL TECH
10.2022 - Current

Network Security Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
10.2017 - 05.2022

Network analyst

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 09.2017

Network Security Engineer

Tech Mahindra
10.2014 - 08.2015

L2 Network Engineer

Hewlett Packard
11.2011 - 09.2014

Network Engineer

I-source info systems Pvt.Ltd
05.2011 - 09.2011

L1 Engineer

Prompt Personnel Consultancy Services ltd.
12.2008 - 09.2010

Master of Computer Management -

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