RAKESH KUMAR
Balotra
Summary
Results-driven IT professional with over 10 years of expertise in implementing, administering, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN and data center infrastructure and security. Proficient in leveraging advanced tools such as Palo Alto, Juniper SRX, Check Point, and FortiGate firewalls to enhance network performance and security. Demonstrated expertise in incident response, vulnerability management, and enterprise security governance, ensuring alignment with business objectives while supporting global enterprise environments. Committed to applying security best practices to safeguard organizational assets and optimize network functionality.
Overview
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Languages
7
7
Certifications
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Network and Security Operation Engineer
Equifax India Ltd
06.2026 - Current
- Resolved incidents within defined service level agreements to enhance operational efficiency.
- Diagnosed technical issues and implemented short-term workarounds as necessary.
- Managed access lists and executed reputation-based URL filtering across multiple firewalls.
- Supported the maintenance of firewall and proxy systems at GDC locations and regional sites.
- Provided technical support to global customers across diverse environments.
- Led incident response efforts and vulnerability management processes to fortify network defenses. Designed network segmentation and secure remote access frameworks for robust protection. Enhanced security hardening in SIEM environments, minimizing potential vulnerabilities. Facilitated the implementation of security best practices in global enterprises to align with strategic objectives.
Technical Lead
Wipro Limited
11.2022 - 05.2026
- Resolved incidents within defined service level agreements to enhance operational efficiency.
- Diagnosed technical issues and implemented short-term workarounds as necessary.
- Managed access lists and executed reputation-based URL filtering across multiple firewalls.
- Supported maintenance of firewall and proxy systems at GDC locations and regional sites.
- Provided technical support to global customers across diverse environments.
- Oversaw security devices, including Palo-Alto, Checkpoint, Fortigate, Fortianalyzer, Cisco Meraki, and F5 LTM.
- Configured Azure Cloud, Juniper SRX, Zscaler proxy and configuring, and upgrading IP telephony, voice gateways, and IP PBX systems.
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
Orion System India Pvt. Ltd
10.2021 - 11.2022
- Technical support handling of internal and external customers.
- Configuring and implementing security policies, layer-7 inspection, web filtering, deployment of using Certificate base authentication.
- Configuring VPN routing.
- Configuring IPS/IDS, anti-spam & URL-filtering, antivirus software blade on checkpoint.
- Experience on a high-level and low-level design the network security.
- Managing security devices in customer environments such as Checkpoint, Juniper, Fortinet and PaloAlto Firewall.
- Performed network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common problems.
- Created policies and procedures for emerging security technologies and proposals.
Engineer II
Optiv Security Ltd
02.2021 - 10.2021
- Support and maintain firewalls, proxies, equipment's for GDC Locations and Regional sites.
- Create technical documentation for Knowledge Base.
- Technical support handling of internal and global customers.
- Working on Hands on experience of firewalls (Juniper SRX, FortiGate, Palo-alto, Checkpoint, Checkpoint Multi Domain Manager), load balancer like F5 (LTM, Aruba Wireless and Skybox.
- Support and maintain firewalls, proxies, equipment's for GDC Locations and Regional sites.
- Experience on a high-level and low-level design the network security.
Professional 1 Information Security
DXC technology india Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - 02.2021
- Support and maintain firewalls, proxies, equipment's for GDC Locations and Regional sites.
- Create technical documentation for Knowledge Base.
- Managing security devices in customer environments such as Checkpoint, Multi Domain Manager, Juniper SRX FortiGate, Palo-alto, Forti-Manager, Forti-Analyzer and F5 LTM etc.
- Experience on a high-level and low-level design the network security.
Specialist
HCL Technologies Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2020
- Investigate and resolve incidents within time frame as per SLA.
- Investigate and diagnose problems. Where applicable, identify short-term work-around solutions.
- Support and maintain firewalls, proxies, equipment's for GDC Locations and Regional sites.
- Configuring and implementing security policies, layer-7 inspection, web filtering, deployment of reputation base URL filtering, access-list, various NAT on various firewall.
- Deploying site to site, route-base VPN, domain base VPN, clientless SSL VPN on checkpoint firewall using Certificate base authentication. Configuring VPN routing.
- Experience on a high-level and low-level design the network security.
- Checkpoint/SRX/Fortinet/Palo-alto firewall configuration and change in rule base, VPN, Cluster XL.
- In depth knowledge of configuring and troubleshooting Juniper SRX/Checkpoint firewalls, like ACL, Remote Access VPN, IPSEC VPN, SSL VPN, NAT, PAT, Clustering, End point security assessment.
Network Associate
Intec Infonet Pvt. Ltd.
11.2017 - 12.2018
- Diagnosed and resolved technical issues, implementing short-term workarounds as necessary.
- Supported and maintained firewalls, switches, and proxies across regional sites.
- Provided technical support for internal and external customers to enhance satisfaction.
- Configured and enforced security policies, including layer-7 inspection and web filtering.
- Deployed site-to-site, route-based, policy-based, and dynamic VPNs on Juniper SRX firewall.
- Managed SRX and Checkpoint firewall configurations, including rule base and clustering adjustments.
- Oversaw security devices in customer environments, including Checkpoint, Juniper, and Cisco SD-WAN.
- Demonstrated expertise in configuring Fortinet and Juniper SRX firewalls with IPSEC VPN and NAT.
Network Engineer
Targus Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
02.2017 - 11.2017
- Provide maximum availability of network and security services to the all its clients.
- Install, maintain and troubleshoot network equipment to include routers and switches, perform fault and problem management to ensure services are maintained according to the levels defined.
- Remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customers during installation.
- Remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation.
- Controlling corporate ingress & egress traffic and ensure that there are no security loop holes by implementing security polices, access rules & Nat-ting in different types of firewall i.e. Juniper SRX, Fortinet firewall.
- Configuring IOS Firewall & Zone Based Firewall for remote offices.
- Upgraded network equipment, software and hardware components and system configuration parts.
- Managing Juniper firewalls for IPSEC site-to-site VPN.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Science
Lachoo Memorial Collage
Jodhpur05-2016
Senior Secondary Certification - Science
R B S E Board
Ajmer04-2013
Higher Secondary Certification - Higher Secondary
R B S E Board
Ajmer05-2011
Skills
- Network infrastructure management
- Network security expertise
- Firewall and VPN technologies
- Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Hands-on firewall experience
- Juniper SRX and FortiGate
- Palo Alto and Checkpoint
- Aruba wireless solutions
- Cisco SD-WAN implementation
- Skybox and F5 (LTM) management
- Azure cloud services
- TCP/IP networking
- Communication proficiency
- Task and project management
- Connectivity troubleshooting tools
- Packet capture techniques
- Firewall monitoring and configuration
- Fortimanager, Fortianalyzer, FortiAP
- Security patch management
- Encryption standards knowledge
- WAN/LAN design expertise
- Router and switch configuration
- Network security architecture
- Customer support excellence
- Technical documentation skills
- Policy implementation strategies
- VPN setup and management
- Team collaboration skills
- Technical leadership capabilities
- Network Voice Skilled
- Incident response
- Vulnerability management
- Network segmentation
- Secure remote access
- Security hardening
- SIEM environments
- Enterprise security governance
- PKI
Certification
Juniper - JNCIA JUNOS
Interests
Playing cricket, Watching movies
Timeline
Network and Security Operation Engineer
Equifax India Ltd
06.2026 - Current
Technical Lead
Wipro Limited
11.2022 - 05.2026
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
Orion System India Pvt. Ltd
10.2021 - 11.2022
Engineer II
Optiv Security Ltd
02.2021 - 10.2021
Professional 1 Information Security
DXC technology india Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - 02.2021
Specialist
HCL Technologies Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2020
Network Associate
Intec Infonet Pvt. Ltd.
11.2017 - 12.2018
Network Engineer
Targus Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
02.2017 - 11.2017
Bachelor of Science - Science
Lachoo Memorial Collage
Senior Secondary Certification - Science
R B S E Board
Higher Secondary Certification - Higher Secondary
R B S E Board