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RITESH THAKRE

Network & Security Engineer
Pune

Summary

Dedicated and experienced professional with around 10 years of expertise in the network and security domain. Proficient in LAN and WAN technologies, firewalls, routers, switches, and monitoring tools. Skilled in implementing solutions to ensure optimal network performance and security. Proven track record of delivering results in fast-paced environments.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Consultant

Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd
12.2019 - Current

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Configuring and troubleshooting of LAN and WAN Network.

• Utilize the Network Monitoring tools like Oopmanager and SDP Ticketing tool and identify network issue, solving tickets and generating utilization reports

• Performing FLT, troubleshooting with Field engineer to solve End customer issues.

• Generating Tickets with service provider to resolve WAN related issues.

• Follow the Escalation procedure for solving long time pending issues.

• Working knowledge of Cisco routers/switch & HP Routers.

• Working knowledge of zscale Proxy Firewall

Technologies and Projects:

1.Checkpoint Firewall and Security:

• Checkpoint OS installation.

• Creating users and privilege level access of users

• Hot fixing upgradation.

• Taking GUI/CLI backup

• Taking migrate export

• Recovery of migrate export

• Auto backup Schedule and migrate export and System Backup.

• Creating objects.

• Creating policies.

• Creating the Nat policies

• Routing on firewall

• Blocking the blacklisted IP's and domains on firewall.

• VPN policies.

Assigned Projects: -

• Checkpoint Implementation.

• Checkpoint 80.20 to 80.40 Migration

• Checkpoint 80.40 to 81.10 Migration

Hands On Devices: -

• Checkpoint 16000,5900,5600,5800 appliances.

• Checkpoint OS versions R80.20, R80.40, R81.10.

2. Fortinet Firewall and security:

• Introduction and initial configuration

• Firewall policy configuration

• NAT policy configuration

• Logging and Monitoring

• Backup

• Recovery of backup

• Routing

Assigned Projects: -

• Fortinet Firewall Implementation.

• Fortinet Firewall Firmware Upgradation

Hands On Devices: -

• Fortigate 81E

3. Routing: -

• Experienced in various routing protocols such as static/default routing,OSPF,BGP.

• Configuration of ACL and modification of ACL on router and switches.

Assigned Projects: -

• Restructuring the network setup of all branches.

• Replacement of routers, switches with configuration.

• Secondary Link implementation of all branches to redundancy.

• Monitoring tool Implementation

• Worked on Link upgradation project to use bank applications smoothly.

• PIM Implementation.

• SD-WAN Implementations of all branches

Hands On Devices: -

• Cisco Routers-1900,1800,800,3900,1121 series

• HP Router-AR 1200 MSR 2011.

• Switches-Cisco SF 300, cisco 2960, cisco 9200.

4. Switching: -

• Creation of VLANs and VLAN interfaces and inter VLAN routing.

• Configuration of spanning tree protocol.

• Switch-port security configuration

Network Engineer

STEPS TECHNOLOGY
05.2018 - 07.2019

Network Engineer

NELITO SYSTEM Ltd.-CLIENT CENTRAL BANK, CO, NAGPUR
02.2015 - 01.2018

Education

B.E - Computer Science And Engineering

D.M.I.E.T.R
Wardha, India
04.2001 -

Diploma - Computer Engineering

MSBTE(Mumbai)
Wardha, India
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Firewall Configuration

  • Checkpoint Firewall

  • Fortigate Firewall

  • Zscale Proxy Firewall

  • Network Security

  • Network Monitoring

  • Switch Configuration

  • Router Configuration

  • Risk Assessment

  • Network Protocals

Certification

Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing 642-902 (CCNP)

Timeline

Consultant

Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd
12.2019 - Current

Network Engineer

STEPS TECHNOLOGY
05.2018 - 07.2019

Network Engineer

NELITO SYSTEM Ltd.-CLIENT CENTRAL BANK, CO, NAGPUR
02.2015 - 01.2018

B.E - Computer Science And Engineering

D.M.I.E.T.R
04.2001 -

Diploma - Computer Engineering

MSBTE(Mumbai)
04.2001 -

Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing 642-902 (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Network Professional Switching 642-813 (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

RITESH THAKRENetwork & Security Engineer