SRIVATHSON V
Chennai,Tamil Nadu
Summary
Network Security Engineer with 4.8 years of enterprise-level experience across Perimeter, Data, and Access Security. Skilled in multi-vendor firewalls, WAF, IPS, VPN, Proxy, PAM, and MFA. Experienced in 50+ weekly firewall rule operations, incidents, SOC coordination, automation,and cloud/on-prem migrations.
Known for implementing advanced security measures and managing critical infrastructure. Focused on team collaboration and results-driven strategies, ensuring reliable and adaptable network solutions. Possesses skills in risk assessment, firewall management, and threat mitigation.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Security Engineer
Sify Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
04.2021 - Current
- Managed 80+ security devices across perimeter, data, and access layers.
- Performed 50+ firewall rule changes per week with 100% SLA compliance.
- Troubleshot firewall, WAF, proxy, IPS, VPN, and access security incidents.
- Investigated SOC alerts, logs, and executed security actions.
- Closed major VAPT findings and coordinated with OEM for fixes.
- Implemented FortiGate automation scripts to streamline operations.
- Provided 24×7 on-call support and mentored 10–15 junior engineers.
- Delivered successful FortiGate cloud migrations and AWS virtual firewall upgrades.
- Onboarded key applications into F5 WAF, reducing OWASP vulnerabilities.
Education
Bachelore of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Sri Sai Ram Engineering College
Chennai08-2020
Skills
- Network Security Firewall Management WAF Proxy SOC Response VAPT Cloud Migrations MFA PAM Scripting L2 Operations Team Mentorship
- Perimeter Security: FortiGate, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Cisco FMC/ASA, SonicWall, F5 BIG-IP, Radware, FortiWAF, McAfee IPS, TippingPoint, Ivanti VPN/NAC
- Data Security: Forcepoint, Zscaler, Netskope, Cisco IronPort, Trend Micro, FortiMail
- Access Security: Arcon, Sectona, Cisco DUO, Thales, Microfocus
- Cloud: AWS On-Demand, AWS VM64, Fortigate Cloud
- Networking: Routing, Switching, ACL, NAT, VPN, IP/Subnetting
- Firewall installation
PROJECTS
1. WAF Implementation – F5 BIG-IP, 2. Fortigate Firewall Migration – AWS Virtual Firewall Upgrade, 3. MFA Migration – Thales MFA & FreeRADIUS Integration
Certification
- Palo Alto Networks System Engineer – SASE Professional (Prisma Administrator)
- Apex One Certified Professional (Trend Micro Administrator)
- Forcepoint Web Security On-Premises Administrator
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA Network+
LANGUAGES
Tamil (Native), English (C2)
Timeline
Senior Security Engineer
Sify Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
04.2021 - Current
Bachelore of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Sri Sai Ram Engineering College