Yogananda Narasimhamurthy

• Tackled support tickets efficiently, delivering prompt solutions.
• Provided invaluable troubleshooting expertise for a range of azure networking solutions including application gateway, WAF, Azure front door, traffic manager, VNET, VPN gateway, Expressroute, VWAN
• Successfully fulfilled responsibilities as a company-wide VNET and SLB, Application gateway and Front door and VPN SME
• Assisted customers with their migrating Front door from classic to Front door Premium/Standard, Application gateway V1 to V2, identifying WAF blocking their URL's due to anomaly scoring by adding exclusions/custom rules.
• Provided valuable guidance to customers regarding environmental changes within Azure, working closely with architects.
• Provisioned, configured, and managed Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) for diverse workloads, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency.
• Implemented secure and scalable storage solutions using Azure Blob Storage, File Shares, and managed disks.
• Deployed and maintained Azure Web Apps, including configuration of custom domains, SSL bindings, and scaling strategies.
• Automated VM and storage operations using Azure CLI, PowerShell, and ARM templates.
• Troubleshot performance and connectivity issues across compute, storage, and web app services, collaborating with engineering teams for resolution.
• Optimized storage access and web app performance through diagnostics, logging, and application insights.

• Performed troubleshooting for VPN and network issues, ensuring seamless communication between Cloud and On-prem.
• Effectively integrated incoming clients into the Capgemini network.
• Allocated IP ranges to the cloud environment while ensuring no conflicts.
• Effectively deployed VPCs on AWS and established route table associations for centralized traffic flow through NVA.
• Utilized AWS Transit Gateways to seamlessly connect multiple VPC's under one subscription or across various subscriptions, simplifying routing towards destinations.
• Maintained up-to-date records of network diagrams.
• Enhanced connectivity between Capgemini tools (Zabbix, TrendMicro, Graylag etc.) and Client cloud networks.
• Facilitated the setup of VPN tunnels between Capgemini's FortiGate firewall and clients' various firewalls, like Palo Alto, PF Sense, ensuring secure connectivity.
• Resolved connectivity problems by troubleshooting Azure NSG's, Express route, and AWS Security groups to optimize network performance.
• Implemented new VPN tunnels, linking both Azure and AWS to the On-premises infrastructure.

• Azure network engineer with experience in improving network infrastructure
• Configured Virtual networks and VPN Gateways (Routed based and Policy based).
• Set up connections between multiple Virtual Networks using Vnet to Vnet Peering's.
• Enhanced network connectivity by configuring IPsec tunnels between Azure and On-Premise
• Established Vnet to Vnet IPsec tunnel configurations
• Implemented Point to Site VPN connections
• Executed the setup of Layer 4 Load balancers, encompassing Basic LB and Standard LB.
• Resolved concerns with the functionality and setup of Layer 4 load balancers.
• Implemented Layer 7 Load Balancer, Application Gateway, with and without WAF for improved TTCs.
• Successfully troubleshooted Application Gateway problems to ensure smooth functionality.
• Successfully configured Express Route Circuit, enabling connectivity via both Microsoft Public and Private peering
• Successfully resolved issues with Azure firewall
• Managed NVA instances for both azure cloud and on-premises, configuring Palo Alto and FortiGate
• Successfully implemented private endpoints with storage on the Azure portal
• Troubleshot and resolved performance-related packet drops in IPsec VPN
• Streamlined configuration of NIC level NSG groups and Subnet level NSG groups
• Implemented UDRs directing traffic to NVAs.
• Succeeded in enhancing TTCs by effectively utilizing packet capturing tools including Wireshark and Net Mon
• Proficient in utilizing layer 7 network devices like Application gateway and Traffic Manager for improved performance.

· IPV4 Routing and Enabling port-security for preventing unauthorized network access

· Configuration and analyze BGP, Trunking and Pruning on switched networks

· Configuring and Troubleshooting OSPF NETWORKS.

· Configuring redistribution when connecting different routing protocol domains

· Configuring RIP V2 and EIGRP routing.

· IPSEC, SSL VPN, Remote site VPN

· Using BGP attributes like AS Path Prepend, Local preference, Weight to influence routing