         SENIOR NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER          https://www.linkedin.com/in/dilip-nr/         Professional Summary     Overall 7+ years of experience in Network and Security Engineering which includes strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco ASA Firewalls, Check Point Firewalls along with comprehensive working knowledge of Load Balancers, Wireless networking, VMware and Data center management. Areas of expertise include designing manageable networks, Threat prevention and Management, routing, switching, troubleshooting network performance issues and documentation. Overall 7+ years of experience in Network and Security Engineering which includes strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco ASA Firewalls, Check Point Firewalls along with comprehensive working knowledge of Load Balancers, Wireless networking, VMware and Data center management. Areas of expertise include designing manageable networks, Threat prevention and Management, routing, switching, troubleshooting network performance issues and documentation.       Skills          EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Route Redistribution, ACLs, Policy based routing, NAT, PAT.  Switching: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP VLANs, VTP, Link aggregation (LACP, PAGP), STP, PVST+.  Firewalls: Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Check Point.  Routers: Cisco Routers (7600, 7200, Catalyst 6500, Nexus 7000, ASR 12000, ASR 9000)  Switches: Cisco switches (Nexus 7000 series, 5000 Series, Catalyst 6500 series, 6800 series)  Security Concepts: App-ID, User-ID, Wildfire, GlobalProtect, URL filtering, Blue Coat Proxy, PKI, SSL decryption, IKE, IPSec, HIP checks, Site-to-Site VPNs.  Load Balancers: F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix NetScaler.  Wireless Networking: Cisco Meraki, Aruba, Clear-pass, Cisco WLAN, Wireless Aps, 802.1X a/b/g/n/ac.  Software/Applications: Panorama, Cisco IOS, NX-OS, Smart Dash Board, VMware.  Tools: SPLUNK, Solar Winds, SevOne, Wireshark, MS Visio, Lucid Chart, BMC Remedy.  Routing: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Route Redistribution, ACLs, Policy based routing, NAT, PAT.  Switching: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP VLANs, VTP, Link aggregation (LACP, PAGP), STP, PVST+.  Risk management processes and analysis     Firewalls: Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Check Point. 
Routers: Cisco Routers (7600, 7200, Catalyst 6500, Nexus 7000, ASR 12000, ASR 9000) 
Switches: Cisco switches (Nexus 7000 series, 5000 Series, Catalyst 6500 series, 6800 series) 
Security Concepts: App-ID, User-ID, Wildfire, GlobalProtect, URL filtering, Blue Coat Proxy, PKI, SSL decryption, IKE, IPSec, HIP checks, Site-to-Site VPNs. 
Load Balancers: F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix NetScaler. 
Wireless Networking: Cisco Meraki, Aruba, Clear-pass, Cisco WLAN, Wireless Aps, 802.1X a/b/g/n/ac. 
Software/Applications: Panorama, Cisco IOS, NX-OS, Smart Dash Board, VMware. 
Tools: SPLUNK, Solar Winds, SevOne, Wireshark, MS Visio, Lucid Chart, BMC Remedy.           Work History      Senior Network Security Engineer     01/2017  
                                to   Current      Company Name   –   City  ,
                              State      Worked with layer2 switching, VLANs trunking technologies and spanning tree protocols.  Worked on Cisco switches and routers including physical cabling, IP addressing and Wide Area Network configurations.  Performed troubleshooting in TCP/IP related problems and connectivity issues.  Performed troubleshooting and resolved Layer2 and Layer3 issues.  Established the network specifications by conferring with users through analysing work flow, access information, designing router administration, interface configuration and routing protocols.  Established redundancy in the network by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput and latency.  Created network diagrams and documentation for design using documentation tools like MS VISIO.  Maintained network performance by network monitoring analysis, performance tuning and escalating support to the vendors.         Network Security Engineer     09/2015  
                                to   12/2016      Company Name   –   City  ,
                              State           Network Engineer     12/2012  
                                to   07/2015      Company Name               Junior Network Engineer     01/2011  
                                to   11/2012      Company Name               Education      Master's Degree  :   Computer Science          Wright State University    -
                            State       Computer Science       Bachelor's Degree  :   Electronics and Communications          JNTU    -
                                   Electronics and Communications       Skills    AD, ADS, anti-virus, Antivirus, Aps, basic, BGP, cabling, CLI, Cisco 2, Cisco 3, Cisco IOS, Cisco, Cisco Routers, Citrix, content, encryption, client, decryption, designing, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, documentation, EIGRP, engineering support, ethernet, event management, fast, features, Firewalls, Firewall, Frame-Relay, FTP, Gateways, gateway, GUI, IDS, inspection, IP, LAN, logging, loss prevention, MAC, managing, Access, Mail, Migration, enterprise, NAC, Network Access Control(NAC), Network administration, network servers, network, Networking, Networks, Next, OS, optimization, OSPF, PCI, policies, policy analysis, protocols, Proxy, requirement, router, Routers, Routing, servers, SNMP, SSL, Switches, Cisco switches, TCP/IP, technical support, technical assistance, Technical documentation, Troubleshoot, troubleshooting, upgrades, upgrading, View, VPN, VISIO, VM, web servers, Wide Area Network, WAN, wireless LAN      Certifications     CCNA  CCNP  Palo Alto ACE    