SUMMARY

• 7+ years of experience in Networking and Security, with expertise in Firewalls (Cisco ASA and Checkpoint)
• Firewall technologies including general configuration, risk analysis, security policy, rules creation and modification
• Experience in managing and migration of large scale enterprise networks, extensive knowledge in developing test plans, procedures and testing
• Advanced knowledge of Cisco ASA, Checkpoint and Palo Alto firewalls
• Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience
• Knowledge of Intrusion Detection, DMZ, encryption, IPsec, proxy services, Site to Site VPN tunnels, MPLS/VPN, SSL/VPN
• Experienced in handling and installing Palo Alto Firewalls with exposure to wild fire feature of Palo Alto Networks
• Experienced in handling and installing Checkpoint Firewalls
• Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution
• Manage all aspects of Network Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting networking issues and security breaches
• Administration of LAN, WAN, Wireless and Security Technologies and Products including installments and configurations of physical networks (servers, switches, routers, panels, ports & hubs)
• Monitoring Traffic and Connections in Checkpoint and ASA Firewall
• Experience in layer - 3 Routing and layer-2 Switching
• Knowledge on Data Center architecture and experience in planning, designing and implementing DC
• Data center technologies like Fabric Path, Cisco OTV, vPC
• Hands on experience with F5 load balancers
• Monitor the ticket queue for incoming tickets, update tickets in accordance to SLAs requirements

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: SSL, CDP, Cisco / 3COM routers & switches, HP / Compaq / Dell / IBM Servers

Switches: Cisco Catalyst VSS 13 / 00 / 3750- X / 2960

Cisco: Nexus 2k/3k/5k/6k/7k

Routers: Cisco Routers ASR 06 / 06 / 51 / 2600

Firewall: Palo Alto PA 2k/3k/5k, Checkpoint NGX R65/R70/R75/R77 & Cisco ASA

Protocols: NAT, VTP, VLAN, L2TP, PPTP, RDP, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, UDP, ARP, NTP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, VoIP, SIP, SSL, VPN, ESP, 802.11 Wireless, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3, SMTP, DNS, ICMP

Languages: C, C++

Operating Systems: Windows XP/7/8, UNIX, Linux

Anti-Virus: Symantec, McAfee, Norton, AVG

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NY

Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managing security devices (ASA, Checkpoint) for Projects
• Provide L1 and L2 assistance to the Cisco firewall, IPsec VPN, IPS/IDS installed networks, including troubleshooting the networks belonging to Enterprise level customers
• Experience in Configuring CheckPoint Firewall Rule Base
• Good Exposure on VPN's
• Configure Palo Alto Firewall models as well as a CMS (Panorama) to manage large scale firewall deployments
• Implemented Zone Based Firewalling and Security Rules on the Palo Alto Firewall
• Configured and maintained IPSEC and SSL VPN's on Palo Alto Firewalls
• L3 Support engineer for Checkpoint firewalls based environment
• Experience in installation and configuration Red-Hat Linux 4,5,5.5 & 6
• Experience in creating users and group, file permissions, disk partition, LVM(Logical Volume)
• Worked on Cisco ASDM for configuring VPN on Cisco ASA Firewall
• Firewall security policy administration, monitoring, and logging functions
• Configuration of security policies for security infrastructure using proper change management process
• Monitor the Firewall's policies and VPN configuration and Debug/logs Analysis for Complex Issues
• Good knowledge of CheckPoint Smart Dashboard, SmartView Tracker, SmartView Monitor
• Managing the configuration of checkpoint firewall through smart dashboard R77
• Installed and managed Anti-Virus tools like Symantec and McAfee on various systems and monitored them regularly.

Confidential, MN

Firewall Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Upgrade configuration changes, implement the Firewall Rules, configure the NAT, implement the new VPN, troubleshooting and handling the incident on number of vendor's Firewalls (ASA, Checkpoint) and other security products
• Managing separate teams of engineers on L2 and L1 support for complete Security Operations
• Providing Root Cause Analysis for various outages and service failures
• Cisco ASA Firewall configuration, VPN configuration and Troubleshooting
• Providing support for Cisco firewalls, IPSec VPN, IPS (Intrusion prevention system) platform), ZBF (zone based firewalls) on Cisco Routers
• Collaboration with Local Admin Teams and Specialized Teams handling complex keywords and technologies
• Appliance to R75 on Checkpoint appliances (4000 Series)
• Creating Policies, NATing and URL Filtering through Checkpoint
• Configuring QOS in Checkpoint Firewall
• Hot FIX Installations on Firewalls
• Deployment of Security firewall gateways (Checkpoint, ASA) and management servers globally for projects

Confidential - Moline, IL

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Working with Tools Team to integrate existing/new setup with RSA invasion
• Installing and configuration of Firewalls like Checkpoint and ASA
• Installing and configuration of McAfee antivirus tools on management and user system.
• Managing Checkpoint (NGX 70) on SPLAT platform, Standalone and HA mode implementation, Hide NAT and Static NAT configuration as per clients requirement
• Designing and Implementation of policies including Address Translation and Security policies in Checkpoint Firewalls
• Monitoring network performance and implementing performance tuning
• Handling and approving the change requests
• Provide assistance with Cisco proprietary and Global networking protocols like EIGRP, OSPF
• Managing ASA Firewall configuration, VPN configuration, configuring Netting, Routing
• Configuring and Implementation of VPN-Sites to Site and Remote access using Cisco ASA and Checkpoint firewall
• Configure & troubleshoot IPSec VPN issues
• Taking Regular Backups of Firewall Rule base

Confidential

Network Technician

Responsibilities:

• The work structure is based on online / on call queries opened by Cisco customers and providing them real time assistance
• Escalation manager for security service environment
• Install, configure, and maintain network services, equipment and devices
• Handling escalation tickets and interacting with Clients via phone calls & e-mails
• Expertise in troubleshooting steps which include configuration check, lab recreates and traces analysis
• Handling network and security of internal infrastructure, Gateway firewalls
• Act as Tier 3 support for Network security incidents
• Approving service requests after validating RFC
• Documenting network problems and resolution for future reference