Network Security Engineer Resume Orange, CT - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Checkpoint and Palo Alto Network Administrator and Firewall Specialist with over 7 years total IT experience specializing in network support and security. Provided remote and onsite day - to-day firewall/VPN support for customer environments including Cisco PIX/ASA, Checkpoint Gaia and Palo Alto firewalls. Performed and reviewed firewall policy, workflow and system settings following established change process. Maintains required communication and analytical skills.
Experience regarding security incident response team activities, providing and implementing risk mitigation to incidents and troubleshooting it.
Experience in working in and leading a group in tactical planning and design implementations of network setup.
Experienced in handling and maintenance of Cisco Nexus 3k to 6k series.
Implemented firewalls using Cisco ASA, Cisco PIX, Checkpoint, R75 Gaia, Secure Platforms.
Knowledge about various Load-balancers like Cisco, f5 and Barracuda.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Orange, CT

Responsibilities:

Confidential, SFO, CA

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

Fine tuning of Firewall policies based on Information security policy.
Experience in operations and maintenance of Palo Alto 3k, 5k series
Configure and install new infrastructure based on LAN WAN and wireless based environment.
Hands-on F5 Load Balancers.
Exposure to wild fire and Panorama GUI of Palo Alto.
Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, and BGPv4.
Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

To troubleshoot the connectivity on Layer 3 and Layer 2 in case there are access problems for customers (VPN, IVPN, and MPLS VPN).
Experience in Implementation, deployment of Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switches.
Identify and resolve problems on high end Switches, Routers
Implementing and troubleshoot Palo Alto PA-200 and PA-500 firewalls.
To troubleshoot the latency issues faced by the customers and providing best path in reaching their destinations across the world.
Implementation & troubleshooting of VLANS, high availability solutions like hsrp, ether channels, access control lists, NAT, PAT, routing solutions etc.
Drafted and installed Palo Alto Firewall Rules and Policies.
Migration from Checkpoint R75 to Palo Alto 200 series firewalls
Troubleshoot and maintenance of checkpoint R75 Gaia firewalls.
Configuring routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, RIP, and EIGRP for customer.
Configuring IPSEC and GRE tunnels for VPN customers.
Configuring L2 path for Bridged mode customer (VPN, IVPN and MPLS).
Configuring Access-Lists for implementing security and applying rate-limit in last mile.
Firewall and router configuration changes as per the business requirement.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

Project based engagements that involve migration of Cisco ASA firewall to Palo Alto Networks solutions
Conversion of Cisco ASA firewall configurations into PAN-OS configuration
Remote and on-site engagements as required by project scopes
Support incident management processes and security monitoring alerts
Develop and maintain operating guidelines and procedures in support of corporate policies, standards and guidelines.
Determine appropriate levels of security configuration, controls and monitoring.
Overall central management of firewall and web filtering solutions
Respond to trouble tickets, perform troubleshooting on perimeter security devices
Support of hardware/software maintenance to include troubleshooting, installation and upgrades, Tier 3 support.

Confidential

Network and System Administrator

Responsibilities:

Installed, configured and maintained the company server and network infrastructure.
Configured and administered Domain Controllers; DNS and DHCP Servers; File servers; IIS, Wamp and WordPress Web Servers; an Antivirus Server; in-house Hyper-V Environment.
Physical network cabling and small rack setups with unmanaged switches; software firewall setups; server setups; Support LANs, WANs, network and Internet systems.
Diagnose hardware and software problems, and replace defective components.
Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures and maintain control records.
Design, configure and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.