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Dhiraj Patil

South Ruislip, London,Middlesex

Summary

Highly motivated & meticulous IT professional with 17 years of total experience brings solid record of high-quality performance in fast-paced environments. Applies in-depth understanding of Networks & Information Security which includes Firewalls, Load Balancers, Switches, Routers, TLS, VPN, Cloud, Ethical Hacking and overall ability to analyze and respond to Intrusion attempts. Offers superior decision-making and project management skills with experience working with teams to accomplish short and long-term project goals. Managed global team and projects.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Level 3 Network Engineer

Axis Capital
London, City of London
2022.06 - Current

As L3 Network and Infrastructure engineer assisted in Data, Security and Voice in a multi-location multi vendor environment with focus on Cisco Networking , Security, ZScaler and F5 solutions. Currently working on Azure migration.

Projects assisted

  • Data center Migration
  • IPSEC VPN Migration
  • Implementation of Cisco Secure Workload solution
  • Office build from scratch
  • DMVPN to SD WAN Migration
  • Infrastructure Migration to Azure Cloud

List of technology handled

  • Cisco Secure workload
  • Zscaler Solutions. ZIA & ZPA
  • Cisco Prime, DNA and AP
  • Cisco FTD, FMC, Palo Alto, Panorama
  • Nexus 7k, 9k
  • Cisco ASR/ISR routers
  • F5 LTM/GTM load Balancer
  • Cisco ACI
  • Cisco ISE
  • Cisco SDWAN

Senior Network and Security Engineer

Deutsche Bank
London, City of London
2019.01 - 2022.06
  • Designed and implemented global migration project on dynamic Vlan assignment.
  • Project involved creating Layer 2 Vlan, Trunking, Layer 3 SVI, OSPF advertisement, L3 ACL, QOS, IP address allocation, DHCP scope, GTM DNS entries, Updating MAC in ISE, Firewall rules and finally migrating to new scope for 802.1x and MAC authentication.
  • Total number of End devices touched 65k.

List of technology handled

  • Cisco ISE
  • Checkpoint R77/R80 firewall (GAIA deployment) managed by Provider-1.
  • Cisco Switches & Routers, Juniper & Extreme Switches
  • Nexus 5k,7k
  • QIP
  • MIRA
  • Palo Alto ,Panorama
  • Network Automation tools
  • F5 LTM/GTM
  • Cisco Wireless and AP

Senior Network deployment Engineer

Deutsche Bank
London, City of London
2015.01 - 2018.12
  • Implemented end to end IPsec VPN tunnels.
  • Deployed Secure Desktop on Demand platform with IBAC on Checkpoint.
  • Deployed Extranet for office 365 connectivity from DB to Azure PoP.
  • Enabled IPS across Checkpoint estate.
  • BAU activities which includes troubleshooting and mini project implementations.

List of technology handled

  • Checkpoint R77/R80 firewall (GAIA deployment) managed by Provider-1
  • Juniper SRX
  • McAfee Proxy
  • F5 LTM/GTM
  • Cisco Router and Switches
  • Splunk

Network Security Engineer

Centrica (British Gas)
Staines UK, Surrey
2013.07 - 2014.08
  • Delivered Data Centre Migration project involving designing & migrating IPSEC VPN's, Routes, Rules on firewall.
  • Point of contact for Offshore Development connectivity project which included migration from VM to leased line and VPN as backup connectivity.

List of technology handled

  • F5 load balancing technologies LTM/GTM
  • Checkpoint R65/R75 firewall (IPSO deployment) managed by Provider-1
  • Juniper Screen OS/Jun OS SRX
  • Palo Alto
  • Cisco ASA
  • MPLS/EIGRP

Network and Security Engineer

Thomson Reuters
London, City of London
2012.08 - 2013.03
  • Implemented configurational changes on Firewall , Load balancer, Router & Switches.

List of technology handled

  • F5 LTM/GTM
  • Cisco ACE and 4710 Appliance
  • Checkpoint R65/R75 firewall (IPSO deployment) managed by Provider-1
  • Palo Alto
  • Cisco ASA
  • Cisco 6500
  • Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k

Network Security Consultant

Sandwell Council
Birmingham UK
2011.11 - 2012.03
  • Migrated Legacy DMZ to new platform.
  • Handled Incidents and implementation as part of BAU.

List of technology handled

  • Exim Email servers
  • Squid Proxy
  • DNS and FTP Servers
  • Iptables
  • Checkpoint
  • Bluecoat
  • Cisco ASA

Security Specialist

Virgin Media
Hook, Uk, Hampshire
2011.07 - 2011.10
  • Audited logs and configuration analysis of more than 200 firewalls.
  • Provided report to leadership with assessment and appropriate solutions to fix the issues.

List of technology handled

  • Cisco ASA, FWSM, PIX
  • Cisco catalyst switches(6509,6513)
  • Load balancers(ACE, CSS, CSM, GSS, F5)

Security Specialist

Vodafone(Cable & Wireless)
Bangalore, India
2006.11 - 2011.05
  • Involved in Implementation, planning and QA of changes.
  • Handled Migrations, incidents and Intrusion response.
  • Was POC for all technical escalations.
  • Assigned tasks to junior colleagues and managed group workflows.

List of technology handled

  • Firewalls (Checkpoint, FWSM, Checkpoint Application Fw, ASA, Juniper)
  • Load balancers (GSS, CSM, ACE)
  • Cisco 6500, 3750
  • Bluecoat proxy
  • Cisco IDS/IPS
  • Cisco SSLM

Education

Master of Science - Specialization in Networking & Telecommunication

International Institute of Information Technology
Pune / India
2005.09 - 2007.03

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Goa Engineering College - Goa University
Goa / India
2001.10 - 2005.05

Skills

  • Cisco CCNP Enterprise
  • Cisco CCNP Security
  • Cisco CCNP Collaboration
  • Zscaler ZIA Professional
  • Zscaler ZPA Professional
  • GCP Network Engineer
  • GCP Security Engineer
  • GCP Architect
  • AWS Architect
  • Azure Architect
  • F5 LTM
  • F5 GTM
  • OSWP
  • CISSP
  • CCSP

Skills

  • Firewall :- Cisco ASA, FTD, Checkpoint R77/R80 on GAIA, Provider1, Palo Alto, Panorama, Fortinet
  • Load Balancer :- F5 LTM, GTM ( BIG-IP DNS), Avi
  • Routers & Switches :- Cisco 3750, 3850, 4500, Nexus 5k, 7k, 9k, ISR 4431, ASR 1001 Routers
  • SDN :- Cisco ACI, SD-WAN Viptela
  • Application Security :- Zscaler ZIA, ZPA, Cisco secure workload
  • Protocols :- TCP, UDP, IP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, HSRP, VRRP, SSL/TLS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IPSEC, Kerberos
  • Packet Sniffers :- Ethereal, Wireshark
  • Cloud :- GCP, AWS, Azure
  • Scripting :- Python
  • Ticketing System :- ServiceNow
  • Operating system :- Windows ,Linux Flavor, Kali
  • Management & Monitoring tools :- Splunk, Correlation Engine “Arc Sight”, IPAM, MIRA, NetMRI, Grafana, Prometheus, Icinga

Timeline

Level 3 Network Engineer

Axis Capital
2022.06 - Current

Senior Network and Security Engineer

Deutsche Bank
2019.01 - 2022.06

Senior Network deployment Engineer

Deutsche Bank
2015.01 - 2018.12

Network Security Engineer

Centrica (British Gas)
2013.07 - 2014.08

Network and Security Engineer

Thomson Reuters
2012.08 - 2013.03

Network Security Consultant

Sandwell Council
2011.11 - 2012.03

Security Specialist

Virgin Media
2011.07 - 2011.10

Security Specialist

Vodafone(Cable & Wireless)
2006.11 - 2011.05

Master of Science - Specialization in Networking & Telecommunication

International Institute of Information Technology
2005.09 - 2007.03

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Goa Engineering College - Goa University
2001.10 - 2005.05
Dhiraj Patil