Harika Karatapu

Customer Engineer, Networking Specialist @ Google

About

An Experienced and Certified Network Architect with 13years of experience on both Cloud and Traditional Networking platforms. GCP-PCNE, GCP-PCSE, JNCIE-ENT, JNCIE-DC, JNCIP-Security and JNCIP-SP certified Customer Engineer Specialist for Networking Industry Voice: Cyber Security Summit 2025 - Panel Member for "Building Resilient Network Architectures: Securing Hybrid and IoT Ecosystems" Link: https://cybersecuritysummit.com/thought-leaders/?_sft_speaker-summit=2025 IEEE Cloud Summit 2025 - AI Powered SaaS Link: https://www.ieeecloudsummit.org/speakers IEEE SCV WIE 2025 - AI powered SaaS Link: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/479108 CloudX 2025 - Secure Hybrid Connectivity with Private Service Connect and Zero Trust Link: https://cloudxconf.com/speakers/ Demo presenter at RSAC 2024 and 2025 for AI Security on Google Cloud Demo presenter at SaaStr 2024, 2025 for AI powered SaaS on Google Cloud I'm a Networking Subject Matter Expert at Google, specializing in cloud-native network solutions for strategic and enterprise clients in North America. I architect and deploy performance-optimized end-end network solutions, driving multimillion-dollar revenue growth through strategic cloud adoption plans. My expertise spans hybrid cloud, security, and scalable infrastructure, empowering sales teams and building robust client capabilities. Prior to Google, I honed my skills at Juniper Networks as a Customer-Focused Network Solutions Engineer, achieving expert-level JNCIE certifications and maintaining key client relationships. My journey includes roles at Amazon Web Services, Slash Support, and Infosys, where I developed a strong foundation in network architecture, troubleshooting, and automation. I hold a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University, complementing my practical experience with a deep understanding of computer networks and telecommunications. I'm passionate about sharing knowledge, contributing to Google Cloud documentation, leading networking communities, and creating educational YouTube content. Note: Views are mine, not anyway related to my employer

Country

United States

City

San Jose

Industry

Computer Networking

Skill

Cisco Firewall Security, Network Services, Network Infrastructure, Matlab, Requirements Analysis, Networking, Java, Unix, C++, PL/SQL, HTML, Microsoft Excel, SQL, Windows, C, Microsoft Office, Linux, JavaScript, OrCAD Capture CIS, Paper Craft

Experience

Customer Engineer, Networking Specialist

Google

2022-4 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Technical Solutions Engineer

Google

2020-6 - 2022-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Technical Mentor

Google for Startups

2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

CFTS Engineer

Juniper Networks

2018-4 - 2020-6 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Cloud Support Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

2017-6 - 2018-3 · 10 mos

United States

Graduate Student

San José State University

2015-8 - 2017-5 · 1 yr 10 mos

United States

Network Specialist

Movate

2014-12 - 2015-7 · 8 mos

Chennai Area, India

I worked as Technical Assistance Engineer who supports Juniper SRX series Firewalls (SRX 100, SRX 110, SRX 210, SRX 220, SRX 240, SRX550, SRX 650) which runs on JunOS, supporting customers 24X7. As a Juniper TAC Engineer we need to understand Customer’s networks issue, and try to check if all the Juniper Devices in the network are working as expected i.e. with respect to customers' Business requirement.

Senior Systems Engineer

Infosys

2012-8 - 2014-12 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Pune, India

Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center provides support to the customers and the J-partners for device management, initial installation, migration, maintenance Windows, troubleshooting networks and managing customer networks with respect to the requirement. I worked as one of the Engineers in the TAC Team.