Dharani I

Senior Network Engineer @ Fannie Mae

About

Senior Network Engineer with 10+ years of expertise in network security, cloud networking, Switches and firewall management. Proficient in Cisco, Palo Alto, Check Point, FortiGate, and F5 Load Balancers Cloud networking experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP Skilled in Zero Trust Architecture, SD-WAN, VPNs, and micro segmentation Strong background in firewall policy management, SIEM tools (Splunk, Sentinel), and network automation (Python, Ansible) Passionate about cybersecurity, threat detection, and optimizing network performance

Country

City

United States

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Skill

Routing, Network Switches, Cisco Routers, Firewalls, CISCO ACI, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco ASA, LAN-WAN, Cisco Nexus, Virtual Private Network (VPN), SD-WAN, Python (Programming Language), Cisco Firewall Security, Palo Alto Networks, Load Balancing, Network Security

Experience

Senior Network Engineer

Fannie Mae

2022-3 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

Designed and implemented network security solutions (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, FortiGate). Managed cloud networking (AWS, GCP, VPC, VPN, Direct Connect). Led Cisco ACI migration for network segmentation & security policies. Automated firewall policies using Python & Ansible. Deployed F5 Load Balancers (LTM, GTM, APM) for application security. Integrated SIEM tools (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, SolarWinds) for monitoring.

Senior Network Engineer

Petco

2019-6 - 2022-2 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Configured Cisco ISE for secure authentication & access control. Deployed AWS cloud solutions (EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, IAM). Automated infrastructure using Jenkins, Chef & Python scripting. Configured Palo Alto & Cisco ASA firewalls for enterprise security. Implemented Cradlepoint LTE failover solutions for WAN backup.

Senior Network Engineer

Eaton

2017-4 - 2019-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

United States

Led LAN/WAN infrastructure planning & deployment. Deployed Cisco ACI, Nexus 7K/5K, and SD-WAN (Viptela, Velocloud). Configured BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and VPN solutions. Managed Palo Alto & Check Point firewalls for security enforcement. Configured F5 Load Balancers for optimized application delivery.

Network Engineer

Medtronic via NTT data

2014-12 - 2017-1 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Configured Cisco 6500, Nexus 5K/7K, ASR 9000 series routers. Migrated IPv4 to IPv6 and optimized routing protocols (OSPF, BGP). Managed ASA & Check Point firewalls, VPNs, and network security. Installed and optimized Cisco Meraki cloud-managed networks.