Gopi Palepu

At Wells Fargo, I work extensively with Cisco enterprise technologies including Catalyst, Nexus, ISR/ASR routers, and ASA/Firepower firewalls. In a highly regulated financial environment, ensuring both performance and security is critical. My day-to-day responsibilities involve analyzing Cisco routing tables, troubleshooting BGP/OSPF convergence issues, reviewing firewall policies, and strengthening network segmentation aligned with Zero Trust principles. I regularly collaborate with SOC teams during investigations, leveraging Cisco logs, Splunk dashboards, and packet captures to trace abnormal traffic patterns. The role demands precision, proactive monitoring, and continuous optimization of Cisco-based infrastructure to maintain high availability and strong security posture.

Managed enterprise firewall environments including Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, Check Point, and F5 VPN across global clients Conducted firewall rule reviews, ACL/NAT optimization, and policy cleanup to improve security posture Configured and troubleshot Cisco L2/L3 switching (VLANs, STP, EtherChannel) and routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP) Supported site-to-site and remote access VPN deployments using Cisco ASA IPsec and SSL VPN Assisted in implementing network segmentation aligned with Zero Trust principles Monitored security events using Splunk and QRadar, performing log analysis and packet captures (Wireshark) Ensured changes aligned with HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOX compliance requirements

Provided L2/L3 troubleshooting across Cisco enterprise environments Configured and supported Cisco routers and switches (3750/3850 series) including VLANs and trunking Investigated routing loops, STP issues, ARP inconsistencies, and WAN connectivity failures Monitored network performance using SolarWinds, SNMP, and Syslogs Managed Cisco WLC and Meraki wireless deployments, including SSID and VPN configurations Assisted with firewall log reviews and security monitoring activities Documented network topology diagrams and IP address planning for audits