Harsha Akkipeddi
Senior Network Engineer
Boston,MA
Summary
Analytical, results-oriented and highly skilled professional with comprehensive expertise in network-security administration, installation and configuration. Proficient in network standards along with vast experience in IT infrastructure design and operations.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
Certificates
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
Bain Capital
Boston, MA
3 2022 - Current
- Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
- Spearheaded and led major network installation and upgrade projects.
- Performed advanced engineering in configuration, management and deployment of AWS cloud environments and their integration with existing On-prem environments.
- Installed and configured network security solutions such as VPNs, Firewalls and intrusion detections and mitigation tools.
- Refreshed network architecture by deploying SDWAN at Data Center and remote locations which achieved more than 25% performance gain.
- Improved and updated security policies using Aruba ClearPass for wired and wireless connections.
- Re-engineered routing architectures (BGP/OSPF) with sub-second failover and simplified routing.
Lead Network Security Engineer
The TJX Companies (Cognizant)
Boston, MA
08.2019 - 03.2022
- Led the network and security services which includes Routing & Switching, Firewalls, VPN, Wireless and Load-balancing.
- Datacenter network management, operations and upgrades which include Cisco Nexus 9k switches as spine and ASR routers for WAN & Internet circuits.
- Perform advanced problem identification, performance monitoring and capacity planning functions for all Cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
- Azure cloud administration including ExpressRoute, Secure cloud interconnect, Application gateway and Virtual Networks.
- Network automation and scripting using Netbrain and Ansible Tower.
- Global DNS & DHCP service management using clustered Bluecat services.
- Disaster Recovery design, replication and recovery testing every quarter to ensure seamless failover.
Network Security Engineer
State Auto Insurance (Cognizant)
Columbus, OH
11.2016 - 08.2019
- Provided operational support to Network and Security teams.
- Routing implementation and changes across locations using BGP, EIGRP and OSPF protocols on Cisco ISR, ASR, Nexus devices.
- AWS suite Administration and deployment of auto-scaling instances using Lambda and Cloud formation templates.
- Creation of new security rules and regular old policy cleanup on Firewall/URL filtering blades - Checkpoint, ASA and Sophos firewalls.
- Remote site management using MPLS, DMVPN, P2P and DIA connections and migrating them to SD-WAN architecture.
- Deployment of Meraki and traditional Cisco Access points along with WLAN and authentication management.
Network Engineer
9th Networks
Columbus, OH
06.2016 - 11.2016
- VLAN management, Segmentation and design per industry standards and requirements.
- Design, implementation and maintenance of PCI Infrastructure and assisting in security audits per PCI standards.
- DHCP reservations, DNS A,NS record updates/creations and RADIUS authentications.
- 802.1x authentication setup using TACACS+ and limited access to domain users on certified endpoints.
- Backup and restore device configurations from and to solarwinds and SFTP servers.
IT Specialist
LAS UIC
Chicago, IL
01.2015 - 05.2016
- Worked for the IT support team to service 26 departments of UIC.
- Provisioning L2 and L3 Vlans with appropriate helper addresses and creation of DHCP scopes.
- Policy-map and ACL management for Inter-Vlan and multi-site communications.
- QoS configuration for various multi-media services.
- IP address management and static assignments.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
06.2019 - 05.2021
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
08.2014 - 05.2016
Skills
Network Design & Implementation
Routing & Switching
SD-WAN
Firewall management
Load Balancers
Cloud Administration
Wireless
SIEM/Splunk
Automation & Scripting
NAC and Policy Management
Certification
CCIE - R&S (Written)
Soft Skills
- Leadership
- Time Management
- Team building
- Customer Service
- Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Adaptability
- Flexibility