Prashanth Reddy Kethireddy

Network Engineer with 10 years of professional experience in Network Design, Implementation, Troubleshooting and Management of large-scale Enterprise Networks. Excellent working knowledge of TCP/IP protocol suite and OSI layers in LAN/WAN/WLAN network. Certifications include Cisco CCNP and Juniper JNCIA and industry experience in Banking and Airlines among others. Strong knowledge of carrier-based services (DS3, T1, E1, Metro Ethernet, ISDN and POTS) and direct experience coordinating installs and troubleshooting circuits. Expertise in multi-layer LAN Switching, configuring VLANS, VTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, STP, RSTP along with trouble shooting of inter VLAN routing and VLAN trunking using 802.1q. Experience working with Cisco IOS, IOS-XR, NXOS and Juniper Junos for configuration and troubleshooting of switches and routers in multi-site, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure cloud environments. Configuring and implementing routing protocols including RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and MPLS. Secured network access with AAA security (RADIUS/TACACS+), Cisco ACS server and Cisco ISE. Hands on Knowledge/experience on F5 load balancers, its methods, implementation and troubleshooting on LTMs and GTMs. Implementation and Configuration (Profiles, iRules, Persistence, SNATs) of F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers. Configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 7000. Configuring VDC & VPC in Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k and 2k. Experience in working with IPSEC Site to Site, DMVPN, Remote VPN using different encryption methods. Experience in working with SDWAN solution on Fortigate firewalls for centralized control and monitoring and reducing WAN costs. Worked on configuring, troubleshooting Cisco Wireless Access Points and deployed Cisco Wireless Controllers 8540 and 5520. Managed Cisco PRIME infrastructure for monitoring WLC, APs and Clients. Experience with Cisco Meraki wireless managed network infrastructure. Deployed and configured devices using Meraki dashboard. Experience on advanced Palo Alto Firewall features like URL filtering, User-ID, App-ID, Content-ID on both inbound and outbound traffic and Palo Alto Panorama M-500 centralized Management appliance. Experience with implementations of Data Center /ACI solutions/ Virtualization solutions like EAP using Cisco ACI, Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K. Experience in working with Infoblox in managing, control and optimize DNS, DHCP and IPAM. Implemented and troubleshoot Qos and Multicast for Voice, Video and Data Network for Cisco IP Phones. Experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting of Fortinet Firewall, Check Point, Palo Alto and Cisco ASA Firewalls. Experience in deploying and working on CISCO ISE and Forescout which can discover, analyze and classify all the endpoints connecting to the network in real-time. Experience working on network monitoring and analysis tools like, SOLARWINDS, ThousandEyes and Wireshark. Creating automated scripts using Python (API) language and manual testing to enhance hardware performance. Worked on the GitHub source control for generating Playbooks and executing the Playbooks for environment deployments using Ansible Tower.

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Juniper Networks Certified Associate (JNCIA-Junos)

Title: Sr. Network Engineer