Akhil Raju Kasu

Network Engineer @State Street

Charlotte, NC, US

Achieved a 40% reduction in MPLS costs by architecting and deploying a secure, scalable Cisco SD-WAN solution using Viptela across banking branches, ensuring seamless branch connectivity with built-in redundancy. Accelerated firewall policy deployment time by 75% through Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) automation using Ansible and Terraform, standardizing configurations across FortiGate and Palo Alto Networks (PAN) firewalls in compliance with banking security standards. Enforced multi-cloud security controls across AWS and Azure by implementing AWS GuardDuty, Macie, Network Firewall and Azure Firewall, enabling real-time threat detection and compliance with FFIEC and GLBA regulations. Implemented centralized policy management and SSL decryption on Palo Alto PAN-OS firewalls via Panorama, enhancing visibility into encrypted financial transactions and improving network forensics and incident response. Deployed Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) to enforce zero-trust policies, enabling secure, policy-based access to