Suresh Akula
Network Engineer/ Security Engineer | Wireshark| CISCO| Azure Gateway| Tacas| Python| Network Security Audits| Windows,Linux|
- Role
- Network Engineer at Cisco
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Suresh Akula
Holding a master\'s degree in Information Science from Trine University I am currently…
Experience
Network Engineer
May 2024 — Present · Alpharetta, GA, US
Designed and implemented WAN routing schemas using OSPF and BGP across distributed healthcare locations, enabling resilient connectivity between 100+ clinics and data centers; optimized routing filters and VRF segmentation to isolate sensitive clinical traffic from public services.• Configured and fine-tuned F5 BIG-IP load balancers to distribute patient portal and telehealth workloads, improving application response times during peak traffic hours by nearly 5% and reducing failover events between data center nodes.• Reviewed and updated Cisco ASA firewall rulesets across regional hubs, cleaning up legacy NAT entries and tightening ACLs in line with HIPAA compliance needs; introduced SNMP monitoring to improve visibility into VPN uptime and perimeter performance.• Analyzed site-to-site MPLS tunnels and Metro-E links for latency-sensitive traffic, VoIP and PACS imaging data; used NetFlow exports and Wireshark captures to identify congestion patterns and recommend QoS prioritization strategies.• Planned and executed bandwidth upgrades for underperforming locations by tracking historical utilization in SolarWinds and correlating alerts with clinical SLAs; reduced recurring circuit saturation by 7% within the first quarter of implementation.• Built lightweight Python scripts to pull DHCP lease data and automate post-deployment subnet verification against IPAM records, saving the team hours per deployment and catching inconsistencies before go-live.• Created high-level design documents and rollback plans for network expansions and hardware refreshes, ensuring compliance with CVS Health’s ITIL processes and helping cross-functional teams navigate dependencies between infrastructure, security, and application layers.
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