Aniket Kulkarni

About Aniket Kulkarni

12+ years of experience in managing cybersecurity devices and infrastructureCurrently working as Principal Consultant at Wipro-Expert in team management, infrastructure management, incident management, and change management-Skilled in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, and troubleshooting complex information systems-Proficient in creating and maintaining SOPs, processes, and documentation-Experienced in conducting firewall security and rule base audits-Knowledgeable in network products, services, protocols, and standards-Familiar with various network and security tools, such as SolarWinds, Science Logic, Splunk, Nagios XI, and WiresharkSkills and devices-Firewalls (Configuration and Management): Fortinet, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Juniper SRX, Cisco ASA-Switches: Cisco L2 Switches-Routers: Juniper J Series Routers-Firewall Audit and Posture Assessment: Firemon and Manual Audit based on CIS and best practices-Load Balancer: F5 (LTM/GTM)-DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM): Infoblox, UltraDNS-Ticketing Tools: Remedy and Service Now-Operating Systems: JunOS, Cisco IOS, Windows/Linux, FMOS-Troubleshooting tools: Curl, packet capture analysis and decoding using Wireshark, TCP Dump, etc.Operations and Team Management-Management of the team’s daily operations and customer deliverables-Interviewing and hiring new candidates for team strengthening-Creation and maintenance of processes and related documentation-Driving OKRs for the team to achieve goals in-line with company objectives-Maintaining Budget and vendor interaction for effective cost management-Queue and task management within the team for optimum SLA/OLA output for the customers-Driving effective onboarding to operations phases for new customer onboarding-Weekly and Monthly customer co-ordination with effective reporting features-OEM/Vendor coordination for procurement of new network and security solutionsSecurity and Technical Overview-Planning and designing for firewall migration, optimization, and new implementations-Data centre security consulting for NGFW, IPS/IDS/UTM, WAF, DLP, Endpoint Protection, Load balancer-CASB, Cloud Network, and Infrastructure operations-Effective management and implementation of Next Generation Firewalls-Hands-on experience/knowledge on F5 -LTM, WAF, Bluecoat Proxy, Endpoint protection, CASB, Azure/AWS/Google Cloud solutions-Conducted numerous successful Security and configuration audits for above-mentioned firewalls and solutions.

Experience

1. Principal Consultant

   Wipro

   Sep 2023 — Present · Pune, IN

Education

• Calorx Teachers' University

  Bachelor of Computers Application, Computer Science

  2011 — 2014

• Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth (Deemed University)

  B.E. Computers, Computer Science

  2004 — 2007

Skills

• Project Management
• Juniper
• Incident Management
• Soc
• Sql
• C
• Microsoft Office
• Java
• Change Management
• Research
• Firewall Operations
• Firewalls
• Management
• Program Management
• Leadership
• Networking
• Troubleshooting