Anjali J.

Sr Network Security Engineer Noc Engineer @Fidelity Investments

Charlotte, NC, US

Deployed and configured large-scale multi-vendor network infrastructure (Juniper, Cisco, Arista) across data centers, POPs, and CDN edge locations, supporting uptime SLAs.• Led new POP/data center builds from inception to production, including rack/stack, fiber cabling, and optical transport (Ciena/Infinera) for high-density environments.• Designed and implemented DCN (Data Center Network) architectures, including spine-leaf topologies with VXLAN/EVPN for scalable segmentation.• Configure all Palo Alto Networks Firewall models (PA-7k, PA-3k, PA-5k etc.) as well as a centralized management system (Panorama) to manage large scale firewall deployments.• Designed and managed secure, scalable cloud network architectures in AWS, including VPC peering, Transit Gateway, NAT Gateway, and Direct Connect integration for hybrid cloud environments.• Led AWS cloud network migrations from Azure, focusing on reducing operational complexity and cost by re-architecting inter-region routing and IAM/network policies.• Deployed and monitored AWS security services such as Security Groups, NACLs, Route 53, and Network Firewall to enforce microsegmentation and Zero Trust principles. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins to automate infrastructure deployment, configuration validation, and security policy testing. Deployed and configured Prometheus for real-time telemetry on network devices, firewall health, and cloud performance metrics.• Wrote custom PromQL queries for threshold-based alerting on packet drops, CPU spikes, and VPN tunnel status.• Designed and deployed Juniper EX/QFX series switches in enterprise data centers, optimizing L2/L3 configurations for high availability and low latency.\\• Configured and troubleshooted Juniper SRX firewalls, implementing advanced security policies and dynamic VPN tunnels.• Integrated Jenkins with Git, Ansible, Terraform, and cloud APIs to trigger network changes and validate compliance in staging/production environments.

New England College

Master's degree