Chintan Chheda

About Chintan Chheda

Network professional with 7 years of experience having a combination of technical, interpersonal, analytical, and teamwork skills in Enterprise Network environment-Extensive knowledge of current Next Generation Firewalls Platform (Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco ASA), Gigamon, Netoptics, F5, Application and Threat Filtering, URL Filtering, Specific file blocking, Network AntiVirus protections-Good understanding in VPN technologies like Site to Site VPN, Remote access VPN, SSL, DMVPN-Hands on experience in deploying and configuring Cisco ASA firewalls, switches, Wireless LAN controllers for complex LAN and WAN networks. Knowledge of IOS, NX-OS-Strong ability to communicate clearly, proactively and collaboratively in verbal and written form to varying audiences (technical personnel, business clients, and all levels of management)Certifications• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) • Palo Alto Networks – Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) – Security (SISAS)- Identity Service Engine - ISE• CCNP – Security (SENSS) – Implementing Cisco Edge Network Security Solutions• CCNP – Routing & Switching• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – Security • CCNA – Routing & Switching• ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL® version 3 Foundation) Skills: • Security Technologies: RADIUS, TACACS, IKE, IPsec, Cisco AnyConnect VPN, DMVPN, EAP-TLS, PEAP, 802.1x, ISE 1.2, Gigamon – 2404 and H-series, Cisco ACS, Netoptics – Bypass and Xbalancer• Hardware Platforms: Cisco ISE, F5 BIG IP LTM, Cisco ASA 5500 series, Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco 6500/4500/3700/3500 series switches, Nexus 7K/5K/3K, FEX, Cisco 3900/1800 series routers• Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP• Networking skills: VLAN, STP, Trunking, VTP, HSRP, VRRP, RSTP, MSTP, NAT, ACL, DNS, DHCP, Wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n), IP Management Subnetting• Monitoring Tools: Netcool, Wireshark packet sniffer, Zabbix

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (Network Security)

   Salesforce

   Dec 2021 — Present

Education

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  Masters, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

  2008 — 2009