Keerthi Gurram
Firewall & Network Security Engineer
- Role
- Data Network Engineer Palo Alto & Azure Security at Citi
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Keerthi Gurram
Network Engineer with 2+ years of enterprise experience supporting LAN/WAN and wireless…
Experience
Data Network Engineer Palo Alto & Azure Security
Apr 2023 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US
Key Contributions:Administer and maintain VMware clusters, Dell PowerStore & Compellent storage, and Fibre Channel SAN (Cisco MDS) supporting high-availability infrastructure across on-prem and cloud workloads.Deploy and manage Cisco routers/switches (Catalyst, Nexus, Juniper QFX) and FS Switches, implementing VLANs, EtherChannel, ACLs, STP, and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) for enterprise-grade connectivity.Manage Palo Alto NGFWs, Fortinet, and Cisco ASA/FTD firewalls; design IPsec VPNs, NAT, and segmentation policies ensuring strong perimeter defense and Zero Trust enforcement.Build and maintain Azure/AWS hybrid environments using ExpressRoute, Transit Gateway, VPN Gateway, NSGs/ASGs, and Private Endpoints to deliver 99.99% uptime for banking applications.Implement and monitor backup and recovery solutions using Avamar, Veeam, DataDomain, and AWS S3 Backups, strengthening DR posture and reducing RPO/RTO by 30%.Automate system and network operations using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and REST APIs—standardizing deployments and cutting configuration time by 40%.Oversee GSLB/ADNS configurations on NetScaler ADCs for cross-site traffic balancing and seamless disaster recovery failover.Conduct patching, firmware upgrades, and capacity planning across Linux, Windows, and VMware environments to ensure performance and compliance.Utilize SolarWinds, Wireshark, SNMP, and Microsoft Sentinel for real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis of network incidents.Document HLDs, LLDs, Visio diagrams, and change records aligned with NIST, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and ISO standards to maintain audit readiness.
Education
Cleveland State University
Master's degree, Computer and Information Sciences, General
Anurag Group of Institutions
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering
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