Krunal Patel

About Krunal Patel

I have over 11+ years of experience in Networking with over 5+ years of experience working at Microsoft as an Azure Network Engineer. I’m Azure certified network engineer and I assist premier, unified, and S500 customers in designing and configuring highly reliable and resilient infrastructure on Azure cloud. I consider myself an expert in Azure networking technologies, as well as having extensive experience with a wide range of Azure technologies such as Azure AD, Azure storage, Azure key vault, Azure DevOps, Azure security, Infrastructure as code - Ansible and so on, as well as Cisco routing, switching, Network monitoring, wireless, F5 loadbalancer,Fortinet firewall, Palo alto firewall, and so on.

Experience

1. Senior Azure Network Engineer

   Microsoft

   Jul 2020 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Azure Networking & Cloud Expertise:Design and implement advanced Azure networking solutions including VNet, NSG, UDR, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Front Door, Traffic Manager, Azure Firewall, Route Server, Azure DNS, Private Endpoint/Link, Service Endpoint, Private Resolver, NAT Gateway, Network Watcher, Bastion, vWAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Azure Peering Service etc.Deploy, manage & configure NVAs such as Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Strong understanding of Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings.Firewall & Security:Palo Alto Networks: Deployed Active-Active and Active-Passive clusters from scratch, configuring interfaces, security zones, management profiles, VRs, NAT, and IPsec tunnels with BGP. Integrated Palo Alto with AD (LDAP) to enable user-ID based security policies.FortiGate Firewall : Security polices, NAT Policy, IPsecNetworking & Data Center:Cisco SD-WAN deployment and administration.Data center expertise in VRF, VXLAN, BGP, and EVPN Routing.Proficient in routing, segmentation, and highly available designs.Automation & Scripting:Ansible automation, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and ARM templates for infrastructure as code (IaC).Customer Engagement & Support->Support S500, ARR, and Unified customers in designing and building highly available, resilient cloud infrastructure on Azure->Handle escalations for complex, multi-component technical issues by performing in-depth troubleshooting with event logs, performance traces, and network traces->Ensure proactive customer communication, keeping stakeholders informed throughout the resolution process.Leadership & Collaboration-> Mentor and train new engineers, conduct new hire onboarding, SME triage sessions, and knowledge-sharing workshops-> Create and maintain knowledge base articles and perform case reviews to drive efficient resolution-> Collaborate across multiple engineering teams, product groups, and account teams to resolve cross-product technical issues.

Education

• V.P.M.P. Polytechnic, Gandhinagar

  Diploma, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2007 — 2010

• Rajasthan Technical University, Kota

  B.Tech, Electronics and communication enginnering

  2010 — 2013

Skills

• Iwan (Pfrv3)
• Wireless Lan Controller
• Ccnp Routing & Switchning
• Cisco Ise (Radius Server)
• Network Troubleshooting
• Cisco Prime
• Vpn Technology:- Gre , Ipsec, Dmvpn , Mpls
• Switches
• Ccna Caretified
• Routers