Pranay Reddy

About Pranay Reddy

5.1 years of experience in installation, design, implementation, infrastructure administration policy, and support for a broad range of diverse IT experiences. Proficient in managing large-scale deployments of Palo Alto PA-5410 and PA-7050 firewalls using centralized management through Panorama, including configuration, monitoring, and policy enforcement. Skilled in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting Cisco routers (800, 2600, 2800, 3800, and 7600 series) with protocols such as static routing, RIP, IGRP, OSPF, and EIGRP; also experienced with Cisco PIX and ASA firewalls. Hands-on experience in administering FortiGate Firewall models (2600, 1800, and 200), including policy provisioning, rule base analysis, and firewall rule optimization. Adept at deploying and configuring Cisco ACI fabrics, including setup and administration of Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) for policy-based networking. Experienced in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File and Print Servers, IIS Web Server, FTP, Terminal Server, NAT, Microsoft Clustering, and Exchange mail server in a Windows-based server environment. Expertise in managing Cisco Nexus switches and series), with strong knowledge in configuring and maintaining Virtual Port Channels (vPC). Designed and deployed Cisco Viptela SD-WAN solutions, leading network migrations from legacy WAN infrastructure while optimizing and troubleshooting performance for end users. Strong background in configuring and maintaining F5 BIG-IP LTM load balancers (3600, 4200, 6950, and 8950 models), including VIP, pool, and profile management for high availability and load distribution. Experience working with Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Meraki access points and switches, and ensuring compliance with PCI security standards for wireless environments.

Experience

1. Network Security Engineer

   UnitedHealth Group

   Nov 2023 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Worked on Palo Alto PA-5430, PA-3440, PA-3430 design and installation (Application and URL filtering, Threat Prevention, Data Filtering). Configured Cisco Firepower 4115, 4125, and 4145 firewalls with advanced threat detection and intrusion prevention policies. Worked on Palo Alto firewall management, patching upgrades and operations across our global networks. Configuring Firewall rules for Application teams and required traffic flow at Palo Alto 5430, Panorama 100. Worked on Cloudflare Tunnel (Agro Tunnel) to establish secure encrypted connections between on premise applications and Cloudflare’s global network, eliminating the need for traditional VPNs. Restricted unauthorized API calls in Cloudflare by enforcing JWT authentication and rate limiting policies. Working with Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k devices and Secondary Data Center Arista switches 7500 series. Worked in for the NextGen Datacenter Cloud Architecture, using Cisco ACI and Nexus 9K. Testing and prod support of Cisco ACI Data center in network centric mode and EM for customers with multitenancy using Clustered APIC controllers M1 C220 M3/M4. Deployed Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) for secure web traffic filtering, SSL decryption, and cloud DLP policy enforcement. Built and maintained dynamic inventory files in Ansible to automate switch, firewall, and Linux host configurations. Deployed CISCO ACI Greenfield and Migrated from Legacy network. Worked on developed ACI (Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure) based Cisco Validated Designs for Enterprises and Service Providers to transform Traditional 3 Layer Architecture to ACI based (Spine, Leaf and APIC) Architecture Working in connectivity using AWS direct connect, Cloud API connectivity and Point to point links Deployed and managed VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter servers to support network virtualization needs.

Education

• Campbellsville University

  Master's degree