Priya Potdar

About Priya Potdar

CCNA, CCNP, PCNSA/PCNSE (prep in progress)[] Network automation engineer streamlines network operations by replacing manual, CLI-driven tasks with automated scripts, APIs, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to enhance scalability, speed, and reliability[] Worked in Networking-Devops team of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.(Insieme Networks) on Network Management, troubleshooting and Operational support including migration of traditional data center architecture to Leaf-spine architecture, Cisco Nexus switches N9K, ESX hosts, VMware vSphere, Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), Cisco’s Solution to Software Defined Networking, etc[] Supported the HPC computing systems and set up storage nodes using XFS, ZFS, BeeGFS and GlusterFS for the CIRC at the UofR[] Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement security policies, enhancing application access control and strengthening data protection mechanismsTechnical Skills:[] Networking: TCP/IP, NAT, PAT, DNS, DHCP, ARP, IPv4, IPv6, VLAN/Trunking, SNMP[] Routing: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, Redistribution[] Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, MST, Etherchannel[] Network Security: ACL, Port Security, VPN, IPsec, HTTP/HTTPs[] System Administration: User/Group Management, Permissions, SAMBA, File System[] Devops: Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, AWS[] Platforms/OS: RedHat and CentOS LINUX, VMware Workstation, Oracle VM Virtual Box, Nagios, Nautobot, Netflow, Prometheus, Graphana[] Software Defined Networking: Mininet, KVM[] Programming: Shell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, APIs, HTML5, CSS3

Experience

1. Network Engineer Iv

   Fiserv

   May 2023 — Present · US

   Working in Networking Infrastructure team, supporting and maintaining the WAN connections for over 800 banking institutions throughout the US.[] Maintained, managed, upgraded and supported these clients with 24-hour support. Working on migration and consolidation of Fiserv’s datacenters.[] Client project to replace and upgrade all clients’ current WAN circuits and hardware to Ethernet circuits, with CISCO MPLS routers (CISCO 4321) and CISCO VPN backup connectivity. Implementation of Client projects for installation of new and upgrading client’s WAN.[] Consolidation of Fiserv Data Centers form multiple locations down to two Locations [] 24 hour On-Call support of Fiserv’s LAN/WAN as well as On-Call for client support.[] Designed and optimized comprehensive security policies, including SSL Inspection, URL Filtering, Sandbox, Access & Timeout, and Client Forwarding policies, ensuring alignment with security standards and business requirements.[] Maintained and updated SSL Inspection Exemption lists for certificate-pinned applications, guaranteeing seamless functionality while minimizing security risks.[] Performed L3-L7 troubleshooting for complex networking and security issues using tools like Wireshark, tcpdump, MTR, Zscaler Analyzer, ZSATunnel, and ZSATray logs.

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (M.S.), Telecommunications Engineering

  2015 — 2017

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• Switching
• Python
• Unix
• Java
• Css
• C++
• Mysql
• C
• Programming
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Powerpoint
• Altera Quartus
• Microsoft Office
• Ccnp
• Media Queries
• Virtualbox
• Javascript
• Bgp
• Sql
• Linux
• Ccna Security
• Indian Classical Dance Bharatnatyam
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Xilinx
• Eigrp
• Cisco Packet Tracer
• Routing Protocols
• Netbeans
• Vhdl
• Microsoft Word
• Html
• Css3
• Teamwork
• Html5
• Networking
• Jquery Mobile
• Postgresql
• Matlab
• Telecommunications
• Gns3