Ravindra Babu Katragadda
Cloud & Network Security Architect | Azure Networking | Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA | Automation & IaC (Terraform, ARM, Git Hub)
- Role
- Senior Network Engineer, AVP Saas Operations at 美国道富银行
- Location
- Burlington, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ravindra Babu Katragadda
I’m a Cloud & Network Security Architect specializing in Azure networking, Palo Alto…
Experience
Senior Network Engineer, AVP Saas Operations
Jan 2020 — Present · Burlington, MA, US
Led deployment of Palo Alto VM-Series Firewalls (Panorama, VM-500, VM-300) in Microsoft Azure using ARM templates, Terraform, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enabling repeatable, automated, and policy-compliant deployments.Built complete Azure Firewall Network Infrastructure, provisioning VNets, subnets, UDRs, NSGs, and route tables via IaC, integrating Palo Alto NGFW for north-south and east-west traffic security.Migrated on-prem firewall services to Azure, implementing routing, policy configuration, and logging integration, and enabling advanced NGFW features including Threat Prevention, SSL Decryption, and URL Filtering.Architected and secured Azure environments with Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints, Application Gateway (WAF), Azure DDoS Protection, JIT VM Access, and Azure Policy for compliance enforcement.Configured BGP over VPN tunnels and ExpressRoute circuits for optimized hybrid connectivity and high availability, meeting strict client SLAs.Provisioned & managed Azure networking resources: VNet peering, hub-and-spoke topologies, VPN Gateways, Azure Load Balancers, Public IPs, and Azure Bastion for secure remote administration.Developed operational standards for firewall configurations, network change requests, and performance tuning, with full documentation for change management and governance.Maintained auditable firewall posture using FireMon integrated with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics, providing centralized visibility and compliance tracking.Authored advanced Kusto Query Language (KQL) scripts to analyze Azure Firewall and NSG logs in Azure Log Analytics, enabling proactive threat detection, incident response, and security posture improvements.Implemented source control and CI/CD workflows in GitHub to manage Terraform IaC code, version firewall configuration templates, and automate Azure resource deployments.
Education
Amrita School of Engineering
Bachelor's Degree
2010 — 2014
New York University
Master’s Degree
2014 — 2016
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