Sairam Podalada
Network Security | SASE | ZTNA | SD-WAN
- Role
- Network Architect at Aptia Group
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sairam Podalada
I have 9+ years of experience in the network Domain.>> Experience in Infrastructure design/plan/implementation in a production network.>>Experience in supporting Cisco/juniper Firewalls/Routers/Switches in backbone infrastructure.>>Deploying Zscaler Zero trust.>>Good Understanding of Meraki SD-WAN Implementation and Troubleshooting, Adding New sites in SD-WAN Architecture.>>Good Understanding of OSI Model, TCP/IP protocols(IP, ARP, TCP, UDP, FTP, TFTP).>>Good Knowledge of Cloud Networking (Azure/AWS)>>Experience in switching, routing and security policy creation>>working on ticking-based job 24*7 environment.>>Hands-on Experience in Configuration and troubleshooting of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS.)>>Hand-on experience of switching (VLAN, Inter- Vlan routing, STP, RSTP, VTP, Trunking).
Experience
Network Architect
Oct 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Designed and deployed Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) to enforce Zero Trust access for users and workloads.>Implemented Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) to enable Zero Trust remote access without VPN dependency.>Integrated Zscaler with Azure AD and configured Client Connector, App Connectors, and traffic forwarding.>Involved in Zscaler deployment planning, pilot testing, and user migration at scale.>Built multi-cloud communication architecture using Zscaler Cloud Connector, enabling secure app-to-app and workload-to-workload traffic flow across AWS, Azure, and other environments.>Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco Meraki MX firewalls, MS switches, and MR access points for full-stack SD-branch deployments.>Deployed and managed Meraki Auto VPN, dual uplink failover, and site-to-site mesh connectivity across distributed branches.>Experienced in Meraki dashboard administration, firmware updates, network health monitoring, and troubleshooting.>Designed and maintained branch network architectures, VLANs, SSIDs, and Layer 7 firewall rules.
Education
JNTU KAKINADA
Sri prakash engineering college, B.tech
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