Surya Teja
Network Engineer | 6+ Yrs Enterprise Networking | Cisco Catalyst & Nexus | Palo Alto & Fortinet Firewalls | Juniper Edge | Cloud & Security Solutions
- Role
- Senior Network Engineer at Verizon
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Surya Teja
Hi, I’m a Senior Network Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing, securing, and…
Experience
Senior Network Engineer
Oct 2024 — Present · IL, US
Lead project deployments (switch refreshes, firewall migrations, site cutovers, VPN rollouts) and provide Tier-3 operational support.Migrated Cisco Catalyst 9500/Nexus 9K sites with zero downtime, ensuring HSRP/VRRP redundancy and seamless routing.Administer Palo Alto NGFWs (PA-850/3220, Panorama) — handling NAT, SSL decryption, GlobalProtect VPN, and HA health.Reduced firewall audit findings by 40% through rulebase cleanup and CIS/NIST compliance alignment.Performed firmware/OS upgrades across Cisco and Palo Alto with rollback validation, cutting upgrade-related incidents by 20%.Monitored 500+ devices using SolarWinds/NetFlow, reducing WAN outage MTTR from 45 → 25 minutes.Acted as escalation point for P1/P2 incidents, leveraging Wireshark, CLI, and log correlation for RCA.
Education
Southeast Missouri State University
Master's degree, Computer Science
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