Varun Venkatesh

About Varun Venkatesh

Thank you for visiting my profile!I am a Seasoned security professional, with CCDE, CISSP, 4xCCIE, 4x AWS, PMP offering 15+ years of experience focused on Information Security Strategy, Compliance, Security Architecture, and Protection. Strong knowledge of infrastructure/cloud security design, threat and vulnerability management, risk analysis, business continuity & program management. An impressive track record of accomplishments in managing high-end Security and Enterprise projects/portfolio of many of the leading Fortune 500 companies in the World. Experienced with markets including: cloud technologies, information security, enterprise architectures, SaaS, IaaS,PaaS, firewall/NGFW, IPS/NGIPS.Current Role Work in multiple domains of security technologies viz Network segmentation, Application gateways, security automation, Firewalls, Cloud Security, VPN, SDN, SD-WAN, IAM solutions. Key technical lead for escalated critical customer issues and urgent network down issues From logical, analytical troubleshooting methodology down to accurate log/trace analysis. Leading problem resolution in escalation management as technical owner and pulling together multiple related parties.Understanding the customer requirement such as RFI, RFQ & RFP to provide them with robust design with BOQ, BOM and Technical proposals. Responsible for providing highly specialized and authoritative technical leadership to support the delivery structure of Security Portfolio, DC and Enterprise Architecture. Technical Expertise Security : NGFW,IDS,IPS,VPN,IPSec,PKI,TLS, ISE, AMP, Umbrella.Cloud : SaaS, PaaS, IaaS. Cloud security (Private & Public cloud and CASB).SDN/NFV : Cisco ACI,SD-WAN,APIC,NSX. Automation : Python,Jinja,Normir,Netconf,netmiko,YANG,JSON,YAML,REST API.Virtualization : Docker, Kubernetes,Containers,KVM.App/Routing : OSPF, IS-IS,EIGRP,BGP,HTTP/HTTPS,TCP/UDP,HSRP,VRRP,PIM.SP : MPLS,LDP, RSVP-TE,MP-BGP, SR/SR-TE,L3VPN, L2VPNSwitching : VLANs,802.1Q,STP,RSTP,CDP,MST,LACP,VTP,ARP.Nexus : VDC,VXLAN,vPC,OTV,FEX and QoS. Cisco DC : HyperFlex Tools : Git, VScode, Ansible, Postman. Professional Skills: Information Security Management Network Engineering & Implementation NIST Cybersecurity Framework Network Security Architectures Infrastructure Automation and Programmability using Python. Network transformation using SDN technologies

Experience

1. High Touch Engineering Technical Leader - Network Security Sdwan

   Cisco

   Mar 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Massachusetts institute of technology, through edX

  Circuits and Electronics

  2008

• Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, BANGALORE

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) VTU, Telecommunication

• Rochester Institute of Technology

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

• Massachusetts institute of technology, through edX

  Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

  2012

Skills

• Vmware
• Openstack
• Vlsi
• Vmware Vsphere
• Cisco Technologies
• Eigrp
• Integration
• Scsi
• Cisco Mds San Switches
• Ospf
• Cisco Fabricpath
• Fcip
• Spanning Tree
• Cisco Ucs
• Cisco Aci
• Cisco Systems Products
• Verilog
• Switches
• Cloud Computing
• Routing
• Tcl
• Storage
• Emc Networker
• Networking
• Docker
• Otv
• Data Center
• Fiber Channel (Fc)
• Storage Area Network (San)
• Vhdl
• Mpls
• High Availability
• Vmware Nsx
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Iscsi
• Rstp
• Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
• Sdn/Nfw
• Cisco Nexus
• Mstp