RASHMI KANT SINGH CHAUHAN

House No. 354, 3rd Floor Prem Nagar, Gurugram, Haryana-122001 · +91-9500029273
 rashmikant.chauhan@outlook.com · LinkedIn

9+ years of experience in planning, designing of networks & security architecture and

implementing in distributed environment. Ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully
operational status. Strong problem-solving skills and able to function well in stressful/time-
critical situations.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
 Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Core, Mar 2021, Cisco ID: CSCO12554139
 Palo Alto Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE), Credential ID#: 4S0XR3B1DFFEQVG8
 Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Security (JNCIA-SEC), Jun 2020
 Aviatrix Certified Engineer – Multi-Cloud Network Associate, Jun 2020
 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Professional, Jul 2020

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Routing: OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, VRF, QoS, URPF, MPLS, Multicast -PIM, PBR, RSVP-TE, Anycast routing, ECMP

Switching: VLANs, VTP, RSTP, Port-Channel, DHCP Snooping, Dot1Q tunneling, VPC, VDC, VXLAN

Hardware (R&S): Cisco Routers 1800, 2600, ASR1002, ISR 4000 etc., Cisco Catalyst 6500 series, Nexus 5k,
6K, 7K, 9K, 1000V, Juniper QFX5100, QFX10002 Switches, Juniper MX 240/480/960 routers, Aruba
switches, Cisco ACI leaf and spine, riverbed steelhead CX-3070, CX-5070, cascade etc.

Firewall: Cisco ASA, Juniper SRX, Palo Alto, NSX & Checkpoint

Proxy: Bluecoat proxy SG-900, SG-9000, Cisco Ironport WSA & Netskope Cloud proxy

Load Balancer: F5 LTM, GTM, APM, Viprion Chassis & Big-IQ, Nginx

NAC: Aruba ClearPass using Dot1X, MAB authentication, Radius, AAA, TACACS

Protocols: TCP, IP, FTP, SFTP, SSH, SMTP/S, LDAP/S, HTTP, HTTPS, SIP, Netconf, SSL, HTTP2

VPN: GRE, IPsec, MPLS VPN, F5 APM remote access, Global Protect, VDI, PKI

Cloud: AWS (VPC, ENIs, Elastic IP, EC2 instances & AMIs, Route Tables, NAT Gateways, Network ACLs,
NLB, ELB, Flow logs, Cloud Watchdog, Private Link, AWAF, Direct Connect & Transit Gateway), Arturo
(CI/CD Pipeline), NSX-V & NSX-T, OCI (VCN, IGW, NAT Gateway, DRG, IAM instance principals, VPN
Connect, Fast Connect, OKE, Compartment Quota etc.)

Scripting/Automation: Bash Shell Scripting, TCL, Python (beginner), YAML, Ansible, JSON, XML, Rest API
Tools: Wireshark, TCPDUMP, Fiddler, iperf, ssldump, Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Thousand Eyes, Kibana etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AUG 2019 – TILL DATE
MANAGER, Macquarie Group
AWARDS: Won COG Award & People’s Choice Award 2020 (250 AUD cash prize) for project
delivery.

Projects and BCP:

 Successfully completed Axway MFT AWS direct connect circuit provisioning, underlying
network connectivity LLD & configuration in Sydney and BCP testing
 Updated DNS forwarders and migrated 5 legacy GTMs to Virtual Platform.
 Participated in Sydney and London Data Center BCP testing for all business applications.
 Successfully upgraded 20 F5 LTM/APM/GTM software to v12.1.6 & v14.1.4.1 hotfix 38.4
 Implemented Palo Alto Global Protect solution in Gurugram and Shanghai location.
 Successfully completed storage unity array & backup servers’ migration to ACI
 Supported multiple per-app VPN (F5 APM) onboarding for applications like Confluence,
JIRA, People app, iLevel etc.
 Worked on NSX-V to NSX-T migration in Sydney Staging environment.
 Worked on AWS Direct Connect implementation in regional cloud exchanges.

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Working in capacity of technical lead/SME on F5, Palo Alto, Ironport, Netskope cloud
proxy technologies and providing L4 support during critical triages and service requests.
 Performed Rolling Infoblox/Internal DNS BCP testing in all regions.
 Performing MACD (Move, Add, Change, Delete) operations on Palo Alto, NSX, F5 &
Ironport/Netskope proxy on day-to-day basis.
 Configuring SSL inspection exemption on F5 LTM, Palo Alto, proxy and steelhead devices
as required.
 Converting HLD architecture to LLD and implementing for new projects e.g., Axway MFT
 Creating new EPGs, BDs, DHCP helper, VXLAN based EVPN stretches for layer2/3 VLANs
on Sydney ACI for on-prem to ACI migration project
 Performing Monthly UAR (User Access Review) for 6 direct reports.
 Supported multiple client and clientless VPN services e.g., Windows, Mac client-based
VPN, MOBVPN, per-app VPN, Macquarie Anywhere/Connect (VDI solution), AirWatch
browsing, iOS native email, O365, PingFed services on F5 APM.
 Configuring cert-based authentication for various SaaS applications on F5 PingFed based
on SAML, WS-Fed, OAuth specifications and Ping Federate protocol endpoints.
 Working on NSX firewalls migration and health-checks on ESGs & DLRs during ESXi host
scheduled patching activities.
 Checking flow logs in AWS console to troubleshoot issue, configure ingress/egress
security rules to allow the traffic
 Whitelisting various O365 tenants on global proxies as and when required.
 Performing stack roll and content update on AWS cloud virtual PAs on weekly basis.
 Configured User-ID, custom URL category, DAG using Firewall Sync (REST based service in
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 AWS), App-ID, EDLs based security and decryption rules in Palo Alto firewalls deployed in
multi-vsys mode.
 Reviewing vulnerability release notes for F5 & Palo Alto and taking remediation steps.
 Doing traffic analysis, pattern matching and deriving meaningful insights for business
using Splunk logs analysis during high data plane, BW utilization issues.

JAN 2018 – AUG 2019

NETWORK ANALYST, CLOUD OPERATIONS (OCI), Oracle India PVT. LTD.
AWARDS: Received Outstanding Individual Effort award for FY19Q2 (January, 2019).

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Working on network and security infrastructure support for various Oracle Public Cloud
services offering such as SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, BDCS, Fast Connect etc. across 30+ data
centers across the globe.
 Worked on regular upgrades, replacements of Nexus switches, SRX firewalls and F5 LTMs
 Configure security policies, NAT, rectify asymmetric routing on SRX firewall and MX
router
 F5 VIP, pool, client-server SSL profile, health-monitors, irules configuration.
 Managing and troubleshooting complex routing environment involving OSPF, BGP, VRF,
MPLS, GRE and IPSEC tunnels.
 Worked on site-to-site VPN tunnel provisioning and troubleshooting on SRX firewalls.
 Initiate, implement change request, provide RCA and prepare SOP for standard changes.
 Working knowledge of devices integration with authentication protocols such as LDAP,
IWA, SSO, Radius, TACACS.
 Day-to-day work involves troubleshooting incidents using wireshark, tcpdump, fiddler,
SRX trace-options, ssldump etc. packet capture utilities.
 Worked on DDOS mitigation using Arbor, Neustar netflow analyzer tools.
 Worked on monitoring tools like Thousand Eyes, Kibana, Netbrain to t-shoot latency
issue
 Configuration changes in Leaf and Spine Architecture through GIT bash, Bit Bucket,
Bamboo, automation process in AD environment.

MAY 2016 – DEC 2017

SERVICE DESK SPECIALIST -CS&O, Orange Business services
AWARDS: Awarded 100AUD AMEX coupon & appreciation certificate from Orange Customer
Service Director for quick resolution of high priority incidents for customer (March, 2017).

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Managing and troubleshooting IP VPN solutions including ATM, Frame-Relay, Metro

Ethernet, DSL on Cisco 800, 1800, 7200, ASR 1k, 9k, Juniper MX960 series high end
routers.
 Configuration and troubleshooting redundancy protocols HSRP and VRRP configured
with IP SLA tracking setup.
 Managing and troubleshooting SNIG (Secure Network Internet gateway- 5 of them)
environment of customer consisting of devices Bluecoat Proxy SG-900, SG-9000,
Checkpoint Gaia 77.20 and 77.30, F5 LTM, Juniper IDP, HP ArcSight ESM etc.

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  Troubleshooting customer HTTP/HTTPS/FTP access issues within Proxy environment
using whitelisting, Authentication bypass, Interceptions exceptions and various changes
in CPL.
 Capturing and analyzing policy trace and packet capture on proxy and checkpoint
firewalls for troubleshooting and escalating to L3 team for complex issues.
 Configuring security & NAT rules on checkpoint firewalls.

APR 2013 – MAY 2016

SENIOR ANALYST, HCL Technologies LTD.
AWARDS: Received appreciation certificates from Freescale IT Asia infrastructure director and
SDM for service delivery excellence for 2 consecutive quarters (August, 2014).

Projects Delivered:

 Participated in LAN/WAN/WLAN infrastructure upgrade comprising legacy switch Tech-

refresh, installing new cisco switches, Cisco WLC management and upgrade, router
refresh, installing new routers to support Qumu enterprise video solution.
 Successfully completed Noida client site refresh of 42 old catalyst switches with 3850
switches stack and Nexus 9k and 5k series switches for distribution layer.
 Supported MPLS bandwidth upgrade for 35 sites including new line activation.
 Supported DNS/DHCP/IPAM migration from Server based VitalQIP to Bluecat appliance-
based solution, old Unix servers decommission, runbook preparation and update.

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Maintain, Configure and Troubleshoot 3500+ network equipment including but not
limited to Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k ,6500, 4500,3750, 3850 series switches, HP Enclosure
Switches, Cisco ASR1002, 7206, 3925, 3945 ,3800,2800 Routers.
 Provided level1 and level2 support for network trouble tickets troubleshooting.
 Troubleshoot and resolve day to day issues related to DNS, LAN, Wireless and PA
firewall.
 Managed and configured 21 QIP integrated internal DNS remote servers and 4 external
DNS servers running on Unix platform.
 Prepared and provided monthly Network availability report to client.
 Troubleshooting and configuring point P2P serial lines (E1/E2, T1/T3, DS3, POS,
Multilink),
 Worked extensively on Cisco 6500, 4500 series switches on Cat-OS and IOS both, Nexus
5k/7k/9k switches (5548, 5672, 7709,9396), FEX, VPC configuration and troubleshooting.
 Provided on call 24 x 7 support on weekends.
 Worked on Cisco CSM load balancer and Big IP-1500, 2500 and 4000 F5 LTM and GTM.
 Handled Riverbed CX5055 for pass-through/bypass rules for WAN optimization.

ACADEMIC PROFILE
AUG 2012

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 B. TECH (EEE), Dr. M.g.r. university chennai, 9.65 CGPA (91.41%) – 1 st Rank

JUL 2007
12TH, PT. R.p.m. Inter College Kanpur, u.P. STATE Board, 89.8% - 12 th RANK

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