Abhinay

Highly motivated and detail-oriented Network Security Engineer with 4+ years of experience across enterprise firewall administration, VPN technologies, and routing & switching. Proven hands-on expertise across Cisco ASA, FortiGate, Palo Alto, and Checkpoint firewall platforms, combined with strong exposure to NOC operations, SLA-driven incident management, and network security monitoring. Currently pursuing CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) Security certification to further deepen enterprise security architecture expertise.

IT & Network Engineer at Mirctech Pvt Ltd (2026-03 – 2026-07)

• Gained hands-on exposure to Palo Alto firewall monitoring — reviewing traffic logs to identify unusual patterns and potential security risks.
• Validated Palo Alto security alerts and escalated genuine incidents as per SLA process.
• Monitored Palo Alto firewall health, including interface status and policy hits, as part of daily network operations support.

Technical Solution Engineer at Hungerbox Pvt Ltd (2025-02 – 2026-02)

• Monitored enterprise firewall and network infrastructure using Zabbix for real-time alerting and performance tracking.
• Performed event and log monitoring on Fortinet FortiGate firewalls, validating alerts and identifying potential security risks.
• Handled NOC operations including incident ticket creation, initial troubleshooting, and SLA-based escalation to L2/L3 teams.
• Monitored VPN tunnel status, WAN link availability, CPU/memory utilization, and interface health of firewall devices.
• Conducted log analysis and traffic review to detect anomalies, connectivity issues, and service disruptions.

Network Security Engineer at Victor Chasex Pvt Ltd (2022-11 – 2025-02)

• Worked approx. 2 years on the profile of Network Security Engineer, Bangalore.
• Assisted in setting up and maintaining the LAB environment, enabling the team to test, validate, and troubleshoot configurations before deployment to production.
• Accountable for configuration, installation, and maintenance of Cisco ASA and VPN technologies, with hands-on work across Checkpoint, FortiGate, and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Configured network operations and documented issues and resolutions.
• Set up test environments and replicated configurations on Cisco devices observed while troubleshooting with the internal team.
• Handled virtualization and deployment of devices on ESXi servers, along with server management.

Bachelor of Technology in B.Tech – Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow

Intermediate in 10+2 – Bihar School Examination Board

Secondary School Certificate – Bihar School Examination Board