Kunal Adangle

Professional Services Consultant with around 10 years of IT experience, specialising in Palo Alto Networks technologies (NGFW, Panorama, exposure to SCM and IOT, AWS) and enterprise routing and switching.

Certified Palo

Alto NGFW Firewall Expert, with strong hands-on knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls as well as Cisco routers and switches. Proven track record in designing and implementing secure network infrastructures, delivering successful projects, and providing exceptional customer service. Currently seeking a challenging role where I can leverage my expertise to design and implement end-to-end network and security solutions that align with and support organisational objectives

Professional Services Consultant at Palo Alto Networks (Infinity labs) (2025-01 – April 2026)

• Implementing new Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Panorama in data centre environments.
• Deploying cloud firewalls and Panorama on AWS to support secure cloud architectures.
• Leading migrations from different vendors to Palo Alto for example Check Point to Palo Alto firewalls, including planning, policy translation, testing of routing and traffic flow etc.
• Making use of internal tool for converting configuration from other vendors Firewalls.
• Provided post-cutover support through troubleshooting calls, ensuring seamless operations after vendor migrations.
• Created HLD/LLD designs and As-Built documentation aligned with project scope.
• Delivered IoT security projects, integrating firewalls with device security portals for comprehensive protection.
• Supporting customers with new requirements and change requests from a Palo Alto Networks perspective. Pan-OS SDWAN branch onboarding.

Security Consultant at Securview pvt ltd (2022-05 – 2025-01)

• Led a team of fantastic engineers to install Palo Alto firewalls for a major bank's new data centre; managing resource allocation, configuration and testing of point to point link.
• Collaborated with customer and Cisco/Arista vendors to design the DC and test East West and North South Traffic Flow.
• Creating security policies, Nat policies to allow communication before and after testing.
• Adding routes for routing the traffic to the desired destination.
• Configuring BGP between Firewall and Core or Interconnect Switch as per Spine and Leaf topology to establish connectivity to and from different servers.
• Configuring IPSEC tunnel to different locations from Firewall to establish connectivity.
• Creating Visio diagrams for secure connectivity.
• Participated in troubleshooting calls to resolve IPSEC, connectivity disruptions, and non-working connection issue.
• Implemented various security profiles, including Antivirus, Antispyware, URL Filtering, File Blocking, Data Leak Prevention, and DNS sinkhole, enhancing network security and protecting against potential threats.
• Implemented and maintained High Availability solutions for Firewalls and Panorama, guaranteeing continuous network availability and minimizing potential downtime.

Network Service Specialist at IBM/Kyndryl (2021-01 – 2022-05)

Role transitioned from IBM to Kyndryl.

• Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on dedicated shifts for a US-based chemical organisation, handling escalated routing, switching, and firewall issues in customer network environments.
• Performing day today tasks on Fortinet Firewall like configuring interfaces, creating policies, adding routes on Firewall if required, configuring Security profiles and High Availability
• Assisted peers with ongoing cases, providing technical guidance to resolve complex network challenges efficiently, reducing overall operational load of team by around15% to 20%.
• Configure HSRP/VRRP on the switch. Providing IP to users and devices through Infoblox DDI
• Analysing Packet Capture to identify Fault.
• De-induction of replaced Routers and Switches.

Senior systems Engineer at Infosys (2018-05 – 2020-02)

Part of core team managing network operations for an Australian ISP, handling routing and switching cases.

• Worked on different Routing Protocols like EIGRP, OSPF and performing 2 operations on regular basis. Sharing Top Talkers with the Customer on request.
• Raising RMA with CISCO to change faulty devices on the site.
• Worked on ticketing and monitoring tools like ServiceNow.
• Provided remote support to field technicians, performing configurations to resolve issue.

Associate Engineer Network at HCL Comnet (2016-07 – 2018-03)

• Part of core team managing routers, switches, and firewalls for NSE India.
• Running daily health checks on all the network devices to ensure all the devices are intact.
• Contributed to critical DC/DR drills and weekly ISP failover testing to ensure business continuity and reliability.
• Taking regular back-ups of devices and Replacing module cards of routers and switches.

Bachelor of Engineering – Mumbai University (2014)

Diploma in Engineering – Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (2010)