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Network Specialist @TCS | Driving secure, automated Enterprise & Data Center networks | F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM/ASM/APM) • FortiGate • Palo Alto • Routing & Switching | AWS/Azure Certified | Python + Ansible | 10+ Yrs

About

💼 About Network Specialist @TCS with 10+ years of experience designing and operating secure, scalable, and high-performance network infrastructures across enterprise and multi-cloud environments. 🔹 F5 SME — Hands-on expertise in BIG-IP LTM, GTM (DNS), ASM, and APM, delivering application delivery, traffic management, and secure access. 🔹 Multi-vendor security & networking — Strong experience across Cisco (Routing/Switching, Nexus, ACI, SD-WAN), FortiGate, Palo Alto, ASA, and ISE in heterogeneous enterprise environments. 🔹 Cloud — Experienced in AWS, Azure, and GCP, supporting hybrid and cloud-native networking models. 🔹 Automation & NetDevOps — Building modern infrastructure using Python, Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs, and CI/CD pipelines. 🔹 Operations — Hands-on with Infoblox (DNS/DHCP/IPAM), Splunk, and Linux, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and operational excellence. 🚀 What I'm building now: Sharing my F5 + Automation journey publicly on LinkedIn — daily labs, Python scripts using iControl REST, and notes on combining network engineering with AI for smarter troubleshooting. 🎯 Certifications & Learning: • F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator (F5-CA) • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate • AWS Certified | Azure Certified • Aviatrix Certified Engineer – Multi-Cloud Network Associate • FortiGate Firewall Training Completed • CCNP (Training Completed) • ISC2 Candidate • GCP Hands-on Experience • ITIL 📩 Open to connecting with network engineers, NetDevOps practitioners, and anyone working on automation or AI in infrastructure.

Location

Coimbatore

Work experience

Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services, Mar 2026 - Present · 3 mos, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Driving critical network operations involving application migration, routing & switching, F5 (LTM , GTM,ASM,APM)load balancing, Fortinet firewall security, and large-scale data center migration 🚀 Ensuring seamless connectivity, high availability, and secure infrastructure in every deployment 💪

Network Specialist at LTIMindtree, Jul 2023 - Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Promoted to lead F5 design and migration projects across multiple client data centers. • Owned end-to-end F5 BIG-IP LTM design, configuration, and migration for enterprise clients (VIPs, pools, SSL profiles, iRules, monitors) • Led data center migration to AWS and Azure — designed hybrid connectivity, VPN tunnels, and routing • Mentored junior engineers on F5 troubleshooting and change management • Standardized network change procedures, reducing rollback incidents • Collaborated with security and cloud teams on Aviatrix multi-cloud deployments

Senior Network Engineer at LTIMindtree, May 2020 - Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Senior individual contributor on F5 load balancing and core routing/switching for enterprise customers. • Configured and troubleshot F5 LTM (VIPs, SSL offloading, pool health monitoring) across production environments • Deployed and maintained MPLS, BGP, and OSPF across multi-site data centers • Supported initial cloud migration projects to AWS and Azure • Served as L2/L3 escalation point for critical network incidents • Drove RCA and post-incident reviews for high-severity outages

Network Engineer at Omega Healthcare Management Services Private Limited, Jan 2018 - May 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Banglore, • Expending support to customers regarding Cisco Products Configuration & troubleshooting • Anchoring troubleshooting on various protocols. • Anchoring troubleshooting on f5, Palo Alto Firewall’s • Involved in accessing customer devices through web-ex sessions and remote-control real-time troubleshooting. • Identify pain areas and address issues for improving consistency • Follow both customer and company standard ITIL processes e.g. Change Management.

Network Engineer at EXL, Aug 2015 - Jan 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Kochi, Kerala, India, • Administering and providing extensive support for 100 + Network devices (Cisco Switches and Routers, Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 LTM,). • As a L1engineer providing extensive support to the customers to resolve major/Critical issues. • Responsible for configuration and troubleshooting DC Nexus devices, Firewalls, Load Balancers as part of day to day operations. • Responsible for Customer network devices Software Upgrade complaint, Disaster Recovery.

Education

Bachelor of Science - BSC, Computer Science, VLB Janakiyammal College of Arts and Science

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Government Higher Secondary School, Kuniyamuthur