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title: "Chelladurai V - Assistant Consultant in Coimbatore | Tal"
description: "Meet Chelladurai V, 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 based in Coimbatore."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/chelladurai-v/share-image"
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# Chelladurai V on Tal

## Headline

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

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