Varun Kumar Shukla
Professional Services Consultant
Pune
Summary
Seasoned Professional Services Consultant offering expertise in Network & Security honed over 3 years of consulting and overall 7 years of experience. In-depth knowledge of business operations with skill in implementing successful process, policy and program improvements. Forward-thinking and resourceful approach to problem-solving.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
9
9
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Professional Services Consultant
Zscaler
11.2022 - Current
- Deployment of Zscaler product (ZIA,ZPA & ZDX) end to end to customer’s environment
- Responsible for configuring the authentication of Zscaler to different IdPs like Azure AD, Okta etc
- Setting up of policies as per recommendation from Zscaler ex: File type control, SSL inspection, Firewall Control
- Creation and configuration of Data Loss Prevention policies
- Configuration log forwarding to different SIEM ex: Azure Sentinel, Crowdstrike, Splunk etc
- Deployment of ZPA for customer following the Zero Trust Architecture
- Resposible for the Kick-off, Architecture workshop and Deployment calls with the customer.
- Established strong relationships with clients through consistent communication and proactive engagement, leading to increased trust and long-term partnerships.
Security Associate – Design & Implementation
BT E-Serv(India) Pvt. Ltd
9 2019 - 3 2021
- Preparing of HLD, LLD and then implementing the changes post review by the SME and then updating the visio diagrams
- Deployment of new firewalls (ASA) at different sites for the customer as per the requirement
- Delivering, racking & stacking and giving warm handover to the client for the deployment of new checkpoint firewalls
- Engage with multiple teams across various verticals like PM, Data, Operations etc to ensure that BT security requirements are considered when delivering/developing new services
Sr. Cyber Security Consultant
PwC India
5 2021 - 10.2022
- Responsible for resolving proxy requests which Unblocking, blocking and initial troubleshooting for the websites.
- Configuring and maintaining PAC files
- Handling of FCA (Firewall Change Approval) requests to allow specific traffic which follows organization’s security guidelines
- Perform quarterly review of Firewall rules set (FRR – Firewall Rule Review) and remove unused rules or the rules which violate the security guidelines
- Onboarding and offboarding of applications on Akamai WAF
- Creating rules set exceptions for the specific application
- Reviewing and creating firewall rules for Site shield implementation.
Network & Security Engineer
Navisite India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2017 - 09.2019
- Implementing security policies on ASA, firewall as per client’s requirement and internal requests dealing with the backups of servers and monitoring
- Creating and maintaining VPN tunnels for the client from our DC to their environment, to their cloud infra, to our cloud infra
- Troubleshooting VPN cases
- Adding VIPs and doing load balancing on the Citrix NetScaler LB
- Replacing and uploading the certificates on the LB (Citrix NetScaler) for the client’s websites
- Upgradation of LB and firewalls as part of the projects
- Responsible for handling daily operational activities covering Incident Management, Change Management
- Creation of documents SOP’s, Upgrade templates, SLA report
- Network redesign to improve response times, high availability, scalability
- Defining processes within the team to deliver more efficiently
- Daily, Monthly and weekly Network Report Preparation
- Monthly Presentations of Customer Environments, Infrastructure.
Education
Bachelor’s in Technology (EI) -
AKTU
Delhi/NCR, DelhiHSC - undefined
DAV Public School
Anpara, UPSSC - undefined
DAV Public School
Anpara, UPSkills
Proxy: Zscaler, iBOSS Cloud Proxy
Application Load Balancer: Citrix Netscaler
WAF Akamai: Kona Site Defender & Bot Manager
Zero Trust
Digital Transformation
Network Firewalls: Cisco ASA, Checkpoint
Certification
Zscaler Certified Cloud Professional Internet Access
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/15/1994
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Unmarried
Disclaimer
It would be my conscious endeavor to constantly strive to hone as well as acquire skills and respect the practices and traditions of the organization to the best of my ability.
I affirm that that information in this document is accurate and true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Professional Services Consultant
Zscaler
11.2022 - Current
Network & Security Engineer
Navisite India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2017 - 09.2019
Security Associate – Design & Implementation
BT E-Serv(India) Pvt. Ltd
9 2019 - 3 2021
Sr. Cyber Security Consultant
PwC India
5 2021 - 10.2022
Bachelor’s in Technology (EI) -
AKTU
HSC - undefined
DAV Public School
SSC - undefined
DAV Public School