Senior Network and Cybersecurity Engineer
HomeStreet BankNetmidas (Indirect Contract)
Dec 2024 - Current (1 year 11 months)
Operation of SASE secure enterprise network and cybersecurity infrastructure for 100+ branches. Managed full lifecycle operations across Cisco Catalyst 9000, ASR routers, ISR routers, Arista switches, and Cisco Nexus 9000 core, with BGP for optimized WAN routing. Deployed and configured CASB, DLP and SaaS API features.Led integration of Palo Alto SD-WAN with Prisma Access to support a robust SASE architecture, enhancing cloud security, application performance, Observability and secure remote access. Maintained NGFW, ZTNA, and CASB policies;Delivered continuous monitoring, incident response, and SIEM-driven threat detection, while ensuring compliance with FFIEC, NIST and SOX frameworks. Produced technical documentation, network diagrams, and