# Pradhan Nilalohita

Pradhan Nilalohita is a remote worker on Himalayas, Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco Systems, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@pradhannilalohita

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Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco Systems advancing Cisco Security solutions through customer-focused pre-sales architecture.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Salary expectations | 6385k+ INR |
| Job categories | Solutions Architect, Pre Sales Engineer, Network Security Engineer, Security Consultant |
| Skills | Pre Sales, Network Security, Security Architecture, network design, Network Implementations, Network Security Consulting, Cisco Security, Fortinet, SASE, SSE, CASB, CDFW, DLP, EDR, Cisco AI Defense |
| LinkedIn | https://https://www.linkedin.com/in/p-nilalohita-060ba95a/ |

## About

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At Cisco Systems, I drive pre-sales activities for customer opportunities and help partners develop high-end deals. I present Cisco Security solutions in business-relevant terms and connect the architecture to customer strategies.

At Fortinet Technologies, I guided clients through network security implementations, migrations, and management. I designed security architectures and implemented Fortinet products including FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiDDoS.

At Cisco Systems, I delivered security technical services for enterprise and service provider environments. I developed the rule book for the Firewall Migration Tool and assisted in building the tool to support ASA-to-FTD migrations.

Earlier, at Tek Systems, I provided L3 support to Cisco customers as part of the global backbone Cisco Security TAC team. At HCL Technologies, I supported enterprise customers and configured and troubleshot Cisco ASA firewalls, Sophos proxy, and Cisco ACS.
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## Experience

### Technical Solutions Architect (current)

[Cisco Systems](https://himalayas.app/companies/cisco). Aug 2023 - Present

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Drive pre-sales activities for the GSSO on customer opportunities, promoting Cisco Security solutions and providing architectural selling support. Build trusted advisor relationships with customers and partners, linking Cisco's vision to business strategies.
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Skills: Pre-Sales, Network-Security, Cisco-Security-Portfolio, Solutions-Architect, POVs, Partner-Development, Technical-Presentations

### Security Consulting Engineer

[Fortinet Technologies](https://himalayas.app/companies/fortinet). Jun 2021 - Jul 2023

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Provided technical guidance and support to clients implementing, migrating, and managing network security solutions. Conducted network assessments, designed security architectures, and implemented Fortinet products including FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiManager.
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Skills: FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, Fortimanager, FortiClient-EMS, FortiClient, FortiConverter, FortiDDoS, Network-Security, Security-Architecture, Technical-Documentation

### Security Consulting Engineer

[Cisco Systems](https://himalayas.app/companies/cisco). Nov 2018 - Jun 2021

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Delivered Cisco Technical Services in security solutions, including advisory, planning, design, and implementation for large enterprise and service provider environments. Trained new hires on Firewall and IPS technologies and developed the rule book for the Firewall Migration Tool.
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Skills: ASA, ISE, Cisco-WSA, FTD, Cisco-FMC, FCM, Sourcefire, Firepower, IPsec-VPN, AMP, Cisco-Threat-Grid, Firewall-Migration, Technical-Documentation

### Technical Support Engineer

[Tek Systems](https://himalayas.app/companies/teksystems). Aug 2017 - Nov 2018

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Worked within the global backbone Cisco Security TAC team, accepting escalations and delivering L3 support to Cisco customers. Delivered technical training and collaborated with development teams to improve products and file bugs.
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Skills: Cisco-Security, TAC, L3-Support, Technical-Training, Product-Feedback, Bug-Reporting

### Security Analyst

[HCL Technologies](https://himalayas.app/companies/hcltech). Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

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Provided technical support to enterprise customers and business partners via email, phone, and remote sessions. Configured and troubleshot Cisco ASA firewalls, Sophos proxy, and Cisco ACS, and documented service requests in BMC Remedy CRM.
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Skills: Cisco-ASA, Sophos, ACS-CISCO-Systems, SSL-VPN, IPsec-VPN, HTTP, DNS, DHCP, Content-Filtering, IPS, BMC-Remedy

## Education

### VIT University

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical & Electronics

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Bachelor of Technology in Electrical & Electronics from VIT University, Vellore, India, completed in 2015.
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## Tech stack

- Cisco ASA
- Cisco WSA
- FortiAnalyzer
- Fortinet

To contact Pradhan, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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