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Usman Bhadkal

@usmanbhadkal

Security Consulting Engineer at Cisco who led migrations of 100+ firewalls from ASA to FTD and designs enterprise security architectures.

India

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At Cisco Systems, I design and deliver enterprise security architectures, and led the migration of 100+ firewalls from Cisco ASA to FTD. That work included policy transformation, NAT redesign, and staged cutovers.

I’ve also migrated 50+ Cisco ASA firewalls to Meraki MX for a global hospitality enterprise and modernized web security for an ASEAN enterprise. My work includes NGIPS tuning, DLP implementations, and identity-based access projects using Cisco ISE and Cisco Duo.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Security Consulting Engineer – III

Current

Cisco Systems

Oct 2021 - Present (5 years)

Designed and delivered end-to-end enterprise security architectures using Cisco FTD, ASA, ESA, and WSA. Led migrations of 100+ firewalls from ASA to FTD and 50+ to Meraki MX, and implemented DLP and Zero Trust solutions.

Security Consulting Engineer - II

Cisco Systems

Aug 2017 - Oct 2021 (4 years 2 months)

Led planning, design, and implementation projects for enterprise customers, delivering secure and scalable network architectures. Executed firewall deployments and large-scale migrations from ASA to FTD, and performed security assessments and hardening.

Cisco Firepower FTD Cisco ASA Network Security Firewall Migration Security Assessments HLD LLD Troubleshooting