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aditya mekala

aditya mekala

Cyber Security Engineer

Pune, India 80 · Excellent

About

Cyber Security Engineer with 4+ Years of hands-on experience in Cloudflare WAF, NGFWs, Azure Firewall, and load balancing technologies. Strong expertise in L3/L7 DDoS mitigation, HTTP/S protocols, CDN caching, bot detection, and OWASP Top 10. Skilled in SIEM integration, threat analysis, incident response, and root cause investigation.

Skills & Expertise (21)

Azure Sentinel Advanced
8.5/10
4
Years Exp
Azure Cloud Security Advanced
8.5/10
4
Years Exp
Security Incident Response Advanced
8.5/10
4
Years Exp
Web Threat Mitigation Advanced
8.5/10
4
Years Exp
Cloudflare WAF Advanced
8.5/10
4
Years Exp
Splunk Advanced
8.5/10
4
Years Exp
Palo Alto Advanced
8.5/10
4
Years Exp
Fortinet Advanced
8.3/10
4
Years Exp
L7 DDoS Advanced
8.3/10
4
Years Exp
Bot Management Advanced
8.1/10
4
Years Exp
Azure Firewall Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
CISCO Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
HTTP/S Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
VPN Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
Load Balancing Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
RCA Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
AWS Cloud Security Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
NSGs Advanced
7.8/10
4
Years Exp
ASGs Advanced
7.8/10
4
Years Exp
CDN Caching Advanced
7.8/10
4
Years Exp
Routing Advanced
7.5/10
4
Years Exp

Work Experience

Cyber Security Engineer

Emerson Private Limited

Jan 2022 - Present

Supported and maintained Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), Load Balancers, and Remote Access VPN solutions to ensure secure and reliable enterprise connectivity. Implemented firewall policy changes, access control rules, NAT configurations, and security zone segmentation in accordance with organizational security standards. Assisted in managing and configuring Cloudflare WAF policies, including firewall rules, IP reputation filtering, rate limiting, and bot mitigation controls. Developed and deployed WAF protections against OWASP Top 10 threats such as SQL Injection (SQLi), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), command injection, and application-layer attacks. Monitored and analyzed network traffic and web application traffic using firewall logs, Cloudflare analytics, and security monitoring tools to detect malicious activity. Investigated security alerts and incidents, performed root cause analysis (RCA), and implemented remediation actions to prevent recurrence. Performed detailed Layer-3, Layer-4, and Layer-7 traffic analysis to identify anomalies, suspicious behavior, and performance bottlenecks. Supported enterprise DDoS protection platforms and assisted in mitigation of volumetric, protocol, and application-layer attacks. Tuned and optimized WAF security rules and firewall policies to reduce false positives while maintaining strong security controls. Configured and supported Load Balancers to ensure high availability, traffic distribution, and secure application delivery. Assisted in SSL/TLS certificate deployment, renewal, and configuration to ensure secure encrypted communication. Collaborated with SOC, NOC, and cloud teams to investigate escalated security incidents and restore normal operations within SLA timelines. Participated in vulnerability assessment remediation by implementing firewall and WAF rule updates to mitigate identified risks. Supported network security operations including firewall health monitoring, firmware upgrades, patch management, and performance tuning. Maintained documentation of firewall rules, WAF configurations, incident reports, and standard operating procedures for audit and compliance requirements.

Education

B.Tech - JNTU

- 2018 · Afghanistan

Certifications

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 10/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 10/10
🛠️ Skills 20/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 5/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 0/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 80/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceApr 2026