Naresh Yelkoti
About Naresh Yelkoti
Naresh Yelkoti is a Senior Security Cloud Engineer at SITA, specializing in network security and cloud solutions since 2021. He has extensive experience in designing security architectures, migrating workloads to Azure, and implementing monitoring solutions.
Work at SITA
Naresh Yelkoti has been employed at SITA since 2021, serving as a Senior Security Cloud Engineer SOC, specifically within the STORM and CISO teams. His role involves designing Network Security Groups (NSGs) to manage inbound and outbound access for network interfaces, virtual machines, and subnets. He has also set up Azure Virtual Appliances to fulfill security requirements, functioning as software-based appliances for firewall, WAN optimization, and intrusion detection. Prior to his current position, he worked at SITA as a Senior Network Security Engineer from 2015 to 2020.
Previous Experience
Before joining SITA, Naresh Yelkoti worked at The George Institute for Global Health as a Network Security Administrator from 2010 to 2013 in Hyderabad, India. He later served as a Senior Security Engineer at Cira Infotech from 2015 to 2018 in Alpharetta, Georgia. His responsibilities included ensuring high availability for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) virtual machines and Platform as a Service (PaaS) role instances, as well as configuring virtual machines in availability sets for resiliency.
Education and Expertise
Naresh Yelkoti earned a Master's degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance from Wilmington University, completing his studies from 2013 to 2015. His educational background supports his extensive expertise in network security and cloud engineering. He possesses skills in designing and configuring Azure Virtual Networks, deploying VNETs and Site-to-Site VPNs, and implementing dashboards using metrics from Influx DB and Prometheus.
Technical Skills and Projects
Naresh Yelkoti has demonstrated proficiency in various technical areas, including the migration of workloads to Azure cloud environments. He led the migration of development, quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and production workloads using manual lift and shift and Azure Site Recovery (ASR). He has developed Grafana dashboards by collecting metrics from Prometheus and has experience in all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC), focusing on the build and release of quality software.
Cloud Security and Infrastructure Management
In his roles, Naresh Yelkoti has been involved in cloud security and infrastructure management. He designed and configured Azure network settings, including DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, and security policies. He leveraged Azure Migrate and Cloudamize tools to assess on-premises infrastructure for server compatibility and cost estimation. His work emphasizes the importance of security in cloud environments and the management of network traffic through Azure Resource Manager.