Goutham Sunkara, a former Cisco Systems Software Engineer III, worked on securing Cisco ISR routers for SD-WAN deployments.
Sunkara's focus was on testing and improving SD-WAN features like IPsec, MPLS, and DMVPN to ensure data security and network performance.
He automated testing using Python scripts and Cisco's PyATS tool, assessing firewall rules, VPN security, and network protocols.
Sunkara's work emphasized designing secure test environments mirroring real-world SD-WAN deployments, collaborating cross-functionally for enhanced security and performance.