SUMMARY:

Systematic and outcome - driven professional with over 12 years experience in network, Cyber security infrastructure and security administration. Seeking the opportunity to utilize my knowledge and skills in security applications and apply general network security best practices.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Principal Cyber & Information Security Engineer

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

• Experience with backend MS SQL and Postgresql administration
• Participated in technical evaluations, cloud architecture reviews with focus on systems security for Confidential .
• Participated in systems reconfiguration after company split from Symantec, reconfigured new SOC tools for security monitoring.
• Expertise in systems troubleshooting, networking, root cause analysis, Cloud application security etc.
• Experience meeting with vendors, upper management and other stakeholders to discuss to best practices in cloud security, made recommendations to senior management regarding cloud security.
• Quest One Identity access management experience, infrastructure security implementation expertise . Experience with cloud based Symantec m-PKI and Symantec VIP managers.
• Extensive experience working as a federal contractor and companies with global presence.
• Lead a team of engineers to deploy PGP and SEE encryption software's in the IBM Softlayer cloud services.
• Working knowledge of PaaS, IaaS and SaaS IBM cloud model . Familiar with AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Experience interacting with different vendors, resolving system issues, recommending to vendors ways to improve system /application performance etc. PGP, Symantec SEE and BitLocker encryption expertise.

Lead McAfee ePO Global Administrator

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Responsibilities:

• Experience with ePO version 4x, experience upgrading ePO 4x to 5.1
• Mentored new and Junior Analyst, extensive malware analysis and root cause analysis experience
• Lead ePO upgrade project that upgraded over two thousand encrypted laptop to from v6 to EEPC v 7.
• Expert understanding of OSI layers, etc.

Sr Security Engineer/ Analyst

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Experience with IBM Qradar SIEM, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Bit-9, HIDS, Wire shark, etc
• Added assets such as firewalls, IPS/IDS to Qradar for monitoring and archiving
• Configured zones and filters, installed patches, created accounts for SOC analyst, etc.
• Connected and managed various security device assets such as Firewalls and Syslog Servers to sensor Log feeds.
• Worked with the vendor to resolve critical issues, hot fixes etc
• Performed root cause analysis on infected systems
• Experienced with netflow analysis and/or deep packet inspection technologies
• Experience with log aggregation, correlation, and analysis.
• Ability to proactively hunt for threats and create viable long term solutions

Senior Cyber / Network Security Engineer

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Responsibilities:

• Participated in evaluation of NIH current network infrastructure for Confidential deployment
• Lab tested various Confidential vendor tools such as Enterasys, Juniper and Cisco Confidential appliances and software’s against customer specified evaluation criteria and testing guidelines
• Built and configured windows and Linux test servers
• Installed Confidential agent’s software on workstations
• Installed Confidential management software on Linux RH 5.6, configured client systems for 802.1x authentication, documented my findings for the management
• Experience installing, configuring and troubleshooting AAA servers (Funk/SBR Radius 6.0)
• Identity management system experience working on RSA secured ID system and token distribution for a two factor authentication of the NIH remote access users
• Lab tested juniper Confidential appliance (IC controllers) and Cisco Confidential
• Familiar with FIPs-140 compliance, PCI, HIPPA, NIST standards etc.
• Installed and configured policies and created fingerprint signatures for Code green DLP appliance for DAR/DIM and installed DLP Endpoint agent
• Generated and provided reports to CIO for review.

Security Engineer

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the Hotel’s Confidential 4.5 ESM evaluation and deployment
• Added assets such as firewalls, IPS/IDS to Confidential for monitoring and archiving
• Configured zones and filters, installed patches, created accounts for SOC analyst, etc.
• Connected and managed various security device assets such as Firewalls and Syslog Servers to Confidential ESM feeds
• Worked with the vendor to resolve critical issues, hot fixes etc.
• Performed root cause analysis and identity management on infected systems
• Provided monthly system compliant reports to management for review

Technical Support Engineer

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Participated in evaluating and implementing various healthcare applications on Confidential type 1 and 2, experience using VMtools .
• Provided expert support for various hospitals Confidential
• Identified and documented health information security risks and proposed mitigating controls for customers.
• Responsible for understanding complex cloud/hosted business needs, requirements, and projects scopes, with a focus on health information security requirements, experience with HL7 protocol
• Participated in researching, designing, and developing new information security controls for clients, and implemented VPN network between remote hospitals, doctor’s offices and Philips for customer support.
• Implemented security on critical servers to protect PII and HIPAA regulations compliance.
• Expertise in clinical applications security, assessing network systems security needs and risk assessment.
• Detailed knowledge and experience with system security, vulnerability scanning, systems security enhancement, patches and hot fixes.
• Experience supporting VA hospitals for systems security assessment and clinical application deployments projects. Remote access implementation and configurations.