Sr. Security Engineer Resume Minneapolis, MN - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Solid understanding of TCP/IP and networking.
Strong Background in security analysis and incident handling.
Strong understanding of Remote and Site - to-Site VPNs and the ability to troubleshoot issues on multiple platforms.
Ability to write shell scripts to automate repeated processes.
Experience with vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management using open-source tools such as nmap, nessus, metasploit and commercial tools such as Core Impact and Qualys.
Able to use both Windows and Linux/Unix operating systems.
Experience with data loss prevention using tools such as Symantec Confidential .

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Proficient with the following security platforms:

Firewall: Cisco ASA, Checkpoint (SPLAT/IPSO/VSX/GAIA/Provider - 1), Fortigate, Juniper Netscreen, Palo Alto

Proxy: Bluecoat

IDS/IPS: Cisco IPS, Sourcefire, IBM Proventia, CheckPoint IPS

EMPLOYMENT:

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Sr. Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

Led a team of 5 security engineers, supporting over 500 firewalls and 30 F5 appliances.
Responsible for supporting over 3000 users accessing VPN over multiple platforms such as Cisco client VPN, CheckPoint client VPN, and F5 SSL VPN.
Designed and built a fully redundant Provider-1 environment that’s scalable to over 2000 firewalls.
Migrated from a rule base that relied heavily on IP addresses and moved towards rules that are identity and application based.
Worked towards ensuring management platforms are CIP compliant and processes are always followed.
Worked with Energy Supply teams to ensure traffic to Confidential environments are encrypted and protected in isolated environments.
Built rules that are highly restrictive and reviewed quarterly to determine if it’s still needed.

Confidential, Plano, TX

Network Security Sr. Advisor

Responsibilities:

Acted as the liaison for specific accounts and responsible for ensuring that outstanding tickets are addressed and resolved.
Handled escalated tickets from junior advisors.
Coordinated and upgraded customer firewalls whenever needed.
Performed daily health monitoring checks to ensure all monitoring tools are working as expected.
Responsible for implementing changes and troubling changes that don’t work as expected.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Sr. Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

Confidential is a large managed services provider that provides engineer support on a wide range of products such as firewalls, IPS, and VPN concentrators. My responsibility is to provideTier-3 support for all escalated issues.
Migrated 1000 Checkpoint devices from a 3rd party Provider-1 system to a locally managed Provider-1 system.
Performed DR recovery for a customer whose Smart Center completely failed with no backups to restore from.
On an annual basis, performed policy reviews to remove rules that were no longer being used.
Participated on sales calls as the SME and made recommendations regarding architectural changes.
Responsible for working with new customers to gather requirements and then build out their environment based on those sessions.
Created custom IDS signatures when requested by the customer.
Created shell scripts to run daily tasks such as running backups, parsing log files and updating network devices.
Managed customer’s Confidential solution by creating policies to detect the leakage of PPI data such as social security numbers and credit card numbers.
Provided mentoring to junior engineers.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for detecting and triaging security incidents.
Performed scans to detect for vulnerabilities and wrote reports detailing remediation steps.
Trained other team members on how to detect different threats.
Patched systems within the SOC whenever needed.
Used Nagios as the health monitoring tool of choice. I was responsible for maintaining the tool and updating it with any new checks.