SUMMARY

• Highly analytical computer security analyst with success both defending and attacking large - scale enterprise networks.
• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 software guidelines, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) regulations, including Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS), HIPAA, Center for Information Security (CIS benchmarks) and Sarbanes-Oxley Section404 (SOX).
• Experience in conducting IT Security Risk Assessments in accordance to NIST and FFIEC framework
• I’ve hands-on experience in performing threat hunting using Carbon Black as part of Security Operations Center (SOC) operations.
• Very good experience in tools like Burp Suite, IBM/HCL AppScan Standard, AppScan Enterprise, AppScan Source Analysis, Secure Assist, Checkmarx, HP Toolkit, HP Web Inspect, HP AMP, Qualys, Nessus, Nmap, etc.,
• Hands-on with Penetration Testing, DAST, SAST, IAST and manual ethical hacking.
• Advanced threat hunting, root cause analysis using Carbon Black (Cb Response), decide on what to remediate and what to risk accept based on security requirements. Implementation of cloud (AWS and MS Azure) security controls for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS based applications and infrastructure.
• Hands-on with Symantec CloudSOC CASB and Symantec DLP.
• Working knowledge of IAM implementation, OAuth2.0, SAML frameworks.
• Experience using a wide variety of security tools to include Kali-Linux, Metasploit, HP WebInspect, HP Microfocus Fortify, Veracode, BurpSuite Pro, Wireshark, L0phtcrack, Snort, Nmap, Nmap-NSE, Cain and Abel, Nitko, Dirbuster, IBM App Scan, Microfocus WebInspect, OWASP ZAProxy, Nessus, Open Vas, W3AF, BeEF, Etthercap, Maltego, Wifi-Security, SIFT, SOAP UI, Havij, Aircrack-ng suite.
• Hands-on with network penetration testing and ethical hacking.
• Involved in implementing and validating the security principles of minimum attack surface area, least privilege, secure defaults, avoiding security by obscurity, keep security simple, Fixing security issues correctly.
• Worked on Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and database security / Vulnerability scanners.
• Strong knowledge in Manual and Automated Security testing for Web and Mobile Applications.
• Analyze the results of penetrations tests, design reviews, source code reviews and other security tests.
• Decide on what to remediate and what to risk accept based on security requirements.
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Java Script and Power Shell.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Microfocus WebInspect, QualysGuard, Veracode, RSAArcher, FireEye Retina, Onapsis, IBM/HCL AppScan Enterprise (ASE), Standard & Source editions, BurpSuite Pro, Acunetix, Fortify SCA, BeEF, WAS, SQLMAP. CHEKMARX (Code Analysis), Carbon Black.
• Cigital SecureAssist, AppDetect, BeyondTrust PAM, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Access Manager,JHijack, Metasploit Pro, ZED attack proxy, IDA Pro, Firemon, SQLMAP, Wireshark, WebScarab, BlueCoat Proxy, Nmap, BMC BladeLogic, Nessus, Rapid7 Nexpose, Tripwire, DBProtect, ArcSight SIEM, e-DMZ Password Auto Repository (PAR), Varonis, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud security.
• Java, C# .NET, C, C++
• Gemalto KeySecure HSM, ProtectDB, ProtectFile, RSA Single Sign-On (SSO), OAuth2.0 & SAML, Two-Factor (2F) authentication.
• AWS, MS Azure
• Spring Framework, EJBs, Struts2, Servlets, JavaServerPages (JSPs), JMS, Java Mail API, JNDI, LDAP, JDBC, JTS, RMI, AWT, Swing, Socket Programming, IONA Orbix CORBA.
• IDA pro, OllyDbg, Windbg, Symantec Endpoint Protection, DL, Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco IronPort, Check Point, Cisco ASA, IDS/IPS, Anti-virus, BMC BladeLogic, Remedy.
• Python, Powershell, shell Scripting
• HTML 4.0/5, XHTML, DHTML, CSS2/CSS3, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, Angular JS, NodeJS, AJAX, JSON and XML
• RESTFul/SOAP, SOA, UDDI, WSDL, Apigee, SoapUI Pro
• Linux/Unix (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Kali Linux), Windows.
• MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience in Analysis of Security Model of an organization using Strategy and Metrics, Attack Models, Penetration Testing, Security Testing etc.,
• Performed code analysis using Microfocus Fortify, CHECKMARX.
• Performed the penetration testing of mobile (Android and iOS) applications, specifically, APK reverse engineering, traffic analysis, malware analysis (IDA Pro), and manipulation, dynamic runtime analysis.
• Worked with external security vendors (i.e., TrendMicro) in conducting Managed Detection and
• Instrumental in architecting, implementing and administrating a Security and Information Event Management (SIEM) solution (Splunk) to automate the correlation,
• Performed API Security testing, CI/CD pipeline, security automation of APIs using SmartBear SoapUI Pro.
• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 software guidelines, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) regulations, including Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS 3.2), HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley Section404 (SOX).
• Participated in the implementation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for securing data at rest and data in transit. Involved in the implementation of encryption and decryption of confidential data and supported the certificate key life cycle.
• Worked on Mitre ATT&CT to strengthen the cyber defense and developed analytical techniques.
• Implemented Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) using Jenkins CI which has very strong build pipeline consists of Build verification, Junit tests, Deployment Tests, API tests, Service Tests.
• Configured AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) to securely store the organization’s critical file systems. Implemented Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Bucket Policies for controlling access to the data.
• Participated in the implementation of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Implemented multiple layers of security, including security groups, network access control lists, to control access to Amazon EC2 instances in each subnet.
• Implemented Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) for cloud apps using Symantec CloudSOC. Integrated CloudSOC CASB with Symantec DLP and Endpoint Protection (SEP).
• Identifying the critical, High, Medium, Low vulnerabilities in the applications based on OWASP Top 10 and SANS 25 and prioritizing them based on the criticality.
• Proficient in understanding application level vulnerabilities like XSS, SQL Injection, ClickJacking, CSRF, authentication bypass, cryptographic attacks, authentication flaws etc.
• Conducted security assessment of PKI Enabled Applications
• Skilled using Burp Suite Pro, Veracode, HP Web Inspect, IBM AppScan Standard, Source and Enterprise, NMAP, Dirbuster, Qualysguard, Nessus, SQLMap, RSAArcher, FireEye Retina, Onapsis for web application penetration tests and infrastructure testing. Performing onsite & remote security consulting including penetration testing, application testing, web application security assessment, onsite internet security assessment, social engineering, wireless assessment, and IDS/IPS hardware deployment.
• Capturing and analyzing network traffic at all layers of the OSI model.
• Monitor the Security of Critical System (e.g. e-mail servers, database servers, Web Servers, Application Servers, etc.).
• Performed pen testing of both internal and external networks. The pen testing scope included O/S SQL, Oracle Database.
• Performed the configuration of security solutions like RSA two factor authentication, PingFederate Single Sign on (SSO), SAML 2.0, Symantec DLP and log aggregation and analysis using HP ArcSight SIEM.
• Change Management to highly sensitive Computer Security Controls to ensure appropriate system administrative actions, investigate and report on noted irregularities.
• Conduct network vulnerability assessments using tools to evaluate attack vectors, Identify System Vulnerabilities and develop remediation plans including, security policies, standards and procedures.
• The experience has enabled me to find and address security issues effectively, implement new technologies and efficiently resolve security problems. With having strong Network Communications, Systems & Application Security (software) background looking forward for implementing, creating, managing and maintaining information security frameworks for large scale challenging environments.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Sr. Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Expertise in using the DAST tools (IBM Appscan and BurpSuite Pro) while the application is running to penetrate the application in various ways to identify potential vulnerabilities outside the code and in third party interfaces.
• Performed code analysis with Checkmarx and Served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the field of application security and Cyber security operations.
• Python has been utilized for SQL/HTML/LDAP injection, cross site scripting, command injection in web applications and identifying misconfigurations.
• Automated security scanning process ( DevSecOps) as part of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery ( CI/CD) of security reports into the build cycle.
• Performed pen testing of both internal and external networks as per PCI-DSS standards. The pen testing scope included O/S (Windows and Linux) and external facing web apps and database servers that store credit card information.
• Developed Security requirements for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) specifically for Data at Endpoint, Data In-transit, and Data at rest.
• Worked on design and development of multiple security operations in SIEM and endpoint protection and data protection.
• Worked with IBM Qradar SIEM Integration a IDS/IPS And responsible for integrating the log sources with IBM Qradar.
• Managed security assessments to ensure compliance to firm’s security standards (i.e., OWASP Top 10, SANS25). Specifically, security testing has been performed to identify XML External Entity (XXE), Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection related attacks within the code.
• Conducted security assessment of Cryptography applications including the apps that use Hardware Security Model (HSM).
• Implemented HP ArcSight ESM including, correlation rules, data-monitors, reports, event annotation stages, case customization, active lists, and pattern discovery.
• Performed pen testing of both internal and external networks. The pen testing scope included O/S (Windows and Linux) and external facing web apps and database servers that store customer confidential information.
• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25 software guidelines, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) regulations, including Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS), HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley Section404 (SOX).
• Participated in Web Application Security Testing including the areas covering Mobile, Network, security, WIFI.
• Conducted pen testing for the Web Services (SOA) used by various travel agency partners to connect to Wyndham for booking and reservations.
• Reviewed Azure network security architecture and implemented security controls. Specifically, Azure virtual networks, including on-premise connectivity, traffic filtering, secure communication, point-to-site VPN etc
• Participated in the implementation of AWS Cloud security for applications being deployed in the Cloud. Developed WACLS and configured rules and conditions to detect security vulnerabilities in the Cloud Front.
• Implemented Security Group Policies for Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances within AWS. Developed AWS Service Roles to protect Identity Provider access
• Skilled using Burp Suite, Checkmarx, HP Fortify, SecureAssist, WAS, NMAP, Havij, DirBuster for web application penetration tests.
• Generated and presented reports on Security Vulnerabilities to both internal and external customers.
• Security assessment of online applications to identify the vulnerabilities in different categories like Input and data Validation, Authentication, Authorization, Auditing & logging.
• Vulnerability Assessment of various web applications used in the organization using Burp Suite, and Web Scarab, HP Web Inspect.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and development of user roles and policies for user access management.
• Analyzed correlation rules developed for Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) system. Reviewed the solution implemented for “log forwarding” from various network devices to ArcSight central logging for alerting and security monitoring.
• Training the development team on the most common vulnerabilities and common code review issues and explaining the remediation.
• Follow up and ensure the closure of the raised vulnerabilities by revalidating and ensuring 100% Closure.
• Update with the new hackings and latest vulnerabilities to ensure no such loopholes are present in the existing System