SKILLS:

Security Tools: AppDetect, AppRador, Oracle IdentityManager, Oracle Access Manager,JHijack, Metasploit Pro, ZED attack proxy, SQLMAP, Wireshark, WebScarab, Paros, Nmap, BMC BladeLogic, Nessus, Rapid7 Nexpose, Tripwire, Symantec DLP, DBProtect, ArcSight SIEM, e - DMZ Password Auto DBProtect, ArcSight SIEM, e-DMZ Password AutoRepository (PAR), Varonis, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud security.

Port/Vulnerability Scanning: Nmap/Nmap Scripting Networking Symantec Vontu DLP, Checkpoint, PaloEngine (NSE), Netcat, Nessus, Openvas Alto, Check Point, Cisco, IDS/IPS, Anti-virus, BMCPassword Cracking Hydra, Rainbow Crack, Blade Logic, Remedy. 0phcrack, John the Ripper, Pyrit.

DAST and SAST tools: IBM AppScan Enterprise Scripting Languages AngularJS, XML, XSLT, XPath, (ASE), Standard & Source editions, HP WebInspect, XQuery, HTML/JavaScript/JQuery, QualysGuard, BurpSuite Pro, Acunetix, Fortify SCA, AJAX.Middleware TIBCO EMS, IBM WebSphere SQLMAPMQ, JMSDatabases Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase.

Operating Systems: Oracle Solaris UNIX, RedHat Application Servers Weblogic Server, iPlanet, LINUX 4/5, Windows Server2003/2008. Netscape Application Server and Microsoft Java & J2EE Technology Spring Framework, EJBs,IIS.

Languages: Java, Python, C/C++, C#.NET, Perl, Struts2, Servlets, JavaServerPages (JSPs), JMS, Java UML. Mail API, JNDI, LDAP, JDBC, JTS, RMI, AWT, Swing, Socket Programming, IONA Orbix CORBA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Manassas, VA

Sr. Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Completed proof-of-concept thin-client web framework for enterprise intelligence applications with web developer under extreme deadline.
• Developed Application Security program (DAST and SAST) at the enterprise level to identify, report and remediate security vulnerabilities from applications deployed in DEV, PRE-PROD and PROD environments.
• Designed, documented and executed maintenance procedures, including system upgrades, patch management and system backups.
• Specifically, security testing has been performed to identify XML External Entity (XXE), Cross-Site Scripting, Click Jacking, and SQL Injection related attacks within the code.
• Developed threat modeling framework (STRIDE, DREAD) for critical applications to identify potential threats during the design phase of applications.
• Implemented file system security by applying hashing techniques for protecting data stored in files on the file servers.
• Administered cryptography, certificate management and implemented dual keys to address segregation of duties issue between DBAs and security admins.
• Participated in the development of IT risk assessments for enterprise applications.
• Reviewed source code (Java/J2EE/Spring/FTL/JavaScript) and developed security filters within IBM AppScan for critical applications.
• Troubleshooted and resolved web application issues escalated from customer support and other departments with a 100% success rate.
• Troubleshooted and resolved web application issues escalated from customer support and other departments with a 100% success rate. Configured SafeNet ProtectDB to enable column level encryption for securing confidential customer data. Designed security architecture for web and mobile apps.
• Reviewed Solution overview Documents (SODs) to identify security anomalies in the system architecture and design, and provided recommendations to address data security and privacy concerns.
• Conducted security assessments to ensure compliance to firm's security standards (i.e., OWASP Top 10, SANS25).
• The Confidential framework has been utilized for IT risk assessments.
• Rolled out IBM AppScan products such as AppScan Enterprise (ASE), Standard, Source, Checkmarx, Developer plug-ins to various development teams across the business lines.
• Installed and supported over 30 Microsoft Windows Servers in an Active Directory Cluster.
• Prepared technical architecture proposals for enhancements and integration of existing third party software systems.
• Generated executive summary reports showing the security assessments results, recommendations (CWE, CVE) and risk mitigation plans and presented them to the respective business sponsors and senior management.
• Conducted monthly developer workshops to educate and train developers on secureSDLC, scan source code using IBM AppScan Source, triage and resolve the security vulnerabilities.
• Working knowledge of AWS Cloud Security in implementing Web Application Firewalls (WAF).
• Implemented Multifactor Authentication (MFA) for AWS root accounts, including password rotation policies.
• Set up Access Keys and Secret Assess Keys for newly created users.
• Participated in the implementation of AWS Cloud security for applications being deployed in the Cloud.
• Developed WACLS for AWS Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and configured the rules and conditions to detect security vulnerabilities in the Cloud Front.
• Doing multiple level of testing before production to ensure smooth deployment cycle.
• Performed vulnerability testing using tools such as Nessus and Qualysguard.
• Maintains network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning, troubleshooting network problems.
• Skilled using Burp Suite, Acunetix Automatic Scanner, NMAP, Dirbuster, Qualysguard, Nessus, SQLMap for web application penetration tests and infrastructure testing.
• Proficient in understanding application level vulnerabilities like XSS, SQL Injection, CSRF, authentication bypass, cryptographic attacks, authentication flaws etc.

Confidential, St.Louis, MO

Sr.Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Expertise in using the DAST tools (Like 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.
• Analyzed security incidents originated from various network/application monitoring devices (e.g., Symantec Vontu DLP) and coordinated with Engineering teams for tracking and problem escalation, including remediation.
• Performed the penetration testing of mobile (Android and iOS) applications, specifically, APK reverse engineering, traffic analysis and manipulation, dynamic runtime analysis.
• Developed secure SDLC policies and standards for Web and Mobile apps.
• Working knowledge of SSO implementation for the applications deployed in MS Azure cloud platform.
• Developed, implemented and migrated applications based on NIST Framework.
• Developed information assurance (IA) designs to meet specific operational needs and environmental factors
• Participated in the implementation of AWS Cloud security for applications being deployed in the Cloud.
• Developed WACLS and configured to rules and conditions to detect security vulnerabilities in the Cloud Front.
• Experience with SaaS applications in configuring and deploying to the cloud platform Worked with DevOps teams to automate security scanning into the build process.
• Worked extensively with software development teams to review the source code, triage the security vulnerabilities generated by IBM AppScan, BurpSuite, HP WebInspect, HP Fortify, Checkmarx and eliminated false positives.
• Reviewed Android and iOS mobile source code manually and recommended code fixes.
• Participated in the Proof of Concept (POC) in implementing Arxan application protection software for Mobile apps.
• Performed Root Cause Analysis for the incidents reported at Security Operations Center.
• Performed Security event monitoring of heterogeneous networks such as Firewalls, IDS/IPS, CiscoASA, DLP devices using Splunk.
• Solved many problems on call with my knowledge on the applications using event logs on the system / server and telemetry logs on the server, later started using Splunk for health monitoring, analysis and reporting.
• Wrote load balancing scripts on servers using Power Shell on Windows Server 2008 in order to perform Network load balancing and later started Network load balancing using Citrix NetScaler ADC.
• Used Remedy Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) tool for managing the incidents based on the priorities and solved issues which are in security domain.
• Generated Vulnerability reports to monitor health of the applications and also reported High, Medium and low vulnerabilities in these system.
• Troubleshoot network application inbound/outbound connectivity utilizing Cisco WSA proxies and Wireshark.
• Actively involved on Bridges in solving High / Severe incidents reported in the application or in environment. Reported all my findings on the incident status to the higher management, clients in timely fashion.
• Held Responsibility for Securing and Maintaining 14 legacy applications, 10 geographically separated application servers and around 200 Citrix Servers along with a small team.

Environment: Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Cisco ASA, DLP, ITSM, WireShark, NetScaler, Splunk.

Confidential, Durham, NC

Security Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided project planning, guidance and technical expertise in program, policy, process, and planning; risk management, auditing, and assessments; A&A; and quality planning and control.
• Researched and analyzed known hacker methodology, system exploits and vulnerabilities to support Red Team Assessment activities
• Performed advanced security testing of F5 load balancers, Websense V10K & BlueCoat Proxies using virtual machines, security tools, and URL generator.
• Assisted with the update and administration of all SOX audit requirements from an IT internal controls perspective.
• Provided with Threat profiling of the application to the Client and prepared combined reports of level of risks, their trend, and frequency to the client
• Conducted white/gray box penetration testing on the financial systems using Kali Linux, Cobalt Strike for OWASP top 10 Vulnerabilities like XSS, SQL Injection, CSRF, Privilege Escalation and all the test-case of a web application security testing
• QRadar licensing updates by adding new license under Admin and System and License Management Ironport URL filtering for known bad URL content Ironport
• Mail analysis and blocking for known bad emails Analysis of pcap files using FireEye and Wireshark System audit and analysis using DOD checklist for PA series
• Threat and virus scanning using Malware bytes from centralized console Enforcement of policies and procedures for users, admins, and management
• Reverse engineering of malware using tools like process hacker and so on Incident response tabletop exercise by documenting and alerting necessary personnel

Environment: Load Balancers, OWASP, Kali Linux.

Confidential

Java/J2EE Developer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and created DAO using data modeling in the integration layer.
• Exposed all the enterprise services to the clients using SOAP and REST based web services, and tested using SOAPUI.
• Modified WSDL documents for the internal clients and deployed on WSRR.
• Involved in designing the front end applications using web technologies like HTML/HTML 5, XHTML, and CSS/CSS3.
• Designed dynamic and browser compatible pages using HTML5, CSS3, SASS, JavaScript/ES6
• Implemented request and response objects using SOAP web services and JAXB for converting WSDL to java classes.
• Configured all dependencies with spring framework and various stateful and stateless beans in the application.
• Used various spring features to deploy custom properties and static context in the application.
• Exposed Stateless session beans as restful web services using Jersey JAX-RS.
• Created virtual host and configured based on the IP configuration for all enterprise services.
• Used JSON marshaller for marshaling and unmarshalling the JSON Objects and Dom manipulations with various SAX and Dom parsers
• Worked and configured with MKS and RTC versioning tools for keep track of source code.
• Used Jenkins for continuous integration with maven built in to generate the EAR files and sanity4j code quality testing reports.
• Hands-on a service-oriented approach (SOA) using WebLogic for integration.
• Worked on HP portfolio Management software to create the PPM packages and deploy the various environments.
• Updated the WSDL in WSRR for the governance and storing, accessing and managing information.
• Setup meeting to configure and understand the Data power for security, for accessing the application.
• Used Log4j for logging for debugging, warnings, errors etc.
• Created log back file based on time based triggering policy and application based triggering policy.
• Used HPQC for defect tracking and working on the defects and created Triage process (Microsoft Visio) to track the defects in the application.
• Migrated MKS Source control to RTC and created JENKINS builds for all enterprise services.