OBJECTIVE:

I am looking to seek a Senior Technical Analyst position within an organization that will utilize my skills and knowledge.

SUMMARY:

• Experienced in many High Visible IT projects
• Worked on small, medium and large sized Enterprises
• Planned and Executed many critical IT projects
• Experienced in providing Risk Impact Assessments
• SME on Middleware technologies
• SME on Operating Systems
• SME on Migrations of Systems
• SME on Automating tasks
• SME on Hardware and Software Load Balancing
• SME on F5 technologies
• SME on (WAF) Web Application Firewalls
• SME on Palo Alto technologies
• SME on Cloud Firewall Implementations
• SME on Azure Networking
• SME on Fortinet technologies
• SME on Check Point technologies
• SME on Firewall Optimization and Cleanup
• SME on Akamai
• Worked on many Client Engagements
• Experienced in Software Development Life Cycle
• Experienced in administrating, migrating, configuring and upgrading Middleware stack and Operating Systems
• Experienced in identifying and resolving Middleware and Operating System related performance issues
• Experienced in identifying and resolving many production and non production showstoppers
• Excellent knowledge of Networking topology
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, multi - task and meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Diligent, innovative thinker with strong motivation and drive to solve problems in a timely manner
• Ability to learn new technology quickly

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Linux, UNIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, SUSE, UbuntuWindows Server, AIX, Solaris, VMware, VMware ESX

Middleware: WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQWebSphere Message Broker, IBM HTTP Server, Mule ESB, DB2, Apache, JBOSS, Tomcat, IIS

Programming Languages: Bash, Korn, Shell, Perl, Jython, Jacl, ANT, Python

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

Senior Information Security Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama in the cloud for multiple clients
• Performed code upgrades on Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured Wildfire, URL - Filtering, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability protection, Global ProtectSSL decryption and DDOS Protection on Palo Alto Firewalls
• Performed Cisco ASA to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Check Point to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Palo Alto Firewall hardware upgrades
• Performed Check Point to Check Point migrations
• Performed Cisco ASA to Check Point migrations
• Configured and deployed Check Point Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point Management Server for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point Firewalls in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point Management Server in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point CloudGuard Scale Sets
• Configured and deployed Check Point CloudGuard Cluster
• Performed Check Point Firewalls hardware upgrades
• Performed code upgrades on Check Point Firewalls and Management Servers for multiple clients
• Configured IPS and VSX on Check Point Firewalls
• Configured and deployed Azure Networks
• Configured and deployed Azure User-defined-routes (UDR)
• Configured and deployed Azure VNETs
• Configured and deployed Azure Network Security Groups (NSG)
• Configured and deployed Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) in Azure
• Configured and deployed Load Balancers in Azure
• Configured and deployed Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) in Azure
• Configured and deployed Virtual Machines in Azure
• Performed Data Center migrations
• Acted as production support for Network and Security Topologies
• Ensured best Security policies were applied to Network and Security technologies
• Performed Firewall audits
• Performed Firewall cleanup of unused NATs, Security Polices and Objects
• Performed Firewall cleanup of risky rules
• Configured and Deployed Tufin for multiple clients
• Used Tufin to identify risky rules for multiple clients
• Worked with application owners to locked down permissive Firewall rules
• Identified application owners for Firewall rules with no documentation
• Implemented security policies on Firewalls
• Managed SSL certificates on multiple Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) & Application Security Manager (ASM), BIG-IP EDGE for multiple clients
• Created scripts for F5 automation using Python for multiple clients
• Created F5 IRULES to meet business requirements
• Created F5 IRULES to protect against security threats
• Transformed business requirements into solutions on F5 technologies
• Performed code upgrades for F5 for multiple clients
• Performed health checks on F5s
• Created custom Web Application Firewall (WAF) signatures
• Applied Web Application Firewall (WAF) Layer 7 Rules to applications
• Triaged security related issues
• Profiled Application Threats
• Tuned Web Application Firewall (WAF) polices
• Helped applications troubleshoot infrastructure and application related issues
• Reviewed IT Infrastructure configurations for security Vulnerabilities
• Performed Vulnerability and Risk Assessments
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents
• Created network diagrams

Senior Information Security Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and deployed Web Application Firewall (WAF) on F5
• Created custom Web Application Firewall (WAF) signatures
• Applied Web Application Firewall (WAF) Layer 7 Rules to applications
• Triaged security related issues
• Profiled Application Threats
• Tuned Web Application Firewall (WAF) polices
• Created F5 IRULES to meet business requirements
• Created F5 IRULES to protect against security threats
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls
• Configured and deployed 600 Palo Alto Firewalls to Retail Stores
• Performed code upgrades on Palo Alto Firewalls
• Configured Wildfire, URL - Filtering, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability protection, Global ProtectSSL decryption and DDOS Protection on Palo Alto Firewalls
• Helped applications troubleshoot infrastructure and application related issues
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents
• Reviewed IT Infrastructure configurations for security Vulnerabilities
• Performed Vulnerability and Risk Assessments
• Performed Firewall audits

Senior Information Security Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama in the cloud for multiple clients
• Performed code upgrades on Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured Wildfire, URL - Filtering, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability protection, Global ProtectSSL decryption and DDOS Protection on Palo Alto Firewalls
• Performed Cisco ASA to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Check Point to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Palo Alto Firewall hardware upgrades
• Configured and deployed F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) & Application Security Manager (ASM), BIG-IP EDGE for multiple clients
• Created scripts for F5 automation using Python for multiple clients
• Configured automation task using Jenkins for multiple clients
• Created F5 IRULES to meet business requirements
• Created F5 IRULES to protect against security threats
• Transformed business requirements into solutions on F5 technologies
• Performed code upgrades for F5 for multiple clients
• Performed health checks on F5s
• Helped applications troubleshoot infrastructure and application related issues
• Ensured best Security policies were applied to Network and Security technologies
• Performed Firewall audits
• Performed Firewall cleanup of unused NATs, Security Polices and Objects
• Performed Firewall cleanup of risky rules
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents

Senior Information Security Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and deployed Web Application Firewall (WAF) on F5
• Created custom Web Application Firewall (WAF) signatures
• Applied Web Application Firewall (WAF) Layer 7 Rules to applications
• Triaged security related issues
• Profiled Application Threats
• Tuned Web Application Firewall (WAF) polices
• Created F5 IRULES to meet business requirements
• Created F5 IRULES to protect against security threats
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents

Senior Information Security Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama in the cloud for multiple clients
• Performed code upgrades on Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured Wildfire, URL - Filtering, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability protection, Global ProtectSSL decryption and DDOS Protection on Palo Alto Firewalls
• Performed Cisco ASA to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Check Point to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Palo Alto Firewall hardware upgrades
• Performed Check Point to Check Point migrations
• Performed Cisco ASA to Check Point migrations
• Configured and deployed Check Point Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point Management Server for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point Firewalls in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point Management Server in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point CloudGuard Scale Sets
• Configured and deployed Check Point CloudGuard Cluster
• Performed Check Point Firewalls hardware upgrades
• Performed code upgrades on Check Point Firewalls and Management Servers for multiple clients
• Configured IPS and VSX on Check Point Firewalls
• Configured and deployed F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) & Application Security Manager (ASM), BIG-IP EDGE for multiple clients
• Created F5 IRULES to meet business requirements
• Created F5 IRULES to protect against security threats
• Transformed business requirements into solutions on F5 technologies
• Performed code upgrades for F5 for multiple clients
• Performed health checks on F5s
• Helped applications troubleshoot infrastructure and application related issues
• Ensured best Security policies were applied to Network and Security technologies
• Performed Firewall audits
• Performed Firewall cleanup of unused NATs, Security Polices and Objects
• Performed Firewall cleanup of risky rules
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents

Senior Information Security Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls in the cloud for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama in the cloud for multiple clients
• Performed code upgrades on Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured Wildfire, URL - Filtering, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability protection, Global ProtectSSL decryption and DDOS Protection on Palo Alto Firewalls
• Performed Cisco ASA to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Check Point to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Palo Alto Firewall hardware upgrades
• Performed Palo Alto Firewall consolidations
• Helped applications troubleshoot infrastructure and application related issues
• Ensured best Security policies were applied to Network and Security technologies
• Performed Firewall audits
• Performed Firewall cleanup of unused NATs, Security Polices and Objects
• Performed Firewall cleanup of risky rules
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents

Senior Network Security Analyst (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided application and infrastructure teams infrastructure and application solutions
• Configured and deployed F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Enterprise Manager (EM), Access Policy Manager (APM) & Application Security Manager (ASM)
• Created F5 IRULES to meet business requirements
• Created F5 IRULES to protect against security threats
• Transformed business requirements into solutions on F5 technologies
• Managed and administered 150+ F5 Devices across 15+ Data Centers
• Performed code upgrades for F5 LTM, ASM, APM, EM, GTM and BIGIQ
• Analyzed Network Packet Captures
• Performed multiple Data Center migrations
• Analyzed Bluecoat Proxy Logs to mitigate risks during ISP change
• Created scripts to test impact of external IP changes
• Created solutions to mitigate risk during Data Center and Application migrations
• Helped application teams identify Firewall rules needed to migrate to new Data Center
• Migrated Firewall rules from one Firewall to another
• Identified test cases for business to perform after infrastructure changes
• Acted as production and non - production level 2 support for F5 technologies
• Acted as production and non-production level 2 support for mission critical applications
• Acted as production and non-production level 2 SME for infrastructure technologies
• Worked with application and infrastructure teams to enhance monitoring using global monitoring infrastructure
• Worked with application and infrastructure teams to ensure end to end application monitoring is in place
• Configured and deployed Akamai configuration to new and existing applications
• Configured and deployed Web Application Firewall (WAF) on F5 and Akamai
• Created custom Web Application Firewall (WAF) signatures
• Applied Web Application Firewall (WAF) Layer 7 Rules to applications
• Triaged security related issues
• Profiled Application Threats
• Tuned Web Application Firewall (WAF) polices
• Migrated websites to CDN solution
• Acted as production and non-production level 2 support for Akamai technologies
• Managed SSL certificates for F5 and Akamai
• Configured SSL Decrypt solution for user and internet traffic
• Created Failover DNS records in VeriSign
• Provided L2 support for Check Point Firewalls and Palo Alto Firewalls
• Helped troubleshoot routing and switching issues
• Helped troubleshoot Application and Infrastructure issues for other teams
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents
• Created network diagrams
• Ensured best security practices where applied to infrastructure and application stack
• Provided Risk Impact Assessments

Senior F5, IIS and Tomcat Consultant (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for troubleshooting performance issue with Guidewire Application running on Tomcat
• Performed Firewall audits
• Performed Firewall cleanup of unused NATs, Security Polices and Objects
• Performed Firewall cleanup of risky rules
• Used Tufin to identify risky rules
• Worked with application owners to locked down permissive Firewall rules
• Identified application owners for Firewall rules with no documentation
• Acted as production and non - production level 3 support for Check Point Firewalls
• Ensured best Security policies were applied to Network and Security technologies
• Acted as production and non-production level 3 support for IPS/IDS and HIDS IBM Security SiteProtector System
• Configured and deployed IPS/IDS and HIDS IBM Security SiteProtector System
• Created IPS/IDS and HIDS polices
• Sat on a Governance team whom assessed if firewall rules complied with CIBC security standards
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents

Senior Information Security Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed Network Infrastructure
• Provided support to clients on VPN tunnel setups
• Configured Multiple VPN tunnels
• Configured and deployed Fortinet Firewalls for multiple clients
• Performed code upgrades on Fortinet Firewalls for multiple clients
• Acted as production support for Network and Security Topologies
• Performed RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 to 8.1 upgrade
• Performed internal and external infrastructure Penetration Testing
• Ensured best Security policies were applied to Network and Security technologies
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto Panorama for multiple clients
• Performed code upgrades on Palo Alto Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured Wildfire, URL - Filtering, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability protection, Global Protect SSL decryption and DDOS Protection on Palo Alto Firewalls
• Performed Juniper SRX to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Sidewinder to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Cisco ASA to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Check Point to Palo Alto Firewall Migration
• Performed Palo Alto Firewall hardware upgrades
• Performed Check Point to Check Point migrations
• Performed Cisco ASA to Check Point migrations
• Configured and deployed Check Point Firewalls for multiple clients
• Configured and deployed Check Point Management Server for multiple clients
• Performed Check Point Firewalls hardware upgrades
• Performed code upgrades on Check Point Firewalls and Management Servers for multiple clients
• Configured IPS and VSX on Check Point Firewalls
• Performed Data Center migrations
• Performed Firewall audits
• Performed Firewall cleanup of unused NATs, Security Polices and Objects
• Performed Firewall cleanup of risky rules
• Worked with application owners to locked down permissive Firewall rules
• Identified application owners for Firewall rules with no documentation
• Managed SSL certificates on multiple Firewalls for multiple clients
• Implemented security policies on Firewalls
• Performed PCI Vulnerability Testing
• Reviewed IT Infrastructure and Application configurations for security Vulnerabilities
• Performed Vulnerability and Risk Assessments
• Developed proof - of-concept exploits

Environment: Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created Cloud Blueprints for Websphere 8.5.5 and MDM 11.3 with one click deployment
• Created Websphere scripts for configuring and deployment of Websphere 8.5.5 and MDM 11.3
• Migrated Jenkins Windows to Cloud Linux solution
• Configured Jenkins to use Active Directory
• Configured Jenkins to send out emails to different groups during the different tasks
• Created Active Directory groups for different roles in Jenkins
• Created automated build, deployment and restart Websphere workflows in Jenkins
• Created automated job to check in new build artifacts into Nexus with build labels
• Created ETL Build Scripts in Jenkins
• Created automated job to pull MKS variants information from MKS and automatically feed Jenkins
• Ensured best security practices where applied to infrastructure and application stack
• Created naming standard for different development environments
• Configured and deployed IBM Rational Application Developer 9.0
• Created process to compare code in different variants in MKS
• Managed application variants in MKS
• Created Autosys jobs
• Created JIL scripts to replicate Autosys jobs across multiple environments
• Identified test cases for business to perform after infrastructure changes
• Performed Sharepoint to Confluence document migration
• Acted as production and non - production level 3 support for mission critical applications
• Acted as production and non-production level 3 support for cloud Linux Environments
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents

Senior F5, IIS and Tomcat Consultant (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured and deployed F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Enterprise Manager (EM) & Application Security Manager (ASM)
• Created F5 IRULES to meet business requirements
• Configured and deployed Web Application Firewall (WAF) on F5 and Akamai
• Applied Web Application Firewall (WAF) Layer 7 Rules to applications
• Transformed business requirements into solutions on F5 technologies
• Managed and administered 150+ F5 Devices across 15+ Data Centers
• Migrated code on 150+ F5 Devices across 15+ Data Centers from code 9 to 11 and from code 10 to 11
• Identified test cases for business to perform after infrastructure changes
• Acted as production and non - production level 2 support for F5 technologies
• Acted as production and non-production level 2 support for mission critical applications
• Configured and deployed Akamai configuration to new and existing applications
• Migrated websites to CDN solution
• Acted as production and non-production level 2 support for Akamai technologies
• Configured and deployed IBM HTTP Server Instances for customer facing applications
• Acted as production and non-production level 2 support for IBM HTTP Server
• Provided L2 support for Tomcat
• Configured Kerberos solution for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10 and IBM HTTP Server
• Managed SSL certificates for F5, Akamai, IIS and Apache
• Configured SSL Decrypt solution for user and internet traffic
• Created Failover DNS records in VeriSign
• Performed GTM to VeriSign DNS migration
• Provided L2 support for Check Point Firewalls and Palo Alto Firewalls
• Helped troubleshoot routing and switching issues
• Helped troubleshoot Application and Infrastructure issues for other teams
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents
• Created network diagrams
• Ensured best security practices where applied to infrastructure and application stack
• Provided Risk Impact Assessments

Senior Middleware Specialist (Consultant)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured WebSphere MQ and Message Broker environments
• Configured WebSphere MQ and Message Broker for cluster setup
• Created High - Availability and multi-instance solution for WebSphere MQ and Message Broker stack
• Created WebSphere MQ and Message Broker standards
• Created governance rules for WebSphere MQ and Message Broker stack
• Managed, administered, configured and deployed applications to non-production and production environment: s
• Acted as production and non production level 3 support for Middleware stack and mission critical applications
• Created change requests
• Created support documentation for operation teams
• Created build documents
• Created scripts to automate setup of environments
• Created scripts to automate deployments
• Created scripts to backup WebSphere MQ and Message Broker configuration
• Ensured best practices where applied to file system layout for Middleware stack
• Ensured best security practices where applied to Middleware and Operating System stack