SUMMARY:

• Lead Security Engineer with around 6+ years of experience .
• Responsible for the overall security posture of the organization including Security Architecture & Design, Cloud Security, Security Investigation, Third Party Vendor Assessments, Network Security, Penetration Testing and Secure Coding.
• In - depth knowledge of Mobile Application Security, Application Security Controls and Validation, IT Risk Assessments, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) and Automation of Vulnerability Scanning, Regulatory Compliance (NIST, PCI-DSS, CIS, FFIEC, HIPAA, SOX) and Secure Software Development Life Cycle (secureSDLC).

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND SECURITY TOOLS:

• BurpSuite Pro, WebScarab, Nexpose, ZAP proxy, Confidential Fortify, Confidential WebInspect, Confidential AppScan, Veracode, DBprotect, AppDetective, Checkmarx, Nessus, Nmap, Wireshark, Imperva SecureSphere, Scuba, tcpDump, Metasploit, Kali Linux, Gemalto ProtectDB, ProtectFile.
• Java, J2EE/JEE, C/C++, C#.NET, Python, CGI/Perl, SQL, ASP.net, Shell Scripting
• Linux, UNIX (Solaris, AIX), Windows Active Directory (AD), IOS, Android.
• HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SSH, SMTP, IPSec, Secure FTP, DNS, TCP/IP, PKI, VPN, Digital Certificates,
• Cryptography, Firewalls, ModSecurity, AppSensor
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Security
• Apache Tomcat, IIS, NGinx, iPlanet, JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere, MFA, HTML, SSO, SAML,
• OAuth2.0, OpenID, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, JQuery, JSON, CSS, ANT, Maven, SVN, Git, RCS, Eclipse,
• Visual Studio, REST, SOAP, WSDL, MVC, Spring, SOA, Struts, Hibernate, SharePoint.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Lead Information Security Engineer/Consultant

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• 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 ( Confidential ), Cross-Site Scripting, ClickJacking, and SQL Injection related attacks within the code.
• Developed correlation rules for Security Incident and Event Management ( Confidential ) system. Reviewed the solution implemented for "log forwarding" from various network devices to ArcSight central logging for alerting and security monitoring. Experience with Splunk in investigating various logger events related to security incidents
• 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.
• Worked extensively with software development teams to review the source code, triage the security vulnerabilities generated by Confidential AppScan, Acunetix, Qualys WAS, Zap, Whitehat Sentinel, BurpSuite, Confidential WebInspect, Confidential Fortify, Checkmarx and eliminated false positives.
• Working experience with Identity and security access management (ISAM), network security within SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud environments.
• Reviewed source code (Java/J2EE/Spring/FTL/JavaScript) and developed security filters within Confidential AppScan for critical applications.
• 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.
• Creating and modifying rules, Diagnose and resolve LAN/WAN problems and Ensure LAN/WAN environment is secure and appropriate recovery and redundancy issues are addressed.
• Strong understanding of IP networking concepts and TCP/IP protocols
• Worked with network services like DNS, DHCP, DNS, IP4, IPsec, and VPN.
• Experience with ISO 27001/27002 Certification for ISMS, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Compliance
• Reviewed compliance with information security policies with emphasis on PCI
• 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.
• 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.
• Conducted security audits of web and mobile applications and recommended secure coding practices to the developers. Played the role of an SME for secure coding guidelines for enterprise applications across the business lines.
• 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. The NIST800-53framework has been utilized for IT risk assessments.
• Rolled out Confidential AppScan products such as AppScan Enterprise (ASE), Standard, Source, Developer plug-ins to various development teams across the business lines.
• Assisted in the collection of requirements and contribute Subject Matter Expertise (SME), advice in the areas of Cloud security architectures, designs, policies, and control standards with a special emphasis on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and made sure Proactively engages staff throughout client to communicate cloud security standards, guidelines and strategies
• Identity and access management (IAM), network security) within SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud environments.
• Worked with teams to evolve public cloud-based products to adherence Information Security Policies and Control Standards
• 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 Confidential AppScan Source, triage and resolve the security vulnerabilities.
• 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.
• Worked with DevOps teams to automate security scanning into the build process.
• 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 the penetration testing of mobile (Android and iOS) applications, specifically, APK reverse engineering, traffic analysis and manipulation, dynamic runtime analysis.
• Developed secureSDLC policies and standards for Web and Mobile apps.

Sr. Security Engineer

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Responsibilities:

• 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 (ie SQL) that store credit card information.
• Reviewed security vulnerability reports for applications and databases, analyzed and worked extensively with the development teams for the implementation of mitigating controls.
• Implemented Confidential AppScan standard, source editions, Confidential WebInspect, Nessus, and QualysGuard web application scanners. In addition, the security tools Metasploit and BurpSuite were utilized for manual penetration testing.
• Performed security assessments for the client-facing apps. The associated IT infrastructure such as database management systems, middleware systems, web services (SOA) were also included in the security assessments.
• Implemented Secure Software Development Life Cycle (S-SDLC) processes; developed secure coding practices for web, mobile applications, including database and middleware systems.
• Performed architecture design reviews and solution overview reviews to identify security anomalies in the system architecture and design and provided recommendations to address data security and privacy concerns.
• Implemented Confidential ArcSight ESM including, correlation rules, data-monitors, reports, event annotation stages, case customization, active lists, and pattern discovery.
• Conducted manual source code reviews of external facing applications, including iOS and Android mobile apps. The key areas of confidential and sensitive data stored on the mobile devices were reviewed and made recommendations to secure customers’ PII and PCI data.
• Conducted pen testing for the Web Services (SOA), applications and networks.
• Reported security findings, recommendations and presented to the business users, executive committee and Compliance departments.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and development of user roles and policies for user access management.
• Performed Static and Dynamic Analysis and Security Testing (SAST and DAST) for various applications as per firm’s security standards (i.e., OWASP, SANS 25).
• Developed threat models for the applications and IT infrastructure.
• Worked with software development teams, DB/Unix administrators and solution architects as a subject matter expert related to security compliance with PCI DSS 3.2 and industry standards.
• Worked with Internet Engineering team in the design and configuration of BlueCoat Internet proxy. Implemented WebFilter database for URL content Filtering.
• Developed security policies and baselines for mobile and web applications. Performed compliance audits to ensure security policies and baselines have been adequately implemented.
• Participated in the implementation of SafeNet product for encrypting customer credit card information using Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Developed correlation rules for Security Incident and Event Management ( Confidential ) system. Reviewed the solution implemented for “log forwarding” from various network devices to ArcSight central logging for alerting and security monitoring. Experience with Splunk in investigating various logger events related to security incidents.
• Performed PCI pre-assessment audit for the entire network as well as the related applications in preparation for the annual external PCI compliance audit.

Security Engineer

Confidential, CA

Responsibilities:

• Performed the tasks of designing Advanced Security & Management Solutions for the organization.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and development of user roles and policies for user access management.
• Performed dynamic and static analysis of web application using Confidential AppScan
• Well versed with various vulnerabilities and attacks at application - OWASP top 10, SQL Injection, XSS, CSS, LDAP injection, XPath injection etc.
• Conducts regularly review of Global Security Incidents as well as reports and update the same to the internal teams.
• Deployed and configured Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for both data in transit and data at rest.
• Execute and craft different payloads to attack he system to execute XSS and different attacks
• Identified database security vulnerabilities using SQLMAP pen testing tool.
• Performed IT Risk Assessment Services and provides Solutions to mitigate Risks identified and reported.
• Conducted security assessments for various applications supporting Corporate & Investment Banking, Loan, Treasury, Equities and FI businesses. The web application infrastructure such as Confidential WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, and IIS web/application servers were reviewed for compliance to firm’s security baselines.
• Developed correlation rules for Security Incident and Event Management ( Confidential ) system. Reviewed the solution implemented for “log forwarding” from various network devices to ArcSight central logging for alerting and security monitoring.
• Ensured that the operation, design, and management of information systems are in according to the standards of the organization.
• Established and maintained a framework to ensure that information security policies, technologies and processes are aligned with the business regulations of the organization.
• Identifies as well as applies innovative practice in security to enhance the global operations of the organizations.
• Performed risk assessments and defines strategies to address the identified risks.
• Ensured that risk identification, mitigation controls and analysis are integrated into application life cycle and change management processes.
• Performed PCI-DSS (3.2, 3.1) pre-assessment audit for the entire network as well as the related applications in preparation for the annual external PCI compliance audit.

Application Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implemented MVC architecture by making use of Java Struts, Spring frameworks.
• Implemented Struts framework (Action & Controller classes) for dispatching request to appropriate classes.
• Used simple Struts Validation for validation of user input as per the business logic and initial data loading.
• Developed Java Server Pages(JSPs) and Servlets in the web-tier and EJB's in the business tier
• Client-side validation was done using JavaScript and CSS was used to define the view of the pages.
• Implemented business logic using Session Beans.
• Implemented data access objects using Entity Beans.
• Created RESTful web services in pushing data to downstream systems.
• Used JMS/TIBCO for synchronous/asynchronous communication and sending updates to various other applications.
• Developed user interface using JSPs and HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Stylesheets.
• Designed Tables, Indexes, Stored Procedures, Functions and Triggers for the database.
• Involved in distinct phases of Software Development Lifecycle (Agile methodology) such as Requirement Analysis, Design and Development.
• Developed the application using JBoss.
• Coded Ant build scripts to build and deploy the application on JBoss on Unix.