Syed Ibrahim
Chennai
Summary
Experienced network engineer with a strong foundation in network design, implementation, and troubleshooting. Proficient in routing, switching, firewall configuration, and network security protocols. Committed to fostering effective team collaboration and achieving tangible results. Adaptable to evolving industry demands and skilled at addressing changing needs. Recognized for reliability, analytical thinking, and exceptional problem-solving abilities.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Operation Engineer - Product Security
Neuron Private Limited
07.2023 - Current
- Enhances security team accomplishments and competencies by planning the delivery of solutions and answering technical questions
- Communicate and collaborate with sales engineering, business unit leads, acceptance test leads, DevOps leads to promote optimal processes for Cloud Architecture stakeholders.
- Work with DevOps to ensure Automated monitoring of deployed components including performance monitoring, stability monitoring, high availability monitoring, and proper functionality monitoring.
- Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
Lead Technical Specialist - GRC
Xoriant Solutions Private Limited
07.2022 - 04.2023
- Develop and implement security policies and procedures, conduct security audits, and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations for Clients
- Lead Vulnerability Assessment (VA) and Penetration Testing (PT) for infrastructure.
- Monitor, assess, and act on security threat advisories from subscription sources.
- Lead engagement with external security vendors and partners for Red Teaming, Blackbox testing, infrastructure, and application testing.
Senior Lead - Security Architect - GRC
National Payments Corporation Of India
07.2020 - 06.2022
- Issue guidelines to improve security posture and help in resolution of vulnerabilities
- Define common security and privacy solutions for application security
- Implement Privacy by Design principles to ensure protection of PII/PCI data.
- Help application team in resolving vulnerabilities and prevent exploits
- Identify gaps in security architecture and controls in place
- Act as SME for multiple security domains like Infrastructure security, Application security, Cloud security etc.
- Engage with development team to enable devsecops.
Network and Security Consultant
Litmus Information Systems LLP
02.2016 - 08.2020
- Assessed security compliance, security program organization, policies and procedures, general risks and vulnerabilities.
- Developed reasonable and cost-effective recommendations for security improvement.
- Recommended IT security improvements to achieve system confidentiality, integrity and availability.
- Conducted risk analysis, system certifications, auditing, security documentation and security testing.
- Assessed threats, risks and vulnerabilities from emerging security issues to advise pertinent stakeholders on appropriate measures.
Senior Network Engineer
Internet Initiative Japan
07.2014 - 10.2015
- Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
- Monitored data transfer security to detect and prevent intrusion attempts and respond to DDoS attacks.
- Improved network operation by incorporating new technologies into existing designs.
- Installed and configured network security solutions such as VPNs, Firewalls and intrusion detections and mitigation tools.
- Deployed cloud-based network infrastructure, reducing on-site storage and hardware maintenance costs by 30%.
Network Administrator
Alpsoft Technologies
08.2012 - 05.2014
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance and support.
- Developed and refined build process and configurations, and contributed to network automation.
- Planned, implemented and maintained wireless network strategy and operation.
- Managed and maintained stability of network and wireless services throughout enterprise.
- Identified and immediately resolved issues with network devices.
Education
Masters - Information Technology
James Cook University
Singapore08.2010
Skills
- TCP/IP networking expertise
- Network architecture design
- Linux environment management
- Expertise in routing protocols
- Network firewall
- Security strategy development
- IT Risk Assessment
- Network load balancing
- Azure cloud services
- Risk mitigation strategies
- Web penetration testing
- Network penetration testing
- AWS infrastructure management
- Network segmentation expertise
- NAT
- Protocol analysis proficiency
- Redundancy protocols
- OpenVAS
- Nessus
- PCI Compliance
- ISO 27001 Compliance
- ISO 27005 Compliance
- ISO 27031 Compliance
- Incident Response Management
- NIST CSF
- HIPAA
- Time management
Certification
- Certified Ethical Hacker v10
- Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core
- Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Design
- Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core
- CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Administrator
- Certified Network Defense Architect
- Fortinet Certified Network Security Administrator
- Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 15 in the Provisioning of BBPS Infrastructure
- Consistently rated as above peer group contributor in Litmus for 3 years
Timeline
Senior Operation Engineer - Product Security
Neuron Private Limited
07.2023 - Current
Lead Technical Specialist - GRC
Xoriant Solutions Private Limited
07.2022 - 04.2023
Senior Lead - Security Architect - GRC
National Payments Corporation Of India
07.2020 - 06.2022
Network and Security Consultant
Litmus Information Systems LLP
02.2016 - 08.2020
Senior Network Engineer
Internet Initiative Japan
07.2014 - 10.2015
Network Administrator
Alpsoft Technologies
08.2012 - 05.2014
Masters - Information Technology
James Cook University
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