Rony Zlochevsky

• Managed large-scale projects and introduced systems, tools, and processes to architect and implement challenging solutions.
• Pre and post sales leadership on engagements with large client accounts.
• Key project roles: Security Architect, Cloud consultant (networking and security), Network and Security advisory and senior SME.
• Developed and customised complex network, cloud and security solutions for medium and large organisations.
• Engaged business and technology stakeholders to gather goals and requirements.
• Developed maturity assessment, strategy and roadmap programs for organisations to uplift technical and security posture enable and support business needs.
• Developed and managed partner relationship with strategical vendors (account mapping, sales roadmap and strategy, team skills enablement).
• Coached and mentored staff - Security stream leader.
• Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and team morale.
• Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
• Evaluated hiring, performance reviews and promotions requests.
• Boosted team member productivity by enhancing performance monitoring and instituting motivational approaches.
• Developed proposals and presentations for internal and external audiences.

• As a trusted advisor to well-known Australian medium and large-size enterprises, I have led and delivered complex IT security projects and pre-sales consultation services.
• Following are my main duties and achievements in this role.
• Complex project leadership and governance.
• Security Infrastructure review (gap and risk analysis).
• Future state architecture and design (e.g. Zero Trust Model / SASE).
• Hands-on implementation and technical leadership on complex projects.
• Pre-sales consultant and solution scoping.
• Technologies implemented: Next Generation firewalls, CASB, and Secure Web Gateways
• Documentation - Solution designs (High Level and Detailed Designs), As-built, Implementation Plan, Test Plan, Operational Procedures, customised training delivery.
• Key vendors relationship management: Zscaler, Netskope, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto.

Telstra is a major Australian Telecommunications and IT services provider in Australia, with revenues in excess of AU$ 26 billion and over 32,000 employees.

Originally from the O2 Networks team, I started as a senior security consultant and moved up to Managing Security Consultant, at which point I was the team leader for security consultants and architects in NSW.

Key duties and achievements:

• I led complex network security projects and pre-sales engagements with technologies such as Next Generation Firewalls, Network Access Control (NAC), CASB (Cloud Access Solution Broker) as well as reporting and visibility systems.
• Designed and implemented solutions with firewall, CASB, Identity and Access Management, Splunk and Network Access control (NAC).
• DEveloped and assisted organisations to mature their security posture via well-known practices and security architecture frameworks such as SABSA.
• Developed customised documentation for technical solutions: High Level Solution architecture, Detailed Design, As-built, Implementation Plan, Test Plan, Operational Procedures amongst other custom documentation.
• Architected, designed and implemented solutions with high-end Next Generation Firewalls (Palo Alto 7000, 5000 and 3000 Series).
• Developed and executed network security posture assessments.
• Designed and implemented CASB - Cloud Access Security Broker solutions.
• 2IC - Team leadership.
• Mentorship on the Telstra trainee program (received national award of mentor role model).
• Developed new proposals, contracts and procedures to draw-in more clients and streamline work operations.
• Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.

A company of Leighton Holdings group, with a substantial footprint across the mining, infrastructure, telecommunications, and energy industries with revenues in excess of US$ 12 billion and over 10,000 employees across 200 locations, 6 datacentres amongst 8 countries

• I coordinated, led, and implemented critical security solutions as well as accounted for day-to-day operations of the Internet and DMZ infrastructure, managing, and securing Leighton Contractors’ network perimeter, datacentres, and LAN segments.

• Main projects and duties: Managed the corporate perimeter infrastructure - Firewalls, DMZ infrastructure and Internet access policies for over 10.000 employees.
• Vendors: Checkpoint, Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco routers and switches, Citrix Netscaler load balancers.
• Technical leader at a project to pilot an enterprise BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) solution.
• Traffic analysis and troubleshooting through firewall and IPS logs.
• Designed and implemented network segmentation and traffic optimisation.
• Networking and security documentation (High Level Design and Low-Level Design, Standard Operating Procedures and As-builts).
• Managed relationships with key security vendors.
• Operations: Level 3 support escalations - security events investigation.

Pinpoint Marketing was a medium/large-sized consolidated company that operates in the loyalty and rewards market for over 20 years, working behind important and well-known companies in more than 5 countries.

• I was responsible for supporting the network and security infrastructure, maintaining security devices such as Checkpoint and FWSM firewalls, Cisco routers and switches.
• I managed and configured network and security devices such as Checkpoint firewalls, Cisco routers and switches.
• Coordinated Internal and external penetration tests with internal and external stakeholders (PCI Compliance).
• Managed support contract with Network/Security vendors
• Implemented and managed Site-to-Site and remote access for internal and external stakeholders (Checkpoint Firewalls).
• Developed and updated Network and security documentation (Designs, As built and Standard Operating Procedures).
• BAU level 3 support tasks/calls - for networking and security related issues.
• Datacentre network infrastructure management.

AEMO incorporates management of the National Electricity Market (NEM) and the retail and wholesale gas markets of eastern and southern Australia and oversees system security of the NEM electricity grid and the Victorian gas transmission network.

The network and security team at AEMO hired me on a short-term contract as they required an IT expert to be able to hit the ground running with a minimal supervision and training required

• Configured and installed Cisco Routers and Switches, Access Control Server (ACS), Ciscoworks and Proxy services.
• Managed datacenter infrastructure.
• Performed documentation updates (diagrams, procedures, and control spreadsheets).

• Claro is the Brazilian operations of Americel/Telmex, being the third biggest Brazilian mobile telecommunication operator, with revenues in excess of U$ 9.5 billion, 22,000 employees and 58 million customers
• At this position I had an extensive participation in the company’s main datacenter migration, which contributed to increase the network availability from 95.5% to 99.9%
• During this project I was responsible for designing the Layer 2 and 3 networks, implementing, and configuring firewalls, switches and routers, as well as producing the network documentation
• Besides the datacenter migration, during almost 3 years in the company my main role was to manage an IP network with over than 300 WAN sites with the following main duties: Implemented and troubleshooted site-to-site VPNs, access-lists rules issues, new interfaces (DMZs) and failover redundancy in Cisco (ASA, PIX and FWSM) and Checkpoint firewalls
• Designed and implemented LAN segmentation through DMZs and VLANs
• Implemented Cisco Switches and Routers at the company’s main datacenter, Headquarter and offices
• Implemented and supported routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, BGP and EIGRP
• Configured and supported Load Balancers (Layer 3 and Layer 7)
• Network Engineer / team leader for the PCI compliance project.

Paggo was the mobile payment operations of the fourth biggest Brazilian Mobile Company, with 46 million customers and revenues of U$ 8 billion

Working at the Business Intelligence team, my main duties were:

• Queries and scripts in MySQL database
• Reports development and automation
• Business planning
• One of my key achievements at this position was to develop the recently created team and build up the reports integrating the points of view of the credit market and mobile telephony.

• Embratel is the Brazilian operations of the Telmex Group, being one of the biggest and most important Brazilian telecommunication providers with revenues in excess of U$ 10 billion and 7,200 employees
• One of my main achievements was maintaining excellent customer satisfaction by delivering a differentiated level of service and support to the company’s main clients
• At this company I was responsible for maintaining the company’s client’s WAN networks with the following duties: Configured and troubleshooted clients’ access routers, switches, and firewalls
• Performed IP network usage reports and analysis
• Designed and maintained client’s network documentation
• Provided second and third level support for the field technicians
• Coordinated preventive maintenance at client’s networks and WAN data links.