A dedicated and detail-oriented network and cybersecurity professional with over 15 years of experience.
In depth knowledge and exceptional skill sets across various cybersecurity domains including risk, governance and compliance with experience managing teams of cybersecurity engineers, analysts and service providers.
An effective communicator at all levels with honest and customer service driven personality.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
GBST Holdings Ltd.
02.2020 - Current
Led the project groups to run cybersecurity programs in accordance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and helped them implementing Centre of Internet Security (CISv8) controls. This program has helped GBST to renew ISO 27001:2022 certification with ease and also supporting the business plans of SOC2 accreditation process.
Liaised with multiple managed security service providers (MSSP) to implement a SIEM/SOC function. This greatly enhanced incident detection capabilities, refined response procedures and allowed greater visibility of cyber risk to the executive team.
Managed SASE deployment as part of the cybersecurity program. As a result, GBST was able to close many gaps on company security policies.
Developed and communicated regular program updates to executive teams. This has provided transparency of security risks to executive team who then were able to make informed decisions on risk mitigation strategies.
Successfully delivered Global Cloud Network & Security transformation
Oversaw highly effective security team and managed scheduling and resource allocation.
Developed network security policies to protect against unauthorized access.
Administered network policies, procedures, and standards to align with organizational goals and security requirements.
Trained junior staff members on best practices for managing security systems.
Technical Specialist
NBN
10.2015 - 02.2020
Overall network engineering support of nbn’s satellite network including access, core and aggregation network
Tier 3 routing and switching support to baseband systems of the entire satellite network including Juniper MX series routers, EX series switches, SRX series firewalls, A10 load balancers, vASN, TCP/HTTP Acceleration, AAA, DHCP etc.
Administer configuration management of baseband systems via IBM Tivoli Network Configuration Management
Baseband network capacity management by reviewing reports from systems like cacti, SNPM, Splunk etc.
Create professional design documents like HLD, LLD and MOPs to support deployment planning in baseband network
Provide on call support for any network fault on baseband network and work with vendor to resolve incident within SLA and achieve KPI
Testing of new firmware and software in test environment before implementation in production network
Excellent coordination with Change, Problem, Incident and Release management for network
Liaising with project management, senior engineering, vendor teams
Network Engineer IP
AAPT
11.2013 - 10.2015
Operation and maintenance of fully redundant national IP/MPLS, Metro Ethernet, L2TP/BRAS and Internet network
Review engineering design and manage production deployment of new networks and products suggested by design group
Provide regular technical training to team members to achieve goals in timely manner
Providing support and training to other operational teams in the business in specialized areas of IP/MPLS and Ethernet networks
Creating and maintaining network, process and product documentation
2nd Tier technical support for customer support and assistance to Senior network engineers
Coordinate with network equipment vendors to ensure current hardware and software features
Coordinate with other international transit providers to support full redundancy and ongoing improvements in transit technologies
Develop and maintain traffic monitoring tools for national network
Education
Master of Engineering Management -
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY (UTS)
01.2005
Master of Engineering - Telecommunications
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY (UTS)
01.2004
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
GUJARAT UNIVERSITY
03-2003
Skills
Security Strategic Planning and Program Management
Threat and Risk Management
Governance, Risk and Compliance
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Critical Thinking
Security Awareness
Security Operations and Incident Management
Vulnerability and Penetration Management
Asset Management
Team Engagement and Management
Oral and Written Communication
Certification
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Currently pursuing further studies to achieve Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Technical Skills
Windows/Linux
Atlassian Suite
Office 365
AWS
Azure
Endpoint Detection & Response
Secure Web Gateway
Data Loss Prevention
Identity & Access Management
SIEM
DevOps
Network Security
Cloud Security
Intrusion Detection / Intrusion Prevention
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
GBST Holdings Ltd.
02.2020 - Current
Technical Specialist
NBN
10.2015 - 02.2020
Network Engineer IP
AAPT
11.2013 - 10.2015
Master of Engineering Management -
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY (UTS)
Master of Engineering - Telecommunications
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY (UTS)
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
GUJARAT UNIVERSITY
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