Mirza Hussain Baig, SOC Analyst

Mirza Hussain Baig

SOC Analyst

Saudi Emircom Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.Sc
Experience
10 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 3 Months

SOC Analyst at Saudi Emircom Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since July 2017

1. Responsible for handling the Incident workflow and operations of network security and cybersecurity systems such as Firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, Endpoint Protection, ATA, Anti-DDoS, MDM, Proxy, AAA, NAC, SSL-VPN, Site-Site VPN, Email Gateways, Vulnerability and Compliance Management Systems.
2. Responsible for detection of incidents, reviewing and responding to incidents in queue.
3. Gather information about the asset, data, and users involved in the incident and to determine if resolution can be provided or if the incident needs to be escalated to L2.
4. Monitor critical security systems and correlate events on SIEM tool.
5. Analyzing logs for troubleshooting the problem using SIEM tool.
6. Handle configuration management and services requests.
7. Assist team in implementation of security design configurations and integrations.
8. Handle major incidents technical investigation and perform Root Cause Analysis followed by action items and lessons learned.
9. Analyze security solutions performance and provide performance statistics and reports to other stakeholders such as design and network teams.
10. Handle Lifecycle of security solutions including deployments, maintenance and operations.
11. Perform security vulnerabilities scan and ensure systems compliance based on approved Minimum Baseline Security Standard (MBSS).
12. Work with Risk Assessment team to develop compensating security controls to remediate vulnerabilities that cannot be closed normally.
13. Assist in implementation of appropriate corrective action against incidents of cybersecurity related to network security and design issues.
14. Ensure security systems and services in environment are securely configured and meeting all the company’s security policies, standards, guidelines and regulations.
15. Conduct performance reviews and corrective action for security systems.

Technical Team Leader at Forsan Foods & Consumer Products Co. Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2015 to June 2017

Lead and managed the Support team to maximize efficiency in troubleshooting and support.
Involved in in-depth technical R&D to enable continuing innovation within the organization.
Handled Installation & Configuration of Servers, Network, POS, Attendance & Security systems.
Key achievements include-

1. Implementation of SmarterMail server on-premise.
2. Implementation of Next-Generation Firewall.
3. Implementation of Temperature Monitoring Systems at Cold Stores.
4. Enhancement in Data backup solution.
5. Enhancement of RAID configurations for all production servers.

Support Specialist at Forsan Foods & Consumer Products Co. Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2015 to November 2015

Troubleshoot Hardware/Software issues for End-users.
Executed performance tuning, hardware upgrades and resource optimization.
Handled Network Layout designing
Key achievements include-
1. Implementation of Live view for CCTV via Cloud.

Exchange Server Administrator/Support Executive at Forsan Foods & Consumer Products Co. Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2014 to June 2015

Prepared Desktops and Laptops for new/existing users.
Troubleshoot system issues.
Key achievements include-
1. Pilot implementation of Exchange Server 2010

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc
  • at Osmania University
  • April 2013

Major subjects: Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science from St. Joseph’s Degree & PG College, Hyderabad (recognized by Osmania University)

Higher diploma, Network Engineering
  • at NIIT
  • March 2013

GNIIT in Networking & Infrastructure Management is an Industry-endorsed course-ware which includes fundamental and advanced concepts of IT Hardware and Networking. The duration of this course is 3 years, with a 1 year of Professional Practice that can be done around the globe under a mentor. Achieved this title after completing 1 year at Forsan Foods & Consumer Products Co. Ltd

High school or equivalent, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science
  • at International Indian School
  • March 2010

All India Senior School Certificate (10+2) Major Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science

Specialties & Skills

Incident Management
Security Information Event Management SIEM
Troubleshooting
Security Operations
Information Security
Management
Troubleshooting
Technical Support
Virtualization
Team Leadership
ISO 9001
Project Planning
Access Control
Network Design
Server Administration
Network Administration
Surveillance system
CCNA R&S, Security
Microsoft Exchange
Windows
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Team Management
Active Directory, DNS
Customer Service
Microwave Links
Ethical Hacking
firewalls
cyber security
security
vulnerability assessment
Information Security

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Languages

Hindi
Intermediate
Urdu
Intermediate
English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Certified in Cybersecurity (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2023
Valid Until:
June 2026
Certified SOC Analyst (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2023
Valid Until:
May 2026
Seceon Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2022
Fortinet NSE 3 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2022
Valid Until:
December 2024
eJPT (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2021
CompTIA CySA+ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
Valid Until:
March 2024
Splunk Core Certified User (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2020
Awareness & Implementation Training (ISO 9001:2015 & BRC-7) (Training)
Training Institute:
BEMCON
Practical Approach to Management System Internal Auditing (ISO 19011:2011) (Training)
Training Institute:
BEMCON
Date Attended:
January 2018
Python 3 Tutorial course (Training)
Training Institute:
SoloLearn
Date Attended:
December 2019
ITIL 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019
Qualys Certified Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEHv10) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2018
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
MS: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 Development Introduction (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2016
20410: Installing & Configuring Windows Server 2012 (Training)
Training Institute:
Spectrum Training
Date Attended:
January 2015
Duration:
16 hours
CCNA Security (Training)
Training Institute:
Netmetric Solutions
Date Attended:
June 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Valid Until:
July 2018
NIIT Testing & Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Valid Until:
September 2013
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2013
Valid Until:
June 2018
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2013
Valid Until:
September 2013

Hobbies

  • Watching documentaries, Exploring new technologies
    Got First prize for documentary making at St Joseph's Degree and PG college