Sayyad Arij Qamar, Senior Security Consultant

Sayyad Arij Qamar

Senior Security Consultant

DUROOB TECHNOLOGY

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Software Engineering
Experience
21 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 3 Months

Senior Security Consultant at DUROOB TECHNOLOGY
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2005

Accomplishments:
- Ensured seamless and smooth experience for end users by following Agile and
DevOps principles and practices
- Eliminated misuse of credentials by securing critical applications access by
implementing CA SiteMinder for single sign-on with Windows integrated authentication
and SAML-based partnership with a third-party biometrics Identity Provider (IdP)
- Drastically reduced help desk costs and dramatically reduced time for onboarding new
employees (from months to days) by implementing CA IdentityMinder for automating
self-user registration and self-user password reset solutions
- Greatly facilitated the client with a powerful tailor-made web-based reporting
application, for self-user registration and self-password requests, with deep visibility
including feature to track request status and view reports based on individual sectors and locations
- Equipped a sensitive government client with a much needed and long-awaited auditing solution to follow-up on misuse of authority by implementing a SIEM solution using CA User Activity Reporting Module (CA UARM)
- Secured servers access by controlling and limiting remote sessions with multi-factor authentication and managing privileged accounts by implementing CA ControlMinder and CA Privileged Access Manager
- Enabled the client to classify and effectively control flow of sensitive and complex data from removable devices and email by implementing a data protection solution using CA Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Empowered the client to avert potential disasters and avoid SLA breaches by proactively monitoring applications bottlenecks by implementing an Application Performance Monitoring solution with CA APM
- Secured desktops using strong authentication solution with DFR-500 Biometric devices from L1 Identix

IT Security Consultant at COMPUTER ASSOCIATES
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2004 to October 2004

- Established a mechanism to centrally provision/de-provision organization users by implementing an Identity and Access Management solution with CA eTrust Admin with MS Active Directory, RACF and a custom endpoint
- Developed a custom plugin/connector in C++ for an in-house application

Software Engineer at AppXS PVT. LTD
  • Pakistan
  • May 2002 to September 2003

Accomplishments:
- Designed the network module in C++ dedicated to delivering all required data from the
Karachi Stock Exchange to the company’s servers
- Created an Electronic Communications Network (ECN), using Java, to facilitate trading
of equities among stock exchanges.

Education

Master's degree, Software Engineering
  • at Pakistan AirforceKarachi Institute of Economics and Technology (PAF-KIET)
  • May 2003

Specialties & Skills

Identity & Access Management
Communication Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Arabic
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

eTrust IdentityMinder Web Advanced 300 Accredited Professional (Certificate)
CA SiteMinder Federation Security Accredited Professional (Certificate)
CA SiteMinder r6 Advanced 300 Accredited Professional (Certificate)