Ashutosh Gautam

Supporting tier clients such as telecos, bank, University on Network/Systems security. The role includes, but isn't limited to, creating BoQs, RFPs and consultancy service for client. Also, acting as a SME for specific field such as Linux, Linux security, Unix, storage, Cisco and Check Point firewall.

As a major offshore powerhouse for rapid web development, prototyping and consulting service, the company hold a good six figure remuneration during my tenure. I worked as a consultant for a Linux Blade server that housed potential client lead, local Asterisk Database and ensured that all the services were up and running.

My job requires a constant diligence against the constant IT infrastructure threats lurking the internet realm. Partly, strictly not technical, also requires me to fight with the good side of the force.

A strong supporter of Jedi principle, equipped with pretty exhaustive tech experience - Linux, Unix, Programming \[Python | Perl | Bash\], having required to use it pretty much into my daily chores of IT infrastructure tuning and Network optimization.

Currently, I am employed by Astral Computers Nepal Pvt limited, a sister organization of Thakral One Pte Singapore. I currently lead the infra security market, with proven experience of support, management, RMA handling for my tier 1-3 clients.

My proud moments which I want the world to know is my constant balance and diligence pertaining to my field of job - Infrastructure security - is that I am constantly taken as a part of Global IT infra team of my company where I happen to analyze the constant APTs, threats and chores that lurk the current internet landscape. I am known to write many shell scripts, mostly on Bash, Perl and Python to automate and fine-tune the IPS, DDoS equipment which has been deployed under our customer premises. This, however, also means that I look after the day-to-day administration tasks, such as my support role on Enterprise grade Routers, switches, firewalls and DDoS(Security Analytic) equipment.

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Support the Network/Systems paradigm, thus enabling a smooth functioning partners/client money transfer. Responsible for maintaining the Aspros remittance software wherein employees make a remittance record, update/delete the record, as permitted, and make transparent management clarity for funds transfer/withdraw. I am also responsible for maintaining/supporting a redundant network, connected to QCB (Qatar Central bank) - a VPN tunnel dialled from our office terminating to QCB firewall/intermediary device. Responsible for creating/modifying tables/triggers/routines/procedures pertaining to official remit with partners round the globe, few of them, which include Bangladesh bank, Bank of Philippines, Pravu remit and few other institutions. Few other duties includes, which are, but not limited to:
 Providing end-user support for office employees, reducing down-times with soft-skills such as manual scripting against malwares using Windows Batch, Linux scripts, Perl and python.
 Tuning, optimizing and maintaining a local Cisco router, placed as a tier-2 for users by maintaining an access-list to control the port-usage.
 Maintaining a Linux firewall, as a tier-1, by introducing packet-filters such as iptables, ipfw, thereby controlling the behaviour of users.

As a temporary consultant for HP servers whose sole aim was to deploy a reliable MySQL clusters, my primary job was to consult the client with the highly available cluster scenario. I had the job to tune, maintain and fine tune the triggers to sustain the high-volume traffic that traversed the clusters. Also, I tuned the internal VMs with BPF(Berkley Packet filters) such that to protect the integrity of running machines from outsiders.

Instructing engineering students on Cisco technology. Also focussing on security, network designs and best practices.