Awesh Shaikh, Senior Analyst

Awesh Shaikh

Senior Analyst

Atos

Location
India - Mumbai
Education
Diploma, Electronic&telecommunication
Experience
5 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :5 years, 8 Months

Senior Analyst at Atos
  • India - Thane
  • My current job since August 2022

= Firewall: Configuring and administering Firewall rule base, NAT, SSL VPN, IPsec VPNs, policy routes, and clustering. Monitoring traffic logs through FMC, smart dashboard and fortigate dashboard. «Conducting packet-level troubleshooting. Coordination with OEM for resolving advanced issues Upgrading security firewall firmware based on 10S reviews. Executing calendar activities such as rule base reviews, failover testing, and addressing VA open points. © Websense Content Filtering: Proactively resolving daily user-related issues via the Websense Proxy appliance, configuring profiles in Websense Proxy, Analyzing real-time trattic to identity and address block, redirected URLs. Additionally generating user bandwidth and hits reports. « SecureSphere imperva: Performing daily operational task on WAF allowing or blocking file type, ip-address, URL parameter, Creating policy and installing certificate for sites, upgrading ios to stable version e Array: Administering the SSL VPN solution on the array VPN deployed in the clients infrastructure. Managing and creating SSL VPNs for LDAP and local users to enable remote access or resource access.
• (Cisco ESA: Managing and enforce email security policies based on security standard, Analyzing qurantine mail traffic. «SIEM Alsaac: Investigating and closing Critical & High severity alerts like Lateral movement, Threat Hunting, Blacklist IP communication. «Antivirus (Trend micro): Implementing USB, DLP, and dient machine policies. Analyzing endpoint security alerts and logs to detect and address potential threats. Taking necessary measures like isolating client machines and resolving non-updating client issues.

Security Engineer at Intertek India Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Thane
  • February 2021 to August 2022

© Managing the LAN environment, which includes the management of L2 and L3 switches, routers, and firewalls. + Maintaining and creating Daily Checklist report of Firewall status. «Deploying and managing Palo Alto Firewall, configuring and troubleshooting security policies, web application and content filtering, and addressing DNS and NAT issues. © Updating the Palo Alto Firewall to the latest and most stable version. + Configuring Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificates in Devices for SSL connection using XCA Software. Performing Firewall (FW) failover activity and conducting a review of the rule base. «Configuring switching technologies such as Spanning Tree Protocols, Inter VLAN Routing, and HSRP. + Working on op manager monitoring tools to check device status and link utilization. «Conducting VA by Using the Nessus scanner and Nmap tools to scan and analyze systems, networks, or applications for potential security weaknesses. «Initiating TAC support requests for Cisco, Red Hat, Palo Alto, and coordinating efforts in resolving escalated issues.

Network Engineer at Thakral One (Client-Dena Bank)
  • India - Thane
  • September 2019 to February 2021

«Managing the Data Center operations for Dena Bank at Ctrls Datacenters. «Managing the core network infrastructure of the banking sector, including more than 1800 branches. Proactively addressing and resolving connectivity and speed issues through troubleshooting measures. «Implementing and configuring a new branch router, securing network through device hardening for enhanced protection of network and security devices. «Implementing policies, configuring specific firewall ports, blocking restricted IPs on ASA Firewall and Checkpoint, and conducting backups for firewall, routers, and switches. «Upgraded the Checkpoint solution to the most recent and stable version available. © Manage hardware deployments, which involve tasks such as racking, cabling, and labeling.
• Participating in both major and minor network activities and collaborating with key service providers for the commissioning of new links.
• Giving connectivity form core switches as per CMR to servers/storage device. «Configuring and troubleshooting DHCP, IPsec protocols routing protocols such as Rip BGP, OSPF.

Support at Orient Technologies Pvt Ltd.
  • India - Thane
  • September 2018 to September 2019

«Remote monitoring of network and client end connectivity via various NMS Hindi tools such as flex master, zone director, telnet etc. * English «Accessing routers remotely via telnet installed in various operational cities * Marathi and assessing ping responses from serving access points, acting as client end devices. This is done to identify and address any issues related to connectivity or speed.
• Resolving network issues with coordination with NNOC team and if issues found at client end resolve it through coordination with field team by raising a ticket Siebel portal based on technical data. Remote access of switches to check if flapping exists. «Link utilization monitoring by using MRTG tools.

Education

Diploma, Electronic&telecommunication
  • at Maharashtra state board of technical
  • January 2024

NA

High school or equivalent, SSC
  • at Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
  • January 2024
Bachelor's degree, BE in Electronic & telecommunication
  • at University of Mumbai
  • January 2018

NA

Specialties & Skills

Firewall Administration
Web Security
IT Security
Network Security
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) SERVERS
FAILOVER
PING (NETWORKING UTILITY)
ROUTING PROTOCOLS
TROUBLESHOOTING (PROBLEM SOLVING)
DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL (DHCP)
ENDPOINT SECURITY
HARDENING
COMMISSIONING
COORDINATING

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

NSE4 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2024
Valid Until:
January 2028
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021
Valid Until:
February 2024

Hobbies

  • learning new technologies