IT Security & Solutions Specialist
Taqat Technologies
Total years of experience :12 years, 4 Months
• Handling Pre-Sales, Post-Sales and support activities for McAfee, FireEye, Proofpoint, Riverbed & Flowmon products
• Build Project HLD, LLD & Implementation Documents
• Conduct Proof-of-Concepts
• Build customer technical proposals, solution and RFP response documents
• Meet the clients for gathering their requirements
• Prepare products presentation, manual and demos
• Helping customers to protect against Email Frauds and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks by implementing DMARC and Email Fraud defense solutions.
• Performing email security assessments at customer network to make sure security gaps are identified and resolved in a proactive way.
• Introducing emerging technologies to customers such as Web Isolation, Software Defined Perimeter, Artificial Intelligence.
K.A.CARE is one of the largest security project I did from the group up until the project accomplished. The project included many security technologies such as Endpoint Security, Web Security, Email Security, APT Protection, Server Security, Database Security. After the project delivery, I was assigned as a Resident engineer by Taqat Technologies for the daily operations and management of the security technologies for almost 3 years. My core responsibilities included but not limited to the below:
• Administration and daily operations of IPS, Email Gateways, Web Security Gateways, Endpoint and Server Security Solution to ensure that security controls are functioning correctly
• Working on Advanced Persistent Threat prevention for both Email and Web Attack vectors.
• Vulnerability Assessments and remediation
• Working on Information security standards and best practices
• Malware Hunting and Incident response
• Research and Development and POCs of new & emerging information security technologies, NGFWs, Endpoint Advanced Threat Prevention, Web Application Firewall etc.
• Build Project HLD, LLD & Implementation Documents
• Conduct Proof-of-Concepts
• Build customer technical proposals, solution and RFP response documents
• Meet the clients for gathering their requirements
• Prepare products presentation, manual and demos
• Installation, Configuration & Troubleshooting McAfee Email Gateway
• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting McAfee NSP
• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of McAfee ePO
• Installation of Fire Eye Email MPS, Web MPS and CMS Products in the customer network
• Performing Vulnerability Assessment and PCI Scanning using Qualysguard Solution
• Performing Quarterly Health Checkups for McAfee Endpoint Environment with 5000+ endpoints.
• Provide support to customer by opening tickets with vendor if required.
• Worked as a Technical Project Coordinator with the Riverbed Professional Services Team to install & configure Riverbed WAN Optimization Solution.
• Installation and Configuration of McAfee Endpoint/Server Products, Virus Scan Enterprise, Endpoint Security 10, HIPS, and Site Adviser with Web Filtering, Endpoint Encryption, File and Folder Encryption, McAfee Security For Microsoft Exchange, McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint and Database Security.
• Nexthink User Behavior analysis - Presales and Post Sales
Major Projects Accomplished:
Endpoint Security: Saudi Broadcasting Company, National Water Company, K.A. CARE, Ministry of Commerce and Investment (MCI)
Email Security: Riyad Bank, NADEC, K. ACARE, Bank Al Rajhi, ARASCO, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH)
Network Monitoring: K.A.CARE
Multi-factor Authentication: JHAH
WAN Optimization: Ministry of Health
Web Security: JHAH, K.A.CARE
IDPS: K.A.CARE
APT Protection: Dr.Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, K.A.CARE, JHAH
Password Management: Saudi Railway
• Working on Webroot Anti-malware Enterprise Solution & WebSpy Employee Web Reporting and Network Analysis.
• POCs of Gateprotect UTM Firewalls
• Designing Solution and High level architecture.
• Providing consultative product and solution expertise.
• Providing consultative product and solution expertise.
As a Network Engineer responsibilities included:
• Installing and Configuring Cisco Routers
• Installing and Configuring Cisco Switches (2950, 3650, 3750, 4500, 6500)
• Troubleshooting Routing and Switching issues.
• Maintained LAN environment using manageable and non-manageable switches.
• Switching related tasks include implementing VLANS, port security features on catalyst switches.
• Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists, Distributed-Lists, and Route Maps.
• Implemented spanning tree features Rapid-PVST, PVSTP, MSTP features.
• Troubleshooting and configuring the switching (VLANs, VTP, Ether channel Layer 2 &3, Trunks).
• Troubleshooting the LAN and WAN Network issues.
• Autonomous system integration via BGP with ISPs, Improved routing efficiency using route-maps.
• Configured authentication of routing protocols like OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP using MD5 hash encryption.
• Performed redistribution of OSPF to enable communication with backbone.
• Upgrade Cisco Routers and Switches IOS using TFTP.