Huzaifa Amjawala, Cloud Security Engineer - II

Huzaifa Amjawala

Cloud Security Engineer - II

AWS

Location
Australia - Melbourne
Education
Bachelor's degree, CCNP Routing & Switching
Experience
12 years, 0 Months

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Cloud Security Engineer - II at AWS
  • Australia - Melbourne
  • My current job since January 2022

Part of the AWS Support Engineering team assisting Enterprise and Business customers in Security domain services
• Work on critical, highly complex problems for the customers that span multiple cloud computing services in the security domain such as IAM, ACM, KMS, Cognito etc
• Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide unique solution to AWS customers needs.
• Troubleshoot cloud deployments, recreate customer issues and build proof of concept applications
• Drive customer communication during critical events.
• Educate customers on the shared security model and assist them to secure their cloud environment
• As a quality communications champion within AWS, assist and train members on the team in providing quality customer communication
• Leverage Feature Requests to provide the voice of the customer to internal AWS teams.
• Field and manage technical issues via phone, chat and email.
• Maintain deep working knowledge of groundbreaking cloud computing technologies.
• Write tutorials, how-to videos and other technical articles for the AWS support community.

Senior Security Engineer at CENITEX
  • Australia - Melbourne
  • November 2019 to January 2022

Part of the Operational Security Team providing security services to many Government departments across Victoria
• Project engineer for deployment of Forescout NAC solution
• Providing L2/L3 support for Security related Incident response
• Threat monitoring and response based on SOC monitoring alerts and Splunk logging system
• Configuration and Management of Mail and Web security tools including Bluecoat, Zscaler, Proofpoint TRAP
• Configuration and Management of endpoint security tools including Cylance, McAfee ePO, McAfee NSM IPS
• Manage PKI/SSL Certificates and Infrastructure
• Assist multiple internal departments in Project deployment tasks

Senior Network & Security Engineer at Kuwait Investment Authority
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2015 to September 2019

Responsible for entire network architecture and IT Security for KIA spanning across five branch sites and a Disaster recovery site
• Configuration and Management of network security systems including Cisco ASA Firepower, Palo Alto firewall and Bluecoat SG Proxy
• Manage network policies, design and configuration from Core to Access layer including WAN links, VPNs and Wireless network
• Manage Email Security Gateways including ProofPoint, TrendMicro IMSS and Microsoft ATP
• Configuration and management of Cisco ISE, Cisco AMP and Oficescan
• Configuration of A10 Loadbalancer for Email systems, Intranet and application servers
• Management of Microsoft Exchange, Active directory, Virtualization environment, Veeam backup and storage. Financial applications like Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters
• Monitoring entire Network, Servers and applications performance and availability using Solarwinds and Microsoft System Center
• Liaise with external and internal Penetration testers and IT auditors, fix security vulnerabilities and loopholes
• Research, test and deploy new products in Networking and IT security for the company
• Installation and Management of Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters application servers
• Involvement with the management in Budgeting, Financial planning, goals and future planning for the IT Department
• Preparing and studying RFPs, quotations, contract requirements and conditions, support etc. with diferent suppliers and vendors for KIA

Network Engineer for KOC at ZAK SOLUTIONS
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • April 2015 to August 2015

• Configuration, Deployment and Troubleshooting for KOC fiber based Private security network connecting more than 100 locations all over Kuwait
• Coordinate with the customer (KOC) and their consultants (DDK) to configure and modify the network as per customers needs and designs
• Perform Performance testing and Commissioning testing for newly completed sites based on KOC consultants requirement
• Responsible for all Cisco equipment from Core layer to Access layer, equipments including Core Router 7600-S, edge switch ME3600X and access switch 2960S
• Monitoring and configuring all fiber links interconnecting diferent sites and links within each site
• Visit diferent customers and projects of ZAK solutions for troubleshooting and support

Field Service Engineer at ITT EXELIS
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2012 to March 2015

• Responsible for Tactical VHF Radio Network operations for the Kuwait Armed Forces
• Operationally maintain 3682 radio systems, Spearhead radios and GPS tracking network using Sincgars Tactical Battle Management Systems (STBMS)
• Responsible for configuration and maintenance for the IT Network infrastructure for Exelis ofice and workshop inside Kuwait army base
• Conduct site surveys and provide field support during army exercise
• Operate with team of engineers in all technical and administrative duties
• Responsible for ofice, warehouse, and electronic workshop inventory, operations and maintenance
• Responsible for delivering and maintaining accurate reports to satisfy industry requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree, CCNP Routing & Switching
  • at Self
  • October 2024

CCNP R&S Certified

Bachelor's degree, CCIE ROUTING AND SWITCHING
  • at CISCO
  • August 2024

CCIE ROUTING AND SWITCHING

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • at University of Pune
  • June 2024

Bachelor of Engineering

Bachelor's degree, CCNA
  • at Cisco
  • May 2024

CCNA Routing & Switching

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's Degree In Electronics Engineering
  • at PUNE UNIVERSITY
  • July 2011

Specialties & Skills

Networking
active directory
windows server
microsoft exchange
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert CCIE
Firewalls
firewall
INFRASTRUCTURE
MANAGEMENT
AMAZON WEB SERVICES
CLOUD COMPUTING
DISASTER RECOVERY
FINANCIAL PLANNING
INCIDENT RESPONSE
LEVERAGE
LOGGING (CONSTRUCTION)
NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Gujarati
Expert

Memberships

Kuwait Leaders Toastmasters Club
  • Secretary
  • December 2013

Training and Certifications

ITIL Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018
Palo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2018
CCIE ROUTING AND SWITCHING (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2018
CCNP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Valid Until:
March 2011