Nirav Bhatt, Senior Security Engineer

Nirav Bhatt

Senior Security Engineer

Exceed IT Services And Training

Location
India - Pune
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
Experience
15 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months

Senior Security Engineer at Exceed IT Services And Training
  • Oman - Muscat
  • My current job since March 2018

I am functioning as a lead security consultant at the client site (Oman Arab Bank, Head Quarter in Muscat) for enterprise Cyber Security Solution management.
Primary includes:
• Reporting day-to-day status to IT Security head.
• Enterprise Cyber Security solution configuration, optimization and management
• Endpoint, Server and Email Security management
• Cyber incident detection, forensic and resolution
• Implement and manage PCI-DSS requirements
• Vulnerability management and resolution
• Technology Project management: manage creating RFQ up to production implementation and rolling out of solution and manage.
• Technical recommendation and product consultation
• Cyber Security SME, lead and provide regular training to engineers
• The SPOC for any cyber security incident at enterprise level.

Senior Consultant at Capgemini Technologies Services India Limited
  • India - Pune
  • April 2015 to November 2017

I have been functioning as Lead network consultant for a team of 10 SME
consultants.
Primary role includes:
-> Responsible for managing core datacenter network of shared infrastructure to
provide services to the customers.
-> Protected Capgemini’s Central Europe Datacenter customers against WannaCry
and Petya ransomware. Zero cyber incident logged.
-> SME for VPN technologies, ASA firewall, CSM, Nexus, PaloAlto firewall,
PaloAlto Panorama, DNS server (Infoblox), Cisco ACS, TrendMicro
TippingPoint IPS, Cisco Ironport (Email Security) and CA Monitoring tools (CA
Spectrum, CA Splunk, CA Performance Center).
-> Managing new technical projects, critical changes, drive quarterly maintenance
weekend changes, manage weekly CAB-TAB, a change approver, handling
technical escalations, project queries, design and implement new
services/technologies in datacenter, weekly meeting with other client delivery
teams, daily network meeting with leads.

System Lead at Tech Mahindra Limited
  • India - Pune
  • November 2013 to March 2015

Worked as a Lead Network Engineer for the client Credit Suisse for their NOC and managing a team of 5 engineers in shift. Worked for L3 level issues/tickets and solve them within SLA. I am working with technologies like Routing (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, QOS, ACL, WAN, VPN, etc), Switching (LAN/MAN, STP, VTP, HSRP/VRRP, EtherChannel, etc.), Cisco Loadbalancers (ACE, GSS), Riverbed Stealhead WAN optimizer, SMARTS - Network monitoring applications, QIP - DNS/DHCP application, ServiceNOW (SNOW) change management system, BMC Remedy - Ticketing tool, bringing up/new installation and integration of new devices (Routers, switches, firewall) in the network, weekly/daily changes in the network as per ITIL change cycle, daily call with client NOC managers from geographic locations (US, UK and Singapore) about the overall NOC concerns, issues, heightened awareness. And many other lead engineers responsibilities as per shift.

Senior System Engineer at Wipro Technologies Limited
  • India - Pune
  • December 2011 to November 2013

I have worked for the client BT (British Telecom) as Network Configuration Engineer. My role includes configuring and troubleshooting LAN/WAN, POP tunneling protocols, Leased lines for global customers, creating base configuration for the leased line, creating service configuration, commissioning and de-commissioning of circuits, maintaining BGP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, MPLS network with QoS service, PBR, Switching (Spanning Tree, etc, Port Security, etc.), troubleshoot customer outage, HSRP/VRRP, , AAA, Firewall, IPSEC VPN(Virtual Private Network), SSL VPN(Secure Socket Layer) MPLS VPN, All other VPNs, NAT, ACL, Route Filtering, Global customer solution, and providing network security.
I am working with network configuration and maintenance related tools like Tahiti, COT+, IVserve, Chameleon, eDCA, PPR, Test & TurnUp database, MPLS Ginnie, etc.

Member Technical Staff - ASIC at Sibridge Technologies Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad
  • India - Ahmedabad
  • June 2008 to August 2010

I am working as USB IP Developement + verification + Support Engineer.
My role includes understanding the clients request, effective & fruitful conversation with the clients, functional verification, bug finding, RTL fixing for the bug, releasing patch, CVS maintaining etc.
Adding new enhancement features to the existing USB cores, Write testbenches to verify them, create verification environment with Perl scripting, providing technical documents with full explanation and many more.

ASIC Design Engineer at Exsilicon Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2007 to May 2008

I worked as ASIC Design Engineer and was the module leader of Physical Layer of PCI Express project

List of modules designed:
I was involved in designing RTL for Link Training and Status State Machine (LTSSM which includes Detect state, Polling state and Power states (L0, L0s, L1, L2)), Byte striping and un-striping for 32 lanes, Receiver buffer with 32-bit input and 32-bit output and also verified it.

Debugging & Testbench writing: I have done debugging of all the modules which is designed by me. I have also written testbenches for complete LTSSM including all states and separate testbenches for all sub-states of LTSSM like Polling, Detect, L0, L0s Tx & Rx, etc. I have also written testbenches for complete physical layer top to bottom and verified design functionality.
I have helped my team members in logic design, writing testbenches and solving some critical issues in physical layer and other layers too.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
  • at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
  • June 2006

I have completed full time bachelor of engineering degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

Specialties & Skills

Firewalls
Switch Configuration
Routing Protocols
LAN WAN
Cisco Firewall, PaloAlto Firewall, Cisco CSM, PaloAlto Panorama, VPN, IPSec
TrendMicro TippingPoint IPS (Intrunsion Prevention System )
Routing, Switching, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, QoS, LAN Switching, STP, VTP, HSRP
Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K, 6K, 7K, 9K
Cisco ACS, AAA, Vasco Authentication Server, Safeword Authentication Server
Infoblox DNS Server, Infoblox DNS Firewall, DHCP, Domain registration, transfer
Cisco ACE loadbalancer, Cisco GSS Loadbalancer, A10 Loadbalancer
Cisco Ironport Email Security
TrendMicro ApexOne Antivirus
TrendMicro Deep Security
TrendMicro Complete Cyber Security Suit
Forescout NAC Solution - Network Access Control
CyberArk PAM - Privilege Access Management
TrendMicro EDR, Managed MDR, Deep Discovery Director
TrendMicro Email Security, ScanMail for Exchange Server
GoAnywhere MFT Solution - Managed File Transfer Solution
TrendMicro Deep Discovery Email Inspector, Deep Discovery Analyzer, Deep Discovery Inspector
Citrix VDI Solution

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Training and Certifications

CCNA, CCNP and CCIE Security Professional Full-Time Training (Training)
Training Institute:
TopGun Network Technologies Pvt Ltd
Date Attended:
August 2010
TrendMicro ApexOne Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2019
Valid Until:
May 2021
F5 Accredited Security Pre-Sales Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2017
Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) Exam - PAN-OS 6.1 Version (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
CCNA - Routing and Switching received from Cisco (License - CSCO12037348) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
September 2018
CCNA-Security Certification received from Cisco (License No - CSCO12037348) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
September 2018