Cyber Security Engineer
SysCons Computers LLC
Total years of experience :12 years, 9 Months
Worked in SysCons Computers LLC (Solution provider and system Integrator Company) as Advance Cyber Security Engineer for more than three years now.
Cyber Security Solutions Proof of Concepts, deployment and configuration of multiple security solutions which includes security for Advance Endpoint Protection, Sandbox integrated with Firewalls, Email Security Gateways, Public DNS Protection, Cisco Meraki Cloud controlled Wi-Fi, routing, switching and Security(SD-WAN), Cloud Security, Roaming Users Security and Wi-Fi.
Requirement Analysis, Solution Design, Deployment, Security and Handover processes monitoring and management - End to End Projects.
Implemented Solutions in Banks, Finance, Insurance, Construction, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Education, Logistics Companies in Middle East.
Established and Managed Security Operations Center (SOC), Offered and delivered incident response, information security, and cyber threat analysis as a service to the corporate companies.
Led the team of researchers to research on prevailing threats across the world and block IoCs and C&Cs before customers get the hit of zero-day attacks.
Signed-up Managed Security Solution Provider (MSSP) partner contracts with leading Cyber Security Vendors. Offered MSSP, SOC and Penetration Testing services to the customers.
Added products in Security solutions portfolio from different vendors, attained and increased partnership levels with Cisco, Carbon Black, Malwarebytes, Fortinet, Sonicwall, Cisco Meraki, and Microsoft.
Worked in IRSA, Govt of Pakistan as a Network Administrator on the project “DEVELOPMENT OF GIS/MIS CENTER AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TO ENHANCE THE CAPACITY BUILDING of IRSA “A project funded by the World Bank.
Installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of hardware and software related Infrastructure which includes Huawei Servers, Huawei S1700, Huawei S5700 layer 3 switches, Cisco next generation ASA 5520 firewall, Cisco Routers 2800, 3700, Cisco Catalyst Switches 2950, 2960, Cisco multi-layer switches 3550 and Huawei AP’s and Data Center.
Designing, deployment & troubleshooting L2/L3 TCP/IP, Multilayer Switching, QOS, Routing, VPN
Work with Project sponsor and project stakeholders for necessary project charter to outline project scope, delivery time frames, budget, and schedules and to define deliverables.
Coordination with various departments and ISPs, liaising and negotiating with users and project architects and maintaining quality standards as well as timely execution of day to day operations.
Configuration & Management of Core, Distribution and Access Network infrastructure of the organization
Configuration and Management of Company NOC and Datacenter
Management of routing protocols/switching mechanisms, network security, threats mitigation, VLANs allocation, IP subnets management, VPN solutions and ACLs as per HO and users’ requirements
LAN/WAN administration
Installation and Configuration of multi-vendor hardware which includes Huawei and Cisco.
Installation, maintenance, support and optimization of all network hardware, software and communication links.
Traffic Inspection and DPI of traffic against threats using ASA 5520.
Installation and Configuration of Huawei AP’s.
Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
Corporate customers Networks Troubleshooting and solution provision
Maintains and troubleshooting of both Primary and disaster recovery sites.
Maintains and troubleshooting of company layer 2 and layer 3 device infrastructures.
Provide Tier I support as per request from our various departments. Investigate and Troubleshoot issues.
Network Projects overall Management, Planning, and Executions.
Technical Management of Core, Distribution and Access Network infrastructure of the ISP
Configuration and Management of Company NOC and Datacenter
Technical Administration of BGP and IGP routing protocols
Configuration and Maintenance of BGP protocol with Upstream Providers (PTCL, and Nayatel)
Configuration of Cisco Routers (7200, 3800, 2800, 2600, 1800) Series using RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, Committed Access Rate (Rate Limit), IPSLA, Nating, ACL’s and Time-based ACL’s
Configuration of Cisco Manageable Switches and Multilayer Switches (2950, 2960, 3550, 4500) for enabling and configuring different switching technologies VLAN, Private VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Ether Channel and Security
Troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure of ISP
Configured and troubleshoot the connectivity on backend routers for customers internet link
VLANs and IP addressing management and documentation for the same.
Monitoring all Cisco equipment’s links using Nagios, MRTG, Net flow analyzer
Working on various scanning and sniffing tools like wireshawlk/Ethereal.
ISP Network Security design implementation using Cisco next generation ASA and Juniper SRX 240 H.
Responsible for designing and implementation of customer network infrastructure
Configure traffic shaping to optimize utilization for customers
General responsibilities including overall management of day-to-day administration and support activities, analysis, development and coordination/communication activities
Cisco Equipment’s Procurement and Vendor Communication
Upgrading and backup of IOS and configuration file
Configuration of IP SLA and CAR on ISP routers
Technical Management of ISP Core Network Operations
Corporate customers Networks Troubleshooting and solution provision
Technical Trainings to Corporate customers
Technical Projects presentation to inside and Client side
Site to site IPSEC, DMVPN, GRE Tunnel VPN and Remote Access VPN configuration and Troubleshooting
Security management of whole network by taking proper measures using VPN
Access Control list IP SLA, CBAC and Zone based policy, firewall Policy Based Routing and QOS configuration
Installation and Configuration of printers, scanners, network cabling, LAN, switches, AP’s.
Installation and Configuration of windows xp, windows 2000, Window 7, windows server 2008/2008R2
Installation and Configuration of Cisco layer 2 and layer 3 switches.
Installation and Configuration of active directory, Creation of users, Groups and design and implement group policy with different security measurements.
Installation and Configuration of (Huawei and Dell) server machines with Raid 5
Installation and Configuration of Cisco layer 2 2950, 2960, layer 3 3560 Switches.
Installation and Configuration of Cisco Routers 1800, 2600, 2800
IIS (Web server), windows server 2008
Design and implement Group policy for all Offices/Locations
Installation and Configuration of domain controller on windows server 2008 and Additional Domain Controllers
Design and implements redundant systems, policies and procedures for disaster recovery
Master in Computer Science with major in Communication & Networks
Math A, Math B, Physics
