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Ryan Desouza, Senior Network Engineer

Ryan Desouza

Senior Network Engineer

Warba Bank

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
16 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months

Senior Network Engineer at Warba Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since December 2010

 Spear-headed the Network and security infrastructure implementation;
 Successfully implemented Production and Disaster Recovery Datacenters;
 Assisting in Budgetary requirements, preparation of Maintenance Contracts & SLAs;
 Managing a team of 5 employees, consultants and vendors;
 Conducting Employee Performance Appraisals;
 Analysis and closure of Audit findings and non-conformities;
 Review of Security Hardening of Network and VoIP systems.
 Responsible for third level support for network related incidents;
 Responsible for the Implementation of New Projects.
 Member of Disaster Recovery Team of Coordinators.
 Member of the PCI compliance and ISO 27001 Implementation teams.
 Responsible for implementation and supervision over administrative tasks of the following:
 Datacentre Infrastructure setup
 Core Network and Branch networks
 Symantec Endpoint Security
 Banking Remote channel VPN connections for Central Bank network, Credit Card Network, Credit Information Network, Secured Payment Gateway network, Reuters Trading systems & SWIFT network
 Centralized Network Monitoring and Notification System
 VoIP network/ Video conferencing network  Security Hardening of LAN/WAN infrastructure
 Call Centre VoIP network & IVR system
 Core Firewalls, Perimeter firewalls and IDS/IPS, Network Sniffers/Analyzers
 Centralized AAA servers
 Hardware load balancers
 Remote Access VPN connections for secured remote connections
 Disaster recovery site Core network
 Disaster Recovery VoIP network

IT Officer at NBK Capital
  • Other
  • September 2007 to November 2010

 Led a team of 3 engineers.
 Co-ordinated with suppliers, vendors and consultants
Security/Network Supervision
 Configuration & Administration of Firewalls, Proxy Servers
 Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management
 Administration & Maintenance of WAN/LAN and VoIP Networks
 Setup and administered Channel IP sec VPNs
 Setup and administered Web Proxy, Antivirus and Endpoint Security Products
 Handling of System & Network Audits
 Security Hardening of LAN/WAN and VoIP Infrastructure
 Setup and Administration of Trading systems infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Fr. Conceicao College of Engineering
  • December 2002

Specialties & Skills

VoIP
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Team Supervision
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IT Infrastructure
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Network Security
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Core Network
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Network
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Security
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Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Certified Ethical Hacker (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2013
ITIL v3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
CISSP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Valid Until:
January 2018
COBIT, ITIL, ISO27001 (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute of Banking Studies
CCNP (Certificate)
CCNA (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Music