Lead Specialist, Information Security
MARAFIQ
Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months
-Leadership of staff within the Information Security department.
-Leadership and strategic direction for the department, ranging from planning and budgeting.
-Liaison with and offers strategic direction to related governance functions.
-Leads the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of the Information Security Management System based on Information Security Standards.
-Governs and authorizes the implementation of necessary information security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines, in conjunction with the Security Committee.
-Design and operation of related compliance monitoring and improvement activities to ensure compliance both with internal security policies and applicable laws and regulations
-Commissions suitable information security awareness, risk assessment, business continuity management and IT Disaster recovery.
* Security System Analyst at Advanced Petrochemical Co. - Jubail . May 2011 - Jan 2014. My Duties including:
- Information Technology Policies and Procedures.
- IT Security management & Audit.
- Symantec Antiviruses server Administration.
- Symantec Mail Exchange Security Admin.
- Multi-Homing Subnet Admin.
- Public IP’s Management.
- Linux Services Server Admin.
- Servers Security Management.
- Bluecoat Proxy Administrator.
- Bluecoat Reporter Administrator.
- Packet Shaper Administrator.
- McAfee IPS Administrator.
- McAfee E-mail Gateway Administrator.
- Arc Sight Management.
- Firewall (ASA) Admin.
- PenTest ( Internal & External).
- Bandwidth Monitoring & filtering.
- Systems Penetration Testing
* IT System Analyst at Tasnee Petrochemical Co. - Jubail . July 2010 - May 2011. My duties including:
* Blue Coat Proxy security & administration.
* ISO Documentation.
* Servers security updates.
* Windows security update server.
* BlackBerry server administration.
* Sophos Administration.
* Websense administration.
* Information technology Audit.
* IT Associate Consultant at Crown Consultant Inc -Chicago October 2009 - May 2010.
-Supporting Help desk web based ticket generator software ( FootPrints and Worker) .
-Backup UWSP-HDDs using Bacula S/W and imaging software.
-Supporting Windows XP, Vista, Linux, Dos-based S/W.
-Following up Hardware & software warranty with ( Gateway, HP and Dell).
-Support UWSP-Wireless users.
-Supporting gateway and HP notebooks.
-Supporting UWSP-Faculty with (RAS, VPN, Remote Desktop).
-SQL server for backup lists.
-Supporting Desktop applications ( MS-Office 2003, 10, Open office and varied Graphics software).
-Coordinating with IT technical support including - Systems & servers, Networking and management.
* User Support Supervisor at Royal Commission for Jubail ( Al-Fanateer Hospital) . Dec 2002 - March 2003 my duties included: -
* Coordinating with Technicians to troubleshoot PC's & W/S's and peripherals problems.
* Provide flow-charts and tasks procedure activities.
* Management over Helpdesk system Technicians.
* Management over Hardware and software Inventory, Warranty and licenses of all PC's and peripherals.
* Providing reports and documents for all above activities.
* Prepare policy and procedures for all user support activities.
* Monthly Back up over UNIX platform.
* Designing User Support and apply documentation system -oriented.
* Personnel Specialist at Al-Fanateer Hospital - (temporary)
* M.S in Information Technology, Loyola University Chicago-USA.
* B.S in Computer Information Systems, University of Wisconsin-USA.
* Diploma in Computer Systems and Networking Technology, Herzing College, Canada.
