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Waqar Ahmad, Sr. Information Security Engineer (SOC L2)

Waqar Ahmad

Sr. Information Security Engineer (SOC L2)·Ebryx

Qatar

Master's degree, Cyber Security

Work experience

Total years of experience: 9 years, 1 months

Sr. Information Security Engineer (SOC L2)

January 2021 - January 2022

Ebryx

Lahore, Pakistan

January 2021 - January 2022

Company industry:
Cyber & Network Security
Job role:
Information Technology

Security Engineer

January 2011 - November 2018

OCBC Bank

Singapore

January 2011 - November 2018

for the main Web DLP System at TISO-CTS.
✓ Implemented DLP security policies, analyzed DLP incidences,
Developed & documented the methodologies, BAUs & Run books
for DLP exceptions. Raised & got approved DLP exceptions & fine-
tunned and implemented DLP policies in secured Production
environment.
✓ Led the DLP Upgrade project for a secure Web Content System in
the Bank. Trained the CTS team for DL incidences investigations
✓ Worked in Cyber Technology Support (CTS) team on EDR
solutions like, TrendMicro, Symantec End Point, McAfee
Endpoint Protection (ePO), RSA ECAT & provided technical
support to SOC team.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Information Technology

Security Analyst

September 2015 - September 2016

Ebryx

United Arab Emirates

September 2015 - September 2016

Analyzed potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts
and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant
offences.
✓ Performed security analysis of network activity, monitors and
evaluates network flow on Alien Vault SIEM, Wireshark &
TCPDump for anomalies and detect malicious network activity.
✓ Took part in deployment of OSSEC (Host Based Intrusion
Detection System) for security monitoring, effective threat
detection, incident response and compliance.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Security Engineer

January 2001 - January 2001

Ebryx

United Arab Emirates

January 2001 - January 2001

Worked for a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) Ebryx Ltd.
in SOC (Security Operations Center) on 24x7 shifts basis.
✓ Conducted investigation & mitigation of security incidents from
the network SIEMs Qradar, Elk (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana)
Stack & Wazuh open-source security solution.
✓ Provided strategic direction & consultation on Cloud Security &
Analyzed, escalated, and assisted in remediation of critical
security incidents in cloud using cloud security platforms like AWS
Security, AWS GaurdDuty, AWS CloudTrail, AWS SecurityHub,
GCP Security and Cloudflare.
✓ Communicated with MSSP’s Clients regarding the severity of the
threat and recommendations for remediation to the customer
and other cyber security personnel through written and verbal
media.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

University of Bradford

December 2014

December 2014

Master's degree, Cyber Security

United Kingdom

University of Bradford

August 2012

August 2012

Bachelor's degree, Computing

United Arab Emirates

Skills

NETWORKING

Expert

MCAFEE

Expert

POLICY ANALYSIS

Expert

SYMANTEC PACKAGES

Expert

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Expert

UPGRADES

Expert

WEB SITE PRODUCTION

Expert

MONITORS

Expert

SECURITY ANALYSIS

Expert

BRIDGES

Beginner

Languages

English

Expert