Gaurav Kumar
Security Consulting Engineer
Dubai,UAE
Summary
An enthusiastic information technology security expert with primary focus on security architecture design and security best practices/procedures. Expert in planning and designing reliable, Stable, and Secure Network Topologies that provide High Availability and Scalability. Ability to work part of a dynamic and progressive team to develop and operationalise the IT and Cyber Security solutions strategy and supporting propositions. I am self-motivated, goal-oriented and enjoy developing new skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
26
26
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Security Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
Dubai
10.2016 - Current
- Designing Converged networks for Enterprise/Service Provider Level Customer & Partners.
- Acted as a trusted advisor for customers & Partners and design solution specifically crafted for their need.
- Handled the biggest solution deployments in the MEA regions including events, Oil and Gas, Government, Armed forces, Airport, ISP etc.
- Carrying out Sales, Presales & hands-on technical trainings/presentations for partners and customer.
- Handling the presales technical consultancy for the EMEA Region.
- Provide remote and on-site Consulting, and Delivery expertise for high profile customers in EMEA region.
- Conduct technical reviews for Security Designs and Implementations.
- Perform analysis and diagnosis of highly complex networking problems.
- Act as a technical expert with other team members, as well as with other Cisco worldwide teams.
- Attend technical meetings with customers to define the requirements and design baselines.
- Assessing and providing Consultancy solutions, Security Audits, Reviews, policy implementation to Cisco's customer in the region.
- Build networks to resolve problems and compatibility issues and perform analysis of network designs and propose recommendation.
- Providing product-specific expertise in support of customer's engineering and operational requirements.
- Evaluate customer networks for performance, scalability, and security; and provide recommendations about improvements to network configurations and topologies to prevent problems before they occur.
- Responsible for designing, deploying, validating, and supporting effective security solutions that provide complete coverage and protection.
- Responsible for delivering a secure data center/DR with the help of Cisco integrated technologies model.
Network Specialist
Cisco Systems
Gurgaon
09.2014 - 10.2016
- Spent over 2 years 2 months in Cisco TAC.
- With around a year as technical lead for Sourcefire and remaining as a senior engineer in the security team.
- Was part of HTTS-SEC-WW team handling Cisco’s Elite customers like NASA, US Department of Defence, Facebook, Wells Fargo etc.
- Working as a TAC engineer assisted over a thousand Cisco’s customer configuring and troubleshooting their network.
- Configured Security Appliances ASA/PIX starting from initialization to completion of requirements.
- Assisting with configuration/issues of Identity Firewall, ZBF (zone based firewalls) IOS IPS and CBAC on Cisco Routers.
- Configuration of IPsec (IOS/ASA), SSL VPN (Client/Clientless), Easy VPN (IOS/ASA), CA (PKI), Remote Access VPN (IOS/ASA), and GRE over IPsec.
- Expert level knowledge of Ironport Web-Security and Email Security appliance.
- Tuning of IPS/IDS signatures for mitigating attacks, Endpoint security.
- Excellent understanding of Cisco ISE administration tasks and features.
- Responsible of maintaining TAC Lab for team to ensure devices available for recreates for customer issues.
- Trained Teammates and on different technology solutions.
Analyst
Prometric Testing Pvt. Ltd
04.2013 - 08.2014
- Real-time troubleshooting of complex and sensitive network related issues for testing centers across the world.
- Establish network priorities as they relate to the achievement of short and long-term business goals and objectives.
- Research on complex problems where analysis of situations requires in-depth fault analysis skills.
- Implemented security services, content filtering, and application-layer management using Palo Alto, Sophos UTM and Cisco Firewalls.
- Responsible for maintaining user account in AD for test sites providing rights and assigning users to appropriate groups.
- Responsible for developing security-related procedures and related metrics and contributes to the improvement and standardization of security systems across all of IT.
- Maintain an active understanding of industry practices for threat analytics and incident response.
Executive Network engineer
Sans Pariel connect Pvt Ltd
07.2011 - 07.2012
- Responsible for configuration, integration & management of Network and security appliance.
- Investigating, diagnosing issues to resolve all network/Security issues problems.
- Maintaining/Deploying pre-packaged software applications on the LAN.
- Responsible for monitoring network activities in form of logging and debugging the network traffic in order to make sure that devices are operating at an optimal level and meeting the security and capacity thresholds.
- Handling internet connectivity issues and ensuring high availability of business applications and web applications.
Education
Bachelor of Computer application, IGNOU - Computer application
NIELIT
5G Strategy, Certification Programme - undefined
Cornell University
Skills
Information Protection/Security
undefinedCertification
CISSP - Certified Information System Security Professional
Timeline
AWS Architect Associate
08-2021
DevNet Specialist - Security Automation
09-2020
CISSP - Certified Information System Security Professional
10-2019
CEH
12-2017
Security Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems
10.2016 - Current
CCIE Security
07-2015
Network Specialist
Cisco Systems
09.2014 - 10.2016
Analyst
Prometric Testing Pvt. Ltd
04.2013 - 08.2014
Executive Network engineer
Sans Pariel connect Pvt Ltd
07.2011 - 07.2012
5G Strategy, Certification Programme - undefined
Cornell University
Bachelor of Computer application, IGNOU - Computer application
NIELIT
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