Vipul Sharma
San Diego,CA
Summary
Ambitious Cyber Security Consultant committed to formulating innovative solutions to challenges while optimizing processes. Polished in developing and implementing security plans and procedures and developing strategies to respond and recover from security breaches. Logical and analytical leader familiar with security tools and technologies such as firewalls and proxy servers. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Cyber Security Engineer
Visa Inc
07.2021 - 09.2023
- Interface with users, technicians, engineers, vendors and other Technical Maintenance personnel to install, update and debug automated systems
- Ensure products and systems comply with cyber security standards and practices
- Develop test routines and monitoring solutions
- Plan, execute and oversee remediation activities for valid vulnerabilities which are identified using Application Scanning tools such as Qualys
- Experience with application scanning to identify security vulnerabilities in the web application and architectural weaknesses
- Effectively communicate with Business Operations and other functional areas on web application vulnerabilities
- Adjust permissions, access-lists, file shares, and any other access control mechanism in place
- Troubleshoot and document network security incidents
- Produce and present security reports for management
- Monitor and analyze network security data
- Assisted in leading compliance assessments of relevant cybersecurity frameworks
- Remain informed on trends and issues in the security industry, including current and emerging technologies and policies
- Daily assessment of vulnerabilities identified by infrastructure scan
- Prioritizing vulnerabilities discovered along with remediation timeline(s)
- Send and receive notifications to the SMEs of vulnerabilities within the environment
- Interaction with multiple global teams (security architecture, penetration testing, application development, Risk Officers, etc.)
- Provide reporting and analysis and follow up, vulnerability analysis and produce reports for management
- Collecting, assessing, and cataloging threat indicators
- Internal Network Vulnerability Assessments to enhance the Information Security culture of an organization through identifying, analyzing and reporting the gaps which may be used to threaten the CIA of information
- Analyzing vulnerability using scanning tools (QualysGuard) provided to us by our client to remove false positives before creating and delivering a final report
- Monitored and researched Cyber Threats with a direct & indirect impact to the organization internally
- Participating in security device management (e.g., SIEM, IPS, IDS, DLP, etc.) focusing on generating configuration requirements, review efficiency, and change management
- Performing log reviews assessing potential issues and initiating actions as appropriate
- Actively participating in all aspects of the incident response process including first response
- Receiving and reviewing alert notifications, filtering and prioritizing as needed, then responding as appropriate
- Maintaining the list of approved policy exceptions, performing periodic reviews of expiring exceptions
- Participating in internal and external audits and assessments and providing support as appropriate
- Performing ad-hoc information security requests or additional duties as assigned.
- Authored security and vulnerability reports, detailing logged incursions and suggesting remediation efforts.
- Worked with business partners to balance requirements, security and risk reduction.
- Engaged business and technology stakeholders to gather goals and requirements.
Education
Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance -
National University
02.2021
Bachelors in Computer Science -
Osmania University
05.2018
Skills
- Networking, Packet Analysis (tcpdump, Wireshark)
- Active Directory
- Vulnerability Assessment/ Management
- Splunk, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Nexpose, Qualys
- OWASP, SANS Top 25
- PCI DSS, NIST Frameworks, ISO 270001
- Java, Python, JavaScript
- WIndows/ Linux
- TCP/IP
- Firewalls/IPS/IDS
Certification
CEH- Certified Ethical Hacker May '24
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Cyber Security Engineer
Visa Inc
07.2021 - 09.2023
Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance -
National University
Bachelors in Computer Science -
Osmania University