OLUMIDE ASALU
Houston,TX
Summary
Dedicated and experienced PCI DSS Security Analyst with a strong background in ensuring the security and compliance of payment card data environments. Proficient in conducting assessments, implementing controls, and providing expert guidance to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information. Seeking a challenging role to contribute to the protection of payment card data and enhance organizational security practices.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PCI DSS Security Analyst
Baxter Clewis Consulting
04.2021 - Current
- Reviewed and documented security policies, procedures, and guidelines to align with PCI DSS requirements and be assessment ready, which allowed the company to meet financial projections
- Developed a strategic methodology for performing PCI DSS Assessment on a linux system, by identifying the documented penetration testing methodology, reviewing it to making sure it meets the PCI DSS applicable requirement, This reduced billable hours on 3rd party times by saving over $200k for the company
- Successfully handled a forensic review on windows servers against the server configuration standard of the organisation by looking at every system components to address security vulnerabilities in order to be PCI DSS Compliant.
Splunk Engineer
CTX Solutions Group
12.2018 - 03.2021
- Responsible for installing and configuring Splunk components following Splunk recommended best practices
- On-boarded data from different sources: Active Directory logs, Firewall Logs, routers, switches
- Installed Universal forwarders on endpoints and pointed them to the Deployment Server
- Deployed inputs.conf and outputs.conf to endpoints via the Deployment Server
- Created Serverclass on the Deployment server, added clients and associated with deployed apps
- Set-up test environment with Indexer Cluster of 3 peers, 2 heavy forwarders and 3 Cluster members
- Provided Splunk license management functions, set up license master and slaves, created pools from license stack
- Set-up a test environment to test data prior to pushing to production
- Configured Rsyslog server to write logs from network appliances to disk
- Configured heavy forwarder to monitor logs from Rsyslog server
- Created Bash script to delete archived syslog data
- Installed Technical Add-ons; “Splunk Add-on for Linux and Unix” and “Splunk Add-on for Windows” to parse logs on the Heavy Forwarder
- Resolved data on-boarding issues with indexers and Universal Forwarders by conducting root cause analysis, resolved and documented lessons learned
- Optimized searches for better performance, search time and index time extractions using regex in props.conf, transforms.conf
- Used regex to create field extractions, and SED function to anonymize data
- Utilized stats, eval and its functions, timechart attributes to create and configure management reports and dashboards
- Created alerts to detect unusual user login behavior
- Integrated real-time data between Splunk Enterprise and databases using Splunk DB Connect
- Performed data manipulations and analytics with eval command and its functions, Lookups and calculated fields to make data more understandable and easier to use
- Created alerts for real time user account monitoring for failed logins, malicious account usage
- Developed interactive dashboards using HTML to monitor production phases
- Built data models that enabled Splunk users to seamlessly create reports based on their needs
- Determined proper materials needed for use in certain projects
- Conducted root cause analysis on component failures.
Splunk Admin/Developer
03.2015 - 12.2018
- Provided support and maintained Splunk Infrastructure in Windows and Linux environment
- Installed Splunk components, Splunk TA's like “Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux”, “Splunk Add-on for Windows Infrastructure” to ingest and parse customer logs to be CIM compliant
- Created alerts for real time user account monitoring for failed logins, malicious account usage
- Developed interactive dashboards using HTML to monitor production phases
- Built data models that enabled Splunk users to seamlessly create reports based on their needs
- Created macros for frequently used searches to improve productivity
- Monitored applications and server infrastructure for optimization, performance and utilization metrics
- Created shell scripts to install universal forwarders on hosts
- Managed user accounts and access control policies
- Disk space management for system optimum operation
- Create Splunk custom Queries, reports and visuals
- Understand data visuals and correlate into visuals report
- Debugging and implementing robust applications
- Writing effective and scalable python codes.
Linux Systems Administrator
Maser Ridge Technologies
12.2012 - 02.2015
- Managed resource usage, troubleshooting routine automated maintenance and system backup processes
- Executed system-related operations, including off-hour maintenance
- Maintained existing programs/scripts and extended Linux system functionality as needed
- Assisted in updating existing Linux systems to meet business demands
- Installed, configured and maintained the Linux operating systems using Infrastructure-as-Code methods
- Performed and applied ongoing patching(Solarwinds and Nagios) of Linux operating systems
- Advised management on Linux capacity and performance planning
- Ensured compliance with security standards and patching strategy
- Analyzed and resolved problems related to Linux hardware, operating systems, network, and software
- Worked closely with Platform, Middleware, and Applications teams to ensure the integrated systems worked reliably and efficiently
- Answered questions related to the set up and installation of the Linux ecosystem
- Diagnosed, troubleshooted and resolved hardware, software and other network and system problems
- Maintained and administered computer networks and related computing environments
- Planned and implemented network security measures to protect data, software and hardware.
Education
Associate Degree - Law
University of Jos
Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.Skills
- PCI DSS Compliance
- Network Security
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Penetration Testing
- Security Auditing
- Incident Response
- Security Controls Implementation
- Policy Development
- Risk Assessment
- Technical Documentation
Certification
Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin | CompTIA Security+
Timeline
PCI DSS Security Analyst
Baxter Clewis Consulting
04.2021 - Current
Splunk Engineer
CTX Solutions Group
12.2018 - 03.2021
Splunk Admin/Developer
03.2015 - 12.2018
Linux Systems Administrator
Maser Ridge Technologies
12.2012 - 02.2015
Associate Degree - Law
University of Jos
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