Avinash V.
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Diploma of Education, Mathematics and Computer Science, Narayana Junior collage, SR Nagar
High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs, St. Marks Boys Town High School
Working as a TPM enabling cybersecurity services for public and private sectors by offering MDR, EDR and IDR Services.
Security Solutions Architect/Sr. Technical Program Manager, USDA, 2018-2022
Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security Services and Solution Architectecture
• Worked with technology leaders with strong record of success in partnering closely with top-level business and IT executives to design and deliver on technology strategies to meet business needs. Hands-on experience in leading teams to implement on tactical and strategic initiatives supporting architecture, application, and infrastructure solutions
• Business & Technology Consulting / Technology Transformations – Sales efforts, proposals, planning, designing, implementing and supporting the delivery of information technology systems and business solutions; including Cloud Platform Assessments, Business & Technology Transformation, and Operational Improvements.
• Technical Architecture – Experience in solution design and large scale system integration for new and existing systems supporting multiple agencies.
• Generated cloud strategy and cloud enablement deliverables for enterprise level consumers
• Implement Programs using Agile and Waterfall Methodologies
Currently working on delivering a managed platform for USDA agencies to consume services from Azure & Amazon Web Services. Design, Architect & Implement network and security for on premise and cloud solutions. Additionally being part of the team which is responsible to provide guidance for not only cost-effective consumption of AWS & Azure resources, but intelligent deployment of General Support Systems in the cloud using Infrastructure as a Code through Terraform and many other IaaC platform.
Senior Network Security Engineer/Program Management, USDA, 2015-2018
Description of Project Environment & Project Responsibilities:
• Lead Security Engineer supporting the USDA-NITC security infrastructure for their entire life cycle from design to operation to end of life phases.
• The support requires availability on 24/7 bases and covers system and incident monitoring, system/event analysis and detection, troubleshooting network issues.
• In this duty I performed the Modernization of legacies firewalls to Multi-vender (Fortigate Juniper SRX Firewall in Load Sharing Mode.
• In this position I migrated Nokia/Checkpoint R65, Juniper Netscreen 5400 firewalls to Juniper SRX 3600 and Juniper SRX 3600 to Fortigate 5101C Blade series and Fortigate 5101C to Fortigate 3700D Chassis.
• I am managing and engineering Fortigate 5101C, Fortigate 3700D, Checkpoint R75, Cisco ASA, Cisco FWSM, BMC Proactivenet, Solarwinds, IIS, AD, Juniper SA 6500, Juniper Pulse 7K Series, Akamai Security policies and implementation for SiteSheild, Security Sharepoint 2013, Mcafee ESM SIEM as well conduction routine vulnerability assessment and understanding penetration testing to fulfill recommendation.
• And currently working on cloud firewall modernization project from hardware infrastructure to commercial GOV Cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure, SAP, etc. With good understanding on IDS/IPS modernization to integrate FortiOS nextgen UTM IPSs with Cisco Sourcefire IDS/IPS.
• Redesigned DR Solution for Firewalls to accomplish live replication to our Disaster Recovery site.
• Ensure that all operational security controls are appropriately applied and managed and that systems within the control of the SOC have appropriate security controls in place in accordance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).
Description of Project Responsibilities: Implements, manages, and upgrades Firewalls & all security appliances. Provides security training, maintains and periodically updates Security Plan and Security Manual.
Senior Network Security Engineer, USDA, 2012-2015
☛ Role : IT Security Engineer
☛ Function: Information & Network Security
☛ Geo : USA
Day-to-Day Activities:
► Security Design
► Security Implementation
► Solution Designing
► Customer and End User Security Design and implementation
► Direct End User Penetration
► ITSM Processing
► Build and decommissioning Security networks including Proxy and VPN
► Maintain Manage Security back-ups
► High level security troubleshooting
► Maintain Manage SSL VPN with JUNOS Pulse, Network Connect on SA
► Assess products & solutions of Information & Network Security Vendors
Technologies working on:
► Firewall
► Proxy
► Load Balancer
► VPN (IPSec & SSL)
► Intrusion Detection (IDS) & Intrusion Prevention (IPS)
► DDoS
► LDAP
► End Point Security
► Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
► Network Access Control (NAC)
► Vulnerability Assessment & Management
► VmWare's Workstation
► Linux Workstation
► Visualization
► Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
► Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Hand-on Experience on the following Network Security Products:
► Juniper - Netscreen 5400, JUNOS SRX 3600, SA6500
► Fortinet's - Unified Threat Management, DDoS, NGFW, E-Mail Security, Wireless Security
► Checkpoint - IPSO R70, R65
► Cisco - ASA
Network Security Engineer, Wipro Technologies, 2009-2010
Network Security Engineering
Network Security, Wipro Technologies, 2009-2009
Network Engineering
System Engineering , Subject Matter Expert, Wipro Technologies, 2007-2009
Associate Support Group for outsourcing Infrastructure like LAN, WAN, Network, OS, Firewalls.
Skills
network security, networking, integration, it service management, itil, information security, cisco technologies, firewalls, vpn, service delivery, vmware, vendor management, disaster recovery, unix, incident management, leadership, it operations, ccna, windows server, active directory, dns, data center, project management, tcp/ip, operating systems, system administration, cisco security, checkpoint security, fortinet, deep packet inspection, juniper technologies, virtual private network (vpn), cisco systems products, juniper networks products, cloud computing, amazon web services (aws), microsoft azure
About
With over 15 years of experience in IT infrastructure, information security, compliance, and network engineering, I am a technical program manager at Meta, where I lead and deliver solutions for cross-functional programs from definition, design, implementation to launch. I build effective relationships with clients, team, and stakeholders along the way, and ensure unsurpassed customer service, dedication, positivity, and team orientation.
I have extensive experience in managing priorities, resourcing, schedules, and communication throughout the full project lifecycle. I am a subject matter expert in cloud computing services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), commercial and government cloud design and implementation, data center DR solution, and security auditing. I also hold CISSP and PMP certifications, and an active US security clearance. My specialties include implementing, configuring, and supporting network and security solutions for on-premise and cloud infrastructure, and proactively monitoring, identifying, and remediating information technology security vulnerabilities and intrusions. I am passionate about driving technology transformations and enhancing security and compliance for various sized project implementations.
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