Ajay Mane
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced Cybersecurity Engineer with over 7 years in cybersecurity, specializing in EDR, DLP, WAF, and Email Security solutions. Proven track record in designing and implementing effective security measures while enhancing team awareness through training. Committed to proactive threat management and adapting to evolving security challenges. Strong ability to navigate complex security environments and deliver results.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cybersecurity Engineer
ANKO
Bangalore
12.2021 - Current
- Designed and implemented security solutions to stop different cyberattacks
- Responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and responding to email security incidents and alerts
- Designed and enforced custom prevention and detection policies, significantly reducing endpoint-based security incidents.
- Hands-on log analysis and interpretation of Firewall, EDR, Email, and DLP Endpoints
- Security event monitoring, analysis, and detection using CrowdStrike and WAF
- Implemented Imperva/Akamai WAF, leading to 50% reduction in web attacks.
- Led the consolidation of multiple Proofpoint tenants into a unified single-tenant environment to enhance email security posture.
- Onboarded over 50 websites to the WAF, increasing protection by 70%.
- Onboarded and fine-tuned multiple applications on Akamai WAF, significantly reducing P1/P2 web security incidents through rule optimization and bot mitigation.
- Designed custom WAF rules and rate-limiting policies to protect against OWASP Top 10 threats and automated attacks.
- Took ownership of critical web security incidents (P1/P2), leading root cause analysis and long-term WAF optimizations, recognized by application teams for incident reduction and faster recovery
- Monitored and responded to credential abuse, bot traffic, DDoS attempts, and brute-force attacks.
- Collaborated with application owners to whitelist legitimate traffic while blocking malicious requests.
- Created prevention policies on CrowdStrike to protect against different attacks
- Upgraded CrowdStrike Sensor versions to N-1 for enhanced features
- Onboarded multiple public-facing websites behind Imperva and Akamai WAF to protect against different attacks
- McAfee DLP Agents installed manually to protect against data breaches
- Generated SSL certificates and shared those certificates with application owners
- Designed and implemented custom WAF configurations, including Firewall Rules, Rate Limiting, Bot Management, and Managed Rulesets to protect internet-facing applications
- Enabled Advanced Bot Protection (ABP) feature on primary website to safeguard against Bot attacks.
- Owned P1/P2 endpoint incidents, leading containment, eradication, and post-incident remediation.
Cybersecurity Analyst
Softech Solution
Pune
08.2018 - 12.2021
- Monitored emerging threats and adjusted WAF rules to ensure robust protection across environments.
- Handled security incidents and delivered investigation reports to management.
- Designed and managed advanced WAF security policies using Imperva against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
- Conducted network activity monitoring to identify potential security threats.
- Performed email analysis with Proofpoint for enhanced phishing detection.
- Executed log analysis and manual threat hunting to strengthen security posture.
- Enabled Single Sign-On (SSO) for improved user access across applications.
- Possessed strong knowledge of network protocols and web technologies, including HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, and DNS.
- Analyzed security logs to detect malicious activity and potential breaches.
- Updated existing processes and procedures related to cybersecurity best practices regularly.
- Monitored user activities on the network for suspicious behavior or malicious activity.
- Developed and implemented security policies and procedures to protect the company's assets from unauthorized access.
- Learned about latest security threats from blogs and online publications.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
Pune University
Pune, India05.2018
Skills
- WAF security and cloud security
- Data loss prevention
- CrowdStrike and EDR
- Firewall management
- Email security with Proofpoint
- Intrusion detection and prevention
- Network security strategies
- Akamai WAF
- Log analysis techniques
- Microsoft Purview integration
- Security information and event management
- Extended detection and response
- Advanced bot protection
- Bot management strategies
- Application security
- DDoS prevention
- Data loss prevention techniques
- Artificial intelligence security
Certification
- CEHv11, Certified Ethical Hacker version 11, which demonstrates knowledge in ethical hacking and network defenses.
- PG. Certificate in Cybersecurity, Professional certificate in Cyber Security enhancing knowledge and skills in various security domains.
- AWS Certified Solution Architect- Associate, Certification that verifies proficiency in AWS architectural best practices.
Languages
- English
- Marathi
- Hindi
Timeline
Cybersecurity Engineer
ANKO
12.2021 - Current
Cybersecurity Analyst
Softech Solution
08.2018 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Engineering -
Pune University