AKSHAY ADARKAR
Senior Consultant
Mumbai
Summary
IT Professional and Technology enthusiast with 5+ years of work experience in understanding of Antivirus,Firewall Policies and Knowledge of Cyber Security products like Symantec Endpoint Protection,F5 WAF ,EDR,Palo Alto Firewall.Checkpoint Firewall, Kaspersky Antivirus, Proxy,Endpoint DLP,Wireshark
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2026
2026
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Consultant (Cyber Security Engineer)
Ernst & Young (EY)
02.2024 - Current
- Configure, update, and fine-tune security policies in WAF to mitigate OWASP Top 10 threats (XSS, SQL, CSRF, etc.).
- Analyze WAF logs, attack signatures, and violations, block malicious traffic, and respond to security incidents.
- Implement Bot Defense, Rate Limiting, CAPTCHA, and Geolocation blocking to prevent automated attacks
- Manage SSL offloading, certificate renewals, and cipher suites
- Designed and implemented customized DLP policies in Forcepoint DLP to protect sensitive data across multiple platforms (e.g., endpoints, cloud, and network)
- Defined data protection rules for specific data types (e.g., PII, financial records, intellectual property) based on business needs
- Set up policy rules for monitoring and preventing data leakage during email transmissions, web traffic, and removable storage
- Worked with security teams to investigate and resolve policy violations, reducing false positives
- Created and customized DLP policies in Trellix (formerly McAfee) to align with corporate data protection strategies
- Configured monitoring, blocking, and encryption rules for high-risk data interactions across email, web traffic, and endpoints
- Managed and triaged security incidents in Netskope, escalating critical issues to appropriate teams and ensuring timely resolution
Senior Executive (Cyber Security Engineer)
Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
10.2022 - 02.2024
- Ability to quickly acquire and utilize knowledge on new technologies and solutions, emerging threats and vulnerabilities
- Performing necessary checks, apply monitoring tools and respond to alerts
- Operations Carry out Security Platform Operations and some skills on incident management including but not limited to Log source/servers/end points on-boarding and de-boarding Validate log status of each log source (sending/not-sending) Manage other activities such as port opening, connectivity establishment etc
- Working on F5 WAF from onboarding Application to moving the application in Blocking mode onboarded more than 50 applications
- Managing Big IP and BIG IQ
- Good knowledge of proxy (ContentKeeper) for URL filtering, Monitoring and troubleshooting live traffic & applying policy as per requirements in proxy
- Managing Palo Alto & Checkpoint Firewall ACL, troubleshooting & Port opening request
- Performing Vulnerability Assessment
- Managing EDR policies and security configuration for end users
- Preparing reports and configuring Weekly reports of EDR
- Blocking of IOC’s at security devices such as Firewall, EDR, Proxy
- Knowledge of various enterprise operating system (OS) configurations and management tools for use during deployment, configuration, and management of EDR solutions
- Upgrading security tools OS & versions of respective device
- Experience using ticketing systems for tracking (JIRA, Servicenow, Sapphire, Microfocus SMAX)
- Good understanding of web applications, web servers, application firewalls, frameworks and protocols with respect to web application development, and operation
- Experience in exploiting web apps and web services security vulnerabilities including cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, SQL injection, and API attacks
- Creating and Finetunning DLP policy
Endpoint Security Analyst
Primus Global Technologies Pvt.Ltd
07.2021 - 10.2022
- Working on F5 WAF On-Boarding Application and moving the application to prevent mode as per whitelisting required from Application team, Live signature update
- Maintaining and Managing Product AV updates, Patch updates Group Policies through LUA on 7000+ servers and 40K workstations
- Working on Server and workstation compliance
- Troubleshooting upgrading installing, uninstalling and configuring the antivirus on all endpoints
- Whitelisting and Blacklisting files, URLs, Applications on Antivirus
- Creating Antivirus Firewall Rules, Exception and group policies
- Preparing Daily, Weekly, Monthly compliance reports
- Attending Bridge and Incident management calls to break down issues
- Providing 24x7 on-call support for issues
- Raise incident on service now and monitor accordingly and coordinate with respective team
- Monitor & Reporting of system components health and take necessary action in case of any observed issue
- Incident Monitoring of Various Security tools such as DLP,WAF,EDR and respond accordingly
- React on logs as per severity and involve L2 and manager accordingly
Security Support Engineer
Aforeserve.com.Ltd
11.2019 - 07.2021
- Working on Security software such as Symantec Endpoint Protection, SEE, DLP Forcepoint, WAF
- Making Quarterly Asset Report and Audit Report, DR Drill Activity
- Handling Customer Tickets Full day support task Ticket log is HPSM Tool
- Troubleshooting on Security Software such as Symantec Endpoint Protection, SEE, DLP Forcepoint, WAF
- Incident Monitoring of WAF and DLP
- Data Backup through Netvault
Customer Support Engineer
Atharva College of Engineering
07.2017 - 04.2018
- Technical Support: Provided frontline technical support to end-users, resolving issues related to hardware, software, network connectivity, and peripheral devices
- Ensured quick and effective resolution of IT problems, minimizing downtime and enhancing user productivity
- System Installation & Configuration: Installed, configured, and maintained desktop and laptop computers, operating systems, and applications for new and existing employees
- Managed user accounts, permissions, and access rights to ensure secure and appropriate access to IT resources
- Hardware Maintenance: Diagnosed and repaired hardware issues, including desktops, laptops, printers, and other peripherals
- Performed routine maintenance and upgrades to keep equipment running efficiently and extend its lifespan
- Software Troubleshooting: Assisted users with troubleshooting and resolving software issues, including operating systems, productivity software (e.g., Microsoft Office), and specialized applications
- Ensured software was up-to-date with the latest patches and updates
- Network Support: Provided support for basic network issues, including connectivity problems, VPN setup, and configuration of networked printers
- Collaborated with the network team to escalate and resolve complex network issues
- Asset Management: Tracked and managed IT assets, including hardware and software inventory, ensuring accurate records of equipment and licenses
- Assisted with the deployment and decommissioning of equipment as needed
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Mumbai University
Mumbai 04.2001 - 01.2017
Diploma in Electronics & Telecommunication - undefined
MSBTE
SSC -
Skills
- Managing Skills
- Strong decision maker
- Complex problem solver
- Creative design
- Innovative
- Service-focused
Certification
Certified Ethical Hacker
Personal Information
Timeline
Senior Consultant (Cyber Security Engineer)
Ernst & Young (EY)
02.2024 - Current
Senior Executive (Cyber Security Engineer)
Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
10.2022 - 02.2024
Endpoint Security Analyst
Primus Global Technologies Pvt.Ltd
07.2021 - 10.2022
Security Support Engineer
Aforeserve.com.Ltd
11.2019 - 07.2021
Customer Support Engineer
Atharva College of Engineering
07.2017 - 04.2018
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Mumbai University
04.2001 - 01.2017
Diploma in Electronics & Telecommunication - undefined
MSBTE
SSC -
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