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Akshay Ghodeswar

Akshay Ghodeswar

Pune

Summary

  • 2+ years of experience in IT security, including the implementation and administration of security solutions.
  • Skilled in Privileged Access Management (PAM) and security for clients, including BeyondTrust PAM solutions.
  • SPLUNK > Hands-on experience in SIEM administration, integrating various log sources, developing use cases, setting up alerts, and creating dashboards, along with proficiency in SPL.
  • Expertise in Active Directory, LDAP, Networking, and Linux CLI.
  • Knowledge of Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR), Penetration Testing, Incident Response, and Cyber Kill chain, MITRE ATT&CK framework etc.
  • Proficient in Shell scripting, C, Python, and various security tools like Burp Suite and OWASP, NMAP, Wireshark etc.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cybersecurity Engineer

Sattrix Information Security
10.2022 - Current
  • Administering and implementing cybersecurity solutions including PAM, SIEM etc
  • Designing, implementing and maintaining BeyondTrust PAM Solution for Kuwait based client –Alshaya Group
  • BeyondTrust Passwordsafe , Active – directory Bridge, Privileged management for Unix-Linux (PMUL), Endpoint privileged management (EPM) Assets & User accounts Onboarding, Access Control implementation, Managed privileged accounts, Session management, Integration with existing system, User training and support, SOP documentation etc
  • Administration and Operation role of Splunk
  • Splunk Enterprise Installation in distributed as well as standalone environments
  • Deployment and implementation of multiple forwarders, and device integration Integrating Windows and Linux/Unix systems, security and network devices via Syslog, and databases with Splunk for enhanced data analysis and monitoring
  • Administration of existing setup of Splunk SIEM architecture with upgradation and fine-tuning activities
  • Successful integration of non-OOTB products with Splunk by creating field extractions from logs and creating dashboards with visualized Panels tethered as per product security context
  • Solid knowledge on Splunk Fundamentals 1, Fundamentals 2, Search expert and Knowledge manager contents.

Information Security Administrator (Internship)

Virtually Testing Foundation
09.2022 - 11.2022
  • Knowledge on basics of Cybersecurity Managed Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and developed security policies for cloud platforms
  • Conducted penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and security audits.

Education

B.E. (Electronics & Telecommunication) -

PICT, Pune

Skills

  • Networking
  • Information Security & Cybersecurity
  • PAM Administration & Implementation-BeyondTrust
  • SIEM Administration & Implementation-SPLUNK
  • Web Application Firewall (WAF)-Cloudflare
  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR)
  • Penetration Testing & Incident Response
  • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
  • Programming Languages: Bash Shell scripting, C
  • Tools & Technologies: BeyondTrust PasswordSafe, AD Bridge, LDAP, EPM, PMUL, SPLUNK SIEM tool, Cloudflare WAF, ServiceNow (ITSM) Ticketing Tool

Certification

  • IBM- Penetration testing, Incident response and Forensics
  • BeyondTrust – PAM Admin certification
  • Splunk Fundamentals certifications
  • Splunk Search Expert certifications
  • Splunk Knowledge Manager certifications

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Marathi
  • Kannada (Basic)

Timeline

Cybersecurity Engineer

Sattrix Information Security
10.2022 - Current

Information Security Administrator (Internship)

Virtually Testing Foundation
09.2022 - 11.2022

B.E. (Electronics & Telecommunication) -

PICT, Pune
Akshay Ghodeswar