Experienced Cybersecurity Consultant specializing in pre-sales for leading security vendors. Expertise in firewalls, SASE, email security, data protection, endpoint security, and network security. Skilled in technical demos, POCs, and designing tailored security architectures. Strong communicator, bridging technical solutions with business needs.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
2022
2022
years of post-secondary education
12
12
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Sr. Cyber Security Consultant
Invecto Technologies
Mumbai
10.2024 - Current
· Led pre-sales engagements, understanding customer requirements and proposing optimal cybersecurity solutions.
· Conducted technical demonstrations and POCs to validate product capabilities and drive sales.
· Designed and recommended comprehensive security architectures, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
· Collaborated with sales teams and technical experts to position cybersecurity solutions effectively.
· Assisted in RFP/RFI responses, competitive analysis, and solution differentiation.
· Suggesting tools as per ISO standards
· Conducted various customer workshops specific to cyber security solutions like SASE, ZTNA, Email security, Data protection and DPDP
· Conducted security assessment program in person at customer premises to understand the client current infra and suggesting the future security roadmap
· Provided post-sales transition support, ensuring smooth deployment and implementation of security solutions.
· Performing POCs and giving technical demo of products as per best practices as per requirement and customer scope
· Understanding customer’s current architecture and designing/ re-designing the network for maintaining the enterprise cyber security posture
· Preparing high level and low level documents to setup new network architecture, modification of current network
· Preparing Low level documents and presentations for complete Network architecture and design
· Preparation of SoW, POA and other SOP documents
· Handling customer PAN India
Cyber Security Consultant
SECURE NETWORK SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT LTD
Mumbai
08.2022 - 10.2024
Working as consultant for SIEM, Firewalls, DLP, EDR solution, Access Point, Network Monitoring, Proxy, WAF
Designed and implemented various SIEM solutions, DLP, Firewalls, EDR, Proxy for multiple SME, Mid to Large Enterprise customers
Suggesting tools as per ISO standards
Performing POCs and giving technical demo of products as per best practices as per requirement and customer scope
Understanding customer's current architecture and designing/ re-designing the network for maintaining the enterprise cyber security posture
Preparing Security Architecture by developing security requirements like setting up local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), virtual private networks (VPNs) for users, routers, firewalls, and related security and network devices
Preparing high level documents to setup new network architecture, modification of current network
Preparing Low level documents and presentations for complete Network architecture and design
Hands-on experience of multiple applications and software
Preparation of SoW, POA and other SOP documents
Defining scope of work, Sizing the right product
Handling entire West Region
Technical support executive
SOFTCELL TECHNOLOGIES GLOBAL PVT LTD
03.2020 - 08.2022
End to End implementation of the products like Event Log Analyzer(SIEM), Op Manager, Netflow Analyzer, NCM, Firewall analyzer, ServiceDesk Plus, Desktop Central, solutions on site locations
Configuration of LAN network, WAN Network, Configuration of VPN
Giving Technical Demo to customers, understanding and sizing the tools as per requirement
Co-ordinating with OEM team
Helping sales team in customer discussions and helping them for pitching correct solution as per customer requirement
Providing technical support post Implementations as well
Preparing SOW, POA, RFP Documents
Giving training to customers
Education
Master of Science - IT, Cyber Security
G.N Khalsa College (Mumbai University)
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
G.N Khalsa College (Mumbai University)
High Schooling - Science
The B.S.G.Ds Junior college
Certification
Certified CEH v11 (EC-Council)(ECC3402587691)
Skillset And Tools Known
ITSM and Network Monitoring- ManageEngine & Solarwinds
Firewall- FortiGate
SIEM and SOAR- FortiSIEM, Splunk Log360
DLP- Forcepoint
EDR- SentinelOne, Crowdstrike
Monitoring and Detection solutions(Brand protection)- FortiReconn
Patching and hardening of servers- Endpoint central
Ticketing tool- ServiceDesk Plus (Admin expert)
E-Mail security- Checkpoint
PAM- Cyberark
Access Point- Fortinet AP, FortiPlanner
Web security/Proxy- Zscalar, Forcepoint
Good understanding of Akamai, Cloud security
Nmap, Wireshark, Burpsuite
Operating system- Windows, Linux
Extra-Curricular Activities
Was elected as school house captain Was elected for school band captain Led college Cricket team as a captain and won multiple college tournaments Participated in social awareness marathons Secured 1st place in Rajya Puraskar (NCC) - Ward level
Projects Made
Smart Mirror, Smart mirror is an ordinary mirror with some useful display which reflects weather forecast, daily updates, current affairs, etc.
Cyber Awareness App, Have I been pawned feature, phishing with reports, daily security news, recent cyber attacks info.