Years of professional cybersecurity experience
Devendra Katdare
IT Security
Pune,MH
Summary
Immediate looking for IT security analyst/engineer relative role to utilize my expertise and skillsets in security operations, endpoint security, cybersecurity / IT compliance.
Overview
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Work History
Senior IT Security Engineer
SFS Group India Private Limited
02.2022 - Current
- Managing all IT security operations and playing a key role in IT infrastructure integration and Tisax label projects by using ITSM, Jira and Confluence tools.
- Developed and maintained SOPs, Playbooks, and Handbooks for security solutions, workflows, and escalation processes; Which resulted into reducing security incidents and response time.
- Managing network administration, including SonicWall & FortiGate Firewalls, OSI Model ,TCP/IP, DHCP, SSL VPN,IDS & IPS, NAC etc...
- Administering endpoint security using Crowd Strike, domain GPO management, Vulnerability patching, security updates.
- Having Secondary role as Datacenter Technician (Storage admin , Infrastructure engineer, Firmware /BIOS update and RAID Management (Lenovo, Dell, IBM servers), Hyper-V, Virtual box and VMware management)
- Gained hands-on experience for PKI functions and cryptography- Implemented root and enterprise Domain Certificate Authority (Windows Server 2019).
- Managing vulnerability findings from Crowd Strike and Tenable Nessus.
- Applied CIA Triad and NIST Cybersecurity Framework to enhance organization security posture.
- Global Admin for Office 365 Exchange (user management, security alert monitoring, anti-spam, anti-malware, and phishing testing for email security awareness ,MS office configuration as per information security measures).
- Administering Backup and Recovery Procedures -Implemented automatic tasks for systems using Windows Server Backup, Synology NAS, and NetGear Ready NAS and PowerShell scripts.
- Conducted internal IT security assessments,
- Handling Yearly vendor and customer cybersecurity audits, (Gained familiarity with TISAX, ISO 27001 controls, and India IT regulations.)
- Using Tenable Nessus (Vulnerability Scanning/Internal Pretesting).
- Administration of Crowd Strike. (2 years experience)
- Using tools Vectra for Network Security (IDS/IPS), Graylog and ELK stack (SIEM tool monitoring), PingCastle for AD Hardening (quarterly report and mitigation planning for internal audit findings)
- BitSight Admin (Merit for vendor risk assessment and Risk mitigations for systems exposed to internet ).
- Experienced in diagnosing and resolving issues across multiple operating systems, including Windows Server (2016, 2019, 2022), Ubuntu, and macOS for Threat analysis and research(reverse engineering, attack chain, File R/W activity and IP/DNS connections).
Skills
- Basic scripting for task automation (PowerShell, bash and Python)
- Familiar with ITSM , Confluence ,Jira ,MS office apps
- Administration for AD, Domain CA Server , Local DNS server, WSUS server and Microsoft exchange global admin
- Network administration (Cisco, SonicWALL and FortiGate)
- Strong interpersonal skills in stakeholder engagement
- Foundational Knowledge of IT compliance requirements (ISO 27001, IT Act of India, and TISAX)
- Windows 7 , Ubuntu , Mac OS, Hyper-V and VMware
Learning Never Stops
- Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate (Coursera | In Progress)
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (Microsoft Learn | In Progress)
- CompTIA Security+ (cybrary | In Progress)
Timeline
Senior IT Security Engineer
SFS Group India Private Limited
02.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
MGMCET College of Engineering And Technology
Education
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
MGMCET College of Engineering And Technology
Navi Mumbai01.2019
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Marathi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Software
Office 365 Admin
Crowdstrike Admin
Vectra IDS/IPS
Tenable Nessus(VAPT tool)
Icinga, Cisco Prime, Catalyst center (Network Monitoring)
Graylog Admin
Interests
CyberSecurity Audits / Quick Assesments
Trends in attack vectors
Authentication Technology Advancements
Automation (Scripting , use of AI , Robotics)
Tools Administration (Like SIEM, VAPT and Pen-Test tools)
Esports Games (CS2, Valorant, PUBG and Call of Duty Warzone)
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
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