Dikshant Khandekar
Firewall Operations and Risk Assessment
Bhilai
Summary
Over 2 Years of Professional Experience in Information Technology with Knowledge in Networking and Firewall risk management programs at PricewaterhouseCoopers India, greatly reducing firewall risks through root cause analysis and firewall rule optimization with the proficiency with Splunk and capacity to mentor teams improved project momentum and interdepartmental collaboration, guaranteeing efficient risk assessment and project monitoring.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
NIS Operation and Security
PricewaterhouseCoopers India
04.2022 - Current
- Managed risks and resolved issues proactively, maintaining project momentum and minimizing delays.
- Firewall Risk Assessment for mitigating the Risk by pointing the exact root cause of the Client Requirement.
- Firewall URL Block and Unblock based on Firewall URL Filtering Policy, including all associated risks rated according to risk severity.
- Coached team members in best practices for requirements gathering, scoping projects, and managing expectations effectively.
- Collected information for Firewall Exception requests and worked with several Firewall Teams to excise the RAM usage on the Firewall.
- Collecting and analyzing logs using Splunk for the endpoint
- Optimization of Firewall Rules worked with the request for an expired firewall rule.
- Imperva Web Application Firewall for Application layer protection
Education
Masters in Technology (M.Tech) - Transportation Engineering
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Rourkela 03.2020 - 03.2022
Bachelor In Engineering - Civil Engineering
Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg
Durg, India 03.2015 - 03.2019
Skills
Risk Assessment (Palo Alto Firewall)
Web Application Firewall
Firewall Backlog Management
Splunk
MS Office
Coaching and Mentoring
Cross-functional Team Coordination
Project tracking
Node JS and CSS
Certification
Splunk
Timeline
Palo Alto Network Certified Engineer
06-2024
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) Fundamentals certification
11-2023
Splunk
06-2023
NIS Operation and Security
PricewaterhouseCoopers India
04.2022 - Current
Masters in Technology (M.Tech) - Transportation Engineering
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
03.2020 - 03.2022
Bachelor In Engineering - Civil Engineering
Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg
03.2015 - 03.2019
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