RAFEEQUE PP
Cyber Security Lead
Summary
With over 14 years of extensive experience in cybersecurity, this individual has a strong background in designing secure IT infrastructures, leading security initiatives, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Expertise lies specifically in network security and endpoint security, consistently demonstrating the ability to minimize risks and drive secure digital transformation.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
10
10
Certifications
Work History
Project Lead
Wipro Ltd
Kochi
3 2022 - Current
- Collaborated closely with customers, project managers, and engineers to develop and implement customized security solutions
- Lead team of 20 direct reports, overseeing successful execution of cybersecurity projects
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to align security initiatives with business objectives
- Provide mentorship and training to team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify security gaps and develop strategies to address them
- Assist in implementing and maintaining Nagios XI monitoring solutions across the organization's IT infrastructure
- Managed ZPA-related incidents, including application outages, performance issues, and access denials, providing immediate resolution or escalation to Zscaler support as necessary
- Prepared and executed comprehensive transition plans for security services, ensuring that all aspects of the transition were handled efficiently
- Expertise in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) technologies, including CrowdStrike and Trellix, to enhance client security posture
- Planned and implemented a range of security services, ensuring alignment with client needs and industry best practices
- Managed resource augmentation for Managed Security Services, optimizing team performance and service delivery
- Mentored and guided the security team, ensuring they met service level agreements (SLAs) and achieved desired results
- Analyzed and blocked various Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) based on threat severity and environmental impact.
Security Specialist
Sungard Availability Services
Bengaluru
05.2018 - 03.2022
- Participate in 24x7x365 coverage for intrusion monitoring, incident response, infrastructure maintenance and user administration
- Monitor and respond to network intrusion and vulnerability alerts raised by automated detection systems, internal & external reports and manual investigation
- Provide L3 technical support for all Cisco network and security customers (internal and external), trouble shooting, diagnosing and resolving incidents to their conclusion, ensuring adherence to agree SLAs and escalating to the vendor where required
- Gather the requirement from client to make changes on McAfee NSM
- Modify/create/delete firewall rule, Geo-blocking rule or ignore rule
- Software and hardware upgradation McAfee IPS devices
- Monitoring and finetuning the McAfee NSM and Cisco Firepower devices (FMC)
- Configure and Install Cisco NGFW FMC and FTD IDS/IPS at multiple customers
- Take the technical lead on any Firepower and IPS related issues for customers (both internal and external) and ensure knowledge share with the wider team
- Design and implement configuration changes on behalf of customers, following the relevant change management process
- Lead the transformation project and migrated enterprise-level AV infrastructure
- Provided L3 and infrastructural support for Anti-virus for enterprise environments
- Leading a team responsible for enforcing security policies and procedures by administering and monitoring security profiles, reviews security violation reports and investigates possible security exceptions, updates, and maintains and documents security controls
- Project Lead for, McAfee Intrushield, IDS/IPS, and McAfee ePO (HIPS, Solidcore, VSE, VSEL and ENS) projects
- Centralized management of Anti-Virus software
- Maintenance and support of McAfee, Sophos and Symantec
- Work with vendor to request fixed for the identified defects in the products functionality
- Always providing support in Client Major Incidents and represents antivirus team during such incidents
- Provide support across the environment as well as the planning and upgrading from current to new releases in accordance with vendor lifecycles
- Create technical and managerial documentation, topologies and metrics to support security tasks.
Security Specialist
DXC Technology (Formerly Known as Hewlett-Packard Enterprise)
Bengaluru
11.2016 - 05.2018
- Perform Client Focal Point role for Endpoint Security team for a major HPE Security customer
- Configuration and management of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) security management software for HPE Security customers
- Working as a L3 support to Designing, Implementation, Configuration, Transformation and administration support of software managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) security management software including VirusScan Enterprise (VSE), VirusScan Enterprise (VSE), Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS), McAfee Agent (MA), Endpoint Encryption (EEPC), File and Removable Media Protection (FRP)
- Heading HPI’s Windows, Linux & Unix security infrastructure using Sophos AV for Unix and McAfee AV for Windows and Linux devices apart from handling McAfee ePO for 1 lakh+ devices
- Engage and manage stakeholders including HPE Security customers, internal HPE customers and external vendors
- Develop, implement and maintain processes and procedures as required for HPE Internal Security and HPE Security customers
- Mentor junior members of the Endpoint Security team.
Senior Security Engineer
TEKsystems
Bengaluru
01.2016 - 11.2016
IT-Senior Engineer
Minacs PVT LTD
Bengaluru
02.2011 - 01.2016
System Engineer
Precision Techserve Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2010 - 02.2011
Support Engineer
Sampark IT Solutions (P) Ltd
Bengaluru
09.2009 - 02.2010
Education
Skills
Project Management Professional (Wipro Internal)
Team Leadership & Development
Antivirus Compliance Management
IDS/IPS Sensor Management
Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) and Zscaler Internet Security (ZIA)
Trellix ePO / CrowdStrike Falcon Administration
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
Sectigo SSL Certificate Management
Exposure to various security technologies and AV solutions across different vendors and platforms (Unix, Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
In-depth technical expertise in McAfee Endpoint Security Suite deployment and management
Nagios XI configuration and administration
Certification
Project Management Foundation (Wipro Internal)
Timeline
Security Specialist
Sungard Availability Services
05.2018 - 03.2022
Security Specialist
DXC Technology (Formerly Known as Hewlett-Packard Enterprise)
11.2016 - 05.2018
Senior Security Engineer
TEKsystems
01.2016 - 11.2016
IT-Senior Engineer
Minacs PVT LTD
02.2011 - 01.2016
System Engineer
Precision Techserve Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 02.2011
Support Engineer
Sampark IT Solutions (P) Ltd
09.2009 - 02.2010
Project Lead
Wipro Ltd
3 2022 - Current