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S Manikandan
Associate Engineer
Chennai
Summary
To obtain a challenging position to work in your prestigious organization where I can put my efforts, excellence, and hard work with my good initiative and technical skills.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Associate Engineer
HTC Global Services(Reporting to Director of IT, Infrastructure and Security)
Chennai
11.2018 - Current
- Research latest Security threats and vulnerabilities
- Identifies weaknesses and exposure
- Specialized skills on Malware analyzing, Log Investigation, Network Analyzing, Embedded URLs and Decoding the Embedded Script files
- Working in Okta SSO that includes User Provisioning, Application Integration, Conditional Access Policies, Life Cycle Management, Network Zones & Okta logs
- Working in JIRA Ticketing tool that includes user provisioning, creation and access to JIRA boards
- Based on the requirements will do Log Analysis
- Proxy / Firewall / EDR logs / Windows AD Logs, Linux syslog
- Blacklisting the poor reputation IP's, SHA values, URLS at firewall and end
- Creating the use cases based on the attack vectors such a rule for DDoS attack, Port Scanning, ID deletion or modification, sync flood attack
- Analyzing and Investigating Malware alerts
- And taking the appropriate remedial actions
- Proactively taking action to blocking the IPs, hash values, domain name which is related to the recently identified malware
- Responsible for analyzing and responding to Spam/Phishing emails reported by employee
- Working with Anti-Phishing tools and identify phishing email and blocking them at exchange server end
- Utilized Knowbe4 for training, phishing campaigns and accepting Security policies
- Working in Azure Active Directory that includes creation of guest users, Security/Office 365 groups, Conditional access Configuration
- Working in Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) that includes Windows 10 Update Rings, Mobile Application Management (MAM) and Mobile Device Management (MDM) with Hybrid Environments
- Deployed and managed Windows Applications in Microsoft Intune
- Good Knowledge in preparing PowerShell scripts
- Successfully created and deployed Azure Information Protection Labels, Data Loss Prevention rules
- Working on Ivanti Security Controls that includes patch management for third-party applications for all windows machines
- Working as E-discovery admin that includes Maintaining Backups of Mailboxes in O365 Compliance Center.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
Skills
- SOC
- Office 365
- Nessus Tenable
- Okta SSO
- Microsoft Intune
Accomplishments
- Monitoring security access
- Conducting security assessments through vulnerability testing and risk analysis
- Analyzing security breaches to identify the root cause
- Continuously updating the company’s incident response and disaster recovery plans
- Verifying the security of third-party vendors and collaborating with them to meet security requirements
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Implemented Microsoft LAPS Successfully to Live Environment
- Integrated Okta SSO with On-prem environment
- Successfully migrated from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams
- Investigated security breaches & resolved cybersecurity incidents every week.
Certification
- Okta Certified Professional
Interests
Hobbies
Playing Carrom, Surfing the Internet
Timeline
- Certified Ethical Hacker v11
01-2022
- Microsoft Certified SOC Associate
01-2022
- Microsoft Certified Security,Identity and Compliance
01-2022
- Okta Certified Professional
10-2021
Associate Engineer
HTC Global Services(Reporting to Director of IT, Infrastructure and Security)
11.2018 - Current