Siyam sundar A
Chennai
Summary
Hardworking, highly motivated professional eager to lend combined knowledge and skills to enhance business performance. Operates well in both individual and team capacities, leveraging seasoned work ethic to quickly adapt to different processes and drive company objectives. Resourceful and results-driven with a passion for growth and efficiency to meet company needs and increase service value.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Network & Cloud Security Engineer
IARM Information security Solutions
Chennai
12.2022 - 12.2024
- Hardworking, highly motivated professional eager to lend combined knowledge and skills to enhance business performance.
- Performed vulnerability assessments and compliance checks for multi-client environments, aligning with PCI-DSS and ISO 27001 standards.
- Designed secure network architectures, implemented FortiGate firewalls, and ensured high availability for production systems.
- Reduced network downtime by 20% through proactive risk management and configuration changes
- Operates well in both individual and team capacities, leveraging seasoned work ethic to quickly adapt to different processes and drive company objectives
- Resourceful and results-driven with a passion for growth and efficiency to meet company needs and increase service value
- Monitored confidential company data and mitigated hacking through network systems updates
- Delivered network system upgrade on time, under budget and with minimal service interruption
- Planned and oversaw configuration changes for security infrastructure platforms
- Firewall,G-suit,O365,Arubha Switch,Server 2022 & AP maintain weekly backup, ensuring data is stored securely
- Review of Firewall configuration & vulnerability assessment for clients
- Configure and Maintain MDE for Internet security
- Performed risk and vulnerability assessments and provided results and recommendations to senior management
- Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures
- Diagnosing and resolving hardware, software, networking, and system issues when they arise
- Replacing and upgrading defective or outdated components when necessary.
- Installation and Configuring windows server 2022 & AD In AWS Console
- Configuring Avaya system IP phones & biometric devices
- Network Management and configuration of system, Structured cabling (Cat 5 and Cat 6) etc
- Trouble shooting Windows and Mac system
- Configuring wireless routers and access points
- Implementation & troubleshooting of LAN, DNS, DHCP & WAN
- Configuration of Network connectivity troubleshooting, ping, tracert, telnet
- Responsible for communication protocols, configuration, integration & security
- Investigating, diagnosing and resolve all network problems
- Configuring all kinds of ADSL & wireless routers
- Installing and sharing printers in network
- Troubleshooting the internet problem for guest SSID
- Make final inspection after completion of the Client reports
- Installing and sharing printers in network
- Scanned networks using vulnerability assessment tools to identify vulnerabilities
- Reviewed security assessments for computing environments or check for compliance with cybersecurity standards and regulations
- Identified and implemented solutions to information security problems
- Conducted investigations of information security breaches to identify vulnerabilities and evaluate damage
- Provided technical support to computer users for installation and use of security products
- Coordinated documentation of computer security or emergency measure policies, procedures, or tests
- Implemented advanced authentication methods such as single sign-on and two-factor authentication
- Configured and maintained cloud security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, anti-virus solutions, authentication services, log management tools, and data encryption
- Investigated incidents involving unauthorized access attempts and implemented preventive measures to mitigate similar threats in the future
- Provided guidance on best practices for ensuring secure configuration of AWS S3 buckets
- Coordinated with development teams to ensure compliance with security standards during software releases
- Reviewed audit reports generated by automated scanning tools used for assessing overall compliance with established security controls
- Managed user roles and privileges across multiple cloud accounts according to organizational policy requirements
- Deployed secure coding practices to ensure that applications are developed securely with no known vulnerabilities
- Tested cloud systems and applications for consistent benchmark satisfaction
Network & System Administrator
CMS IT SERVICES
Chennai
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Configuring and maintaining the networked computer system, including hardware, system software, and applications
- Developed, implemented and documented security programs and policies and monitored compliance across departments
- Configuring O365 & Thunderbird Mail clients
- Monitoring system performance to ensure everything runs smoothly and securely
- Researching and recommending new approaches to improve the networked computer system
- Providing technical support when requested
- Documenting any processes which employees need to follow to successfully work within our computing system
- Configuring O365
- Prepares daily activity and accomplishment report
- Make final inspection after completion of the work
- Deploying and inspecting IT network systems
- Overseeing the safe installation of hardware and cabling systems
- Monitoring the performance and capacity of computer systems using Net flow analyzer and Nagios tools
- Performing regular checks on network hardware and software
- Responding to network alerts and hardware malfunctions
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting network errors
- Tracking and documenting network issues and compiling incident reports
- Responding to user requests and providing network training
- Managing system backups and network security protocols
NOC Support Engineer
FUTURE CALLS TECHNOLOGIES
Chennai
07.2019 - 07.2020
- Migrated existing data and applications for convenient storage within cloud systems
- Integrated new or updated applications to enhance network usability
- Educated teams to inform responsible cloud usage and work optimization capabilities
- Traced and corrected potential network issues by analyzing systematic vulnerabilities
- Identified and corrected bugs for maintaining cloud stack functionality
- Researched cloud innovations to assess implementation options for applications
- Recommended network improvements by reviewing existing system behaviors and requirements
- Provided cloud support to bolster organizational comfortability with network systems
- Collaborated with cloud engineering team to formulate approaches and solve network issues
- Recommended information security enhancements to management
- Enabled secure remote access protocols such as VPNs for external users connecting to the cloud environment
- Designed strategies for implementing multi-factor authentication across all user accounts accessing sensitive data stored on the cloud platform
Education
B.E - Electronics and communication Engineering
Anna University
Coimbatore06.2015
Higher Secondary Education -
Vidhyaa Vikas
Thiruchengode06.2011
Higher Secondary School -
SMSV Hr sec School
Karaikudi05.2009
Skills
- Vulnerability Assessment & Management
- Cybersecurity
- Wireshark
- Nessus
- Windows Server Administration
- Linux Administration
- Networking & Monitoring(Zabbix)
- LAN,WAN,VLAN
- Forti-gate firewall(80F,500D,200D)
- Wireless networks (Aruba C3 switch & AP)
- API Security
- Multi-factor Authentication
- Log Analysis & detection
- Intrusion Detection Systems
- Single Sign-On
- Virtual Private Networks
- Compliance Auditing
- Secure DevOps Practices
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Network Security Architecture
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Data Encryption
- Load Balancing
- Cloud Risk Assessment
- Firewall Configuration
- Containerization Technologies
- O365 & MDE
- Compliance auditing:Compliance: ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, OWASP
- Cloud risk assessment
- Single Sign-on
- Cloud architecture design
- Network security protocols
- Container security
- API security
- Security incident response
Certification
- Cybersecurity Awareness Certification (NSE 1-3) levels from Fortinet.com
- Certificate ransomware uncovered specialist- ICTTF
- Azure Fundamentals AZ 900 Udemy academy
- Windows Server 2019 Administration Training from Sansbound, Chennai
- Linux Administration from Udemy academy
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cisco ID: CSCO13184754
- AWS cloud administrator and dev-ops training from Greens Technology
- Wireshark packet analysis training from Udemy academy
- Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) from UTL Technologies Ltd, Bangalore
- Computer Hardware and Networking from Biznet Academy, Madurai
Languages
- Tamil, Native
- English, Advanced
Personal Information
Gender: Male
Timeline
Network & Cloud Security Engineer
IARM Information security Solutions
12.2022 - 12.2024
Network & System Administrator
CMS IT SERVICES
04.2021 - 05.2022
NOC Support Engineer
FUTURE CALLS TECHNOLOGIES
07.2019 - 07.2020
B.E - Electronics and communication Engineering
Anna University
Higher Secondary Education -
Vidhyaa Vikas
Higher Secondary School -
SMSV Hr sec School
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