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Kolkata, Wb, In

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Leading network security assurance activities, addressing compliance in PCI, HIPAA, ISO, SOC, and client audits, while maintaining standards for SOX, NIST, and CIS Benchmark• Performing internal audits for endpoints and network devices to ensure 100% compliance with organizational security standards.• Managing Forcepoint DLP for PCI clients to prevent data leakage and mitigate risks. Reviewing incidents and providing artifacts to clients.• Reviewing and performing architecture changes and risk mitigation. Maintaining and tracking open risks until closure.• Involved in critical process improvement projects to enhance security and achieve cost savings by utilizing existing resources and automation. Achieved an annual savings of $60K and 400 man-hours in 2024.

Kolkata Area, India

• Reviewing Network architecture and design in order to provide an efficient and reliable security posture for the organization; introducing new initiatives to maintain the security posture through organizational threat modeling.• Experienced in Cisco ASA , PaloAlto NextGen firewall, Zscaler Proxy, Anyconnect and Global Protect VPN.• Experienced in Cloud Security for AWS and Azure from design to implementation. Worked on CSPM tool Wiz to identify the gaps. • Knowledge in Vulnerability Assessment tool Tenable and Kenna to maintain minimum risk for the Infrastructure Security. • Experienced in Identity and Access Management. Worked on RSA and Okta projects to achieve SSO, MFA, PAM implementations. • Performing gap analysis for Information Security Management System; drafting and implementing specific policies, procedures, protocols & improved practices using security metrics to mitigate the vulnerability by analyzing historical threats.• Ensuring Network Security Governance on Router/ Switches/ Firewall / VPN / Proxy / IPS; optimizing and automating security monitoring process through different tools and services like Tufin,Algosec,Firemon, Solarwinds. • Conducting internal audits and gap closer IT suppliers which led to an improved and enhanced security environment. Responsible for proving required evidence for ISO 27001, PCI, SOC audits. • Maintaining Security Compliance Framework as per security policy & directives; developed control for security health checks monitoring as per ISMS / NIST/ CIS / MiTRE framework.

Kolkata

• Contributed as a Network and Security Engineer, provided L3 technical support in data network domain to organization’s internal network• Worked on Installation, up-gradation, and configuration of:o Cisco Firewalls including port-based ACLs, Object group policies, NAT, Routing, Vlan, Multicasting, Failover, IOS up-gradation and site-to-site VPNo Router / Switch and ensure 99.9% uptime maintained for smooth production worko network monitoring/optimization tools like Solarwinds,Whatsup Gold, Firemon• Drove the validation and impact analysis of Routing, Switching and Network Security related changes for implementation• Managed network device hardening and vulnerability scanning and closing the gaps before connecting the device to live network as per IBM security policy including port-based ACLS, restricted access, port security, DHCP Snooping, ARP inspection, restricted ICMP access, AAA, SSH, SNMP, Syslog and encryption of the password• Acted as SPOC for internal/external audits from Network domain and led the closer of Information Security gap for all network devices

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Liable for various change management activities along with configuration & maintenance of routers, switches, NAC, IP Phones, and troubleshooting of data/voice links with different ISPs.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Accountable for providing support to VSNL broadband, and lease line from DSLAM to customer premises.• Coordinated with NOC team and local cable operators for the resolution of network issues.

• Assisted in the configuration of 24Online Server and related activitiesviz. user creation, bandwidth allocation,access-control,database updation& migration• Experienced on configuration and maintenance of switches, Media converter, fiber optics etc.

Diploma In Computer Hardware And Networking, Hardware And Networking

B.Com(Hons), Commerece

Higher Secondary, Commerece

10Th, General