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Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

• Delivered tailored security architectures that enhanced clients' operational resilience and met or exceeded compliance requirements, ensuring robust protection against evolving threats.• Implemented advanced microsegmentation strategies, significantly reducing lateral movement within client environments and minimizing the potential spread of threats by 90%.• Enhanced organizational security posture by optimizing firewall policies and fine-tuning IPS configurations, effectively blocking unauthorized access and reducing risk exposure by 65%.• Reduced false positives in intrusion prevention systems (IPS) by 95%, improving detection accuracy and streamlining incident response efforts, which allowed the team to focus on genuine threats and enhance overall security operations efficiency.• Mitigated critical risks through comprehensive assessments, uncovering vulnerabilities and implementing threat mitigation strategies that decreased potential attack vectors.• Helped clients to achieve regulatory compliance, minimizing legal and financial risks while optimizing their security strategies for business growth.• Streamlined secure system integration by collaborating with technical and non-technical teams, achieving seamless adoption of security best practices across all departments.• Standardized and enforced security policies that improved operational consistency and reduced security incidents across organizational systems.• Reduced threat impact through proactive incident response leadership, ensuring rapid containment and recovery during high-stakes security breaches.• Elevated technical team capabilities by delivering engaging, actionable security training, fostering a culture of security awareness and resilience.• Defined and implemented streamlined security processes, improving operational efficiency and ensuring consistent adherence to best practices.

Bucharest, Romania

As a Career Mentor at mindcroud, I specialized in guiding career changers and security professionals through career discovery, planning, and transition strategies. I focused on developing professional identities, building industry connections, and providing ongoing career support to ensure success in the cybersecurity field.1. Cybersecurity Career MentorshipGuaranteed methodology for transitioning non-technical professionals into cybersecurity:• Personalized Career Transition Roadmaps• Technical Skills Development Planning• Certification Strategy• Job Search Optimization• Industry Network Building• Interview Preparation2. Career Coaching & Professional DevelopmentSpecialized guidance for career changers and security professionals:• Career Discovery & Planning• Professional Identity Development• Career Transition Strategy• Industry Connection Building• Professional Network Development• Ongoing Career SupportMindcroud bridges three critical gaps in the job ecosystem:1. Connecting aspiring professionals with proven career paths2. Providing enterprises with vetted security expertise3. Building a community of supported, successful security professionals

Bucharest, Romania

My responsibilities include:● Mentoring Internships and Providing Internal Training● Designing or advising on different technical solutions covering a large area of vendors: Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, McAfee, Check Point, Juniper; ● Troubleshooting or advising in the troubleshooting process of different types of issues in regard to: Cisco Routers, Cisco Core Switches, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint FW (R77.30, R80), Palo Alto FW, Juniper FW, McAfee NSP; ● Implementing and troubleshooting security policies on Cisco ASA, Checkpoint FW (R77.30, R80), Palo Alto FW; ● Implementing automation for repetitive tasks related to the managed devices ● Configuring and maintaining backup policies; ● Maintaining the security posture of the managed devices in accordance with CIS and vendor-specific best practice guides; ● Perform periodic reviews and analysis of firewall policies in order to reduce the attack surface to a minimum accepted one; ● Monitor logs and output of various software and data collected by monitoring systems to identify abnormal situations, computer attacks, system downtime, and use of access rights; ● Respond to key system alerts; determine the optimal technical solution for a specific issue; ● Setting up and debugging VPN tunnels; ● Configuring and upgrading network devices; ● Tuning IPS functionality according to the customer's security and performance requirements; ● Upgrading and managing vulnerabilities for the security devices mentioned above; ● Designing and testing new solutions for service provisioning; ● Troubleshooting networking and security-related incidents that affect the environments of the customers, in accordance with their priorities and SLAs.

Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

My responsibilities included, but were not limited to: ● Conduct application and infrastructure security and vulnerability assessments; ● Perform proactive research to identify and understand new threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits; ● Support IT department and business functions in setting up controls to proactively manage information security-related risks; ● Support bank projects and changes from the perspective of IT and Information Security; ● Internal contact for questions related to IT and Information Security; ● Advice and support regarding Information Security requirements for IT Assets and processes; ● Participate in the implementation of the security architecture, both in terms of infrastructure and applications; ● Review and approve the operating security guidelines (OSG) developed for IT Assets; ● Monitor the scope and effectiveness of security controls in IT processes (e.g. patching, vulnerability management, lifecycle management, external connections management, security event monitoring, technical state compliance monitoring, penetration testing, change management, etc.); ● Investigate security incidents and define remediation plans accordingly; ● Redesign the management of Cybersecurity Incidents (People, Policies, Procedures, Tools, etc).

Romania

My responsibilities included, but were not limited to:● Manage the following technologies: Web Application Firewall, IDS/IPS, DDoS tooling, Firewalls, Web Gateway, Mail Gateway, NAC, Endpoint Security Solutions, Load Balancers, and Vulnerability Management;● Implement, maintain, and troubleshoot a complex security tooling infrastructure;● Perform daily operating system administration tasks, including hardware and software upgrades, patch management, and maintaining regulatory controls;● Review the environment and have initiatives to reduce failures, and defects and improve performance;● Perform daily systems checks and correct any issues;● Perform performance analysis, proactive troubleshooting, continual improvement, and capacity planning;● Ensure timely and accurate resolution of the incidents on the administrated systems;● Investigate the problems in the production environment;● Document tasks and changes, including deep analysis in order to prevent any downtime;● Maintain security and data integrity;● Define and refine IT security runbooks;● Test the effectiveness of the existing security controls;● Coordinate IT security actions in case of an incident.

Bucharest, Romania

My responsibilities included, but were not limited to:● Designing or advising on different technical solutions covering a large area of vendors: Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, McAfee, Check Point, Juniper; ● Troubleshooting or advising in the troubleshooting process of different types of issues in regard to: Cisco Routers, Cisco Core Switches, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint FW (R77.30, R80), Palo Alto FW, Juniper FW, McAfee NSP; ● Implementing and troubleshooting security policies on Cisco ASA, Checkpoint FW (R77.30, R80), Palo Alto FW; ● Configuring and maintaining backup policies; ● Maintaining the security posture of the managed devices in accordance with CIS and vendor-specific best practice guides; ● Perform periodic reviews and analysis of firewall policies in order to reduce the attack surface to a minimum accepted one; ● Monitor logs and output of various software and data collected by monitoring systems to identify abnormal situations, computer attacks, system downtime, and use of access rights; ● Respond to key system alerts; determine the optimal technical solution for a specific issue.

London, United Kingdom

From a technical point of view, my responsibilities included, but were not limited to:● Troubleshooting routing on different types of devices: Cisco Routers, Cisco Core Switches, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint FW (R77.30, R80), Fortigate FW (with FortiManager), Palo Alto FW(With Panorama), Juniper FW● Implementing and troubleshooting security policies on Cisco ASA, Checkpoint FW (R77.30, R80), Fortigate FW (with FortiManager), Palo Alto FW(With Panorama), Juniper FW, BlueCoat, and Zscaler proxies● Setting up and debugging VPN tunnels● Troubleshooting SSL VPN sessions● Configuring and troubleshooting Virtual Servers on the F5 LTM● Configuring and upgrading network devices● Tuning IPS and SSL Inspection functionality according to the customer's security and performance requirements● Upgrading and managing vulnerabilities for the security devices mentioned above● Troubleshooting networking and security-related incidents that affect the environments of the customers, in accordance with their priorities and SLAsSome other of my activities include:● Participate in service reviews and improvement projects to deliver quality outcomes● Seek better, quicker, more effective ways of doing things and use automation wherever possible● Support the onboarding of new team members and apprentices, providing coaching and feedback to ensure they meet the business’ expectations● Share your knowledge with team members on technology, great customer service andprocesses that work● Act as a champion for learning and development within the MSS team; delivering tailored coaching plans, identifying skills gaps and training and development opportunities, and ensuring that knowledge is shared throughout the team● Maintain our ticketing system to ensure data is accurate and relevant● Have high levels of satisfaction in our team by treating each person as an individual, giving each person the support they need to succeed

Bucharest, Romania

My responsibilities included, but were not limited to, the support of devices from the following list:• Firewall - Juniper, Fortigate• Load Balancer - F5• Proxy Web Gateway – McAfee• IPSec VPN - Juniper, Fortigate• Array SSL VPN• Cisco AAA• Cisco ASA Remote Access VPN

Bucharest, Romania

My responsibilities included, but were not limited to:• Analysis of different attack vectors (malicious e-mails, malicious documents (MsOffice, PDF, etc), malicious scripts, etc);• Analysis of InfoSec incidents;• Correlating pieces of information gathered from different InfoSec Intell Sources IPVoid, Alien Vault OTX, Sucuri, Schodan, Xnode, URL Void, etc);• Raw log output analysis;• Event correlation (QRadar, Cylance, SEP, Sourcefire, Cisco ASA, FirePower, Juniper FW, F5 LTM, Windows 7/10, Windows Servers, Linux Servers, Qualys VMS, ProofPoint, Cisco Threat Grid, REMNUX, Websense);• Knowledge sharing with other teams from SecureWorks and the customer’s environment;• Best practice guidance and knowledge sharing in the fields where I have relevant hands-on experience.

Bucharest, Romania

My responsibilities included, but were not limited to:• Implementing routing on different types of devices: Cisco Routers, Cisco Core Switches, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint FW, Fortigate FW, Palo Alto FW, Juniper FW, OpenBSD FW, PfSense FW;• Securing networking devices - Management, Data & Control Planes;• Implementing PBR rules on different devices (as it can be seen above);• Setting up and debugging VPN tunnels and also SSL VPNs (F5 APM);• Configuring Virtual Servers on the F5 LTM;• Configuring and upgrading network devices;• Tuning IPS functionality according to the customer's security and performance requirements;• Intaking remote sites for one of our customers;• Upgrading networking devices (Cisco, Aruba);• Managing user access for specific platform;• Incident response and management;• Troubleshooting networking and security related incidents that affect the environments of the customers, in accordance with their priorities and SLAs.

Bucharest, Romania

My responsibilities included:• Implementing Information Security Standards and Procedures to guarantee Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability regarding the managed data; • Performing specific periodic Information Security inspections; • Providing direction to lower-level personnel when necessary;• Gain senior management and stakeholders' commitment to supporting the implementation of the information security strategy; • Define, implement, and monitor information security responsibilities throughout the organization and lines of authority; • Conduct audit activities; • Contribute to the annual acquisition plan regarding specific technology; • Identify internal and external factors that impact the information security strategy; • Identify legal and regulatory compliance requirements; • Keep senior management and stakeholders up to date with the specific legal and regulatory compliance requirements; • Evaluate information security controls against acceptable risk management levels; • Maintain the process for information asset identification and classification; • Monitor and report information security metrics to senior management and key stakeholders; • Monitor and maintain incident response plans, specific business continuity plans, and the disaster recovery plan; • Define and implement processes to ensure proper information security incident management; • Organize and train incident response teams; • Define, maintain, and monitor the information security awareness and training program; • Provide analysis and support for continuous improvement initiatives; • Provide enterprise-wide retrospective analysis of schedule performance while continuously improving the involved processes; • Working closely with field operations managers and enterprise leaders to complete the scheduled assignments. • Creating, distributing, and maintaining organizational-wide strategic, operational, and tactical plans regarding military equipment acquisitions;

Constanta, Romania

My responsibilities included:• maintaining up to date maps used in marches;• planning and coordinating the navigation specific processes;• planning and coordinating the maintenance of the navigation technical equipment: radars, compasses, loch, etc;• planning and coordinating the onboard daily activities and personnel;

Constanța, Romania

My responsibilities resumed to increasing the customer portfolio for the branch in Constanța.

Information Security Management, Computer And Information Systems Security, 10,00

Information Security Management (ISM) Postgraduate Course

College / Bachelor'S Degree, Naval Engineering / Military Navy, 9,68

College / Bachelor'S Degree, Banks And Finances, 10,00

Highschool Diploma, Mathematics And Informatics, 9,25