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Toronto, On, Ca

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Led AWS migration: Improved scalability (150% increase in capacity) and reduced costs (25%).-Enhanced security: Implemented AWS WAF, Shield, IAM roles, and VPC firewalls, reducing vulnerabilities by70%.-Automated processes: Streamlined 80% of payroll tasks using Ansible and Terraform.-Established CI/CD pipeline: Improved deployment speed by 40% with Jenkins.-Key Tools: AWS EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub, Jenkins.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

- Conducted a comprehensive cybersecurity assessment, ensuring compliance with NIST SP 800-171 R2 and 800-172.- Deployed and configured FortiGate 70F firewall for enhanced network security.- Implemented FortiAnalyzer VM for advanced log management and analytics.- Designed and optimized network architecture with VLAN segmentation and Cisco switch configuration.- Set up honeytraps for proactive security breach detection and alerts.- Provided recommendations for future security enhancements and CMMC compliance.

•Proactively searched for threats within customer environments, identifying indicators of compromise (IoC) and reducing system breaches.•Reviewed and analyzed security events, alerts, and reports, contributing to a 10% reduction in incident response times by automating the playbooks.•Detected security issues and managed incidents until closure, leading to a decrease in malware incidents.•Coordinated escalations and collaborated with internal technology teams to ensure timely resolution of issues.•Incident monitoring and response to meet the MTTD and MTTR and determine the false or true positive alarms.•Incident analysis and custom search of analyze the attack surface and severity level.•Building the SIEM logic and use case rules to enhance the detection and reducing the false alarms.•Worked on multiple SIEM tools (LogRhythm) to support the operations and triage incidents.•Integrated SOAR and Email Security solutions into incident response workflows, enhancing automation and response efficiency.

Postgraduate Degree, Cloud Operations, A

Postgraduate Degree, Cybersecurity, A

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science