Amukta Ginni
Scarborough,Canada
Summary
Security expert with an emphasis on maintaining high-security IT infrastructures. Network development, configuration, and patching are all areas where I excel. Leads IT teams in implementing data protection processes and security training across the firm. Network and security certifications are available.
Support internal and external applications with defined, developed, and maintained infrastructure using vendor-neutral and platform-specific technologies using Robust Cloud Computing, Windows Azure, AmazonEC2/EBS/EMR SaaS.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Security Engineer
OneSpan
Toronto, Ontario
09.2022 - 03.2024
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Sumo Logic Security Integration on the AWS Cloud
Capstone Project - George brown College
09.2021 - 12.2021
- Communicated technical information to variety of audiences.
- Built and evaluated business cases for product offerings.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
- Built successful project plans covering objectives, resources and staffing to meet schedules.
- Demonstrated leadership of complex projects and business acumen.
- Obtained needed resources by strategically negotiating with stakeholders and outside suppliers.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
- Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
IT SERVICE ANALYST
ASM TECHNOLOGIES LTD
BENGALURU, KA
11.2017 - 03.2021
- Designed, implemented, maintained, and advised on internal and external facing Cloud-based security solutions under regulatory and industry best practices.
- Performed analysis, diagnosis, and resolution of infrastructure for end-users and external vendors and assisted with recommendation and implementation of solutions.
- Monitored security devices and intrusion detection and prevention systems for indicators of compromise and instituted measures to curb detections and organizational impact.
- Installed firewall and data encryption software to protect sensitive information.
- Worked with the networking team to build out an edge security design consisting of separate VPC, IP, or Internet-facing EC2 instances Developed an AWS security roadmap that included the AWS services and 3rd party tools to be utilized in the AWS Cloud for security monitoring.
- Developed an AWS Security group strategy.
- Determined naming conventions, owners and approval process for security group change requests regarding the production environment.
- Enabled and configured CloudTrail logs for all VPC's in all AWS accounts.
- Created and managed an encrypted S3 bucket for all CloudTrail logs.
- Encrypted bucket and adjusted bucket policy to allow MSSP to access the logs.
- Installed and configured Amazon's inspector.
- Created targets and templates and scheduled assessment runs on all EC2 instances in the AWS account.
- Notified instance owners of vulnerabilities found.
- Created Lamda function to automate Inspector scans in AWS accounts.
- Enable AWS config to monitor changes in the company AWS account.
- Develop AWS config Rules to monitor for unencrypted volumes and untagged resources in all accounts.
- Configured AWS config Rules to evaluate AWS resources for compliance.
- Set up SNS notifications by creating a topic and subscribing distribution list to that topic.
- Enabled and utilized AWS Trusted Advisor to inspect accounts and provide reporting and remediation recommendations.
- Trained by AWS on Security Operations on AWS security concepts.
- Using the Prisma cloud, finding the cloud assets vulnerability and fixing the issues.
- Monitoring, Analyzing and implementing solutions regarding the threat events received on the Prisma cloud security tool.
- Implemented and maintained Audit Event, Data, Config, Network, Anomalies policies in the production environment.
- Created parsing for various case types, validated the logs retrieved for multiple events using Sumologic event management tools, and prepared corresponding reports.
- Designed recovery protocols and responses to external threats.
- Investigated and resolved security breaches, minor damage to networks and loss of critical data.
- Safeguarded files against deletion or other unauthorized actions.
- Developed reports to include investigation data and results.
- Monitored networks and systems for intrusions.
- Interfaced with end-users to create and implement network solutions and design recommendations.
- Analyzed and resolved complex cross-platform and multi-service issues.
- Troubleshoot issues with network and software.
- Organized and defined work to meet business objectives and requirements.
- Provided consulting, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
- Recommended areas for improvement to management.
ASSOCIATE SYSTEM ENGINEER
TECH MAHINDRA LTD
BENGALURU, KA
08.2013 - 05.2017
- Responsible for managing all global Palo Alto Firewalls within applied Materials, Including firewall policies configuration and management while troubleshooting firewall related issues.
- Validation of high and medium risks involved in existing policies covered rules and used rules to optimize utilization.
- Monitoring, Configuring, implementing and TroubleshootingNetwork Security issues with the appropriate incident, problem and change management.
- Upgrading the physical firewall boxes as well as software versions with valid and standard codes.
- Configuring Load Balancing for the new server's cluster setup and troubleshoot Load Balancer related issues.
- Support day-to-day administration systems on various firewall devices and Direct Customer Interaction and collaborate in firewall policy changes.
- Collected and analyzed data to evaluate operational issues and make process improvement recommendations.
- The complete root-cause analysis and reviewing corrective actions to address test failures.
- Wrote supporting technical documentation for field tests, integration, and deployment actions.
- Installed, configured, and tested system components before deployment to clients.
- Maintained and resolved issues with complex infrastructure through monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Designed and managed a fault-tolerant, scalable LAN, WAN & Wi-Fi network infrastructure integrating multi-vendor devices.
- Configure and maintain the Infoblox DNS, DHCP services and WANOptimizing technology using Riverbed.
- Attained Experience in Troubleshooting concerning XenApp and administering Citrix farms running /Presentation Serer 4.5/XenApp6.5.
- Trained in Solaris (Unix), Storage (VNX, VMAX).
Education
Post Graduate Degree - Wireless Networking
George Brown College
Toronto, ON12.2021
Post Graduate Degree - Cyber Security
George Brown College
Toronto, ON08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological-KAKINADA University
AP, IN11.2018
State Board of Technical Education And Training - Electrical And Electronic
Government Polytechnic Visakhapatnam
AP, IN04.2013
Skills
- Customer service abilities
- Service initiatives support
- Culturally sensitive service provider
- Service monitoring and evaluation
- Onsite and remote services
- Commitment to quality and service
- Patient-focused quality service
Technical Skills
- AWS Security, Amazon Web Services, IAM, Python Boto, ASG, SNS/SQS, EC2
- Prisma Cloud Security
- PaloAlto: Firewall and Panorama
- Fireeye
- Sumologic and Qradar for SIEM Technology
- Cisco ASA Firewall: ASA 5510.5515.5520.5540 x series
- AlgoSec: Firewall Analyzer, FireFlow, Business Flow
- Pulse Secure for VPN
- Aruba: Clear Pass Policy Manager, Wi-Fi controllers, Access-points, Instant AP
- Routing and Switching: Cisco
- SD-WAN: Cloud VPN Hubs, Edge Cluster, WAN optimization, and applications delivery control, Cloud Security Service
- Unix/Linux environments
- Microsoft tools/ applications
Certification
- AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer User certification
- AlgoSec FireFlow User certification
- AlgoSec BusinessFlow User certification
- Palo Alto (ACE) Exam - PAN-OS 8.0 Version
- CISCO ID for CCNA R&S and CCNA security – CSCO13280815
Accomplishments
- Received Make it Possible Award
- Global Information Services– Contractor Excellence Award
- Enterprise InfrastructureSolutions – Service Excellence Award
- Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings
- Implemented an error-free site before the deadline
- Hardware and software refreshment of Aruba Policy manage and controllers globally.
- Hardware and software refreshment of pulse Secure VPN boxes across the globe.
- Resolved product issues through consumer testing
Timeline
Cloud Security Engineer
OneSpan
09.2022 - 03.2024
Sumo Logic Security Integration on the AWS Cloud
Capstone Project - George brown College
09.2021 - 12.2021
IT SERVICE ANALYST
ASM TECHNOLOGIES LTD
11.2017 - 03.2021
ASSOCIATE SYSTEM ENGINEER
TECH MAHINDRA LTD
08.2013 - 05.2017
Post Graduate Degree - Wireless Networking
George Brown College
Post Graduate Degree - Cyber Security
George Brown College
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological-KAKINADA University
State Board of Technical Education And Training - Electrical And Electronic
Government Polytechnic Visakhapatnam
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