Experienced Network and Security Engineer with over 10 years in IT, specializing in network security, infrastructure management, and automation. Skilled in firewall configurations, VPN implementations, and network access control (NAC) using solutions like Cisco ISE-PIC, FortiGate, Palo Alto, and Sophos NGFW. Proficient in log management, SIEM, and security monitoring with tools such as Splunk, AlienVault, FortiAnalyzer, and ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer. Strong expertise in cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization (VMware Horizon, ESXi, Proxmox), and identity management (OKTA, Microsoft NPS). Adept at automating network and security processes using Python, Ansible, and Bash scripting. Passionate about cybersecurity, IT infrastructure optimization, and compliance enforcement, ensuring robust security aligned with HIPAA, CIS, and HITRUST standards.
Cisco ASA with Firepower, FortiGate, Palo Alto, Sophos NGFW, Untangle, SonicWALL, Cyberoam, Bluecoat Proxy, Mikrotik, F5 LTM, PacketShaper, Cisco ISR, Catalyst Switches, Wireless Networks, VPN (Cisco AnyConnect, OpenVPN, FortiClient), AWS VPC Security, SIEM (Splunk, QRadar, AlienVault, FortiAnalyzer, ManageEngine EventLog), SOAR, PRTG, Zabbix, Nagios, Cisco Prime, OTRS, ManageEngine IT360, Incident Response Playbooks, Threat Detection, EDR (FortiEDR, Deceptor, Defender for Endpoint), OKTA (SSO), Microsoft AD & GPO, MFA, JITA, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), PAM, MDM (JAMF, Intune, AirWatch), HIPAA, HITRUST, CIS, ISO 27001, NIST, FedRAMP, Deceptor, Wireshark, Burpsuite, Aircrack-ng, Rainbow Table, Metasploit, ZAP, MobSF, Nessus, Acunetix, IBM Qradar SIEM, SOAR, OTRS (Nagios), ManageEngine (IT360), Ansible, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, MobSF, HashiCorp Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, CI/CD Pipelines, VMware Horizon Client, VMware ESXi, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Security, Google Cloud Security Command Center, ITIL, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, HIPAA, HITRUST, Linux, Windows, KALI, Debian, Ubuntu, MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Hadoop, Nessus, Acunetix, Burp Suite, Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, Wireshark, ZAP, Rainbow Table, OpenVPN Security Audits, Strong interpersonal and communication skills, Stakeholder Management, Teamwork, Accountability