Summary

Results-driven Security/IT professional seeking a technical specialist position in the area of Information security environment and to pursue a challenging career in an organization that gives me tremendous scope for professional improvement and an opportunity to contribute back to the organization and the professional to the best of my knowledge and abilities.


Experience

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Assistant Manager SOC
The Bank of Punjab (BOP)
Jul 2020 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan

- Working in 24/7 roster-based shifts.- Monitor, investigate, triage, contain, and mitigate real time security logs, alerts, and incidents.- Administration of SIEM (IBM Qradar) including use cases creation, Logs parsing and devices integration.- Playbooks creation to follow standard procedures for effective case closure.- Implementation of advisories and Threat Intelligence feeds over SIEM and other security controls.- Monitor other security tools like Email Security appliance, Kaspersky EDR, Trend micro-Deep discoverytools, Cisco NDR and WAF etc. for better insight of alerts and incidents.- Provide guidance for L1 analysts in analyzing events and response activities.- Follow up cyber security incident tickets till closure.- Review Daily/weekly /Monthly dashboard reports and share with relevant stake holders.- Configure and fine-tune security toolset to reduce false alarms and increase fidelity of the overall system.- Creating and continuously improving standard operating procedures used by the SOC.- Sound knowledge of MITRE or similar frameworks and procedures used by adversaries.- Analyzing Phishing and Spam related emails.- Conducting SOC maturity assessments.- Perform additional duties assigned by management.

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IT Manager
Medcare MSO
Jan 2017 - Jul 2020 | Faisalabad, Pakistan


KEY RESPONSIBILITIESL
- Overseeing all IT operations including staff and infrastructure. - Provide functional and technical support to of 250+ systems within the organization. - Administration, installation, configuration and troubleshooting of windows server including’sDomain controller, Active directory, Email server, DHCP, DNS, Hyper-V, File server, VPN server,Antivirus server and Firewalls. - Manage Router, switches, VOIP and wireless network.- Management of IT operations (IT Development, Help Desk Support).- Coordinate with other departments to determine and addressing their IT needs and requirements.- Identifying vulnerabilities, the need for upgrades and opportunities for improvement.- Maintenance of all IT assets, records, documentation and IT Infrastructure.- With proactive management, inform administration about the issues that may arise/occur in thefuture with cost effective solutions.- Perform additional duties as assigned by management and available 24/7.
Network and System Skills:
- TCP/IP: 7’s Layers, IP Addressing, Subnetting and VLSM.- Switching: VLANs, Trunks, VTP, Ether Channel/Port-Channel, STP, RSTP, CEF, Layer2security, Multilayer Switching and Troubleshooting.- Routing: Static, RIP, OSPF (Single & Multiple Areas, ABR, ASBR, Virtual Links), EIGRP, BGP,HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, NAT/PAT, ACLs, Route Summarization, Route Redistribution, Route Mapsand SolarWinds.- Firewall & VPNs: PaloAlto, Site to Site VPN, Remote VPN, IPSec and GRE over IPSec.- Windows: Windows Server 2008/2012, DC, DNS, DHCP, RDS, FS, virtualization and ISA/TMGproxy server.

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System Support Engineer
NRSP Microfinance Bank
Sep 2014 - Nov 2016 | Faisalabad, Pakistan

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support to 15 remote branches and LAN network of 200+ systems within the organization.• Installation and troubleshooting of workstations with user level securities and permissions.• Installation and configuration of different software’s product as per client requirement.• Upgrade systems and network with new releases and models.• Participates in the implementation of new technologies across the bank security, disaster recovery, standards and service provision.

Education

University of Engineering & Technology
Certification, CCNP (R&S)‎
Computer Network, Computer Networks and Communication
Completed
2016
Comstas institute of information & Technology Lahore
Bachelors, Bachelors in Science, ‎
Computer Network, Computer Networks and Communication, Data Communication and Networks
2013
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Masters, , B.Sc (Hons)‎
CGPA 2.8/4
2013
BISE Faisalabad
Intermediate/A-Level, , F.Sc Pre-Engineering‎
Percentage 73%
2008
BISE Faisalabad
Non-Matriculation, Matric in Science‎
Completed
2006
University of Engineering & Technology
Certification, CCNA‎
Computer Networks and Communication
Completed

Skills

Expert Network Monitoring Tools
Expert Virtualization
Expert Branch Network & Connectivity
Expert CCNA
Expert CCNP
Expert CEH
Expert Computer Network Operations
Expert Core & Access Network
Expert End user support: L1 & L2
Expert Local Area Network
Expert Network systems architecture/engineering
Expert Networks & Data Centers
Expert Proven experience in a network administrator role
Expert Routing & Switching
Expert SIEM
Expert TCP/IP
Expert Technical Skills
Expert Troubleshooting-skills
Intermediate VoIP
Expert WAN
Intermediate Window server 2008
Intermediate Windows 10
Intermediate Windows Server 2016
Expert Windows Servers
Intermediate Wireless Networking

Languages

Expert Urdu
Expert English