- Overall five plus years experience in Network security, Cloud and Virtualisation domain.
- Mainly worked in Operations,Technical Assistance Centre (TAC) and Security Operations Centre (SOC).
- Expertise in Next Generation Firewalls, Next Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems, Proxy
Servers, Load Balancers, Hypervisors, Operating Systems and Scripting.
- Experience in Implementation and Post-Implementation support in various network security
technologies.
- Well-known of Cisco products, F5, Checkpoint and Mcafee products.
- Knowledge of Vulnerability Assessment, AWS cloud, SIEM products, Network Protocols, Network
tools.
1. GAURAV SHARMA
Mobile No: +91-9731391842 E-mail: Gaurav.sharma111989@hotmail.com
I intend to provide quick solutions to enterprise networking and security services problems with the best
utilization of my technical skills & the company’s resources. My ability to work under tight schedules to meet
deadlines and coordinate with team to achieve goals will surely make me an asset to the company.
WORK EXPERIENCE (5 Years)
Cisco Systems
Job Title: Senior Customer Advocate
Duration: May 2015 to till date
Location: Bangalore
Job Profile:
Working as Senior Customer Support Engineer in Cisco Sourcefire TAC India
Providing 24x7 APAC-EMEA support for Cisco Sourcefire devices.
Troubleshooting technical issues of Gold and Platinum Support customers.
Analyzing and Implementation of customer configurations and resolving issues in real-time.
Troubleshooting Policy configurations, System configurations, replicating customer scenarios in test
environment for further analysis.
Root Cause Analysis for critical issues of customer depending on priority.
Research work on new Threats, False positives, false negatives.
Composing and Writing KB articles, documentation of faced issues.
Working on automation tools for Cisco Sourcefire devices.
Intel Security Ltd
Job Title: Technical Support Engineer
Duration: April 2014 to May 2015
Location: Bangalore
Job Profile:
Providing 24x7 APAC support for Linux based McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee Email Gateway and
McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange and McAfee Web Reporter.
Troubleshooting technical issues of Gold and Platinum Support customers.
Log analysis for McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee Email Gateway and McAfee Security for Microsoft
Exchange.
Identifying Attack vectors such as Spoofing, Spamming, Phishing, Virus, Trojans, Malware and botnets
detected by McAfee Web Gateway, McAfee Email Gateway and McAfee Security for Microsoft
Exchange.
Network troubleshooting related to various protocols HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, SMTP, FTP, WCCP, ICAP
Worked on VMware and Linux/Unix Server based environments.
Nichepro Technologies
Job Title: Network Security Engineer
Client: Cisco Systems
Duration: June 2013 to April 2014
Location: Bangalore
2. Job Profile:
Worked as Network Consulting Engineer in Cisco Global Security Delivery Team.
Delivered multiple projects of firewall migration from checkpoint to cisco ASA and Juniper Net screen to
Cisco ASA.
Troubleshooting firewall issues on daily basis such as checking ACLs, NAT, VPN and HA
Debugging and Analyzing cisco ASA logs via packet capture and packet tracer.
Handling live requests of ASA firewalls and cisco IPS.
Written PERL script to automate migration such as NAT migration from 8.2 to 8.3+ and Juniper VPN to
Cisco VPN.
HCL Technologies Ltd
Job Title: Senior Security Analyst
Duration: June 2011 to June 2013
Location: Noida
Job Profile:
24 x 7 support on various security products Checkpoint Firewall, F5 Load balancers, Bluecoat Web proxy,
HP Arcsight, Nagios and Cacti monitoring tools
Handling and troubleshooting technical issues of customer environment accordingly.
Monitoring and analyzing various incidents such as threats and attack vectors.
Working in SOC (Security Operation Center) with 24*7 shift environment. Working for network
infrastructure related issue, providing support to the end user via Remote Session (WebEx/Call/e-mail) to
remediate the issue.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Routing and Switching Concepts RIP,EIGRP,OSPF,BGP,VTP,VLAN,802.
1x,PPTP,L2TP,IPsec
Information Security NMAP, Burpsuite, Metasploit,
penetration testing using Kali Linux,
Attacking techniques and knowledge of
ethical hacking.
Cloud Security Amazon Web Services
Firewalls Checkpoint ,Cisco ASA
Load balancers F5 LTM
Web proxy Bluecoat, McAfee Web Gateway
Email Gateway McAfee Email Gateway, McAfee
Security for Microsoft Exchange
IPS/IDS Cisco IPS/IDS, Cisco Sourcefire
Tools McAfee Web reporter, McAfee Content
Reporter, Cisco CSM, HP Service Center,
Insight, Nagios, Cacti, Royal TSX
Operating Systems Red Hat Linux, Unix, Microsoft Windows
Server 2008,2012
Microsoft Windows 7,8,XP, MAC OSX
Virtualization VMware, vSphere, Virtual box, VMware
Fusion
Scripting PERL, Shell scripting,Javascript,HTML
3. CERTIFICATIONS
CISSP Training completed
CEH v9
CCNA
CCNA Security
Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator R75
F5 certified LTM and GTM consultant
Red Hat Certified System Administrator v6
McAfee Certified Web Gateway Administrator
CCIE Routing and Switching (Written)
VMware Data Center Certified Professional – 6
Securing Cisco Networks with Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention Systems (SSFIPS)
Securing Cisco Networks with FireAMP Endpoints (SSFAMP)
Securing Cisco Networks with Open SNORT (SSFSNORT)
ACADEMIC PROFILE
B Tech (CSE), 2011; Lovely Professional University; 77.76%
HSC, 2007; CBSE Board; 79.60%
SSC, 2005; Gujarat Board; 83.57%
PERSONAL DETAILS
Languages Known : Hindi, English, and Punjabi
Strength : Adaptability to new Technologies and Environment, Excellent Communication
Skills, Strong Managerial and Organizational Skills, Team-Player, Willingness
to learn and win
Hobbies : Reading Novels, Cricket, Internet Surfing and Learning creative stuffs.
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the above written particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Place : Bangalore
Gaurav Sharma