Principal Security Solutions Architect

• 2013 - Present

VCE is a cloud computing and CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE pioneer. VCE delivers the industry’s only true converged infrastructure, leveraging Cisco compute and network technology, EMC storage and data protection, and VMware virtualization and virtualization management. ►Global technical responsibility for high profile and jointly sponsored FISMA/FedRAMP architecture and validation on VCE Vblock project collaborated with VCE key technology partners such as Intel Security –McAfee, HyTrust, Intel, VMware, Cisco, EMC and CoalFire.►Lead architect for Secure Trusted Multi Tenancy architecture and validation on VCE Vblock Project with VCE Partners HyTrust, Intel, VMware, Cisco, EMC, Trapezoid, CatBird.►Secure Admin Access reference architecture on Vblock with partner HyTrust►Design and Build end-to-end Data Center solutions focusing on Software-Defined Virtualized Data Centers

Lead SaaS Services Architect

• 2012 - 2013

CA Technologies, a pioneer of service virtualization offers IT management software and solutions.►As part of SaaS hosting team, I hosted CA technologies products and services in Public Cloud .► I owned and managed SaaS Identity Management Portal and Federated SAML SSO components.►Defined and enforced security policies and best practices across the Infrastructure.►Proactively identified security risks and developed solutions to mitigate those risks.►Respond to security incidents and main contact for incident response and remediation.

Manager / Senior IT Security Analyst, On Demand Delivery

• 2011 - 2012

Senior Escalation Engineer

• 2010 - 2011

Qualys, Inc. is a pioneer and leading provider of cloud security and compliance management solutions.►Provided top-notch customer service with professionalism for Qualys CLOUD Suite that includes Network Security - VULNERABILITY Management and Continuous Monitoring , PCI and Policy COMPLIANCE and WEB Application Security .

Customer Support Engineer III

• 2007 - 2010

►Level 3 escalation support engineer for Cisco AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) Network Security products such as ACS, NAC/CCA►Troubleshooting experience with Cisco Routers, Switches, Wireless Access Points, ASA ACL’s, MS Active Directory, LDAP.►Managed rapidly changing priorities under very high demanding environment.►Provided trainings, guidance to level 2 team members.►Recreated customer issues, found and submitted maximum defects for product improvement.►Created knowledge base articles and case studies.

Network Security Engineer

• 2006 - 2007

►PENETRATION TESTING using exploit tools such as METASPLOIT.► VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, network monitoring for security intrusions and reporting on security incidents.►Configuration and fine tuning of brand new TIPPING POINT IPS, and netForensics SIM/ESM as per company policy.►WebSense URL filtering FIREWALL configuration and verification.►Working experience with NCIRCLE IP360 Vulnerability Scanner.

Senior Technical Support | QA Engineer

• 2004 - 2006

Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) pioneer and a CYBER SECURITY company ArcSight, acquired by HP in 2010, provides big data security analytics and intelligence software for security information and event management and log management solutions.►Handled large Enterprise, Government and Federal KEY ArcSight customer accounts for their mission critical projects. ►As a Senior QA engineer, responsible for customer focused test cases, test plans and lab setup for ArcSight high performance database centric Enterprise Security Information Management products.

OEM Engineer

• 2001 - 2004

►PRE-SALES and POST-SALES support for IPSEC, PKI and SSH products targeted towards OEM, Enterprise & Government customers.►Customer Demos, White Papers and Market Research.

Software Engineer

• 1999 - 2001

►As part of IP Services division, developed VPN IPSEC, IKE and L2TP functionality for Shasta 5000 Broadband router.