Ayyappa C

Experience

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  IndGlobal Digital Private Limited

  May 2013 - Aug 2015

  Network Engineer
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  Render Infotech

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2017

  Security Analyst
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  Nextwebi IT Solution

  Feb 2017 - Apr 2019

  Information Security Analyst
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  Digi Mark Agency

  May 2019 - Nov 2020

  Cyber Security Engineer

  • Experience with many of the following technologies/roles: Privileged Account Management, Two Factor Authentication, Web filtering, Web Application Firewalls, Virtualized computing environments, Encryption-at-rest and encryption-in-transit, Vulnerability Management.• Installation and configuration of networks and network devices such as web application firewalls, network firewalls, switches, checkpoint firewall, squid firewall, blue coat proxy and routers.• Network Security configuration, audit, and management of Windows servers. Installation, configuration, audit, and management of security tools.• Security configuration, audit, and management of applications and databases. Leading security incident investigations, including basic forensic analysis and reporting. • Deploying, automating, maintaining, and managing AWS cloud-based production system, to ensure the availability, performance, scalability and security of productions systems.• Maintenance and monitoring of network and host intrusion detection and prevention technologies. Implementing security controls. • Experience in Palo Alto networks and firewall and configure and manage AWS/ Azure cloud infrastructure.• Develops and leads procedure for testing disaster recovery plan and provide help-desk-style assistance administered MS Windows Server, Red Hat Linux Server, and Network/Security Administration.• Advanced knowledge of Cisco wireless LAN controllers, Cisco access points, Cisco ISE, Cisco routers, Cisco L2/L3 switches, Cisco Prime, Generic Routing Encapsulation, load balancing (F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, Cisco Load Balancer, Citrix, Azure load balancer), QOS, PBR, WCCP, VPN, NAT, VoIP, IPsec, Multicast, DNS services, MPLS networks, LAN, WAN, Juniper Networks Firewall, Cisco ASA firewalls and network and routing protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, SNMP, VLAN Trunking, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, EBGP,IBGP,RIP). Show less

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  Wells Fargo

  Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

  Sr. cyber security engineer/ penetration tester

  • Interface with users, technicians, engineers, vendors, and other Technical Maintenance personnel to install, update and debug automated systems ensuring products and systems comply with cyber security standards and practices. • Develop test routines and monitoring solutions. Penetration testing using Nmap and Wireshark day to day support of servers, workstations, network, and other equipment Drive cloud security standards through developing architecture and work with application teams to ensure the best solutions are implemented to support cloud initiatives.• Document support procedures specific to systems to be utilized by the Technical Maintenance and Engineering departments.• Plan, execute and oversee remediation activities for valid vulnerabilities which are identified using Application Scanning tools with application scanning to identify security vulnerabilities in the web application and architectural weaknesses.• Worked within the cyber defence management leadership to provide operational support to SOC operations, vulnerability management, security engineering platforms (Email security, Cloud Security, DLP, IDM, Azure Security Analyse, CASB), and application security.• Architecture design and Implementation of centralized IBM Qradar SIEM for High Availability and Redundancy effectively communicate with Business Operations and other functional areas on web application vulnerabilities. • Experience in planning, installing, configuration, and administering IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1. Support, performance tuning and troubleshooting ISIM 7. Configure and manage ISIM 7 security e.g., configuration of single sign-on, secure communication with supported middleware etc.• Hands-on technical experience with testing of web applications in Java or .NET, Experience with audits, Show less

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  First Republic

  Nov 2022 - Nov 2024

  Sr. Cyber security engineer/ penetration tester

  • Conducting Vulnerability Assessments using IBM App Scan to evaluate attack vectors, Identify System Vulnerabilities and Develop remediation plans and Security Procedures, Web Application Vulnerability Assessment & Threat Modelling, Gap Analysis, secure code review on the applications.• Drive cloud security standards through developing architecture and work with application teams to ensure the best solutions are implemented to support cloud initiatives identify the critical, High, Medium, Low vulnerabilities in the applications based on OWASP Top 10 and SANS 25 and prioritizing them based on the criticality.• Work with the internal development team to relay customer feedback and incorporate it into our agile development process work within the cyber defense management leadership to provide operational support to SOC operations, vulnerability management, security engineering platforms (Email security, Cloud Security, DLP, IDM, Azure Security, CASB), and application security.• Application support for tripwire, research and understand all aspects up tripwire and troubleshooting as well as find other ways to automate practices would help other teams within cyber security as well for any projects dealing with Nessus tools vulnerability management, risk and compliance in NERC standards.• Manage IBM QRadar configuration files like inputs, props, transforms, and lookups. Upgrading the IBM QRadar Enterprise and security patching experience with DLP, Bluecoat web sense, Proof point, Trend Micro, and IBM QRadar Enterprise SIEM security tools to monitor network environment. Show less

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  Apple

  Nov 2024 - now

  Cyber Security Engineer

  Contract through Systems Integration Solutions.