Riyas Madathil

Experience

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  Formshore Technical Solutions

  Sept 2008 - Sept 2009

  IT Administrator

  Planning Designing and implementing LAN/WAN and infrastructure.Administration of all Kind of IT/Telecom equipment and timely upgrades.Configuration and maintenance of Fortinet firewall, cisco routers and switches.Set up windows server 2003 and clients including printers/plotters and telephone system.Acted as a single point of contact for any IT/Telecom issues.Liaising with Duty Manager to make any sufficient upgrades or changes.

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  NSC Global

  Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)

  Site installations/Transformation and rollout of IPT on site:• Responsible for the successful completion of the engineering aspects of projects in conjunction with a Project Manager• Participate in site surveys, on-site installations and day-1 floor support• Liaising with 3rd party suppliers and contractors (Cisco, AT& T, Accenture and BT) • Update and completion of customer internal documentation.• Helping in racking and stacking of catalyst switches in RBS bank datacenters rest of cabling and configuration .• Racking, stacking, patching and initial configuration of Cisco router, L2/L3 switches (2960, 2911, 1921, 6500’s) and Voice Gateways.• Testing operation of IP telephony equipment, including Cisco IP phones (7911G, 7942G,7937G,7975G) عرض أقل

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  Technical Resources Ltd

  Apr 2013 - May 2014

  Bank of America-Merrill Lynch

  Project: Harris Federation(Redstone, London)Installation, configuration and Troubleshooting of LAN and infrastructure.Setting up new LAN network with multivendor devices like cisco and Hp Procurve.Dealing with Cisco ASA5510 Firewall.Configuration and installation of Cisco Wireless Access points (WAP).Providing support to desktop Support team to mitigate problems due to network upgrade.Project: Bank of America, London(Blackbox Network Services)• Responsible for the successful completion of the engineering aspects of projects in conjunction with a Project Manager• Liaising with 3rd party suppliers and contractors (Hp and Bank Desktop Support team) • Installation, configuration and Troubleshooting of Cisco Devices in LAN Environment.• Troubleshooting the connectivity between core and access layers including fiber patching• Provisioning of datacenter operation like installing new device in rack, cabling, configuration etc.• Troubleshooting Datacenter connectivity between different locations. • Providing support to desktop Support team to mitigate problems due to network upgrade. عرض أقل

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  International Bank of Qatar (IBQ)

  Jul 2015 - Dec 2019

  Network Administrator

  • Manage network connectivity and security policies between two banks during Merger process.● Manage and ensure effective operations of security solutions, internet and remote access, LAN/WAN connectivity, telecommunications and industrial network security (patches, upgrades, etc.)● Provide secure and reliable communications between different sites and offices● Leads and/or partakes in infrastructure projects and major activities● Provide the necessary network support to meet department SLA commitments and complete all work requests.● Assist in delivering 99.99% network uptime on the main datacenter VLANs, MPLS network, VPN and internet banking connectivity and 99.5% on all other networks.● Support architectural and network design activities, as well as liaising with vendors and project teams.● Manage all DR related activities and documentation.● Work with, respond to and manage requests from the information security and audit teams. عرض أقل

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  Commercial Bank

  Apr 2020 - Aug 2020

  Senior Network Security Engineer

  • Implementation, Configuring, troubleshooting and monitoring of all the network security devices within the bank includes firewall(Cisco ASA, checkpoint Palo alto, Firepower, Bluecoat Proxy and CAS, Ironport Email gateway, Tipping Point IPS& SMS, SonicWALL SMA, TrendMicro Security Suite, RSA Authentication Manager, Forescout NAC, Cisco ACS, F5 LTM, ASM.• Provide accurate problem diagnosis and solutions.• Extend Support for internal and external audits.• Taking configuration backups of network security devices.• Coordinating with vendors to get level 2 and 3 support in case of critical solutions.• Coordinating with internal IT and application support teams to facilitate their requirements on timely basis.• Hardening of devices as per security guidelines and policies.• 3rd line support for service desk and application team. عرض أقل

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  GBM Qatar

  Dec 2020 - Dec 2022

  Security Engineer

  Evaluate the security strategies and contribute to designing and implement our security architecture Gather system requirements, working together with application architects and owners from a security perspective Security operations, network monitoring, threat analysis, and investigation response solutions Manage and support next generation and traditional firewalls. Manage and support VPN solutions (Remote access, site-to-site VPN, and SSL VPN). Manage and support forward/ reverse proxy appliances, SSL offloading and visibility technologies. Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks Ensure compliance with security standards and compliance guidelines in all highly regulated environments عرض أقل