KEDAR MENDHURWAR

****, *** ******, ***. ***, Montreal, Quebec, H3G2H8, Canada.

Tel. +1-514-***-****

Email: abggpn@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To obtain a challenging position in the field of Information Technology and

have the opportunity to work with professional, enthusiastic individuals

who strive for excellence and for growth of a reputable company that

welcomes creativity.

. CISSP, CCIE Security Certified with 7+ years of multi-vendor

experience in network and IT security.

. Excellent English and Intermediate French oral and written

communication skills.

. Proven capability in tackling the issues of IT (Networking & Hardware)

arena and other related lines

. Instrumental in achieving the timely completion of assigned targets

. Adroit in learning new technologies; Ability to work both in

independent and collaborative milieu

. Skilled team player with proven ability to lead and motivate teams to

maximize productivity

. Sound communication skills through patient and persistent dialogue;

Disciplined, versatile and big picture thinker;

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Identity Management/AAA: Steel Belted Radius server (SBR), Unified Access

Control (UAC), Security Protocols (RADIUS and TACACS+), Cisco Secure ACS,

Auth Proxy, Dot1x authentication.

Firewalls: Cisco ASA (5510, 5520), Checkpoint Firewalls (R75, R65), Juniper

SSG/ISG and SRX Firewall Address Translation, ACL's, IP Routing, VPNs,

Failover, Transparent Firewall, Security

Endpoint protection: Mcafee DLP, Antivirus management, Host-checker and

posture validation.

Intrusion Prevention System: Cisco IDS-4210, IPS-4215, Sensor

Configuration, Sensor Management, Promiscuous and Inline Monitoring, Custom

Signatures, Blocking Profile, Event Action, IOS IPS.

Switching Technologies: Layer 2/Layer 3 switching, VLANs, Private-VLANs,

VACL, VTP, 802.1Q, Ether-channel, STP, Layer-2 ACL, DHCP Snooping, IP

Source Guard and Port Security

Routing Protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, BGP, Static, Floating Static,

Redistribution

Security Framework: ISO 27001/27002, ITIL Framework, CoBIT Framework

SIEM Framework: Nagios Xi, Juniper NSM Manager, Arcsight

Penetration testing: wire shark, Nmap, Nessus, meta-spoilt, NET Tools,

NetCAT, Cryptography

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Engineer

January 2014 - Present

CLS3 - Center for Large Space Systems and Structures, Montreal

. Conducting secondary research to support presentations, research

reports, and client projects on Optimization of wireless networks

(CSMA) at Concordia University, Montreal.

. Designing and conducting experiments, with mentorship guidance, within

a defined project

. Evaluating the results received with overlapping of channels in CSMA.

. Assisting in the production and editing of presentations and Open

Research reports

. Assisting the team with research on existing and potential new Inter

Mediate projects;

. Presenting seminars on the research and findings conducted.

Network Security Specialist

December 2011 - December 2013

CSS Corp private limited, Chennai, India

JTAC at Juniper Networks (Level 2 Engineer)

. Configuration and Troubleshooting of High End Networks.

. Configuring and Troubleshooting SSL VPN on Juniper (Secure Access

series) Devices

. Error logging and PR escalation.

. Assisting with technical expertise by providing 24/7 assistance to

clients all across the globe.

. Bug reporting to Juniper Engineering team and other external vendors

like OPSWAT to resolve product related issues.

. Reproducing customer's issue in lab to further facilitate them with

Timely resolution or workarounds.

Working with AAA configuration, including AD, LDAP, RADIUS and RSA for

Windows and MAC OS X platform.

. Configuration and troubleshooting issues related to Network Connect

and Junos Pulse as a layer-3 VPN for desktop as well as mobile devices

(Apple iPhone, iPads and Android devices).

. Configuration and troubleshooting issues related to Rewriting (Core

Access) and Pass-through Proxy mechanism.

. Handling and troubleshooting issues related to client-side machines,

like Juniper Host enforcer, host checkers, etc.

. Configuring and troubleshooting Juniper supplicants Junos Pulse and

Odyssey Access Client (OAC).

. Interacting with high profile technical clients & troubleshooting

issues related to Licensing, Certificates, Terminal Services including

Windows & Citrix, Virtual Desktop (Citrix Xen Desktop and VMware VDI),

SNMP, Single-Sign-On (SSO) etc.

. Engage Engineering, PLM and Accounts Team for new feature support

request based on customer's requirement.

. Publishing Technical documents, FAQ, KB articles for internal and

external use.

Senior Network Engineer

March 2009 - December 2011 Emsys Software Technologies,

Bangalore, India

. Responsible for all functions associated with monitoring and control,

second- level technical support, traffic management and other remote

management activities performed across the data mediums.

. Designing and implementing network configurations, network

architecture (including hardware and software technology, site

locations, and integration of technologies), and systems.

. Design and document the Firewall policies & rules to be configured on

the Internal/External Firewalls.

. Upgrading and redesigning the existing firewalls and implementing the

new firewalls 5515x with IPS capabilities.

. Configuration and monitoring of Cisco Catalyst Switches, Nortel

Switches, Netgear switches and Cisco ISRs.

. Report to any abnormality/outages observed from the system that is/are

beyond restriction to lessen downtime.

. Involved in Network Documentation, Troubleshooting TCP/IP routing

protocols & connectivity

. Creating and working up on tickets with the TAC team in order to

resolve the network issues.

. Setting up network monitoring system based on SNMP and ICMP, real time

monitoring for bandwidth and QOS.

. Design and implementation of new fail over site for redundant network

and phone system as well as daily backup and storage.

. Configuring Active Directory, Routing, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP Exchange

Server.

. Resource, Vendor and inventory management of all security equipments.

Timely Return Material Authorization (RMA) with TAC for hardware

replacement.

Network Engineer

July 2007 - March 2009

Emsys Software Technologies, Bangalore, India

. Involved in installation, configuration & maintenance of TCP/IP

network.

. Resolving and escalating hardware and software issues related to

LAN/WAN.

. Monitoring, installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Data

Center products to maintain a highly scalable, efficient, high

performing Data Center Security environment.

. Providing data backups and disaster recovery operations such as

recover My Files for Windows.

. Installing and configuring Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware software

(McAfee, Norton, Avira, AVG, Comodo Firewall, Malware bytes, Super

antispyware, Avast, Trend Micro etc).

. Monitor, manage, and operate Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems to

control access to ports and media, maintain and manage DLP rules, and

address data loss and data movement violations.

. Performing various hardware and software diagnostic tests for backup

and checking hardware equipments.

. Performing routine network maintenance checks as well as configuration

and management of printers, copiers and other miscellaneous equipment.

. Providing onsite assistance as needed

. Monitoring network devices and Concerned with Error Logging.

CERTIFICATIONS

. Certified Information Systems Security Professional - CISSP (License

49300)

. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Security (CCIE#31725) (Lab

certified)

. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - R&S (Written)

. Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH Version 8.0)

. Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) - Awaiting results

. Cisco Certified Network Associate - Security (CCNA Security) -

CSCO11823654

. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - CSCO11823654

. Checkpoint Certified Security Associate (CCSA)

. Juniper Networks Certified Inter network Associate (JNCIA-SSL) -

SR8110824

. Juniper Networks Certified Inter network Specialist (JNCIS-SSL) -

SR8110824

Academic

Credentials

. B. Eng (Electronics & Communications) from ICFAI University, India in

2011

Participations

. Active member of ISACA and ISC2 having participated in multiple

Infosec events.

. Took part in 'Techvision 2020 - Emerging Paradigms in Information

Technology', IIT Bombay

. Presented a seminar on 'Cyber Security and Threats 2010' organized at

JNTU Hyderabad

. Participated in Electrosoft-2009, a National Level event on paper

presentation in December 2009.

. Participated in Technix'08, a state level Technical event.

AWARDS AND

RECOGNITIONS

. Won 'Top performer award' for three consecutive quarters on 2nd, 3rd

and 4th quarter of 2012.

. Won 'Star of the quarter award' for the first quarter of 2013

. Leading contributor to publish knowledge base articles for three

consecutive quarters of 2012.

Personal Details

Languages Known : English, French (Level 2 completed)

References : Available upon

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