SUMMARY

Information Systems Security Professional in pursuit of globally recognised standards of achievement that

confirm to knowledge in the field of information security.

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

London Metropolitan University Bachelor of Science in Computing & Information Systems

PROFESSIONAL IT CERTIFICATION

Juniper® Certified Internet Associate - Certification ID#: JPR95574

Microsoft® Certified Professional ID: 3168517

CompTIA® Network+© - Career ID#COMP001020101665

CompTIA® A+ Certification© ID: COMP10422730

WORK EXPERIENCE

November 2012 – January 2013

Nanjgel Solutions FZ LLC, Dubai, UAE – Security Engineer

Privileged Identity & Password Management

Implemented Enterprise Random Password Manager by Lieberman Software Corporation for United Arab

Emirates federal government entity, National Bureau of Statistics as part of Abu Dhabi Information Security

Programme initiated by the Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre .

Video Session Recording, ObserveIT

Implemented ObserveIT i.e. video recordings of login sessions of network operating systems in a virtual test

environment.

Familar with setting up ObserveIT and Enterprise Random Password Manager in a virtual Microsoft Windows

Server environment using OracleVM VirtualBox.

June 2006 – March 2011 (4 years 10 months) Dubai, UAE - Junior Network Engineer

Employed by TASC Labour Services (www.tascoutsourcing.com/) and was deputed to the client Emirates

Group Information Technology (EGIT) (www.mercator.com) .

June 2010 - March 2011

Was transfered to the EGIT Technical Operations Centre. Performed support & operations of few of the

previously handled security technologies.

June 2008 - June 2010

IPsec Virtual Private Networks and firewall capabilities of Juniper® ScreenOS Netscreen, ISG Series

Integrated Security Gateways & SSG Series Secure Services Gateways. Administered ITIL® adhered firewall

change requests primarily using Juniper® Network Security Manager©. Supervised the support vendor

quarterly-year health checks on the Netscreen & ISG devices.

Procured and deployed the public key infrastructure certificates for servers from external Certificate Authority

Maintained Operational-Level Agreement and Key Performance Indicator reports for various security

technologies.

Google message security service / Barracuda Email Gateway Security appliance

WORKING EXPOSURE

ITIL® Best Practices - Incident, Problem and Configuration Management

Tipping Point® Intrusion Protection System

June 2006 - June 2008

Trend Micro® IntraScan Messaging Security Service© 5.7 email security servers and the in-house spam

retrieval solution. The solution involved various components: MS Exchange© 5.5 email servers, MS Access©

database, MS SQL© database server and MS Visual Basic© scripts.

Designed and developed Microsoft® Outlook© email forms, 'Downgrading Advice' and 'Denied Boarding' for

the Passenger Support and Services IT department.

Internet website access policy administartion, usage reports & support using Websense® 6.2 web security and

MS SQL server database.

Operational-Level Agreement and Key Performance Indicator reports for various security technologies.

WORKING EXPOSURE

End Point Security using McAfee® Products: Viruscan©, Group Shield©, Enterprise Policy Orchestrator©,

Desktop Firewall©

Two-Factor Authentication using RSA® SecurID© hardware tokens.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Recipient of the Emirates Group Najm (star) Merit Awards in recognition of:

A) “The High Level of Professionalism and Commitment shown during the Evaluation and Implementation

phases of the New E-mail Security Gateway Project.”

B) “Your team efforts, hard work and dedication in hosting Fly Dubai owned applications where you went

out of the way to make this project a success and ensured that all user expectations were met”.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE:

January 2006 to June 2006 - Earnest Insurance Brokers L.L.C, Dubai, UAE (http://www.earnestins.com) -

Trainee Insurance Assistant

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

2004 – 2005: Bachelor’s Degree in Science with Honours Third Class, Computing and Information Systems

London Metropolitan University - NCC Education - Al Abbas Institute of Technology, Dubai, United Arab

Emirates

Marksheet Transcript

Year Title Grade (16)

2003/4 Advanced Database Management Systems 6

2003/4 Communications Systems Management 11

2003/4 Object Oriented Analysis and Design 8

2004/5 Software Engineering Methods and Management 2C

2004/5 Management Support Systems 7

2004/5 Computing Project (2 Modules 1 Year) 6

2001 – 2004: International Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies

Business Systems Analysis & Design, Database Design and Development, Enterprise Networking, Managing

Business Projects, Internet Security, Business Management, C++ Programming, Practical Project, PRINCE

Project Management Method.

1999 – 2001: International Diploma in Computer Studies

Basic Computing Principles, Computer Programming, Modeling for Computing with Mathematics, Human

Communication and Information Systems, Business Systems Development, Further Programming, Practical

Project, FoxPro2.6

SECONDARY EDUCATION

1999 General Certificate in Secondary Education, University of London

St. Mary’s Catholic High School, Dubai, U.A.E

PROFESSIONAL IT TRAINING

2011: Koenig Solutions Pvt. Ltd. - CompTIA Security+

Competency in network security, compliance and operational security, threats and vulnerabilities, application,

data and host security, access control and identity management and cryptography. Applied knowledge of

security concepts, tools, procedures to react to security incidents, anticipate security risks and guard against

them.

Cisco® Certified Network Professional, Routing, Switching and Troubleshooting

Ability to plan, implement, verify, and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work

collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless, and video solutions.

Cisco® Certified Network Associate, Interconnecting Cisco® Network Devices - Part 2

Using Cisco Catalyst switches and Cisco routers that are connected in LANs and WANs typically found at

medium-sized network sites. Able to configure, verify, and troubleshoot the various Cisco networking devices in

a small network environment.

2010: New Horizon's Computer Learning Centre - Cisco® Certified Enterprise Network Technician,

Interconnecting Cisco® Network Devices - Part 1

Skills and knowledge necessary to implement and support a small switched and routed network.

2009: Spectrum FZ Ltd. - Juniper® Network Security Manager Fundamentals

Basic operations of Network and Security Manager. Server and domain administration, device configuration,

template creation and management, policy creation and management, logging, and report generation.

Configuring, testing, and troubleshooting features of Network and Security Manager.

2008: Spectrum FZ Ltd. - Juniper® Certified Internet Associate Firewall & VPN

Configuration of the ScreenOS firewall/virtual private network (VPN) products in a variety of situations,

including basic administrative access, routing, firewall policies and policy options, attack prevention features,

address translation, and VPN implementations. ScreenOS version 6.2.

2006: Executrain - Implementing and Managing Microsoft® Exchange© Server 2003

Knowledge and skills to update and support a reliable, secure messaging infrastructure. Creating, storing, and

sharing information by using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 in a medium-sized to large-sized (250 to 5,000

users) messaging environment.

2004: CompuBase - Microsoft® Certified System Engineer, Windows© 2000 and Internet Security &

Acceleration© Server

Configuring, installing and administering Windows 2000 Professional / Server and implementing and

administering, Windows 2000 Network infrastructure and Windows 2000 directory service. Installing,

Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000, Enterprise Edition

2001: Development Institute for Science & Computer - CompTIA® A+ Microcomputer Support & Service

Foundation-level knowledge and skills in IT support. Competence in areas such as installation, preventative

maintenance, networking, security and troubleshooting.

1998–1999: Simer Computers, Al Aroma Enterprises, Dubai - MS Visual Basic 6.0 & Office 2000 Programming

PERSONAL DATA

Full Name: Clovis de Cruz

Place and Date of Birth: Dubai – United Arab Emirates, January 10, 1984

Postal Address:

Tivim Parish Centre, House No. 1229/23 Flat No. 5, Paina Vaddo, Tivim, Bardez, Goa – 403 502, India

Residence Telephone: 00-91-832-22-98-939

Personal Mobile: 00-91-83-90-08-35-46

Email Address: acg1fs@r.postjobfree.com, acg1fs@r.postjobfree.com

OTHER DETAILS

United Arab Emirates Light Motor Vehicle Driving Licence

Indian Union Light Motor Vehicle Driving Licence

Marksheet Transcripts and Education Certificates will be presented on request

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