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: ************@*****.***, ************@*****.***
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