Engineer Engineering

AMEYA NAYAK

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Professional Summary

Detail oriented Security Engineer with strong educational background in Telecommunication & Electrical

Engineering, supported by field research and professional work experience in Network Administration &

Mobile Intrusion Detection combined with an ability to lead & mentor others

Education

Ph.D : Electrical & Computer Engineering, Aug 2011 to Present

Florida International University – Miami, FL

• Performing Research in the area of Malicious application Detection systems on Mobile Platform

using Artificial Intelligence Techniques

• Teaching Assitant Duties (Lab Practical, Grading Assignments & Conducting Examinations)

• Active Member in University and Department Technical Activities including mentoring

undergraduate students

M.S : Telecommunications, 2010

George Mason University – Fairfax, VA

• Overall GPA: 3.56

• Top 5% of class

• Emphasis in Telecommunication (Networks)

B.S: Electronics & Communication Engineering, 2007

Mumbai University

• Overall GPA: 3.8

• Top 10% of class

• Active member as coordinator & volunteer in College events

Work History

System Administrator, May 2010 to August 2010

AiNET – Mumbai, India

• Played key role in providing technical leadership to a team of System Administrators

• Performed basic computer hardware and software installations on FreeBSD, Linux systems

• Created and managed File Transfer Protocol (FTP) accounts for customers and troubleshooted

any related issues

• Monitored system and performance logs daily

• Participated in On-call groups during non-working hours

• Create and maintain system documentation

Network Administrator, Jan 2010 to May 2010

George Mason University – College of Science – Fairfax, VA

• Provide Network Monitoring and support of end-user devices consisting of over 100 workstations

• Monitor flow of traffic on open ports for network security

• Troubleshoot desktop related issues for faculty and staff

• Install security patches & update related software

• Maintain reports of network scans using Nmap tool

• Troubleshoot network events and analyze network traffic

Student Assistant, Feb 2009 to March 2010

George Mason University Library

• Handled Extensive Projects using Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet

• Accessed, downloaded and maintained databases usage statistics in Excel spreadsheets

• Edited Library allocation resources budget for FY 2010 using Excel worksheet

Network Engineer, Sep 2007 to June 2008

Tata Communications – Mumbai, India

• Analyzed network performance and events and proactively identified impacting issues to

maintain network performance as per Service level Agreement (SLA)

• Performed and managed preventative maintenance tasks

• Wrote daily reports for technical helpdesk and tracked the root cause of network incidents for

organizational review

• Coordinated with vendors/carriers and clients for equipment related issues and/or interconnection

issues

• Responded to customers via phones and e-mails and provided them with the solutions to resolve

the problem

• Provided 24x7 on call network monitoring and support in a NOC environment

• Responded to helpdesk trouble tickets using ticketing system

• Configured and trouble shoot Cisco routers and switches and recorded the sequence of

troubleshooting events

Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Skills

• Programming C, C++, Java, Matlab

• Products – Mentor Graphics, Xilinx ISE Design Suite, HTML, MS Office

• Computer Forensics – Metasploit, Nessus, Wireshark, Helix

• Mobile Forensics – XRY, DroidBox, Android SDK

• Operating System – Windows, Unix, Free BSD, Linux

Publications

• Ameya Nayak, T. Prieto, M. Alshamlan, K. Yen, Android Platform Security and Malware

Survey, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Nov 2013, Vol. 2,

Issue 11

• Ameya Nayak, K. Yen, J. Fan, Breaching of Ring Oscillator Based Trojan Detection and

Prevention in Physical Layer, International Journal on Recent Trends in Engineering &

Technology . Jan 2014, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p205-211. 7p.

• Ameya Nayak, K. Yen, Alexander Perez-Pons, Fuzzy Logic Based Android Malware

Classification Approach, Recent Science, June 2014, Vol. 24 Issue 1

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