RameezKhizer

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Summary

Motivated, driven, and passionate cyber security engineer with great interpersonal skills and a proven skillset to secure and support various computer infrastructures and environments. Possesses effective leadership and organizational skills to efficiently resolve issues; a persistent troubleshooter capable of tackling problematic projects and meeting challenging goals and objectives under intense pressure. Hard worker, team player, and a quick learner with a desire to have a meaningful long career in cybersecurity.

Certifications

•Certified Information Systems Security Professional (In Progress)

•ECC Certified Ethical Hacker

•CompTIA Security+ Certification

•CompTIA Project + Certification

•MCSA Windows Server 2012 Certified

•CompTIA A+ Certification

Work Experience

TSR Consulting March 2022-Present

Threat and Vulnerability Sr. Analyst

•Splunk Enterprise Security threat management, detection analysis, and proactive/reactive threat hunting

•Identify, action, process, and document for the presence of Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) across the environment

•Recorded Future threat intelligence alert triage and sandbox analysis

•Lead cyber operations successfully to identify and mitigate all security risks and implement security measures to ensure data protection on regular basis

•MVision DLP Incident review, analysis, and mitigation

•Threat and vulnerability assessments, daily reporting and impact analysis via Rapid7/Nexpose

•Blocking/Allowing Proxy requests via McAfee Proxy Gateway

•Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection for phishing emails detection and response

NTT Data/Capital Staffing Solutions August 2020- March 2022

Cybersecurity Engineer (Contract)

•Carbon Black EDR deployment, administration, monitoring, and alert triage

•Lead SOC analysts and cyber operations team to handle and investigate all security incidents

•Risk Assessment of 3rd party vendors

•Created SOPs and developed incident response plans to ensure effective handling of security incidents in a timely manner

•FortiAnalyzer Firewall traffic monitoring and request utilization

•McAfee DLP Incident Manager administration

•Lead phishing campaigns via KnowB4 to grow security awareness within the company

•Conduct Security Awareness training for users within the organization

•Microsoft Azure Security Center alert incident mitigation, triage and resolution

•Azure AD user accounts, groups, roles, access creation

KPMG SEPTEMBER 2018 – August 2020

Sr. Security Operations Analyst

•Search, identify, analyze, and process Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) across the KPMG enterprise

•Provide 24x7 security monitoring and support for business-critical environments

•Monitor the operational support systems to proactively identify service impacting events related to IT, network, and facility conditions

•Keep track of current and emerging threats. Understand, identify, and prioritize potential threats to KPMG systems, employees, and data to suggest measures for future attack prevention and mitigation

•Participate and track incidents from inception to resolution, including root cause analysis

•Support continuous improvement to monitor services and internal processes for resolution of production incidents and support requests

•Review external reports (Tenable/Qualys)

•Maintains records of monitoring and incident response activities, utilizing case management and ticketing technologies such as ServiceNow

•Ran PowerShell scripts to perform automated tasks

•Generates end-of-shift reports for documentation purpose and knowledge transfer to the following shift via daily turnover

PC AGE CAREER INSTITUTE December 2016 - September 2018

Systems Security Administrator

•Provided security administration, configuration, and ongoing support of server infrastructure.

•Installed and configured antivirus and antimalware on all local PCS/Workstations

•Implemented web filtering techniques via smoothfall for security purposes.

•Vulnerability Management via Qualys

•O365 policy creation and utilization

•Hardened Netgear routers and systems by changing default passwords

•Reduced attack surface by hardening Windows 7 & 10 OS and enforced policies via GPO’s.

•Analyzed, set up and monitored all networks for all campuses across NJ locations

•Installed Windows Server 2016 and 2012

GUCCI OUTLET, SECAUCUS, NJ August 2016 – November 2016

Systems Administrator - (CONTRACT)

•Set up and tested LANs throughout the office

•Disconnected and moved PCs

•Set up and installed PCs

•Reported to manager for daily tasks regarding PC issues

•Configured iPads/iPhones

•Perform the implementation of the technical security for Mobile Device Management and control access to the Air Watch Administration platform

KATE SPADE, NORTH BERGEN, NJ January 2014 – August 2016

Jr. Systems Admin

•Troubleshoot printer and internet connectivity issues

•Perform active directory account creation, password resets, etc

•Perform account and password resets

•Utilize VNC viewer to complete tasks as needed

•Oversee proper operation of registers and scanners throughout the store

•PC/Laptop repairs

•Remote connection tools like VNC Viewer and Team Viewer

•Trouble ticketing software

Education

Thomas Edison State University

Masters of Science in Project Management

Graduate level courses in project management, business, finance/accounting, human resources, economics, and marketing

Western Governors University

Bachelors of Science – Information Security

Undergraduate courses in technical writing, networking, security, applications and more

PC AGE Career Institute, Iselin, NJ

Internetwork Engineering certificate covering certification training for:

Networking, Security, Windows and Computer hardware/software

Courses

Splunk Fundamentals 1 course certificate of completion

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming- Udemy course certificate of completion

Interests and activities

•Volunteer Fire Fighter- Boonton Township Fire Department

•Varsity Basketball Team captain- Mountain Lakes High School

•Volunteer Caregiver – Merry Heart Assisted Living

Languages English, Hindi, Urdu

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