Information Security Engineer

reza (ray) amirvafaei

an experienced, accomplished information technology professional

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executive summary

An experience and accomplished Information Technology Professional, with a wealth of experience while working with leading, high-profile companies and organizations.

summary of qualifications

More than twenty years of strong experience, holding posiitons of increasing scope and responsibility.

Strong background in many areas including system administration, system installation and configuration, system testing and troubleshooting, security administration, technical user support, and quality assurance.

Hard working with driven, while highly-experienced in all aspects of information technology work, and is thoroughly familiar with IT products, practices, standards, and protocols.

Possesses extensive experience working with a variety of hardware, software networks, and applications, and is proven that all systems meet all performance expectations.

Adept in troubleshooting all manner of IT issues, and is proven in developing and implementing innovative program and processes which meet with consistent success.

professional experience

MBL Technologies, Arlington Virginia

VA IAM BPMO Consultant (2019-Present)

Supports the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Business program Management Office. Responsible for ensuring that information security awareness, compliance to security policies, and security risks occurred as planned for areas of duty. Implements company policies, technical procedures, and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access. Position requires knowledge of emerging security policies and governance which may impact the agency’s information security policies. Works independently to facilitate discussions among different groups within the agency. Possesses Public Trust Clearance.

Reviews NIST, directives, and memorandums, FIPS, FISMA docs for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Manages user, group, and computer accounts in Active Directory.

Has maintained 98% compliance rate on applications.

Trains internal employees with IAM/SailPoint platforms.

INOVA Health Systems, Sterling, Virginia

IT Security Analyst (2017-2019).

Responsible for managing day to day provisioning and DE provisioning of medical applications, managing daily and monthly metrics for IT Security Department, creating company policies and procedures governing corporate security, email and Internet usage, asses control, and incident response; IT security and access management provision user and group accounts, daily reporting of assigned Security Administration team members’ productivity, supporting customer projects, and aiding with periodic access reviews of user account access,

Provisioned user and group accounts within Microsoft Active Directory and AS/400 environments.

Supported customer projects, and performed assigned tasks while working on defined guidelines.

Enabled compatibility with 3rd-party software products by developing program for modification, integration.

Coordinated with systems partners to complete designs and confirm requirements.

Built application platform foundation supporting migration from client-server product lines to enterprise architectures and services.

FANNIE MAE, Reston, Virginia

Identity Management Analyst (2011-2016)

Team Lead, managing daily operations, and allocating personnel to needed areas in order to meet service-level agreements. Managed unique and non-unique IDs and their access to Active Directory, LDAP, Unix, Exchange, Sybase, and Oracle entitlements within Sail Point and Oracle’s IAM. Worked with audit and research and correction of any deficiency findings; analyzed and took action on reconciliation findings for quarterly access reviews. Oversaw user access for over 300 applications and platforms (provisioning error rate of less than 1%). Utilized AS 400, RACF, and TSO access provisioning.

Investigated problem tickets on weekly, 24-hour shift rotations with an SLA score of 100%.

Troubleshot application and platform access issues, and escalated to property support group as necessary.

Supplied emergency termination support and application access removal as needed by human resources.

Provisioned access in IBM mainframe, and supplied password reset support for application and system IDs.

MEDSTAR, Silver Springs, Maryland

Identity Access Analyst (2014)

Worked on implementation SSO projects for Vengeance (Cardadigm Software), and worked on audits and reviews of identity management compliance. Coordinated, provided liaison to high-level clients for identity management initiatives, programs. Handled trouble tickets and requests from customers for identity management applications.

Additional Experience:

MCS Nortel Resident Engineer, U.S. Patent-Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia (2010-2011)

IT Security Specialist, Federal Home Mortgage Corporation, McLean, Virginia (2007-2010)

Help Desk Analyst/Internet Specialist (1997-1998)

IT Specialist, Talent Tree, Arlington, Virginia (1996-1997)

education

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Washington

Completed Cybersecurity Program, 2020.

JANUS UNIVERSITY/NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles, California

Bachelor Degree in Business Administration.

ATI SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, Falls Church, Virginia

Certificate in Network Engineer/Help Desk Specialist Program.

Professional certifications

CCNA Certification with Routers and Switches, Windows 2000 Certification, A+ Certification in Software and Hardware, INET+ Certification, MCDST Certification, HP Certification, and Network+ Certification

technical proficiency

Windows 2000, Window 8 and 10 Windows XP, Tivoli Access Manger/TAM, PeopleSoft Financials Application user provisioning, Access 2003, Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Word 2003, Lotus Notes user provisioning,

RSA/Secure user provisioning, OIM Oracle Identity Manager, familiar with UNIX commands, McAfee Virus Admin, Windows NT, Console One, Lexis Nexis, Biometrics setup configuration, VOIP, Sail point user provisioning, JP Morgan account auditing and user provisioning, and Bank of America account auditing and user provisioning. MS office 2010 Suite.

Bank Of America, JP Morgan App provisioning and analysis, EPIC Health System provisioning and DE provisioning, Cerner medical application configuration.

OIM(Oracle Identity Manager), Sailpoint, Remedy Tracking System, Service Now Tracking System, LDAP, Active Directory, RSA Setup/Provisioning Support, EPIC Access Provisioning, Cerner Access Provisioning, and Lawson Access Setup, EPIC Security Provisioning, ADFS provisioning.

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