KUNJAL PATEL
Flower Mound TX ***** 972-***-**** *****************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/patel-jkunjal/
Information Security Specialist
Technical Professional Providing Mission Critical Information Security Protection
Extensive experience in data processing, systems analysis, and information security.
Critical thinker to solve complex problems and plan, implement, and measure security measures for network and system protection.
Excellent at training and cross-team collaboration to communicate crucial knowledge to fight data threats and make a huge impact on security-based resolutions.
Threat Investigation & Prevention Database Development Project Lifecycle Management Systems Analysis Information Privacy & Protection Compliant Policies & Procedures Data Security Troubleshooting & Maintenance
Technical Proficies: Unix, Windows, SQL, C, C++, Visual Basic, VBScript, PL/SQL, Clipper, Python, Oracle 12c, MS Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint), Visio, Power BI, SharePoint, MS Project, FoxPro 2.6, Developer/2000, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SQL Loader, Export/Import Utilities, SQL Trace, Splunk. Wireshark
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Master of Information Security Managment0Information Security
Keller Graduate School of Management, Irving TX – 02/2019, CGPA-3.76
Bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems
DeVry Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA
Certifications: Scrum Master Professional, Scrum Product Owner, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Information Security Engineer (contract)
Standard Motor Products, Lewisville TX - 09/2019 to Present
Administering Splunk and Splunk Apps to include developing new or extending existing Apps to perform specialized functionality to integrating Splunk with a wide variety of data source. Detect, quarantine and report malicious incoming phishing emails after testing on a sandbox.
Cordinated company assets where vulnerabilities went down to single digits.
Trained and informed non-technical users’ knowledge of phishing went up by 75%.
Modified security measures to plan, upgrade, and monitor security processes more efficiently.
Team Manager (Volunteer)
Lewisville ISD, Flower Mound TX - 10/2013 to 04/2019.
Managed and mentored a project team of 7 to facilitate the Destination Imagination program with a limited budget, implemented resolutions within a provided deadline, and presented outcomes to the program judges after the event for future course of action
Administered projects to the identifying skills needed to produce successful outcomes including brainstorming, planning, implementation, scheduling, and execution to meet deadlines.
Customized the project phases and budget plans offering communication to senior leadership to beable to reach a technical audience.
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DBA/Programmer
AuroInfo, Pondicherry IN - 02/2012 to 08/2013
Spearheaded activities that guaranteed that the organization’s Oracle databases operated at 99.5 % uptime with optimal performance metrics to aid business objectives. Championed the use of distributed databases and real application clusters allowing high scalability and availability. Consolidated databases into container databases. Monitored databases to measure and improve query times while condensing redundant space.
Maximized the functionality of Oracle Data Guard to survive disasters, lower error rates, and prevent data corruptions allowing standby databases to switch to a production role in times of emergency. Administered new user access approval, added or removed new data elements to support applications development, and implemented back and restore processes. Collaborated with solution architects and development teams to guarantee that databases fitted well within the overall IT infrastructure of the organization.
Liaison between technical staff and non-technical users to transform business requirements into technical specifications to meet project deadlines and lower production maintenance time by 20%.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Programmer/Support Technician/Team Leader- The Shams Group, Coppell, Texas - Worked on large and small projects with other programmers and software engineers to troubleshoot potential issues in the software program design phase. Composed scripts, encompassing stored procedures, triggers, and table additions and deletes, allowing computers and systems to operate more efficiently.
Brainstormed permanent solutions to recurring problems, maintained existing systems, and automated common functions and data flow utilizing DTS packages. Coached and mentored new hires to guarantee that team members were adequately trained in the organization’s protocols and standards. Actively partnered with personnel to develop talents, boost productivity, and facilitate employee progression within the organization.
Key Accomplishment:
• Found solutions to different clients’ systems, to ensure proper function, including the addition of new fields to omit future errors and trained overseas employees on how to add the fields.
Senior Consultant- Oracle Corporation, Irving, Texas
Headed the maintenance and smooth functionality of administrative applications and trained new hires to become proficient with the company’s environment and technical needs.
Key Accomplishment:
• Debugged administrative tools and offered suggestions to project managers, to avoid future errors, to meet project delivery deadlines.
Additional Experience
Developer SABRE Decision Technology, Fort Worth, Texas
Developer IntellAgent Control Corporation, Dallas, Texas
Developer Ceridian, Atlanta, Georgia
Developer/Team Leader Deloitte & Touche, Washington D.C.