AARTHY RAVICHANDRAN

Apex,North Carolina,*****

Phone: 860-***-**** Email: adp1xk@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarthy-ravichandran-08b3673a/ Network engineering professional with 2+ years experience in L1 Network support role with CCNA certification. Worked on Incident Management handling high priority Incident Tickets for Network related issues.

Having Agile knowledge with SAFe scrum master certification. Excellent verbal, written and communication skills. Additional knowledge on JIRA,RALLY, Confluence tools related to AGILE methodology, MS VISIO and MS OFFICE.

Pursuing 6-months Cybersecurity Bootcamp from University of North Carolina Charlotte. Working on Linux, Bash scripting, Powershell scripting, Windows, Wireshark, Microsoft Azure,Splunk. Certifications

Security+: CompTIA & Network+: CompTIA,CCNA,SAFe Scrum Master Certified. Technical Skills

Programming Languages and Technologies: Windows OS, iOS, Linux, Powershell, Command Prompt, Azure, Vagrant, Wireshark, SIEMS, Burp Suite, BeEF, Metasploit, Kali Linux, YAML,Splunk,Microsoft Azure. Cybersecurity and Networking: Governance, risk, and compliance, hardening systems, network security, cloud security, web vulnerabilities and hardening, penetration testing, and forensics,vLAN,WAN,VPN,SSH,DNS,Cisco switches and Juniper Switches,Firewall. Agile Skills: Jira,Rally,Confluence.

Projects

ELK Stack Project https://github.com/aarthyravichandran/ELK-STACK-Project/tree/main/Project1

● Created and deployed an ELK Virtual Machine with the ability to peer into a network in order to collect and analyze data on three vulnerable, load balanced servers. Using Ansible, deployed and configured Filebeat and Metricbeat, for the purpose of effectively monitoring log files and metrics through the ELK Virtual Machine and Kibana.

● This gives the ability to peer into a network of servers for the purpose of identifying and mitigating malicious activity, as well as vulnerabilities within the network. Professional Experience

Company name: Cognizant Technology Solutions - Chennai, India Project Name : EUCS-ITIS-INTERNAL-NSDR (10/2012 - 12/2014) Network Security Engineer: Responsible for identifying existing issues and building safeguards to avoid future threats. Testing & configuring network hardware and software systems involved. Role & Responsibilities :

● Monitored network traffic in order to secure ingress & egress from the internal network. Reviewed and analyzed submitted phishing emails in order to determine whether these were true positive malicious emails.

● Reviewed and analyzed data quarantined for data loss prevention. Ensuring compliance to make sure sensitive information did not leave the network.

● Collaborated with colleagues on the improvement of network infrastructure in order to increase quality, reliability, effectiveness.

● Deployed Firewall for the VMs and set inbound and outbound rules according to the requirements.

● Responsible for performing firewall vulnerability testing and reporting.

● Monitored and tested network performance and provided network performance statistics and reports.

● Built out technical documentation for our processes leading to a reduction in on boarding of 2 days for new engineers.

● Led monthly “Lunch & Learn” sessions to instruct other engineers on best practises around switching,routing & IP Addressing.

● Managed and configured Cisco L1 switches,Juniper switches for vLAN changes and vLAN Management,analyzed new vLAN and Firewall requests and authorized the setup.

● Directed and designed network diagrams to meet and exceed mission standards.

● Handled around 500-600 incident tickets per month and recieved star performer award multiple times.

Project Name : EUCS-ITIS-INTERNAL (07/2012 - 10/2012) System Engineer: Responsible for handling calls and Incident tickets resolving basic software hardware and network issues

Role & Responsibilities :

● Worked on both hardware and software installations and helped them solve their network problems remotely.

● Handled calls from different client customers who required admin support for MS Office issue, O365, remote connectivity.

● Get the right Engineers to work on the tickets in a timely fashion by prompt attendance of the tickets and understanding the issues.

● Possess strong organization and time management skills and can multi-task and effectively prioritize workload and projects.

● Conducted system diagnostics, troubleshooting, analyzed network performance, system slowdowns, and ascertained reasons for the encountered bottlenecks. Education

Boot Camp Certificate: UNC Charlotte Cybersecurity Bootcamp, Charlotte, NC Mar. 2022 Bachelor of Engineering(ECE) : Anna University,Chennai,India 7.56 GPA

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