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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Interests
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SAURABH VERMA

SAURABH VERMA

SUPPORT ACCOUNT MANAGER
TOKYO

Summary

Accomplished Network & Security Specialist with 9+ years of experience. Committed to strategic planning and delivery of large-scale objectives while maintaining highest levels of integrity and respect. Applies advanced technical, business and logistics acumen to streamline processes. Adept at driving cross-functional teams within high-pressure and deadline-driven environments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages

Work History

SUPPORT ACCOUNT MANAGER

ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS
TOKYO
01.2021 - Current
  • Worked with the Security Operations Manager, Security Operations Specialists and the Security Investigations and Intelligence Team to anticipate, identify and evaluate risks that carry a significant risk to the Network, Endpoints and Subscribers.
  • Supervised and preformed risk assessments & remediation strategies that created secure business process.
  • Established KPIs, counter-measures and policies and procedures for the monitoring of infrastructure and Endpoints in Customer Network.
  • Reviewed security presentations, security audits, network reviews to created network snapshots.
  • Conducted & supervised security reviews, deep penetration scans, testing, and overall security posturing on security engagements.
  • Enabled knowledge, mentoring & skills transfer SOC staff to discover security risks and mitigation.
  • Identified gaps and consulted on how to improve network defense, by designing and customizing the solution based on customers' network design, requirements and constraints.
  • Acted as an ambassador providing excellent, dedicated, and proactive service to demonstrate value, and assure customer satisfaction and success.
  • Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
  • Created and presented reports, Dashboards to Senior Executives for added Value and Engagement.

SENIOR SUPPORT ENGINEER

ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS
MUMBAI
01.2020 - 12.2020
  • Part of Global Support Services Team driven by Customer Success.
  • Providing Technical Support to Clients from All Regions.
  • Broke down and evaluated network and security problems with Penetration Testing, Vulnerability assessment, Network & Endpoint Security Policies ensuring seamless operations.
  • Patched software and installed new versions to eliminate security problems and critical bugs.
  • Rethought plans for each Project to devise lateral options filling unique security gaps and solution gaps.
  • Created, aligned and optimized Project Handover Policies
  • Performed proactive monitoring & reviews,root cause analysis and advanced troubleshooting.
  • Provided priority support to MVC customers in 24/7 uptime and secure environment
  • Performed Timely audits and sessions with MVC customers, building trust and ensuring recurring business.
  • Managed training and professional growth of employees.
  • Provided high-level technical support by resolving inquiries by phone, e-mail and web consistent with department and team service levels and goals.

RESIDENT SUPPORT ENGINEER

ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS
MUMBAI
10.2016 - 12.2019
  • Working at Customer Site, acting as SPOC for all the Technical Activities - E2E Solution deployment and Support.
  • Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Delivered Professional Services , travel to different customer locations, prepared HLDs & LLDs.
  • Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
  • Audit Security Policies, ensuring Zero-day Protection, Vulnerability assessments and patching.
  • Worked with different customer teams to understand needs and provide excellent service.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Tested new product offerings prior to release to assist development team in bug identification.

L3 NETWORK ENGINEER

IBM
PUNE
05.2016 - 09.2016
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Responsible for Data center Implementation and Migration.
  • Responsible for configuration, troubleshooting and management of Routers, Switches, firewalls.
  • Responsible for BGP end to end routing on the network.
  • Security Policy and ACL implementation on firewalls.
  • Vulnerability assessment, penetration testing and patching
  • IPS configuration and policy audits.
  • Responsible for the projects like hardening, TACACS, SNMP configuration, server build,up-gradation of LoadBalancers, Switches, Routers, and ASA firewalls.
  • Providing technical supports on 24x7 environments.
  • GSLB, VIP, WAF configuration & Troubleshooting on F5 and Radware Platforms.

SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER

CUBIX MICROSYSTEMS
PUNE
01.2016 - 04.2016
  • Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
  • Established and monitored key performance metrics to verify consistent compliance with important networking & security standards.
  • End-to-end project deployments DPI and Security Products for our various clients. -
  • Providing remote/on-site support for all the issues.
  • Providing priority and proactive support to Strategic customers.

NETWORK ENGINEER

CUBIX MICROSYSTEMS
PUNE
08.2014 - 12.2015
  • Initiated and managed network test facilities to verify network hardness and resilience.
  • Detected intrusion attempts and promptly responded to DDoS attacks.
  • Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.
  • Liaised with stakeholders to keep project goals and deadlines on target.
  • Troubleshot complex multi-vendor network service provider issues.
  • PAN India Design & Deployment of DPI Solutions.
  • Analyzing network traffic and understanding the Application bandwidth needs.
  • Monitoring device health & KPIs by Solarwinds NMS integration using SNMPv3.
  • Closing security loopholes: vulnerabilities and penetration open ports
  • Performing upgrades across all Platforms.
  • Implementing ACL`s and service policies on Cisco Firewalls.
  • Configuring ISE for AAA for all Network & Devices and Endpoints.
  • Analyzing vulnerable rules on firewalls that may have impact on the network.

NETWORK ENGINEER/TRAINER

NETWORXX
PUNE
02.2013 - 07.2014
  • Achieved comprehensive knowledge of Cisco Network and Security Programs
  • Gained Expertise as a Technical Trainer for Courses like - CCNA,CCNP for Routing & Switching and Security.
  • Trained many Aspiring College Students & Working Professionals on the Cisco Official Certification Courses.
  • Provided Expert Guidance, Feedback and Insights on the R&S and Security Concepts.
  • Prepared Practise Labs to replicate real-world problems and driven trainees to Troubleshoot complex scenarios more efficiently and quickly.
  • Certified on CCIE Security (Written) Exam and challenged self on empowering knowledge to trainees.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY, JALGAON
08.2007 - 06.2011

Skills

    Cybersecurity

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Accomplishments

  • Achieved Recurring Operations Revenues Value Realization through DPI and Security Analytical Skills
  • Received "Star Performer on Vendor Responsiveness" Award from Customer - Rakuten Mobile
  • Achieved Zero Downtime Network with Robust Security Policies with Multiple Mobile Service Providers.
  • First GSS Engineer to be promoted to Senior Level.

Certification

CCIE Security (Written)

Interests

Binging

Travel

Timeline

SUPPORT ACCOUNT MANAGER - ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS
01.2021 - Current
SENIOR SUPPORT ENGINEER - ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS
01.2020 - 12.2020
RESIDENT SUPPORT ENGINEER - ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS
10.2016 - 12.2019
L3 NETWORK ENGINEER - IBM
05.2016 - 09.2016
SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER - CUBIX MICROSYSTEMS
01.2016 - 04.2016
NETWORK ENGINEER - CUBIX MICROSYSTEMS
08.2014 - 12.2015

CCIE Security (Written)

10-2013
NETWORK ENGINEER/TRAINER - NETWORXX
02.2013 - 07.2014
NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY - Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science
08.2007 - 06.2011
SAURABH VERMASUPPORT ACCOUNT MANAGER