Mohan Raj T

[email protected] 9035782894

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished Firewall and Endpoint Security Engineer with over 12 years of expertise designing and managing robust enterprise security infrastructures using Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, and Firepower firewalls. Proven track record of optimizing firewall rulesets to reduce security incidents by 30% and ensuring 100% compliance with regulatory standards in high-availability environments. Skilled in network security, incident response, VPN technologies, and cloud security, including AWS, driving secure cloud adoption and threat mitigation. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable security solutions that protect critical assets and enhance organizational resilience.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Security Consultant
07/2019 - Present
IBM
Configured and maintained Palo Alto, ASA, Firepower firewalls, ensuring robust security measures
Designed secure firewall rule sets for over 300 applications, reducing attack surface
Conducted regular audits and assessments of firewall rules and configurations, enhancing overall security
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design secure network architectures for various projects
Worked closely with SOC to investigate and remediate firewall-related incidents
Implemented site-to-site IPsec VPNs for remote office connectivity
Provided detailed reports on security incidents and firewall performance to senior management
Conduct alert validation and triage within SIEM platform
Document research and analysis findings for the incidents received from CISO team
Perform analysis of logs from Qradar, for abnormal traffic and Events generated for different signature detected by IPS device
Implementation and Upgrade for Site Protector
Refining IPS Policy and Creating Rules according to the Security Standard
Analysis of the Network Attack, blocks, detects and regular Health Checkups in the real Environment
Contacting the Vendor for escalation and troubleshooting if required
Preparing the Knowledge Transfer document of Process and Technical specifications guide for the Transition/Internal purpose
Troubleshooting, provide on-call support for priority incidents
Technical service specialist
01/2014 - 06/2019
Accenture
Design, Implement, recommend and manage the Endpoint security solutions (VSE, Antivirus) as per the requirement and present state of the security in the client environment
Installation, configuration and maintaining of McAfee ePO server, Repositories and Agent Handlers
Hands on experience in McAfee ePO server 4.x, 5.x
Hands on experience in upgrading the McAfee products like Agent, VSE in overall environment
Responsible for policy configuration for all the McAfee components and the same is deployed to the clients
Responsible for maintaining 120000 nodes are getting DAT updated daily
Responsible to contact to the Client’s Senior Consultant and help them in understanding the AV infrastructure Environment
Creating task for automated report to the respective stakeholder as per the requirement from ePO Console
Performing Daily Health check on ePO servers, its reporting systems, remediate the non-complaint systems
Analyzing the Scan reports for threats and work on them
Troubleshooting McAfee Agent, VSE related issues
Responsible for handling the escalations from within the team and from the end users
Extensively working on Critical escalation and being the Point of contact for customers for any critical issues on Virus infections
Participating the CAB meeting to approve the CR before implement
Handling Problem incidents, SR & CR as per ITIL process
Generating and submitting the Daily, Weekly and Monthly DAT/Threat compliance reports
Maintaining SLA compliance level 100% for Servers and 95% for Workstations
Perform RCA on tickets which did not meet the SLA or a Problem or a high priority ticket
Conducted Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on over 200 tickets monthly, identifying critical issues for high priority incidents and SLA breaches, which led to a 30% improvement in meeting SLA targets and a significant reduction in recurring system problems
Customer support executive
09/2013 - 02/2014
Convergys
Provide resolutions to customers over the call, pitch for sales during the call, Provide excellent customer support
Enhanced customer satisfaction ratings by 35% within a fiscal year by implementing a robust feedback system and training support staff on empathy-driven communication and problem-solving techniques
Technical support specialist
08/2012 - 08/2013
Clear water technologies
Provide Technical assistance on RCA products like Tablets, Modems, Tv’s, VCR, IP phones Etc.
Making sure user is happy with the products purchased and also making sure the user gets the desired attention, if they are in need of assistance on the products purchased
Providing trouble shooting tips over the phone, send technicians if needed

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
01/2012
Visveswaraya Technological University, H.K.B.K College of Engineering

SKILLS

CERTIFICATIONS

ITIL Foundation
CCNA
PCNSE
PCNSA
AWS certified cloud practitioner