Gaurav K: System Security Consultant in Jersey City, NJ

Monitoring and troubleshooting various data center issues over NY/NJ, London, and Tokyo ticker plants and trading systems Troubleshooting system issues such as security alarm generation, disk space issues, system crashes, privilege escalation, etc. Identifying false positives and false negatives from the alarms generated and implement preventive measures Automating day-to-day system administrators jobs using GitHub, Jira, Salt, Splunk, etc. Maintain system security by designing, testing, and implementing related operational processes

Designed, developed, and documented labs on wide array of topics covered in cybersecurity and networking Collaborated with professor and lab mates to verify the concept of application vulnerabilities such as XSS, SQLI, Clickjacking attacks, etc. using BurpSuite, NMAP, NetSparker and manual testing Researched and studied new vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques and documented those techniques for future references Provided clear technical documentation and written procedures to ensure future members of the lab can troubleshoot and change complex lab environment Teaching assistant for security/networking fundamentals & delivered security awareness program to high-school advisors and undergraduate students

Developed, maintained, and upgraded software for e-commerce clients to manage business processes Performed system testing and maintained and created documentation for the application Minimized web application vulnerabilities by code auditing using Bandit and designed security policies based on the vulnerability report generated Designed, implemented, and documented password policies for the client applications Analyzed, tested and reported on potential alternatives to currently used tool-kits such as reporting and monitoring tools ISO 9001:2008 Coordinated design and implementation of application with clients to ensure timely project completion

Implemented network configurations and monitored security log analysis to ensure clients policy and requirements are met Analyzed network and performed troubleshooting to address network issues using Wireshark and patched those issues collaborating with team members Ensured network security best practices are implemented through Firewalls, Web proxies, IPS/IDS, Encryption, Load Balancing and validated those with SIEM solutions Evaluated network performance issues including availability, integrity, and utilization and accomplished peer-to-peer throughput Provided technical support to customers on the capabilities, requirements, configurations and usage of environment Performed network maintenance upgrades/enhancement including service packs, patches, hotfixes and security configurations