Hello:
I am an experienced and certified Information Security/Network Engineer
(presently in USA) having more than eleven years of hardcore IT
experience. I have in-depth exposure to InfoSec, Cisco, LAN/WAN, and
Systems Administration technologies. I also have reaching experience at
university and corporate levels, having lectued numerous courses in
InfoSec and Cisco technologies. I have designed, implemented and secured
complex network systems including Windows and UNIX servers, firewalls,
etc. in university and hospital campuses and also over wide-area networks.
I am looking for openings in Canada, Europe, or Middle east.
SANJEEV SOOD
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I have over eleven years of hardcore IT experience with various aspects of
information technology within both the private and public sectors. As an
Information Security Architect I specialize in using advanced security
technologies to secure electronic transactions and control access to
sensitive information resources. I have served as a technical consultant
for NEC BNS, a fortune 64 company specializing in IT infrastructure
consulting. I have in-depth exposure to networking and information
security technologies. This hands-on experience is complemented by
advanced study in the field consisting most recently of a Certified
Information System Security Professional (CISSP) certification, GSEC
certification from SANS Institute, and a BS (Honors) degree in Computer
Engineering.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Amerinfo, Denver, CO
Sr. Network Engineer/Information Security Architect
Mar 2001-present
In this capacity, I architect network infrastructure design,
implementation and support along with security implementations and provide
deployment assistance for organizations implementing advanced security
technologies, such as PKI and penetration testing and information security
assessments and vulnerabilities identification, to facilitate a secure
organization. Develop standards foe security architecture for clients with
focus on maintaining the integrity and availability of transactions over
un trusted networks.
Government Agency � Provided detailed design and implementation solution
for a large Cisco campus network including VoIP and IP/TV solution
emphasizing upon security issues.
Achievements:
� Trained hundreds of information security and Cisco network
engineering professionals throughout the United States and India on the
concepts, business benefits, design considerations and implementation
issues.
� Colorado Region Mentor for SANS Institute to share the knowledge
with InfoSec community in connection with SANS GSEC certification programs.
� Panel Member on Perimeter Security in Denver SANS, August 2002.
Microtech-Tel, Vienna, VA
Network Engineer
Jan 2000-Mar 2001
Provided LAN/WAN, infrastructure design, implementation, support, and
security consulting to clients. Implemented Cisco CCIE level lab
including frame-relay, ISDN and VoIP technologies.
NEC BNS, Denver, CO
Network Engineer/Security Architect
Jul 2000-Mar 2001
Worked as Network Engineer with NEC BNS to provide high-level design,
implementation and support solutions network engineering and information
security technologies to its clients. Provided extensive pre-and-post
sales consulting for its customers.
PROJECTS
University of Colorado Hospital: Worked as a team member with
implementation of the entire network of the hospital, including security
assessments and recommendations. The switched network has Catalyst 6500,
4000, and 3500 series switches over which various VLANs are configured
over Gigabit Ethernet backbone. Commissioned Cisco IP/TV and IP Telephony,
as part of the project. Performed security audit using industry standard
tools. Performed penetration testing in a non-production environment in
order to ensure secure practices in production.
Hardin Simmons University: Implemented the entire campus network for
Hardin Simmons University. The Gigabit Ethernet network has a Catalyst
6509 at the core providing connectivity to users spread across various
buildings. There are four 4005s and about sixty 3500s in the network along
with two PIX firewalls in fail-over and two AS5300 access servers
providing dial-up connectivity using RADIUS authentication. Recommended
and advised security changes and patches to systems. Developed and trained
an incident response team for external and internal incidents. Developed
detailed reporting methods and procedures for security violations.
Telergy: The project involved installation; configuration and testing the
data flow through a group of SONET SmartEdge 800a (optical switches). The
test plan involved checking the BER and consequently providing the
efficiency of the optical switches.
City of Englewood: Implemented the network for City of Englewood in which
remote offices connect to central office using Cisco equipment including
7200 series routers, 3500 series switches, PIX etc. Western Stone and
Metal: Implemented the network having a catalyst 6506 at the core
connected to two PIX firewalls and two LocalDirectors and remote offices
are connected to this core.
Western Stone and Metal: Implemented 6509 based network including PIX
firewalls and LocalDirectors. Gathered and analyzed reports against log
files of servers, firewalls and routers for optimal security performance.
Maintained chain of custody, evidence searches, and reporting procedures.
NEC BNS, Denver: Implemented the Cisco Intrusion Detection Systems for
security auditing and providing real time monitoring and alerts. Monitor
the network for security violations and intrusions. Evaluate WebTrends
Security Analyzer, SnifferPro LAN, VisualRoute trace route, HPToptools
etc. for overall applicability and security utility.
Paetec Communications: Complete extensive internal and external
penetration testing and information security assessment, identifying
potential security vulnerabilities associated with their systems,
processes, and controls. Configure and interpret results of security
scanning/vulnerability tools to identify vulnerabilities and exploits from
both network and host levels. These tools include commercial products in
conjunction with various powerful shareware and freeware tools, and self
developed manual techniques.
Tupper Lake School: Configured VOIP between the routers for communication
between two PBXs, one located in middle school and the other in elementary
school. Router-to-router connectivity was through Ethernet media, so the
major challenge was synchronizing the clocks.
Adam�s County School District: WAN implementation solution using VoIP
technology. The Central Site was configured with a Cisco 7200 and remote
sites with 3640 routers with EIGRP, Frame Relay and ISDN backup. Cisco
7200 and 3640s were configured with DS3/T3 and T1 cards respectively.
EIGRP was optimized for minimum traffic on the Frame Relay links.
Jones Radio Network: The network at Jones Radio was very slow. Analyzed
the network by data capture analysis using Agilent Internet Advisor and
restructured the entire network which started working fine after
restructuring.
NEC BNS network: Commissioned the office network for NEC BNS, Denver, CO,
thus providing connectivity to all the users, using Cisco equipment.
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
Feb 1993- Jan 2000
(Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India)
� Managed the heterogeneous network of the department, which had a
couple of Microsoft Windows NT 4 servers, a Novell NetWare 4.11 server,
SCO UnixWare 7 and OpenServer 5 servers, and an IBM AS/400 server.
� The Department of Computer Science & Engineering had the status of
Cisco Local Networking Academy, and I was involved in delivering training
sessions covering Cisco technologies.
� Delivered lectures on various subjects of computer science and
engineering to students of undergraduate stream in computer science and
engineering.
� Designed a campus-wide switched network for the Institute
connecting about 5000 users spread across various buildings in the campus.
� Was involved in designing and commissioning of various
laboratories of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of the
Institute.
JLJ Management Consultants, India
Computer Engineer
Nov 1991- Feb 1993
� Was involved in installation and support of computer systems and
software at various client locations and after sales support of these.
� Organized and conducted training sessions for various corporate
clients.
� Technical support for end users.
Guard Electronic Systems, India
Hardware Engineer
Jan 1991-Nov 1991
� Was involved in installation and support of computers and software
and various add-on cards at client locations.
� Provided after sales support at customer locations.
� Technical support for end users.
EDUCATION
Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) � April, 2002
GSEC Certification from SANS Institute
Cisco CCIE (Written), CCNP, CCDP, CCNA, CCDA
Microsoft MCSE, MCP+I on Windows NT4
Novell CNE-4, CNE-5
Avaya Certified Communication Network Associate
CompTIA Network +
BS in Computer Engineering, India, 1986-1990
MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
Member of IEEE Communications Society.
Member of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee in Security and
Privacy.
Colorado Region Mentor of the SANS Institute for its certification
programs in Information Security.
TRAININGS/COURSES
� Attended Redback SMS training at Denver, CO.
� Attended training on Avaya IP Office series at Avaya University,
Denver, CO.
� Attended training on Internet Advisor at Agilent Technologies,
Colorado Springs, CO.
� Attended Network Security Training by Network Security Corp.,
Rochester, NY.
