ALAA A.

ALI
6000 Reynolds Drive #39 Rochester, NY, 14623 +1 585 360 8284 contact.alaa@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/alaaalii SUMMARY Security operations center (SOC) analysis and SIEM implementation Penetration testing and vulnerability assessment using industry standard tools Bash and Windows scripting Strong communication and multitasking skills from 3 years of direct customer/client projects Proven leadership skills from acting as a team leader in SIEM implementation projects and in the support center SKILLS/COMPETENCIES Certified IBM Security QRadar SIEM Associate SOC analysis Penetration testing Digital forensics training on Guidance Software EnCase 7 Bash, Python and Windows Scripting Customer IT support CCNA Certified ISO 27001 training RABQSA/ISC Worldwide

EDUCATION Rochester Institute of Technology Master of Science in Networking, Security & System Administration, December 2014 (expected) GPA: 4.00 Arab Academy for Science and Technology Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Communications, July 2010 GPA: 3.93 RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE SecureLink Middle East Dubai, United Arab Emirates Information Security Consultant October 2012 - Present Designed, implemented, and headed enterprise-wide IT security SIEM solution and POC projects directly with customers Performed penetration testing & vulnerability assessment using industry standard tools (Metasploit, Nessus, Acunetix, Guardium) Wrote various Linux/Unix and Windows scripts to automate configuration tasks Incident response, SOC analysis and monitoring of our customers that are signed up with Managed Security Services RELEVANT PROJECT: IBM Security QRadar Implementation Customer: large bank (name undisclosed) Project team leader of a three-member team on implementing a 7-appliance distributed IBM QRadar SIEM solution Worked with the Monitoring and Response Senior Manager of the bank to build specific, custom rules to fulfill use cases around authentication, access, remote exploitation and recon along the PCI DSS scope Wrote a bash script and a Windows batch script to automate the integration/configuration on OSes with QRadar Wipro Arabia Ltd. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia IT Service Desk Engineer December 2011 September 2012 Troubleshooted and fixed Cisco IP phone issues through Cisco Call Manager reported via Wipros incident management tool Automated a daily report from the incident management tool on Visual Basic in Microsoft Excel using 1000+ lines of code Vodafone Egypt Cairo, Egypt Support Center Engineer November 2010 December 2011 Answered, extensively troubleshooted, solved, and logged (on BMC Remedy) an average of 80 daily IT customer support calls Supervised a team of 8 engineers on a rotation basis to maintain a daily customer service level Troubleshooted user issues through remote assistance and Active Directory Wrote several batch scripts to automate support center engineer tasks, such as adding a network printer OTHER EXPERIENCE Volunteer on IBM developerWorks forums for answering questions on IBM Security QRadar SIEM Volunteer on AskUbuntu.com for answering Linux and Ubuntu questions Independent Project: CCNA practice lab on Cisco PacketTracer for potential CCNA candidates Rochester, NY, USA

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