Full network infrastructure experience and excellent team player. Acclimatised to working in IT projects in Network Security, Operations and Support System Implementations. Accomplished working within multilingual environments, budgets and strict deadlines. Up-to-date on IT developments. Improving clients’ network efficiencies and profits. MSc in Information Security. CISSP certified. CCSE R75 Certified. Specialist in Checkpoint NGX, SPLAT R65 / R70 and other networking technologies (TCP/IP, Client / Server etc). Expertise in Firewalls and Virtual Private Networks installation, configuration and troubleshooting. Routing and switching.

Network and Security Consultant @ Customers - Ford & Slater, GSK, UMG, Emirates Airlines, Tesco, Tungsten Finance. Part of the Networks team delivering bespoke solutions to clients at all levels from network design through to delivery and post-implementation support / troubleshooting. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Senior Security Consultant @ Customers - Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, AT & T, Tesco, RBS, Westcon Group, Prudential. Part of the Professional Services team delivering bespoke perimeter and data centre security solutions to major FTSE 100 clients. Security Consultant - Barclays (Aug 2014 - Sep 2014) Part of the Cyber Risk Team tasked with performing technology security risk reviews on existing critical operating systems across the whole of Barclay's technology estate (Wintel and Linux/Unix platforms, Mid-range and MiddleWare etc.) and network infrastructure (firewalls, switches, load balancers etc.). These technologies were compared against best practice (Centre for Internet Security, and SANS), regulatory requirements, vendor recommendations and the Banks IT Security standards to ensure that these configurations are secure. · Liaised with third party consultancy in performing and reviewing penetration testing on agreed standard security builds/configurations. · Documented the identified security risks in R-SAM, a third party governance, risk and compliance database to ensure management through to resolution by agreed vulnerability owners/business unit representatives. Network Analyst - RBS (Apr 2014 - Jul 2014) Transformation project involving design and upgrade of RBS internet router estate. Activities carried out included: Site Surveys, Router Configurations, Racking, Cabling, Troubleshooting. Security Intelligence Analyst - Lloyds Banking Group (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) Technologies - QRadar, Blue Coat Reporter 9.4.2 Working as part the Cyber and Threat Intelligence Team to analyse and mitigate cyber threats. Analysis of logs / events in SIEM products such as QRadar. Liaising with other teams (DLP, Malware, Network Security, Internet etc) in order to pin-point threat vectors. Use of live-feeds from external sources. Blue Coat Reporter analysis. From November 2013 to December 2014 (1 year 2 months) London, United KingdomNetwork & Security Specialist @ Customers - Barclaycard, Market Spreads Ltd, Huawei, Digital Window Ltd, Adjug Ltd Cisco PIX / ASA, Cisco 2950 / 2960G Switches, Checkpoint Provider-1 R65 & R71.30, SPLAT 2.6, Power-1 Appliance R71.30, Load Balancing (Citrix Netscaler, Zeus ZXTM, Radware Alteon) • Part of the Managed Services team covering over 30 corporate customers. • Day-to-day work involves firewall policy changes, Cisco ASA 5505, 5510, 5500, Checkpoint, Cisco Switch 2950 and 2960G builds and upgrades. Citrix / Zeus load balancer builds and configuration changes. • Providing network security support to other Telecity teams. Investigating security incidents / breaches. • HA Clustering implementations of Cisco ASA and Checkpoint Firewalls. 3rd line support and escalation. • Work with various project teams and customers for excellent service delivery. Adherence to strict deadlines and customer SLA’s. Writing of technical documentation / network diagrams for colleagues and users. • Provide on-going support to customers for future improvements or changes to network architecture • Helping other colleagues with day- to-day duties. Customer facing role supporting a 24/7 environment. From May 2011 to November 2013 (2 years 7 months) London, United KingdomSecurity Consultant @ Customers - European Medicines Agency, Greater London Authority, Luton Borough Council, Essex Police, Dubai Police, Newcastle Borough Council, Trafigura. Checkpoint R71, SPLAT R65, Nokia Platform, Disaster Recovery, Data Centre, 3rd Line Support, Consultancy • Part of the Infrastructure Services Section consisting of 30 staff at major client. Work carried out for the Security Team which is responsible for: security of whole LAN (approx 1000 PC’s – W2k, XP, and Mac), Servers (virtualised and stand-alone Win 2003 / 2008, Linux), 40 switches, 35 Racks all over 2 separate sites (Primary and Disaster Recovery). • Administration and maintenance of 65 Checkpoint VPN end-points covering 65 sites in the EMEA region and worldwide covering 5 continents. User base supported in the region of 30,000 +. • VPN connection, initiation and maintenance for international clients across Europe. • Designed and managed Nokia VRRP clustering on all firewalls throughout the LAN (perimeter and data centre). Active / Passive failover on Nokia IP530’s and IP380’s moving onto Nokia IP2450’s. • Migration projects included migrating IPSEC VPNs from Nokia IP260 Platform to SPLAT R65. • Created SPLAT R65 backup images for cold standby / resilience. SPLAT and VPN troubleshooting. • Migrated Nokia IP530 firewalls from Checkpoint R55 to R65. Then from R65 to R70. • Managing and streamlining of firewall rule base by introducing 50-75% more efficiency. • Helped build off-site Disaster Recovery solution for client (esp. network security part). • Firewall maintenance performed whilst adhering to strict SLA’s. Implemented end-point encryption POC. • Cisco switch configuration and maintenance carried out. • Assisting and advising various project teams to raise IT security awareness. From February 2004 to December 2010 (6 years 11 months) Support Analyst @ Customers - Costcutter, Dixy Chicken, Chicken Cottage, Londis Windows Server Builds, Network Troubleshooting, Software / Hardware Installations • 1st Line support and on-site troubleshooting of network connectivity issues • Telephone support for installations of EPOS systems. • New customer installs and support of existing client base. From September 2003 to January 2004 (5 months) Operations Engineer @ Customers - Intel, IBM, Psion PCB Board Fault Detection, Soldering, Machine Operating • Engineering base role. • Helped during various stages of PCB manufacturing process (i.e. surface mount, fault finding, functional testing) From September 2000 to December 2001 (1 year 4 months)

MSc, Information Security @ Royal Holloway, University of London From 2002 to 2003 BSc (Hons), Computer Science @ University of Westminster From 1996 to 1999 'A' Levels, Geography, Economics, Mathematics with Statistics @ Luton Sixth Form College From 1994 to 1996 GCSE @ Challney High School for Boys, Luton, Bedfordshire From 1989 to 1994 SATS @ Foxdell Junior School, Luton, Bedfordshire From 1988 to 1989 Casterton Primary School, Burnley, Lancashire From 1983 to 1988 Mohammed CISSP is skilled in: Firewalls, Network Security, Checkpoint, TCP/IP, VPN, ASA, Data Center, Load Balancing, Troubleshooting, Cisco Technologies, Network Administration, Windows Server, Checkpoint Firewalls, VPN's, DNS