May 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 10 mos · Greater New York City Area

• At UnderDefense we built the most cost-efficient Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Compliance Automation platform in the world. Tailored to Cloud, leveraging our AWS based SOAR engine. We combining human expertise of SOC-as-a-Service with AI-driven technology, Incident Response (IR) and seamless automation that keeps costs down while maintaining effectiveness.
• Our AI-enhanced approach ensures faster threat detection and more efficient mitigation, giving us a competitive edge in the market.
• Our 24/7 MDR services include:
• Incident Response Automation: Continuous, real-time threat detection, mitigation, and recovery, powered by AI for faster, smarter action.
• Managed Threat Hunting: AI-assisted tools and methodologies to proactively identify and eliminate threats before they escalate.
• Penetration Testing: In-depth, AI-driven tests to uncover vulnerabilities and strengthen your security posture.
• Cloud and Risk Security: Comprehensive protection across digital ecosystems, from web apps to IoT and cloud infrastructures.
• At UnderDefense, we’ve built a solution that enables you to focus on what matters, while we manage the rest at a fraction of the cost of traditional approaches.

Oct 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Building secure ESB/SOA solution for big bank, Mobile EMR system, secure architecture, code review, debugging
• Amazon AWS/Microsoft Azure integration, adoption, deployment

Sep 2011 – May 2017 · 5 yrs 8 mos

• Built and scaled SoftServe's Security Line of Business from zero to a profitable multi-service practice. Led P&L, revenue generation, and sales pipelines while managing elite team of security researchers and penetration testers.
• Drove revenue growth through direct engagement with C-level executives at Fortune 500 clients
• Managed operating budgets and pricing strategy, consistently exceeding profitability targets
• Led hundreds of sales presentations and closed complex RFP/RFI opportunities
• Pioneered Attack & Defense practice, establishing market differentiation
• Delivered high-stakes engagements: red team operations, mobile security assessments, and secure SDLC integration
• Evangelized security practices to executive leadership, driving company-wide adoption
• Spoke at major industry conferences, establishing thought leadership and brand visibility
• Recruited and mentored high-performing security professionals
• Developed training programs that elevated organizational security maturity
• Built culture of innovation that attracted top-tier talent in competitive market

Oct 2010 – Sep 2011 · 11 mos

• Creating IT infrastructure for new and young nearshore company from scratch.
• Manage IT team
• Consult and train developers in Software Security and Security testing
• Establishing Information Security processes.
• Consulting in networking and security.
• On-premise Datacenter to Amazon and Azure Cloud migration. Creation of virtual infrastructure in cloud on Amazon EC2. Manage VMs in Amazon cloud with EC2 scripts.
• Implementing Microsoft failover clustering solution
• Deploying development environment on Windows Azure VM Role
• Create Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Hyper-V cloud on Microsoft System Center Virtualization Manager.
• Implement and Manage VmWare ESX 4.1 with Vmware VSphere Infrastructure.
• Install and configure Cisco Aironet based Wireless Network, Cisco VPN and Intrusion detection/prevention solution on Cisco ASA 5510.
• Migrate mail system to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, implement OWA, OutlookAnywhere, DAG
• Assets inventory and license management. Controlling company wide licensing state
• Configure and Manage servers on Citrix XEN hypervizor
• Create netFlow,WMI and SNMP based monitoring with Cacti and Nagios and PRTG for critical systems
• Implement and manage Enterprise PKI infrastructure on Active Directory Certificate services, x.509 user certificates and smartcard logons, Web-enrollment and Online Responder Service
• Perform Active Directory maintenance, deleted and lost object restoring

Jun 2010 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr

• Security audit and penetration testing
• Installing and configuring monitoring solution based on Nagios and Cacti. Secure monitoring services
• Implementing patch management strategy
• Developing and applying security policy
• Maintain old (6 servers) and installing new server in Linux based environment (CentOS/Suse)
• Developing and implementing server virtualization based on open-source Xen 3 version and cloud computing technique. manual P2V migrations.
• Implementing central server/cloud management with Cloudmin/Webmin
• Backup/recovery stategy design with Amazon S3
• Jira issues automatically notification , bash scripting

Oct 2009 – Oct 2010 · 1 yr

• Infrastructure administration, maintenance and implementing new features services and solutions to current infrastructure
• Active Directory Domain 2003/2008 administration
• L3 support technical specialist
• Supporting Exchange 2007, migration of current Server 2003 infrastructure to Windows Server 2008 R2
• Implementing and maintenance monitoring and security instruments. Implementation network segmentation and cross vlan routing
• Penetration testing, auditing
• Build Microsoft Failover Cluster for critical infrastructure machines
• Implement Hyper-V virtualization, backup and recovery of critical OS
• Install and configure all network equipment HP ProCurve, D-Link, AlietTelesyn, select and test new hardware for network storms and know security issues
• Implement 802.11x authentification
• Implement Oracle RAC and IBM DB2
• Controlling Microsoft Licensing in enterprise
• Projects support and consulting

Sep 2009 – Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Network Security course
• Operating Systems Security course