Lead Cybersecurity Engineer at Visa
Ashburn, Virginia
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer @ Visa Network Engineer - Global Network Support @ Visa Responsible for routine hardware refreshes & software upgrades of all network devices including Cisco switches, routers, and ASA firewalls. Troubleshot & resolved complex network related problems, provided effective root cause analysis, and served as final escalation point to operations teams. Tested, deployed, and supported...
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer @ Visa Network Engineer - Global Network Support @ Visa Responsible for routine hardware refreshes & software upgrades of all network devices including Cisco switches, routers, and ASA firewalls. Troubleshot & resolved complex network related problems, provided effective root cause analysis, and served as final escalation point to operations teams. Tested, deployed, and supported company-wide Cisco AnyConnect Remote VPN solution.Extensive experience with various Cisco Platforms (Nexus NX-OS 7K, 5K, & 2K + IOS 7600, 7200, 6500, 3800, 3700, 2800, & etc), F5 LTM/GTM, and Firewalls (PIX/ASA/Check Point). From September 2009 to January 2013 (3 years 5 months) Ashburn, VASr. Network Technician - NOC @ Visa Worked in various roles at the Network Operations Center (NOC) mainly managing & supporting the enterprise network infrastructure. Responsible for verifying router/switch configurations, creating and managing VLANs, replacing failed routers/switches (RMA), configuring HSRP/ACL/NAT, monitoring circuit disruptions, and troubleshooting any network related issues. From August 2005 to September 2009 (4 years 2 months) Ashburn, VASr. Staff Info Security Engineer - Cybersecurity @ Visa Responsible for engineering and implementing effective security solutions such as Next-Gen Firewalls and DDoS Protection.Work with architecture groups, DevOps personnel, and application teams to design and manage OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure.Heavily involved in engineering and operation of on-prem DDoS mitigation and detection solutions.Extensive engineering and hands-on experience with various Palo Alto Networks and Check Point Next-Gen solutions such as application control, threat prevention, URL filtering, and sandboxing (WildFire/SandBlast).Provide highest level of support as the subject matter expert and final escalation point for any firewall (Palo Alto Networks and Check Point) related issues. From November 2014 to October 2018 (4 years) Ashburn, VAStaff Info Security Engineer - Global Sec Ops & Engineering @ Visa Responsible for deployment and support of various network security solutions including FireEye appliances, Imperva WAFs, Blue Coat Web Proxies, and Check Point/Palo Alto Firewalls. Heavily involved in migrating multiple firewall clusters into virtualized Check Point VSX clusters (Virtual Systems) running on Gaia R75.40VS OS. Performed functional and performance testing of Check Point R77.10 software code before applying it globally to production firewalls.Provided continuous support in identifying bug related issues and applying patches to stabilize various firewall platforms (Check Point/Palo Alto Networks/Cisco ASA). Have extensive knowledge with Check Point platforms including IPS, AntiBot, VSX, CoreXL, SyncXL, ClusterXL, CPU affinity, performance tuning, and advanced troubleshooting. Optimized stability, availability, and performance of our firewall infrastructure including firewall policy assessment, rulebase administration, and development of action plans for the cleanup and lockdown effort. From January 2013 to November 2014 (1 year 11 months) Ashburn, VA
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Lead Cybersecurity Engineer
Visa
Network Engineer - Global Network Support
September 2009 to January 2013
Ashburn, VA
Visa
Sr. Network Technician - NOC
August 2005 to September 2009
Ashburn, VA
Visa
Sr. Staff Info Security Engineer - Cybersecurity
November 2014 to October 2018
Ashburn, VA
Visa
Staff Info Security Engineer - Global Sec Ops & Engineering
January 2013 to November 2014
Ashburn, VA
What company does Raphael Amanuel work for?
Raphael Amanuel works for Visa
What is Raphael Amanuel's role at Visa?
Raphael Amanuel is Lead Cybersecurity Engineer
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Raphael Amanuel works in the Computer & Network Security industry.
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