Melchi Salins

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Resume - Melchi Salins
Melchi Salins
 
12-7-112/24/1 New Mettuguda Keshavanagar colony
Plot no 24
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 500017
Web: http://melchisalins.users.sf.net
E-mail: melchi.si@gmail.com

Home Phone: +910427823687
Cell Phone: +918897200799

Objective
Looking for a challenging position in the field of Information Security to utilize my talent and training in contributing to organizational goals.


Personal Statement
I believe that my proactive nature and ability to think out of the box will help me design better polices, assess vulnerabilities, mitigate threats and risks, build a dynamic, future-proof network topology and maintain productivity of the environment all at the same time.


Work Experience
Ntranga Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Sep 2010 - Present

Designation: Information Security Engineer
Responsibilities:
  • Vulnerability Assessment of Business critical assets such as Web, Application & Data Base Servers.
  • Conduct Routine Penetration test on critical assets as well as workstations.
  • Incident investigation and response
  • Windows Patch Management.
  • Review Windows event logs
  • Manage Unified Threat Management System, IDS and VPN connection
  • Monitor the compliance of Security policies and process.
  • Audit Coordination (ISO 27001).
  • ISMS Security Gap analysis.
  • Participated in internal audits (IS).
  • Writing policies and processes to ensure continued compliance and to determine rigid methods on security.
  • Build tools and design controls to automate compliance needs.
    Projects:
  • Server Resource Monitoring Tool
        Role: Project Designer and Developer
        Monitor over all CPU, RAM & VRAM consumption of a Server.
        Monitor same parameters for individual process also.
        Send email alerts in case the monitored parameter cross a defined threshold.
        Cross platform code for Windows, Linux, UNIX & Solaris.
  • Windows Event Log Archiving Tool
        Role: Project Designer and Developer
        Archive Windows event logs automatically from all servers and workstations to meet certification needs of log retention policy
        Writes the Logs to either a database or a .csv file
        Builds static visual reports of day-to-day activity and emails them to the custodian of the assets
        


  • Academic Research Project: Race Condition Exploitation on 802.11
  • Mar 2009 - Jan 2010

        Role: Project Lead
        Developed the logic for creation and injection of the next data-packet into the wireless network topology.
        Maintain incognizance of attacker by not associating to the Access Point and instead use Layer-2 packet injection techniques to communicate with the victim.
        Project documented at http://rcx.sf.net


  • Academic Research Project: Exploiting Vulnerabilities of Two-Fact
  • Feb 2009 - Nov 2009

        Role: Project Lead
        Studied the current security implementation of client login system by network traffic analysis.
        Developed Proof-Of-Concept code to demonstrate the exploitation of the vulnerability.
        Reported the Problem to all major Internet Service Providers in India to patch the vulnerability.
        Project is Documented at http://ijack.sf.net



  • Technical Skills
    Platforms - Windows, Linux, FreeBSD
    Programming Languages - Python, Ruby, C, C++, Java
    Scripting Languages - JavaScript, HTML, Nessus Attack Script Language (NASL)
    Security Tools - Snort Intrusion Detection System
                            Core Impact
                            Canvas
                            Rapid 7 NeXpose
                            Rapid 7 Metasploit Framework
                            Nessus Vulnerability Assessment
                            Nmap
                            Scapy
                            Linux IPTables
                            WireShark Network Packet level Analysis
                            Aircrack-ng suite for 802.11 Network Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation
                            W3AF Web Application auditing



    Education
    Guru Nanak Engineering College
    Bachelor, Computer Science
    Sep 2006 - May 2010


    Little Flower Junior College
    Intermediate, Math Physics Chemistry
    Jun 2003 - May 2005


    Johnson Grammar High School
    SSC
    May 2003



    Achievements
    Secured 1st place in the event 'Hackorama' Sep 2008
    A National level Web Hacking challenge, organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, as part of the National level symposium, 'Quest, 2008'.

    Secured 3rd place in the event 'Binary Pirates' Feb 2009
    A National level "Capture the Flag" network security challenge, organized by BITS Pilani (Goa Campus), as part of the National Level Technical Fest, 'Quark, 2009'.

    Secured 2nd Place in the event 'Paper Presentation' Oct 2008
    A State level technical paper presentation competition , organized by Guru Nanak Engineering College, as part of the State level Technical fest, 'Technofest, 2008'.

    Participated in the event 'Avant Garde' Sep 2008
    A National Level technical paper presentation competition, organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University , as part of the National level symposium, 'Quest 2008'.

    Secured 2nd Place in Inter College Basket Ball Tournament Oct 2007



    Certifications and Training
    Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) May 2008
    E-Commerce Council Certified Ethical Hacker.

    Cisco Certified Netowrk Associate (CCNA) Jul 2008
    Underwent Cisco Certification Training at Zoom Technologies, Hyderabad.