About

Dhruv Sharma is an accomplished and result-oriented Lead Engineer with over 10 years of focused experience in Networking Security, IT Consultancy, IT Security Management, and Client Management. He is a Cisco Certified Designer and Security Lead Consultant, with hands-on experience in security products such as Firewall (Juniper, Cisco FTD/ASA, Checkpoint), Proxy (Bluecoat proxy), VPN, Cisco ISE (802.1x), and F5 (LTM, ASM, GTM). Dhruv is skillful in defining or redefining threat models and risk management frameworks for customers. He has a prowess for defining strategies in mitigating cyber-attacks, which can be classified between common, advanced, and emerging attacks. With a profound capability in managing the whole spectrum of operations entailing system design, support, administration, and execution of network projects, Dhruv has key expertise in conducting client business analysis, comprehending systems concepts, and improving overall IT capabilities. Dhruv has robust experience in configuring and deploying security devices and technologies, and he is proficient in handling the task of penetration testing using Black Box, White Box, and Grey Box. Currently, Dhruv is working as a Lead Engineer at Nationwide Building Society, where he is responsible for managing the security of the organization's network infrastructure. In the past, Dhruv has worked as a Senior Network Design Engineer at Nationwide Building Society and as a Security Architect at BT. At BT, he was responsible for providing technical consultancy for new projects and assignments, delivering consultancy, defining strategies in mitigating cyber-attacks, assisting Pen-testing teams to identify common vulnerabilities, and defining or redefining threat models and risk management frameworks for customers. Dhruv has also closely worked with pre-sales teams and various vendors like Cisco, Juniper, AWS, or F5 to get mitigation solutions for identified risks. Dhruv completed his Bachelor of Technology in Electronics, Electral, Power Electronics, and Telecommunication from UP Technical University in 2007. He has relevant experience of 13.86 years and possesses skills as a Senior Software Engineer, Tester, Designer, and with AWS.