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Desislav Ilev

Sofia

Summary

Enthusiastic about learning and developing deeper understanding of new and existing technologies. Natural leader and networker with hardworking, resourceful and competitive nature.

Open minded and constantly chasing opportunities.

Detail-oriented team player. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Able to work under pressure and prioritize the workload.


Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Security

TG Soft, Contractor For NIQ GFK
Sofia
04.2022 - Current

Perform Incident management - troubleshooting and resolving incidents according to the agreed SLAs.

Perform Change management - Planning and Implementing changes.

Perform implementation of projects and coordination with other teams.

Propose Solutions related to my area of expertise to satisfy the business needs.

Perform installation of new devices, upgrades, new version, patches.

Maintain close customer contact during operative work.

Support supplier management for incident related communication.

Senior Network and Security Specialist

Mansion Technology And Operations Centre EOOD
Sofia
08.2021 - 04.2022

Maintain and configure the company Firewalls, Routers, Switches, VPN gateways and proxy servers across all offices.

Cooperate with all company teams, as well as third party partners to ensure best practices are followed.

Mitigating found vulnerabilities in the production environment.

Maintain a security awareness across the company by preparing and running regular phishing campaigns and security assessments.

Participating in systems design to ensure implementation of appropriate technical security policies and technology across all layers.

Maintain and configure the companies Data Loss Protection platforms and proxy servers to ensure high level of security and minimize the risk of data leaks.

Evaluating new technologies for improving security and network performance.

Network and Security Specialist

Mansion Technology And Operations Centre EOOD
Sofia
06.2019 - 07.2021

Maintain and configure the company Firewalls, Routers, Switches, VPN gateways and proxy servers across all offices.

Cooperate with all company teams, as well as third party partners to ensure best practices are followed.

Mitigating found vulnerabilities in the production environment.

Maintain a security awareness across the company by preparing and running regular phishing campaigns and security assessments.

Participating in systems design to ensure implementation of appropriate technical security policies and technology across all layers.

Maintain and configure the companies Data Loss Protection platforms and proxy servers to ensure high level of security and minimize the risk of data leaks.

Evaluating new technologies for improving security and network performance.

Technical Support Engineer – Network Security

AT&T Global Network Services Bulgaria EOOD
Sofia
10.2018 - 06.2019

Take ownership of incidents, investigate and update the incident with the progress. Prioritize the incidents based on the severity and the business impact. Define an action plan for detailed diagnosis with the aim to resolve the incident and restore normal service as soon as possible.

Efficiently use the technical scripts, diagnostic tools and a known error database.

Involve and chase 3rd party providers for assistance in identifying a series of events.

Follow any customer specific communication preferences and procedures.

Implement customer requested changes and follow-up with the requester if there are any

discrepancies with the existing configuration.

Network Remote Support Specialist

IBM Bulgaria EOOD
Sofia
04.2016 - 10.2018

Project Cisco TAC.


Communicate with customers, answer questions and manage customer situations and exception problems.

Initial point of contact for resolving customer raised hardware or software service requests.

Review diagnostic information to assist in isolating cause of problem.

Validate customer service entitlements.

Assume responsibility and ownership for all relevant customer queries.

Mentor newcomers and assist them during their training period.

Configuring and troubleshoot Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewalls and VPN using both command line and Cisco graphical interface.

Re-creating customer setups to troubleshoot and isolate the root cause of an issue in a lab environment.

Issuing and installing SSL certificates on Cisco Routers and Firewalls.

Senior Technical Process Instructor

60k EAD
Sofia
05.2015 - 04.2016

Acknowledging cases, assessing if correct troubleshooting steps were followed and performed.

Advising on correct actions to be taken when needed.

Monthly monitoring of agents, performing feedback and coaching sessions.

Producing performance documentation for each engineer on a monthly basis.

Handling customer complaints.

Technical Support Operator

60k EAD
Sofia
08.2014 - 05.2015

Attending and resolving customer issues related to their Broadband and Telephone services.

Follow-up with field engineers to ensure the job has been completed on time.

Keeping the customer up to date with the work progress.

Education

High School Diploma -

Ekzarh Antim I
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
09.2008 - 05.2012

Bachelor - Network Technologies

New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria
04.2001 -

Skills

    Excellent communication skills

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Certification

Palo Alto Networks ACE Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) Exam - PAN-OS 8.1 Version

Timeline

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

01-2024

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Security

TG Soft, Contractor For NIQ GFK
04.2022 - Current

Senior Network and Security Specialist

Mansion Technology And Operations Centre EOOD
08.2021 - 04.2022

Check Point Certified Troubleshooting Administrator (CCTA)

11-2020

Programming Basics with Python

05-2020

Network and Security Specialist

Mansion Technology And Operations Centre EOOD
06.2019 - 07.2021

Technical Support Engineer – Network Security

AT&T Global Network Services Bulgaria EOOD
10.2018 - 06.2019

Palo Alto Networks ACE Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) Exam - PAN-OS 8.1 Version

10-2018

Network Remote Support Specialist

IBM Bulgaria EOOD
04.2016 - 10.2018

Senior Technical Process Instructor

60k EAD
05.2015 - 04.2016

Technical Support Operator

60k EAD
08.2014 - 05.2015

High School Diploma -

Ekzarh Antim I
09.2008 - 05.2012

Bachelor - Network Technologies

New Bulgarian University
04.2001 -
Desislav Ilev