Elgun is available for hire

Elgun Bak

Verified Expert in Engineering

Cybersecurity Developer Developer

Location

Toronto, ON, Canada

Toptal Member Since

December 21, 2022

Elgun is a seasoned cybersecurity architect with 20 years of hands-on technical experience completing cybersecurity infrastructure projects for both local and global companies. He specializes in cyber, cloud, and network security, infrastructure management, virtualization, server management, disaster centers, and data center operations. Elgun is looking forward to leveraging his skill set while working on new challenging projects.

Security System Administration Authentication Firewalls Windows Network Security Cybersecurity Linux VMware Hyper-V Amazon Web Services (AWS)Cisco Check Point Python Penetration Testing Server VMware NSX

Portfolio

Clintar

Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kali Linux, Azure, Windows

Experience

Windows - 20 years Servers - 15 years Linux - 12 years VMware - 10 years Cloud - 10 years Data Loss Prevention (DLP) - 10 years Hyper-V - 7 years SIEM - 5 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Linux, Windows, Kali Linux, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

The most amazing...

...thing I've accomplished is completing numerous infrastructure implantation and security projects for the banking, hospital, and government sectors.

Work Experience

Cybersecurity Engineer

2019 - PRESENT

Clintar

Implemented security best practices in our cloud and on-premises IT environment, following industry standards and recommendations.
Handled the implementation of the next-generation firewall for all branches, such as Fortigate and Palo Alto networks.
Operated XDR, SIEM, and DLP solutions for cloud and on-site infrastructure.

Technologies: Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kali Linux, Azure, Windows

Experience

Infrastructure Security Assessment

Performed the infrastructure assessment for a retail company with more than 150 servers on-site and on the cloud and over 3,000 endpoints.
After the security assessment process, we achieved the following:
• IT policy redesign, including a disaster recovery plan and compliance
• Implementation of new protection tools, such as XDR, SIEM, DLP, and PAM

Skills

Tools

VMware, Hyper-V

Platforms

Linux, Windows, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kali Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Industry Expertise

Network Security, Cybersecurity

Other

Networking, Firewalls, IT Security, Security, Networks, VMware NSX, Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), TCP/IP, System Administration, Authentication, Vulnerability Identification, F5 Networks, Cisco, ISO 27001, Check Point, OWASP, APIs, SIEM, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), EDRM, Servers, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR), Backups, Cloud

Languages

Python

Paradigms

Penetration Testing

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