Victor O.

Victor O.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About Me

Victor is a proficient Cybersecurity Engineer with extensive knowledge of hardware, software, networking, and security frameworks and technologies. With a SysAdmin background, he has worked as a technical lead for a Microsoft Partner on Security and Compliance, Mail Flow, Azure, and Exchange Online/Hybrid. Victor is also skilled in customer engagements, project continuity/management, and supervising dev teams.

DevOps

QA & Testing

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Cybersecurity Engineer
2021 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of data, systems, and networks.

  • Ensuring a response for all system and/or network security breaches and troubleshooting security and network problems.

  • Identifying the client’s security needs and establishing best practices and standards accordingly.

UBA Group
UBA Group
Cybersecurity & Digital Forensic Investigator
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Worked on the setup of a mini forensics lab with an automated malware analysis lab (Cuckoo Sandbox).

  • Handled ISO 270001 and ISO 20000 reviews and re-certifications, as well as SOC and SIEM reviews.

  • Managed behavioral and threat analytics, White Box penetration tests, and dynamic/stress testing, as well as the addition of more layers to the Defense-in-Depth architecture.

Zumaroc
Zumaroc
Offensive Security Engineer
2021 - 2021
Remote
  • Worked for a startup cybersecurity company that provides threat intelligence reports/vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and bug bounty hunting.

  • Performed penetration tests on the client’s infrastructure and security awareness presentations and worked on SIEM design and implementation and server and firewall hardening.

  • Handled vulnerability scanning and threat assessment reports, report writing for Blue and Red Team engagements, social engineering, and information harvesting.

Freelance
Freelance
Cloud/System Administrator
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked on third-party integration with Office 365 services and performed penetration testing and security audits on computer systems and networks.

  • Acted as project lead for a team of technicians responsible for on-premise and cloud migrations.

  • Managed Azure, Intune, Office 365 Security and Compliance, Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and One Drive to leverage their full capability.

  • Managed all Active Directory tasks and implementation of federation services either with Windows ADFS or other third-party IDP such as OKTA.

Tek Experts
Tek Experts
Technical Lead Support Engineer
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Mentored support engineers by developing their technical acumen, case maintenance, and customer interaction skills.

  • Created procedures to provide step-by-step documentation of troubleshooting workflow infrastructure.

  • Provided modern support to Microsoft customers in Exchange Online/Hybrid configuration, Identity and Access Management, Security and Compliance, Advanced Threat Protection, Migrations, Azure VM/Resource provisioning, and Windows Server.

Union Bank of Nigeria
Union Bank of Nigeria
IT Support
2019 - 2019
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Resolved users' technical issues for one of Nigeria’s long-standing and most respected financial institutions.

  • Provided L1 technical support and L1-L3 network layer support.

  • Processed trackers for IT inventory and ensured all IT equipment was working optimally.

  • Performed monthly IT hardware maintenance and performance checks.

Showcase

Cybersecurity Engineer - Adversary Emulation using CALDERA/VECTR and Red Team Infrastructure
Cybersecurity Engineer - Adversary Emulation using CALDERA/VECTR and Red Team Infrastructure
  • VECTR is a tool for tracking red and blue team testing activities to measure detection and prevention capabilities.

  • It allows creation of assessment groups consisting of Campaigns and Test Cases across various attack scenarios.

  • VECTR supports both broad, campaign-based activities and narrow, focused assessments.

Cybersecurity Engineer - Automated Malware Sandbox (Cuckoo Malware Analysis)
Cybersecurity Engineer - Automated Malware Sandbox (Cuckoo Malware Analysis)
  • A platform for dynamic/automated malware analysis.

  • The sandbox consists of one management console and two sandbox environments (Windows/Linux).

  • The project focuses on malware analysis through automation.

Cybersecurity Engineer - SIEM
Cybersecurity Engineer - SIEM
  • Worked on SIEM tools including Azure Sentinel, Exabeam, and ArcSight.

  • SIEM tools are crucial for data security by aggregating and analyzing data to detect anomalies and potential threats.

  • The project focuses on enhancing the security of the data ecosystem.

Education

Master's Degree, Cybersecurity
Master's Degree, Cybersecurity
Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen, UK
2022 - 2023 (1 year)
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Microsoft
2022 - 2022
Micro Master's Degree, Cyber Security/Computer Forensics
Micro Master's Degree, Cyber Security/Computer Forensics
International Cyber Security Institute (ICSI) - UK
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Palo Alto Networks Academy Cybersecurity Foundation; Technical Support Fundamentals; Usable Security
Palo Alto Networks Academy Cybersecurity Foundation; Technical Support Fundamentals; Usable Security
Coursera
2020 - 2020
CompTIA Security+Certified Security Professional; Networking Foundations: Networking Basics; Office 365: Implement Identities for SSO; Windows Server 2016: Active Directory Federation Services; Windows Server 2016: Installation and Configuration
CompTIA Security+Certified Security Professional; Networking Foundations: Networking Basics; Office 365: Implement Identities for SSO; Windows Server 2016: Active Directory Federation Services; Windows Server 2016: Installation and Configuration
LinkedIn
2020 - 2020
BSc Computer Systems Technology
BSc Computer Systems Technology
Babcock University - Nigeria
2012 - 2016 (4 years)