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Rajan ShresthaRS

Rajan Shrestha

Cyber Security Engineer

€250/day
Wolverhampton, GB
3-7 years
Network administration
IT-Security
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
IT support

Average response time: 1 hour

About Rajan

Network & Security Engineer | Fortinet Specialist 7 + years securing banking and SaaS environments serving 2500 users across 250+ sites. Designs and operates FortiGate NGFW, VPN, and SD-WAN stacks, automating builds with FortiOS CLI. Comfortable owning Windows Server/Active Directory, first/second line escalations, and audit-ready documentation. Has driven incident reductions up to 45 % while raising service uptime and compliance scores.
Banking and Financial Services
Digital and IT Services

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Nepali

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Baseel Partners
    Cyber Security Intern
    June 2025 - Today (1 year)
    United Kingdom
    Conduct weekly vulnerability scans (Nessus/Wazuh) across 50+ assets, drive patch roll-outs within 48 hours, and close 95% of critical findings within SLA.
  • Freelance
    Cyber Security Analyst
    June 2024 - May 2025 (11 months)
    Built and enforced FortiGate firewall rule-sets that blocked 98% of unauthorized traffic, cutting intrusion attempts by 35%.
  • Mega Bank Nepal Limited
    Network Security Engineer
    December 2018 - September 2022 (3 years and 9 months)
    Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
    • Incident Response: Led resolution of 15+ annual critical security incidents (e.g., malware, phishing), achieving 95% containment within 2 hours using FortSIEM for real-time monitoring and triage.
    • Forensic Investigations: Conducted root cause analysis via log reviews and forensic tools, reducing MTTR by 35% and enabling compliance with legal evidence standards.
    • SIEM Optimization: Managed FortiSIEM-based monitoring, refining alert rules to reduce false positives by 20% and improve threat detection accuracy.
    • Compliance & Training: Enforced ISO 27001 policies and trained 10+ IT staff on incident response playbooks, enhancing SOC readiness.
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Education

  • Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 1 : Certified Associate CompTIA CySA+ ce Certification Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 2: Certified Associate Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate V2
    Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 1 : Certified Associate CompTIA CySA+ ce Certification Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 2: Certified Associate Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate V2
  • Master of Science
    University of Wolverhampton
    2023
    Master of Science
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Skill set

Cybersecurity Incident Management
Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Threat Intelligence
IT Strategy
Least Privilege Principles
Security Awareness Training
IT Project Management

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