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Illya Zhuk
Infor mation Security
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Summary Cybersecurity specialist with strength in secure system architecture development,
project planning, cloud and network services. Proactive leader with strength in
communication and collaboration. Proven track record in enhancing security
posture across hybrid environments and documentation development in related
field.

Productivity Cloud and CI Security

Hard Skills Microsoft Office 365 & AWS
NGFW

SharePoint
Docker, Github
Cloud WAF, anti-DDoS

Atlassian Products
Experience with Azure SCM, XDR

Planning & Scheduling and GCP Vulnerability
Management

Soft Skills Communicative
Vendor-oriented
Open and innovative

Conflict management
Cross-team support
Organized

Independent
Negotiations & Broad management
Stand-in & assistive Agreements coverage

Experience Head of Department 01/2024 - now
JSC Ukreximbank Public Bank
Dep. of Protection and Control of Information and Communication Systems
Lead at an active phase of analysis and modernization for secure cloud
infrastructure. Focused on integrating core cybersecurity frameworks to maintain
resilient and up-to-date hybrid environment, ensuring compliance with
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international security standard s re uirements

Operations Management
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Authored and maintained security documentation Incident response playbook
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for DDoS attack mitigation and isk Mitigation Plan to safeguard external web
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services, ensuring operational continuity, D P for NGFW recovery.
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5 Full-cycle projects lead Initiation, agreement, planning, tracking,
implementation and maintenance )
Vendor and Supplier-related management and Pilot projects
Network control and participation in compliance with industry standards (PCI-
DSS, ISO 27001)
Infrastructure Security

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Integrations WAF and Anti-DDoS system, Security configurations management
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Firewall security rules assessment , modernization for Complex System of
Information Security, PAM
U tilized AWS security and infrastructure stack for cloud deployments (Identity
Center, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Config, CloudTrail, IAM, SCP, Security Hub,
GuardDuty, Shield Advanced, VPC )
Participation in planning and design of the network architecture
Maintained availability for hybrid environment (Cloud-Services side) coexistance
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with on-premise NGFW and SI M system

Past
Chief Specialist 10/2021 - 12/2023
Experience Ministry of Culture and information policy of Ukraine Government area
Department of Organizational Technical Security Measures

Integration of Splunk SIEM system
Integration and management of Crowdstrike EDR/XDR system
Development and implementation of a complex cybersecurity system and
respective incidents response plans
Deployment of RedHat OpenShift Cluster service (OKD, ROSA and tools)
AWS domain: EC2, CloudWatch, VPC, Route 53, RDS, KMS, SNS, SQS, EFS
AWS IAM, Workspaces, S3.
Server and Service: Windows Server, Basic Linux system administration, Postfix,
Active Directory, Nginx, Proxmox, Pfsense
Cybersecurity documentation and policy management ( «State Service for
Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine»
recommendations, OWASP TOP-10, Zero Trust Reference Architecture,
International cybersecurity standards etc., MITRE ATT&CK)
Comprehensive multi-level documentation (SyRS, SRS)

L ead Consultee -> Chief Specialist 08/2019 - 10/2021
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine Government area
Information Security Department

Managing of internal network resources
Con figuration of department-oriented IS
Management and support for Anti-Virus and Backup software systems
Con figuration of qualified electronic signature
Hardware moderni zation and software maintenance

e eloper Intern
D v 04/2018 - 07/2019
BIOENERGY-LIFE Agriculture Concern

Development of Power and Control transmission software routines
System re quirements management (Hardware, Software, UI)
SCADA System implementation and maintenance

Education Master of Computer sciences and cybernetics 05/2021
Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University

Languages English - B2
Ukrainian - native

Participant Courses: Certified Financial Sector Security Officer (CFSSO) 2022-2026
Palo Alto
AWS
10+ Conferences - Cybersecurity Domain 2019-2023