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Sheikh Muhammad Annus

Sheikh Muhammad Annus

Endpoint Security Engineer

Chennai, India
85
Profile Score

About

Endpoint Security Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience deploying, tuning, and managing Broadcom Carbon Black Cloud across enterprise Windows, macOS, and Linux environments. Skilled in endpoint sensor deployment, policy architecture, alert tuning, and incident response workflows. Reduced false positives by 30% through policy optimization while maintaining 95%+ CSAT. Holds 7 VMware Carbon Black certifications with experience in SIEM integration, PowerShell scripting, and aligning endpoint controls with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls. Actively seeking an opportunity to grow and contribute in a Carbon Black–focused support or security role, aligned with enterprise customer success and product quality.

Skills & Expertise (32)

VMware Carbon Black Cloud Advanced
8.5/10
2
Years Exp
Endpoint sensor deployment Advanced
8.0/10
2
Years Exp
Policy architecture Advanced
7.9/10
2
Years Exp
Incident response workflows Advanced
7.8/10
2
Years Exp
Alert Tuning Advanced
7.8/10
2
Years Exp
SIEM integration Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
LAN/WAN troubleshooting Advanced
7.5/10
3
Years Exp
TCP/IP Advanced
7.5/10
3
Years Exp
Networking Advanced
7.5/10
3
Years Exp
Windows Advanced
7.5/10
3
Years Exp
Security Operations Advanced
7.5/10
3
Years Exp
LINUX Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
macOS Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
Change Management Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
Documentation Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
Technical Support Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
IPv4/IPv6 Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
Firewall Rules Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
NAT/PAT Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
subnetting Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
IP Addressing Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
DHCP Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
DNS Advanced
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
PowerShell Scripting Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
CIS Controls Intermediate
6.5/10
1
Years Exp
ISO 27001 Intermediate
6.5/10
1
Years Exp
NIST CSF Intermediate
6.5/10
1
Years Exp
API Integrations Intermediate
6.5/10
1
Years Exp
Symantec endpoint products Intermediate
6.0/10
1
Years Exp
Python Intermediate
6.0/10
1
Years Exp
Bash Intermediate
6.0/10
1
Years Exp
Salesforce Beginner
4.5/10
1
Years Exp

Work Experience

Endpoint Security Engineer - Carbon Black (Senior Operations Representative)

Concentrix

Sep 2024 - Present

Administer VMware Carbon Black Cloud for medium-to-large enterprise environments across Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints, ensuring agents remain healthy and compliant. Deploy, configure, and maintain Carbon Black sensors (install, upgrade, uninstall), troubleshooting agent health, connectivity, and upgrade issues to restore protection quickly. Design and implement endpoint security policies, rules, and profiles that protect endpoints while minimizing business disruption and performance impact. Tune policies, signatures, and exclusions to reduce false positives by ~30% while maintaining strong detection coverage for malware, ransomware, and suspicious behavior. Monitor and manage alerts, detections, and events from Carbon Black consoles; perform triage, investigation, and containment of endpoint security incidents.

Network Engineer

Netgear, Movate

Present - Present

Configured and supported routers, gateways, and CPE devices, managing DNS, DHCP, MAC provisioning, NAT/PAT, firewall rules, and IPv4/IPv6 addressing. Designed subnetting schemes and implemented secure LAN/WAN configurations to support reliable, segmented connectivity for business customers. Troubleshot complex wired, wireless, and IoT connectivity issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions to restore service.

Cyber Security Intern

NIT Srinagar

Nov 2022 - Jan 2024

Supported Security Operations Center (SOC) activities, assisting with alert analysis, basic incident response, and incident handling workflows. Performed vulnerability assessment and basic penetration testing tasks to identify and help mitigate security weaknesses.

US IT Team Lead

Conglomerate IT

Jan 2024 - Sep 2024

Led a distributed team recruiting IT and cybersecurity professionals (security engineers, SOC analysts, cloud engineers, developers) for US enterprise clients. Partnered with hiring managers and security leaders to understand role requirements, refine job descriptions, and prioritize must‑have technical skills. Used data from pipeline status, rejection reasons, and time‑to‑fill to continuously improve sourcing channels and screening criteria, reducing time‑to‑hire by ~25%. Conducted initial technical and behavioral screenings to assess candidates’ experience with endpoint security, networking, and cloud technologies.

Education

High School Diploma - Iqbal Memorial Institute of Education and Research

- 2018 · Afghanistan

Certifications

VMware Carbon Black Cloud Plan and Deploy

VMware · 2024

CCNA Routing and Switching

Cisco · 2023

Certified Ethical Hacker

Udemy · 2022

Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Great Learning · 2022

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 10/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 10/10
🛠️ Skills 20/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 5/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 5/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 85/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceMar 2026

Skills (32)

VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint sensor deployment Policy architecture Incident response workflows Alert Tuning SIEM integration LAN/WAN troubleshooting TCP/IP Networking Windows +22 more