Ankit K.

Chief Technology Officer at Atruent

Ankit K. has a diverse work experience in the field of network and security operations. Ankit currently holds the position of Network & Security Operations Manager at Atruent since August 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Dataprise as a Network Architecture and Security Engineer from October 2019 to August 2022. In this role, they were responsible for maintaining and managing various network products for clients, as well as overseeing overall network and voice architecture.

Before joining Dataprise, Ankit held multiple roles at Corsica Technologies. Ankit served as a Senior Network Security Engineer from January 2019 to October 2019, where they deployed, configured, managed, and implemented various firewalls for critical production environments. Ankit also worked as a Network Operations Manager from March 2018 to January 2019, providing guidance and supervision to the team responsible for network and server operations. Prior to that, Ankit was a Network Operations Engineer from August 2014 to March 2018. In this position, they worked on designing, monitoring, maintaining, and supporting LAN/WAN infrastructures, and also served as a LAN administrator for various systems.

Ankit K. earned a Master's degree in Computer Network Security from Wilmington University from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2014, they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, also from Wilmington University.

In addition to their degrees, Ankit K. has obtained several certifications. Ankit became an IT Glue Certified Administrator through Kaseya in May 2023. Ankit acquired the Troubleshooting Your Network with Wireshark certification in October 2020 from LinkedIn and the Windows Server 2016: DHCP certification in October 2019, also from LinkedIn. Moreover, Ankit K. earned the (ISC)2 Security CISSP (ISC2-CISSP) certification from (ISC)² in February 2019. Additionally, they completed the ACP (Certified Auvik Professional) certification from Auvik Networks Inc. in November 2018. Ankit K. also obtained the Certified Sonicwall Security Administrator certification from SonicWall Inc. in 2018. In November 2017, they earned the AccessData MPE+ (Mobile Phone Forensic Examiner) certification from AccessData, as well as the Digital Evidence Discovery and Digital Evidence Investigation certification from Wilmington University. Lastly, Ankit K. recently obtained three certifications from Fortinet: Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 1: Certified Associate, Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 2: Certified Associate, and Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 3: Certified Associate. Ankit also holds the SonicWALL Fearless Tier certification from SonicWall Inc., although the details regarding the month and year of its acquisition are not mentioned.

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Timeline

  • Chief Technology Officer

    August 1, 2023 - present

  • Network & Security Operations Manager

    August, 2022