Wajid Hussain

Flat # 401, Sea Breeze Heights, +92 (333) 301-8684

Block 2, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan wjdhussain@yahoo.com

PKI & Cryptography Expert | Digital Signature Specialist

 7 years hands on and deployment experience in PKI and related technologies
 PKI system migration and implementation experience
 Work experience with entrust, Baltimore, VeriSign and RSA Technologies
 Deployment experience in Doha, Qatar
 Major PKI implementation experience on international project in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
United States.
 Have designed a complete PKI solution by deploying and implementing Offline Root CA,
Sub-CA, RA, OCSP server, Timestamp server, many RFC’s etc.
 Very strong work experience in digital encryption and protecting applications.
 Work experience on information security solutions.
 Strong knowledge of PKI from technical design & implementation.
 12 years experience in software development including J2EE, J2SE and J2ME application
development and deployment, C# and C++
 Excellent writing skills
 PKI deployment experience with various solution providers.
 Work experience with Arabic, American native clients.
 Comprehensive and deep knowledge of cryptographic standards and their
implementations like DSA, RSA, DES, 3DES, Digital certificates, PKI, CA etc.
 Project management, Information Architecture, Integration of complex and large
software solutions

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

 Project: PKI implementation with Electronic Travel Cards Program

Position: Security Consultant and Project Manager
Client: Pakistan International Airline (PIA)
Location: PIA Head office, Karachi, Pakistan.
Period: 6 Months
Technology: Windows 2003, Entrust products, Java applications
 Lead security implementation team
 Designed system architecture to implement PKI infrastructure in a complex network
with multiple Sub-CAs, Web-RAs, Central repository etc
 Document certificate policies and certificate practice statements
 Implement various Entrust products
 Encryption and authentication of web applications
 Implement smartcards and USB tokens

 Project: Secure implementation of e-Vault Server Solution

Position: Security Consultant and Project Manager
Client: Qatar National Bank
Location: Doha, Qatar
Period: 6 Months
Technology: Windows 2003 Server, Web Logic Server, C++, C#
 Worked as a security consultant

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  Document certificate policies and certificate practice statements
 Integration with Qatar Telecom online services
 Secure transactions on web, ATM and BNA channels
 Define authorization and access mechanism to secure transaction server

 Project: Secure Office Automation System

Position: Software Security Specialist
Client: Pakistan Army
Location: General Head Quarter, Pakistan Army, Pakistan.
Period: 3 Months
Technology: Windows 2003 Server, Active Directory, Windows 2003 PKI Solution
 Implement Windows 2003 PKI Server
 Define certificate extensions
 Secure office document and communication by implementing following;
 Enterprise secure email
 Single Sign On
 File and Folder Encryption
 Secure File Transfer

 Project: eZamin Certificate Authority

Position: Security Consultant
Client: Pakistan Army
Location: General Head Quarter, Pakistan Army, Pakistan.
Period: 1.5 Years
Technology: Windows 2003 Server, MS-Office and PKI Servers
 Implement Windows 2003 PKI Server
 Define PKI architecture for distributed environment
 Define roles and usage of digital certificates
 Secure access and identity management

 Project: PKI implementation to Secure Financial Applications

Client: Central Depository Company
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Position: Security Specialist
Period: 3 Months
Technology: Windows 2003 Server, J2EE, Windows PKI Server
 Implement Windows 2003 PKI Server
 Document certificate policies and certificate practice statements
 Define certificate extensions based on role and usage of digital certificate
 Define PKI architecture for small network
 Define roles and usage of digital certificates
 Implemented Time stamp server and OCSP server

 Project: EFT-Switch Server Solution

Client: Crescent Bank, Crescent Group
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Position: Development Head and Project Manager
Period: 2 Years
Technology: Windows Server 2003, J2EE, JPOS, ISO8583, EMV, Oracle 9i
 Designed application architecture based on international standards base product
OASIS IST/switch
 Implement CVV and PVV based on Visa and Master specifications
 Implement PCI-DSS security standards

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  Integrate POS machines with EFT-Switch and Issue and Acquirer Servers
 Back-end server applications (Stand-In Server, Issuer Server, Authorization Server
etc.)
 Tested with two major banks in Pakistan

 Project: POS Network

Client: Crescent Bank, Crescent Group
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Position: Project Manager
Period: 2 Years
Technology: Terminal specific APIs, Crystal Reports and SQL Server 2000
 Designed and developed Pakistan’s largest POS network based on international
standards (ISO8583, Hypercom Asia, and EMV etc.)
 Developed POS terminal applications (Debit, Credit, Loyalty, Fuel card, e-Purse and
Utility Bill Payment)
 Back-end server applications (Stand-In, Issuer, Authorization Server etc.)
 Chip card applications (Loyalty, Fuel card, e-Purse and Utility Bill Payments, Prepaid
cards, Stored value cards etc)

 Project: Signature Capture Solution

Client: MCB Bank
Location: MCB Tower, Karachi, Pakistan.
Position: Senior Software Developer
Period: 3 Months
Technology: Windows 2003 Server, SQL Server 2000, ASP, COM, VB & Java Script.
 Secure capture and storage of customer signature via touch screen
 Store customer signatures in encrypted form using digital certificates in POS
 Secure transmission of electronic slips to host server
 Eliminates the mounds of paperwork necessary for retailers to store receipts
 Resolve disputes by managing, retrieving, and archiving signatures and receipts
 All of which simplifies chargeback resolution and reduces retailers’ costs.

 Project: POS Terminals Up gradation for EMV Complaint Terminal Apps.

Client: ABANA
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Position: Project Manager
Period: 4 Months
Technology: POS Terminal specific APIs.
 Upgrade POS machine application to support EMV transactions
 Secure communication between POS machine and host server via digital certificates
 Implement SPAN (Saudi PAyment Networks) standard

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2012 – Continue TPS Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi
Designation: Manager Application Security and Software Development
Responsibilities: Secure applications and infrastructure, security implementation, lead
development team, project management

2009 – 2012: Marshal Engineering and Electronics (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi

Designation: Software Security and Development Manager
Responsibilities: Manage security implementation, lead development team, project

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 management

2006 – 2009: SofSol (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi

Designation: PKI consultant and development manager
Responsibilities: Security implementation, lead development & project management

2005 – 2006: Avanza Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi

Designation: Senior Software Engineer
Responsibilities: PKI implementation, lead development team, manage projects

2002 – 2005: VTR Services Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi

Designation: PKI specialist & head software development
Responsibilities: Manage security implementation, lead development team, and manage
projects

1999-2001: First International Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi

Designation: Programmer Analyst
Responsibilities: Researched, designed, evaluate; integrated and maintained software
applications, technical environment, embedded software and
information warehouses

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PKI Infrastructure:
 Security Architecture
 PKI Implementation
 Certificate Policies
 Certificate Repository
 OCSP Server
 Practice Statements
 Key Archive Servers
 HSM
 CRL Publications
 Time Stamp Server
 Attribute c Server
 PKCS# 7,11,12,15
 Certificate Extensions
 Revocation
 Registration Authorities

Cryptography:
 Symmetric/Asymmetric
 Key pair Generation
 Hashing SHA-1, MD5
 DES/3DES
 DSA, RSA
 Encoding DER/BER, B-64
 X.509 Certificate and X.509 CRL (RFC 5280)
 TSP (RFC 3161)
 OCSP (RFC 2560)
 RSA PKCS standards (PKCS#1, PKCS#5, PKCS#7, PKCS#10, PKCS#11 and PKCS#12)
 XML and XAdES signatures, CMS and CAdES signatures, PDF and PAdES signatures
 S/MIME, XKMS, OASIS DSS and DSS-X

Project Management:
 PMP Course Participant  Information Architecture  Handle Large Projects
 SDLC  MS-Project

Programming Skills:
 Java, J2SE, J2EE  C, C++, Visual C++  Visual Basic
 .Net Technologies  VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET  FoxPro., Visual FoxPro
 Web Services  PHP  J2ME

PKI Consultant - Wajid Hussain – wjdhussain@yahoo.com +92 (333) 301-8684

 Android  BlackBerry  Oracle Apex
 ATM SDK’s  POS SDK’s

Databases:
 MS-SQL 2005, 2008,
 Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c  MySQL Server 5, 8
2012, 2016

Operating Systems:
 Windows 2003, NT,
 Windows XP, 7, 8, 10  Unix, Red Hat Linux
2008, 2012 R2

QUALIFICATION

Education:
Bachelor of Computer Science 3 Years Shah Abdul Latif University Pakistan

Technical Education:
Visual Basic 6 Advance course 6 months Computer Solutions
Oracle Professional Program 6 months Computer Solutions
Diploma in Computer Science 1 Year Petroman Training Institute

Addition Training:
Windows NT Training 3 months Petroman Training Institute
Year 2000 Bug and Remedies 1 month Petroman Training Institute
Novell NetWare Training 3 months NetSolution
Project Management Professional 1 month New Horizon, TEC

PKI Consultant - Wajid Hussain – wjdhussain@yahoo.com +92 (333) 301-8684