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Information / Cyber Security Professional Summary

17 years of security management professional with an understanding of security aspects, with expertise in
SIEM operations, Information Security, Cyber Security, Analytics, Project Management and
Evaluation of Security Operations.

Core Skills:
 Lead security services portfolio for different clients involving many resources across the globe
 Delivered Security Services for the client involving Incident and Event Management ,
Security Monitoring, Threat Hunting, Anti-phishing and Anti-Malware solutions to Clients
 Designed and Developed AI Frameworks for data and Threat Hunting using API
methodologies.
 Managed and maintained SOAR application and best practices for SOC Services and client
engagement programs
 Strong technology background along with leadership and people skills, enabled me to
effectively manage clients solutions
 Expertise in writing Strategic consulting Proposal and won several projects by demonstrating
Technical Expertise
 Effective communication with clients, leadership and team for smooth proceedings of the
program
 Client management involving reviews, steering committee and minimize the escalation cycle

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY :
Technology Tools
SIEM/SOAR Security HP ArcSight, IBM Qradar 7.2, Splunk 7.0, Resilient
Development/Productivity Wire Shark, SQL*Plus, Nessus, Shell scripts, VBA, SVN, Jenkins , Share Point,
Tools IIS, IBM Tivoli, ER Win, MS Visio, Remedy, AWS, Azure, Python, RHEL
Databases DB2, Teradata, Netezza, MS SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle, Informix, AS/400
Cylance, TrapX, DarkTrace, Cyjax, Cofense, SAP, EBS, ORMS, ORWMS, ATG,
Tools
AMOS, Power BI, Tableau
Banking & Finance, Telecommunication, Food and Beverage, Hospitals,
Industries Hotels, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Textiles, Airlines, Railways,
Government

Educational Qualification :
 Master of Computer Applications
 Master’s in Business Administration
 Master’s in Finance
 Certification in DB2, SQL Server and RDBMS
 Certification training in CEH & CISSP
 Foreign languages: German and French Beginner Level.
WORK EXPERIENCE

COGNIZANT MAY 2020 - TILL DATE

AD: Managing security projects that are strategic and shared service clients operations and delivery of
SIEM/SOC operations, investigation and recommendation activities across multiple clients 24/7/365
clients in an agile environment. Key responsibilities managed as a part of Security services were

 Managing the deliveries across different client projects and meeting the Service Level Agreements
according to the agreed terms and minimize the Escalation point for all delivery issues
 Responsible for all client status calls, executive meetings and escalations
 Leading a team of resources involving L1, L2 & L3 to manage SOC operations for various clients
 Mentoring and Managing the teams motivation and extract maximum operation level deliveries across
all SIEM monitoring, admin and networking team
 Established Productivity Improvements plans for Incident and Response of security Operations
 Involved in contract management and Hiring management to balance the resources for the projects

IBM INDIA JUNE 2019 - MAY 2020

SDM: Managing Command Centre operations and delivery of SIEM/SOC operations, investigation and
recommendation activities across multiple clients 24/7/365 clients in an agile environment. Key
responsibilities managed as a part of Security services were

 Leading a team to develop Use Case Engineering & UBA rules as per client requirements
 Training and Managing team at command centre with all SIEM monitoring team
 Mentoring admin and networking team for any escalation related issues
 Established Productivity Improvements plans for Incident and Response of security Operations
 Monitoring the deliveries across the team with as per the best practices to maintain minimal issues
 Responsible for all client status calls, executive meetings and escalations
 Discussing with SPOCs related to Forensics, Vulnerabilities issues and Threat Anticipation Services
 Provided technical consulting and Risk Assessments to the clients by proposing value add reports for
the growth of the business

GENPACT INDIA APRIL 2014 – FEB 2019

AVP: Managed EISM Team and delivered SIEM/SOC operations, investigation and recommendation
activities across large strategic clients in an agile environment. Key responsibilities managed as a part
of Security services were

 Managed team with Traditional SOC Services – Monitoring, Investigations and Remediation
 Responsible for preparing Blueprint Solution Design and executing project plan
 Established Productivity Improvements plan for Optimizing the Cost of security Operations.
 Ensured Service Level Agreements are met according to the agreed terms and minimized the
Escalation point for all delivery issues
 Monitored the deliveries across the team with as per the best practices to maintain minimal issues
 Involved in status meeting calls with the clients to lead the discussion towards Monitoring, Anti-
Phishing issues and Threat Anticipation Services
 Provided technical consulting and Risk Assessments to the clients by proposing value add reports for
the growth of the business
 Allocation of schedule to the employees for each cycle of the project and review their work by
providing feedback for their improvement
 Implemented standards, policies and development process to improve the efficiency of the project
 Inspired, mentored and trained colleagues to apply state of art technology as per industry’s best
practices and to maintained attrition level
DELOITTE AUSTRALIA, INDIA APRIL 2012 – MAY
2014
Specialist Senior: Managed Information Security Team services for a large Telecom Corporation
with SIEM/SOC operations. Key responsibilities managed as a part of Security services were
 Planned and evaluated the project scope and estimated the efforts for the project
 Reviewed the Information Security management and identification of Security control gaps
 Planned the Security Operations Centre to work on 24X7 mode to monitor and mitigate the threats
 Involved in client review meetings to manage Network Vulnerability assessments, penetration testing
and Application security
 Involved in monitoring and investigations using NIST and SANS Standard framework, to provide
24X7 coverage using SIEMs
 Responsible for liaising between the teams, maintaining repository of Threats and Vulnerabilities

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES INDIA , EUROPE & UK JANUARY 2006 – APRIL

2012

Project Manager : Executed data and security projects for clients involving Airlines and Retail Industry.
As a part of the client engagement, some of the key responsibilities were:
 Responsible for the creation and selection of security tools for the security management, such that it
suits the business needs, satisfies stakeholder requirements, and achieves the desired results under
given constraints.
 Researched and resolved the identified threats and vulnerability contingencies that arise during the
initial phase of the security monitoring
 Exercised the project meeting with status updates, project plans and tracking the activities and
delivery sign off

IBM, INDIA, SWITZERLAND & UK OCTOBER 2003 – JANUARY

2006
Software Engineer: Involved in security projects for retail clients. As a part of the client engagement,
some of the key responsibilities were:
 Managed and Integrated security activities across 25 different countries
 Designed the functional and technical design documents for the security projects
 Administered and configured various security products that evolved as a factory framework
 Identified and resolved threats and vulnerability related to network and application
 Strengthened the reporting framework and repository of security information
 Established the on-site and offshore communication model for executing complete life cycles of
the SOC operations

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

 Received Governor General Award for Bravery ( Airplane Crash Accident Saviours) Canada
 Five times played national chess championship.
 Participated in science and technical camps.
 Won client recognitions (Gold Star and 5 Silver Star awards) for smooth, expert and early delivery of
the project.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth Nationality Marital Status
8 January 1976 Indian Married
Passport No. Languages known Personality
A8631872 English, Hindi, Kannada Sincere, Diligent, Ambitious & Team Player