Work Experience

Sr. Cyber Architect

As a Sr. Cyber Security Solutions Architect, I am responsible for design & delivery of Cyber Security Solutions for various teams under Protection & resilience as well as Threat Monitoring & respond teams.
  • Work with stakeholders to collect business & technical requirements to participate in RFI/RFP process & actively participate in technology selection along with Product & Service Owners.
  • Work with Scrum masters for sprint planning to design & implement Cyber Security solutions based on given requirements using agile methodology hosted on-prem & Cloud environments.
  • Work with various technical teams across the organization to evaluate, optimize & transform existing product design & infrastructure from Security as well as cost, benefits & performance prospective.
  • Deliver solutions which are aligned with Zero Trust Principles, industry standards & frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO etc.
  • Plan & Implement role-based access control model with least privilege security principles on various security tooling & review logging to detect unauthorized actions.
  • Prepare Architecture designs related to on-premises to Cloud & Cloud to Cloud communication & deliver best possible performance & security. Prepare Architecture design diagrams & documentation such as LLD, HLD & best practices.
  • Review Vulnerability assessment reports & Cloud Security Posture management (CSPM) reports & work with service owners for tracking & closing high risk vulnerabilities.
  • Contribute to various initiatives across Cyber organizations such as CyberSecFest, Cyber Security Awareness campaigns.
  • Provide expertise/consultation related to various problems requiring cross technology/platform skills & apply permanent fix.

L3 SME - Perimeter Operations

As a L3 SME in Perimeter L3 Team I was responsible for providing design & implementation of various Network security technology as well as troubleshooting related Incidents related to Firewalls, Proxy, Load Balancers, Azure Networking etc. Responsible for performing software & hardware lifecycle management of security devices including OS upgrades & patching. Performing policy optimization & documenting Incident RCA, KB article & SOP for L2 operations team.

Tech Lead - L2 Perimeter Operations

As a Team Lead for L2 Perimeter Ops team, I was responsible for managing 10-member handling day-to-day operations related to Firewalls, Proxy, Load Balancers, Azure Networking etc. Following ITIL process related to Incident, Change, Problem records & representing changes to CAB team for approval. Presenting monthly Service review to service Owner.

Tech Lead - Network Security

As a Technical Lead for Network Security, I was responsible for implementation & management of Network Security devices such as Fortinet Firewall, FortiAnalyze & Fortimanager.
  • Responsible for implementing changes as per customer requirements related to Firewall policies as well as fine tuning of IDS/IPS, Anti-Virus, HTTPS Inspection, URL filtering & App Control rules to detect & block malicious actions.
  • Integrating Network router, switches, firewall & other devices into SolarWinds for status & health monitoring & working with Network architect to implement firewalls configuration of High Availability to maintain redundancy & availability.
  • Performing troubleshooting related to user & network related issues on various network & security devices & fixing them.
  • Working on RFI/RFP documents & schedule POC with vendor & helping Head of IT in technology selection process.
  • Working with 3rd parties to build IPSec VPN with them for accessing their applications from T-Systems infrastructure.

Tech Lead - Network Security

As a Technical Lead – Network Security I was responsible for managing Network Security Operations for multiple customers of Wipro from Banking & Finance, Insurance, Energy & Utilities, Media industry. I was primarily based out of Pune location & had been on short/long term deputation to Germany, UK & US at customer premises.
  • Work with multiple customers as shared resource & provide support related to implementation & management of Network Security devices such as Firewall, Proxy, load balancers, IDS/IPS, Vulnerability scanning etc.
  • Manage a team of 12+ members & support them during operations as well as training them on various technologies.
  • Responsible for software & hardware lifecycle management of customer devices which included replacement of hardware devices as well as patching & OS upgrades.
  • Responsible for preparing documents such as Knowledge base, SOP, HLD & LLD design documents.
  • Building Service review presentations & presenting it to customer showcase Major incidents, changes & problem record trends & seeking support as well as providing recommendations to improve service & optimize process.
  • Perform firewall rule base & configuration review & provide recommendations to fix identified security compliance issues.
  • Preparing documents & necessary evidence to face internal & external audit teams & work on open items if any.
  • Contribute to Cyber Security practice by sharing knowledge-based articles, supporting other customers during major incidents, support in interview process to hire new resources, providing trainings.

Sr. Project Engineer

As a Sr. Project Engineer, I was responsible for managing day to day network security operations for India’s leading private bank. Was responsible for implementation & operations of devices at customer data centers as well as performing software & hardware life cycle management of security devices such as firewall, Proxy, load balancers, IDS/IPS, MFA, Vulnerability scanning & SIEM tools. Was working as shift lead & technical expert for technical queries raised by customers related to products.

WIMS Trainee

As a WIMS trainee, I was responsible for managing network security operations for leading government bank. Was responsible for managing day to day operations & software upgrades of customer network security devices & performing troubleshooting during incidents. During this role I was working as a full-time employee for 5 days & attending M.Tech. classes for 1 day a week via Wipro’s learning & earning program for campus hires.