A highly skilled senior-level IT Manager with over 15 plus years of expertise in IT & Information Security, Network and Data center Security, IT Risk management, Cyber Security , audit planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of systems, infrastructure and staffing required to accomplish department projects and objectives.Areas of Expertise:• Innovative IT Initiatives • IT Audit • Strategy & Execution • Service Delivery • Change Management• Incident Response • Project Management • Staffing/Employee Relations • Performance metrics and reporting• Technical problem resolution • IT Risk Mitigation and Management • Vulnerability Assessment • Vendor Evaluation • Team Building and Coaching • SDLC • Disaster Recovery & Business continuityTechnical Proficiencies in following risk domains and technologies:• Active Directory• DNS• DHCP• Change Management• Risk Management• Incident Response• Vulnerability Management• Load balancer• SMTP• IDS/IPS technologies• System/Access Administration• Firewall technologies• Network & Security Architecture• Security Event Logging & Monitoring• Key Management / Tokenization• Application / Database / Network Layer Secure Protocols• Physical and Environmental Security• Secure Software/Code Development• Microsoft Domain• Application and Database security• MS Exchange• Office 365> Proficient verbal and written communication skills, enabling me to effectively lead discussions and facilitate meetings.> Proficient risk assessment, interpretation, analysis, and negotiation abilities. > Exceptional organisational skills and extensive experience in Information Security. > Certifications in Microsoft Certified Azure Architect Expert , MCSA , MCTS , ITIL and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt among others.