Ashwin Darbar Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Key team member of Enterprise Architectural Governance Review board, ensuring secure designs and developments best practices are adopted as per company policy. Partnered with EA team in developing and deploying AGR review templates in OneTrust. Played major role in assessing and enhancing mandatory/baseline CIS control adoption across org.Instrumental in developing risk-based review concept leading to implementation of Software Asset Management solution in Service Now. Involved in enterprise-wide firewall risk assessment, review, and remediation measures along with network operations teams, ensuring risk reduction by adopting App ID based rules in line with Algosec and Palo Alto recommendations. Worked in identifying critical firewall rules and re-validation of such rules. Drafted and reviewed different policies, standards as required by management. Provide support and critical security inputs on cyber security concepts, controls, assessment details to business or/and other team members as and when required. Involved in various projects and technical reviews including deployment of DUO – MFA, SPLUNK, Migration of Splunk from On-prem to Azure, Symantec EPP migration from on-prem to Azure, SailPoint Provisioning de-provisioning, MS Autopilot deployment, GL Migration – SAP S/4 Hana, Power platform projects based on power connectors. Presented, designed and implemented project/service request Intake and Demand Management workflow process in Azure DevOps with a scope to migrate into RSA Archer. Proposed and presented implementation of SABSA Reference Architecture.Presented white paper on adopting unique firewall rules naming convention. Presented DevSecOps concepts.Carried out risk assessment of acquired entity and proposed strategy to remediated identified risk.Leading Security Architecture team in reviewing, recommending integration and migration of acquired entity into parent company.

Troy, New York, Us

• Spearheaded Cyber Security Consulting, Project implementation, Products, and Service Delivery line of business. • Delivered Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning project for a prestigious state agency, having a complex landscape with proprietary systems, customized solutions, highly regulated data and huge VM infrastructure supporting thousands of users across multiple locations, based on NIST SP 800-xx and HIPAA requirements. • Conducted Risk Analysis & Management, Business Impact Analysis, Incident Response Policy, Procedures, DR Policy, Processes, and Procedures.• Reviewed and analyzed existing security infrastructure, Firewalls, IDS, IPS, SIEM’s, Physical access controls, Security policies and procedures. • Analyzed existing security controls for the primary data center, recommended baseline controls for adoption and implementation to plug the security gaps. • Designed and developed possible DR solutions based on MTD, RTO’s and RPO’s. Provide budgetary estimate for different solutions including Cloud and Co-Lo. • Analyzed, evaluated and proposed vendors matrix for DR implementation based on technology, ease of migration/operations, regulatory requirements, and budgetary perspective and vendor risk assessment. • Analyzed and explored VMware Cloud on AWS option for DR solution, possible migration options, time, effort and cost, training analysis, along with Oracle Cloud and Azure. • Conducted in-depth technical review of existing infrastructure at different data centers to assess the current maturity level in terms of incident response and disaster recovery preparedness. • Guided in developing and implementing Data Classification policy and procedures based on regulatory requirements. Assisted in carrying out basic vulnerability assessment and remediation measures like patch management.• Familiar with Vulnerability scanning, reporting and management.

• Reviewed and analyzed existing security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. Designed and implemented defense in dept design concept based on customer requirements. • Channeled efforts in developing and implementing security controls based on risk assessment for critical assets. Carried out risk-based Audit and PCI-DSS smart card-based software implementations.• Documented IT general and application processes and developed and identified key internal controls and supported in developing and implementing System security plans.• Carried out SOX-404 and PCI-DSS based compliance auditing for solutions provided by I-Card Systems. Conducted operational audit for Share Broker’s Association – NBFC. • Familiarity with ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, FISMA Compliance assessment. • Responsible for identifying the cause of security incidents, monitor user activity, thwart data breaches and meet regulatory compliance requirements and mitigating advanced cyber threats. Worked with other team members to complete special projects and achieve project deadlines.

• As a Project manager and SME designed, developed and implemented Visitor Management System for Breach Candy Hospital and Fountainhead Schools.• As a Project manager and SME designed, developed and implemented Smartcard Based Payment Systems for Genius School Rajkot - India.• Researched and supported Information Security Standards implementation at Avadh Club.• Guided in implementing vulnerability management and incident response handling procedures.• Conducted review of Privilege and loyalty management software, recommended controls for usage of application with smart cards for payments and access controls to various facilities within the clubs. • Designed and Implemented access control systems based on smart cards and biometric devices in support of security policies of organizations.• Security Management and Assessments for installed products.• Established development and support infrastructure for a line of products and services.• Pioneered state of art customer support and proofreading concepts for card printing solutions, virtually implementing on-demand printing thereby reducing the delivery period to less than 24 hours.• Provided customized smart card encryption and decryption solutions.• As a Program Manager, executed complete life cycle of software development projects based on smart card technology for the following projects1. Facility Booking and Billing Management system for townships2. Member Registration and Access control system for clubs.3. Fund Management system for schools.4. Visitor Management System5. Member registration and management for Gym

• As a SAP R/3 Basis core team consultant for General Motors European operations, I was instrumental in designing, developing, integrating and maintaining SAP R/3 Systems. • Maintained all SAP R/3 systems (DEV/TEST/QAS/PRD) with an uptime of above 98% as per the SLA.• Planned and implemented support patches, upgrades for R/3 systems and Oracle Databases. • Optimized system performance levels by fine-tuning related parameters at the application layer and the DB layer. • Carried out Audit and Assessment activities in compliance of SOX, coordinated with external auditors and implemented audit recommendations. • Designed architecture, implemented and integrated XPRINT – printing solutions for all the printers connected to SAP R/3 Systems at General Motors Europe. Used to carry out spool management, performance monitoring and scheduling of long-running print jobs. Developed scripts to carry out the routine maintenance.• Carried out client setup and refresh activities on regular basis. Experienced in setting up transport management systems for complex landscape at General Motors – Germany.• Performed SAP R/3 Basis support activities to clients like Getrag, Deutz AG, and Infineon• Carried out regular maintenance, performance analysis, security analysis – usage of SAP* profile, background jobs scheduling, process configuration management (dialog – background – spool)• Excelled in Oracle, MS SQL, and MS ACCESS DBA activities. Carried out adding spaces to tablespaces, re-organization of tablespaces, recovery, applying redo logs, automated recovery etc.

Pune, Maharashtra, In

• SAP R/3 Basis consultant focused on Installation, Support and Upgrade of SAP R/3 Systems and Databases.• Ensure and implement software installation / Upgrade as per schedule and quality criteria defined by customer.• Design fall back strategy for upgrade failures, database (Tablespaces) Re-org, Test and implement disaster management strategy. • Schedule and apply support patches for systems and databases.• Analyze system performance and recommend/implement system/database parameter fine tuning. • Carried out SAP R/3 migration from 3.7 to 4.1 version projects for Tata Telecom – Hyderabad• Was instrumental in implementing patches for SAP systems at VSNL – Mumbai • Implemented SAP R/3 landscape of DEV – QAS and PRD systems, client copy and refresh activities for Microinks - Vapi.

• As a software consultant to local co-operative banks, directed and managed implementation of banking software. • Design and implementation of network and structured cabling projects for public sector banks

• As a senior customer support engineer was responsible for South Gujarat customer support and service activities.• Supported a customer base of more than 800 clients, which included many of public sector banks, educational institute, co-operatives and nuclear power corporation of India.• Managed and lead a team of customer support engineers.

Be, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science