Senior Security Engineer
Oversaw daily operational activities, with keen focus on ensuring seamless execution and achieving optimal outcomes. Led and supervised security operations organization, while guiding team towards excellence. Assessed and advocated novel security technologies, processes, and methodologies for driving innovation. Spearheaded development, proposal, and implementation of password policies, encompassing complexity, length, and duration prerequisites for privileged and non-privileged accounts organization wide. Pioneered adoption and execution of public key infrastructure across entire organization to enhance security measures. Drafted, executed, and maintained enterprise security controls and associated infrastructure, including OS hardening, validation of OS templates, and validation post-major security tool patching. Managed privileged access for all end users. Contributed as a key member of the Chef governance committee, diligently reviewing Chef code from business units and application teams before deployment. Administered enterprise-wide root administrator passwords for ensuring strict compliance with policy-mandated password rotation.• Trained and mentored department members for fostering growth and expertise.• Managed root administrator passwords for remote management consoles with precision.• Established and enforced security policies and procedures for organizational compliance.• Facilitated privileged access and entitlements through sudo and Active Directory groups.• Evaluated and swiftly responded to identified security threats for bolstering overall security posture.• Formulated and conveyed security tool and capability strategy for ensuring alignment with objectives.• Developed automation code; shell scripting to support security department and various enterprise departments.
