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Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Team Leadership & Project Oversight o Led a team within Security Operations, overseeing critical projects related to risk assessment, incident response, and firewall management. Ensured alignment with security policies and best practices, driving continuous improvement initiatives.Cyber Risk & Attack Surface Management o Managed industry-leading cybersecurity tools, including BitSight, Security Scorecard, and RiskRecon, to assess third-party risks and enhance the organization's overall security posture through continuous monitoring and proactive risk mitigation.Incident Response & Threat Mitigation o Coordinated incident response activities using Cloudflare and NetScaler for Web Application Firewall (WAF) management, DDoS mitigation, and traffic monitoring, improving threat detection and response capabilities.Firewall Management & Optimization o Utilizing FireMon for firewall rule cleanup and optimization, streamlining policies for enhanced network security. o Managing Fortinet Manager and FortiAnalyzer for comprehensive firewall configuration, monitoring, and security analytics, maintaining robust perimeter defenses.Endpoint Security & Management o Leveraged expertise in MECM, Intune, and Citrix XA/XD for endpoint architecture, implementing secure configurations and policies to protect devices against emerging threats.Vulnerability Assessment & Remediation o Conducted vulnerability scans with Qualys, identifying and addressing risks in collaboration with IT teams to enhance the overall security posture.Cloud Security Initiatives o Actively pursuing cloud security certifications and expanding capabilities in hybrid and cloud environments, contributing to the development of robust cloud security strategies.

Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Motivating the team to achieve organizational goals. Developing and implementing a timeline to achieve targets. Delegating tasks to team members. Conducting training of team members to maximize their potential.Research and recommend innovative IT solutions to improve efficiencies and reduce operational costs.Project to integrate an existing MECM site from an acquired company with 20,000+ endpoints to existing MECM environment increasing total number of endpoints to 40,000+.Azure Intune to manage endpoints. Explore Autopilot to enroll new devices to the environment.

Trivandrum, Kerala

Responsible for the testing and production deployment activities relating to images, applications, Automation and patch management processes.Migrated 16000+ clients across 70+ global sites to MECM(SCCM) infrastructureCreate software packages and other automated installation solutions for deploying patches and software updates to all managed resources using MECM.Created custom MECM reports and Collections that meet organization requirements and simplify day-to-day IT operations.MS Office Migration - Over 12000+ client machines were migrated to MS Office 2016 Pro 32 bit to MS Office 2016 Std 64 bit using custom script. This includes machines connected via VPN.MECM ADR / PatchMyPC for Patch ManagementBitlocker Management using MBAM integrated with MECM. MBAM client installation is integrated with Task Sequence for OSD.Migration of Symantec Endpoint Encryption to Bitlocker. Providing training, documentation, and support to Servicedesk and 2nd/3rd level technical support staff.

Trivandrum,Kerala, India

Responsible for the testing and production deployment activities relating to images, applications, service pack updates and patch management processes.Create software packages and other automated installation solutions for deploying patches and software updates to all managed resources.Administered and set-up Notification Server and Site Servers for remote locations.Migrated Altiris infrastructure (ITMS)to latest releases; v7.0 / 7.1 / 8.0 / 8.5 Rolled out ITMS agents and related solution plug-in agents to all PCs and servers. Created custom reports and filters that meet organization requirements and simplify day-to-day IT operations.Automated script creation, to migrate all machines to root domain. The script was created in way to reduce inconvenience to the users, without affecting their productivity and migrate the machines within the stipulated time.Maintain Altiris Deployment Server 6.9 Software , Image deployment, Software package creation and update as required.MS Office Migration - Over 7000+ client machines were migrated to MS Office 2010 . This include machines connected via VPN.POC for Desktop security and patching - Review security and patch level for desktop clients. Have responsibility to carry out patch review, selection, testing and deployment to client as per the agreed SOP.OS customization and deployment. Migrated OS deployment from Altiris Deployment server to Symantec ITMS (Notification Server)Manage Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Endpoint Encryption with over 10,000 endpoints Worked with other team members to design, document and maintain the Citrix XenDesktop 7 environment.Application Virtualization - Create and Manage AppV applications which are required with Citrix XenDesktop 7 environment.Provide 3rd level support (Subject Matter Expert) for Desktop, NS and DS related issues.Provided training, documentation, and support to Helpdesk and 2nd level technical support staff.

Create software packages and other automated installation solutions for deploying patches and software updates to all managed resources using Symantec ITMS (Notification Server) / Deployment Server.OS Deployment via Altiris Deployment server. Maintain smooth deployment to 70+ global sitesPrimary responsibility to create AppV packages and publish it out to XenApp/XenDesktop clients. AppV packaging involves standalone packages and/or packages with in Connection groups and other customizations as per the requirement. Manage & Maintain Citrix PVS serverAdministered and set-up Notification Server and Site Servers for remote locations.

Chennai

Remote support to end users. Managing and distributing softwares to end users and taking care of queries submitted by users. Handles NS and DS consoles.