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I am an innovative and well experienced (15+ years) technology lead manager and cloud, infrastructure & cyber security team lead currently working with some of the top lawyers in East Africa and the UAE. I have extensive working experience in the FinTech and offering IT support and solutions to Professional Services teams derived from (Legal - Corporate Commercial, Litigation, Arbitration, Real Estate, Banking & Finance, Tax, Forensics & Investigations, Co-Sec, Compliance & Allied) sectors. I have a keen interest in disruptive technologies, architectures and processes as well as tech startup organization, finding PMF, developing ICP and GTM strategies. My great passion is in technical talent development as well as building organizational excellence through application of technology using lean and agile processes as well as validated learning horned over time through my current and former roles as NOC manager, Swift Support Manager, Network Engineer and as a Software developer serving Central Banks, Commercial Banks, Government ministries and microfinance institutions covering the EAC, Liberia, Djibouti, Comoros and Mauritius.Talent Resource Acquisition, Development and Excellence: Pygmalion and Servant leadership and leading from the front, integrity, accountability and transparency, strategic planning and team goals leading to real and tangible benefits to stakeholders, team management and confidence building, agile and efficient delivery solution planning & delivery.Dev tech stack: DevOps, true CI/CD pipelines, Git & repos (Gitlab/Github/Bitbucket), Node JS, Express, NPM, YARN, React, React Native, Redux, Laravel, JSON, Mongo DB, SQL relational databases, Redis, Docker & Kubernetes. (Expert Level).Secure Coding Stack: SonarQube.Cloud Stack: AWS (amplify, route53, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, ELB, EC2, IAM), GCP (Firebase), OCP and Azure (IAM, App Service) -- (Mid to Expert Level)Enterprise Stack: Office 365 (SharePoint, Teams & Office Apps). (Mid Level)Cyber Security Stack - ISO 27001, DPA, GDPR, TPSA technical processes, Fortigate/Fortinet, Cisco ISE, ASA, Mimecast, Azure Sentinel & Defender. (Mid to Expert Level)
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SecondeeAdili GroupNairobi County, Kenya
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Chief Information Security OfficerAln Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna Aug 2024 - Present -
It ManagerAnjarwalla & Khanna | Aln Jan 2021 - PresentNairobi, Kenya
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Deputy It ManagerAnjarwalla & Khanna | Aln Jul 2017 - Jan 2021The Oval, Westlands. Nairobi
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Network And Security AdministratorAnjarwalla & Khanna & Affiliates Jan 2014 - Jul 2017Aln House, Eldama Ravine Road, Nairobi, KenyaDeployment of Logical network DMZ (Demarcation Zones) separating the user services from the core servers using 5512x Cisco ASA & Cyberoam firewalls, Enterprise routing and Layer 3 switching at the primary and affiliate data centre.Part of the migration of the primary data centre to a new building within specified downtime period.Roll out of new Microsoft HyperV VM infrastructure and switching for core services in A&K and Affiliates. Involved in the centralized UTM firewall device (Cyberoam) on the primary and branch sites with gateway anti-virus, anti-spam and intrusion detection system.Coordinated the deployment of the Kaspersky centralized antimalware solution in four offices with a total of 200 workstations and 30 serversInvolved in the Implementation of network security access policy and enforcement Involved in deployment and management of enterprise Wireless security deployment and managementWorked on the Interconnection of Dubai, Mombasa, Nairobi and Dar offices with VPN and leased line connection using on industry standard authentication and encryption protocols.Worked on securing Biometric, CCTV, voice and teleconferencing services using defined virtual LANs Involved in Infrastructure planning, procurement and deployment of hardware for the Deltek (USA) Maconomy Practice Management (ERP) systems, SAGE Premier Payroll systems and HP Autonomy Worksite document management systems.Coordinating scheduled data backups of critical business systems.Troubleshooting and support of Alcatel OmniPCX and Teamwork phone and teleconferencing systems incorporating 64 channel ISDN lines on Orange and Safaricom. Also worked with SIP gateway configuration, upgrade and support that provided for a site to site call transfer from various offices.
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Network Operations SupervisorKenex Mar 2012 - Jan 2014Fortis Towers,WestlandsIn charge of network security and was responsible for drawing up network access and securitypolicies. In addition successfully commissioned a centralized antispam, antivirus, intrusion prevention system and VLAN distribution for the company.Coordinated data centre network migration from Maksons Plaza to Fortis Tower and ensuredzero percent downtime to clients in August 2012.Management of the SWIFT network migration of banks across Africa to the KENEX. Notable sites include Bank of South Sudan, National bank of Rwanda, Equity Bank Group, Diamond Trust Bank group among othersWorked on various network firewalls doing advanced security configurations and troubleshooting using brands such as Cisco, Cyberoam and Juniper Netscreen to maintain a hack proof network. Involved in setting up and maintenance of multi-site IPSEC VPNs using the latest encryption and hash algorithms.Managed daily support, data centre and network back-end operations for 90 client banks acrossAfrica.Did extensive research in PKI with goal of setting up a complete open source in house PKI infrastructure for use in securing VPN connections.Developed an automated network configuration backup and syslog system in JAVA, AJAX and the GPL DHTMLX framework using a Mysql database running on Linux Cent OS 5 for analysis and correlation of network events with the aim of monitoring network health and to proactively troubleshoot network incidences before they escalate.
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Swift Support SupervisorKenex Aug 2010 - Apr 2012Maksons Plaza Westlands, NairobiWorking closely the company's management in supervision and coordination of the data centre team activitiesManagement of the core SWIFT systems in both the HQ and DR including managing the application delivery to client banks.Project management of new bank migrations to join the global SWIFT network including advising clients on equipment procurement, setting up of WAN link using various technologies such as VSAT, WIMAX, Fibre Optic or Internet VPN, registration of system users and security officers and assistance in the establishment of RMA business relationships with the banks counter parties and correspondentsWorking on logical, network and physical security of both HQ and DR data centres.Authored the documentation of systems and training of new staffWorked with in house programmers in the development of a controlled, centralized and secure access portal for users to access the systems using the browser based technology.Handled the procurement and deployment of Symantec data backup, Windows server 2008 and server 2012, Proliant HP ML 110, 350 and DL 120, 380 and 580 class servers, Cisco 2950 and 2960 switches, Cisco 871, 881, 1841, 1941, 2811 and 3620 routers and their associated images, 4ESW HWIC modules, Cisco PIX 501 & 515E firewalls parts, Cisco ASA 5510 and IBM X class servers
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Network EngineerKenex Apr 2009 - Aug 2010NairobiManaged daily network support for WAN links to clients on Internet, Fibre, VSAT and WimaxWorked the design, planning and execution of core data networks with high level of network security using IPSEC VPNs over various private and public networks and the internal data centersHandled SWIFT support on and off premises support
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Software DeveloperKenex Aug 2007 - Apr 2009Was part of the Government of Kenya Electronic Funds Transfer system deployment team that interlinked the Central Bank of Kenya to all government ministries and departments including the Kenya Revenue Authority, National Security Agencies, the Treasury and Kenya School of Monetary Studies. Was part of the design and deployment of SWIFT interface system and electronic document database (Kprinter) for various commercial banks across AfricaInvolved in deployment of Saas backend system in conjunction with Neptune software team for various MFI saccos Involved in extensive documentation and testing of various software systems developed in KenexInvolved in marketing and sales of various banking software solutions
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Volunteer English TeacherNeema Children'S Home May 2006 - Sep 2006Nairobi WestTaught English to form one to four to disadvantaged children
Kiprono Rugut, Msc Skills
Kiprono Rugut, Msc Education Details
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Information Systems Management -
International Business Administration -
Diploma In Business Information Technology
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