H. M. Adeel Email & Phone Number

Riyadh, SA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Implement and maintain an Information Security Management System (ISMS) based on ISO 27001 standards, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational information assets.
• Assist organizations in the implementation and upkeep of ISO 27001, NCA, SAMA, and NDMO standards.
• Develop and execute risk management strategies aligned with these regulations, resulting in enhanced cybersecurity posture.
• Establish and enforce information security policies and procedures following these standards and frameworks, mitigating risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Lead compliance initiatives, ensuring organizational practices align with regulatory guidelines and facilitating successful audits.
• Prepare and present comprehensive reports to senior management, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies, demonstrating compliance status, and outlining improvement strategies.

• In my role at Systems Limited, I was actively engaged in diverse cloud assessment projects serving clients located in both the United States and Pakistan. My assignments involve conducting assessments for Telenor.
• Thoroughly assessed more than 10 AWS accounts.
• Identified 50+ High-Risk findings some of which include but are not limited to, root account usage, root account MFA enablement, Access Key Rotation, Overly Permissive IAM (Users, Groups, and Policies), AWS Config.
• Translated these findings into effective strategies and action plans.
• Addressed these high-risk findings to improve overall security posture.
• Automated mitigation processes for high-risk findings using Lambda, CloudFormation, and Python Boto3.

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

• I have served in this bank earlier as a Sr. Manager IT Operations however the second time, based on my skills in IT Security and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) I have been hired as a Sr. Manager IT Governance.
• Acted as a POC of the IT department for Information Security, Risk, Compliance, and Audit departments.
• Ensured compliance with regulatory and non-regulatory requirements along with the development and implementation of IT and information security policies, strategies, and procedures.
• Oversaw the implementation of enterprise security solutions such as SIEM, WAF, FIM, EDR, etc.
• Oversaw internal and external assessments, including VA/PT, PCI-DSS, and ISO27001 standards.
• Supported and facilitated IT audits round-the-clock, covering business applications, access management, and ITGC.

Lahore, Pakistan

• As a Senior Manager IT Operations of the bank, my notable feats accomplished:
• Managed a team of 14 people who provided first-level support to all users across the bank, including 135+ branches and 4 Head Office units.
• Recruited, trained, coached, and appraised IT staff, communicated job expectations, and enforced performance standards.
• Implemented a robust ITIL-compliant helpdesk system and oversaw practices such as Project Management, Change Management, IT Asset Management, Incident and Risk Management, and defined TATs for all tasks to optimize.
• Established a 24x7 Network Operation Centre (NOC) for the bank, ensuring system availability.
• Managed the annual budget and ensured cost-effectiveness.

Lahore

• In this role as a Manager IT Infrastructure, highlighted accomplishments comprised:
• Assigned a server virtualization project by the department head with a 3-month timeline, involving 20 servers used by 5 large stores, including Database, Core Application, File Server, and other portals. Faced project.
• Implemented strategies to overcome challenges:
• Formed a dedicated on-site team of 2 members per store.
• Established a virtualized server environment (VMware) with 2 Physical Hosts per Store.
• Successfully migrated all servers from physical to virtual.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• I joined Carrefour as an Assistant IT Manager, and after 2 years I was promoted as an IT Manager. In this role, some of the significant successes covered:
• A successful venture in launching Carrefour’s first hypermarket in Pakistan. I spearheaded the procurement, deployment, and integration of the entire IT Infrastructure, seamlessly linking it with the centralized.
• Played a key role in the company's early days, facilitating the implementation of core systems and coordinating company-wide training.
• Conducted performance and capacity planning by auditing, monitoring, analyzing, and reconfiguring IT infrastructure for future scalability and improved performance.
• Spearheaded various technical projects by acting as a technical lead and working closely with IT and other cross-functional teams to achieve the business objectives.
• Managed a team of 12 employees, providing leadership and oversight on core applications and projects.

Lahore, Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan

• In this role, I was working as the first level of support for the users. Some of the notable attainments were:
• Monitored, troubleshoot, and resolved outages to maximize network availability and performance.
• Restored connectivity to individual users and entire facilities by correcting network faults and malfunctions.
• Configured LAN technology, wireless access points, and controllers to ensure smooth communications.

Lahore, Pakistan