More than ** years of experience in the Software industry. Experience
includes consulting, program management, roadmap development, solution
design, development and integration.
Educational Qualifications
. Bachelor of Engineering [Computer Engineering] in 1997
Technical Skills
> Information Security -
o Application Security - Identity and Access Management, Cloud
Security (SAML 2.0, ADFS, OAuth 2.0, Open Identity, WS-
Federation etc multi-factor authentication, Single Sign On
o Data Security - Encryption, PKI, Data Loss Prevention and
Digital Rights Management
o Security Consulting - Core security advisor, Security gap
analysis, product recommendations, business case development,
strategy and security roadmap definition and Security Compliance
> Functional Domain - Banking (Payment processing, Payment gateways,
International Payments, Electronic transaction processing and
settlement), Information Security (Data Privacy, Application Security,
Security Consulting, Security Compliance, SOX, PCI etc Systems
Management, electronic billing and Legal IT.
> Languages - C/C++ and Java/J2EE
> OS - Unix [AIX, HPUX, Solaris, Linux, SCO], Mac [OSX] and Windows
> Database - Oracle, Informix and MySql
> Web Technology - Apache Web Server, Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, IIS, Sun
One, HTML, CSS
Have worked extensively in the areas of Payments processing, electronic
Billing, systems management, Application Security and Data Privacy.
1. Manager: Security infrastructure @ Cisco, USA [Contractor]
. Duration - Since Mar 2012
. Environment - Oracle Identity & Access Management, CA Siteminder, Ping
Federate, MS AD and LDAP
. Responsibilities - As a manager, I am responsible for -
. Management of two key security infrastructure components (OAM
and Ping Federate)
. Management of infra initiatives such as setting up and migration
of security infrastructure to new data centers.
. Overall ownership of OAM and Ping Federate infrastructure and
act as a single Point of Contact for these security components.
. Risk identification beforehand and develop plan to mitigate the
risks.
. Define the roadmap and drive the program for Siteminder, OAM and
Ping Federate.
2. Solution Architect: Legal IT core infrastructure @ Apple Inc, USA
[Contractor]
. Duration - Feb 2008 to Dec 2011
. Environment - Mac OSX, IBM AIX, Win2K3, Java, Apache Web server,
Tomcat, Single Sign-On
. Responsibilities - As an Architect, I was responsible for -
. Defining the program roadmap and phase-wise rollout plans for
Patents Management, Matter Management and E-Billing.
. Preparing detailed phase-wise project activity plan, schedule
and resource plan.
. Finalizing integration design, low-level solution design, data
migration strategy and testing strategy.
. Facilitate coordination and interactions with business team
(Legal dept), project team (IS&T dept), vendors and offshore
development teams.
. Technical consulting, help in troubleshooting and issue
resolutions
3. Practice Lead : Enterprise Security Services @ Wipro Technologies,
India
. Duration - July 2004 to Feb 2008
My key responsibilities in this role were -
Practice building - Contribute in revenue plan and forecast, service
positioning, building competencies in the group, new service
initiatives [Have started Payments Security, Digital Rights
Management, Data Loss Prevention service lines], team mentoring and
contribute in vendor alliance.
Consulting - Product recommendations, solution architecture, roadmap
and strategy definition, presentations, Proof of Concepts.
Solution definition - Cost and resource estimations, implementation
planning, responding to RFI/RFP and SoW (Statement of Work)
development in the area of data privacy, encryption, IDM, SSO etc
Program Management - To manage multiple implementations, status
monitoring, manage escalations and to ensure timely delivery of
multiple projects.
As a consultant I took very challenging pre-sales assignments and won
several large projects for Wipro. I was mostly involved into requirements
analysis and conceptualizing the solution and to finalize architecture.
Some of the important international clients I actively did consulting for
were Apple, Sony, North West Airlines, Option One Mortgage and Statestreet
in USA and Barclays Bank, RWE nPower and H3G in Europe to name a few.
Before joining Wipro I worked
. @ HP (India) for two years (2002 to 2004) as Senior Software Engineer
[System Performance Management]
. @ Discover Technologies (India) for one year (2001 to 2002) as Analyst
[Inernet Payments]
. @ Thyron Informatics Pvt Ltd (India) for four years (1998 to 2001) as
Senior Software Engineer [Payments Technology]
. @ RPG Satellite Communications (India) for 4 months (1997)