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Project Manager Security

Location:
Dallas, TX
Posted:
June 01, 2014

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BHAVESH PATEL

**********@*****.***

832-***-****

SUMMARY

IT Professional with over ten years of post-graduation experience in areas

of Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations, IT Security and IT Project

Management. Exceptional ability to develop strong working relationships

with senior management, stakeholders and subject matter experts. Proven

track record of success in:

. Enterprise Architecture deployment

. ITIL deployment

. IT budget management

. IT Security

. Windows system administration

. Root cause analysis

. IT Project Management

. Share Point service deployment

. VERITAS Backup Exec deployment

. Train/mentor team members

. VMware deployment

. Problem Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WIPRO Technology July 2009 -

Present

IT Security Architect / Compliance Consultant Feb

2014 - Present

Redesigning the Network and Security architecture after a major incident to

secure the network assuring the environment risks are mitigated through

control implementations. Initiated projects showing qualitative value of

surpassing the Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance standards and worked

with subject matter experts to understand Business needs.

. Redesigned the network diagram creating segments to further secure the

network and reduce the scope of PCI audits

. Created multiple project plans to migrate the network from the current

as-is architecture to the future state

. Reviewed firewall rules and established a process to tighten rule base

meeting Business functional needs

. Perform vulnerability analysis and scanning to assure system devices

are secure based on industry standards

IT Security (SOC) Manager July 2009-

Jan 2014

Established a Security Operations Center (SOC) to support multiple oil-and-

gas Customers managing their network availability, day-to-day security

operations and continuously work closely with the Customers to further

improve their security environments. Designed the physical and logical

Architecture and procured all equipment meeting budget requirements and go-

live date of the SOC.

. Manage a team of Analyst and Engineers located in the US, UK and India

. Established and led process improvement governance to align large-

scale improvement efforts, conducted project status and risk review

with upper management

. Manage service scope and assist in the implementation of changes for

Check Point firewalls, Blue coat proxies, Juniper VPN, RSA / Radius

authentication, Retina network vulnerability scan (PCI compliance),

DLP, PKI, Credant, QRadar SIEM, Syslog, Load Balancing, Spectrum

network monitoring, Symantec SEP12

. Represent IT Security at Change Management Meetings

. Perform architectural review of all devices biannually

. Project Manager for IT Projects which include, firewall hardware /

software upgrade, blue coat proxy upgrade, Juniper VPN move migration,

IP renumbering, mobility and Windows 7

. Lead CSIRT investigations

. Worked with Customers and team members to establish and document

procedures

. Meet with Customers frequently to maintain relationships, discuss

Customer satisfaction and areas of improvements

. Perform Incident and Problem Management for all Security issues

. Perform trend analysis

. Meet all Corporate requirements which have been created to further

develop internal operations

. Maintain third party service agreements

SAIC / NASA Dec 2006 -

July 2009

IT Operations Lead/Security Analyst III

Redefined NASA's IT systems architecture to support mission operations and

support future needs as new innovations and technologies are developed.

Established baseline systems configuration and IT best practices to support

the Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Directorate. Authored 3 systems

security plans (low, moderate and high risk classification level) and

performed continuous monitoring of security controls (FISMA compliance) to

ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of the S&MA

Directorate's data and systems.

. Created culture of improvement by leading the development of an

enterprise architecture team at the Johnson Space Center (JSC)

. Facilitated project needs, prioritization and selection activities

with upper management

. Completed project with a team of Enterprise Architects for NASA Head

Quarters regarding data repository

. IT Project lead on technology refresh of NASA RISK Lab

. Represent the S&MA Directorate at the JSC Enterprise Architecture

working group meetings to discuss operation drivers, future state

needs and technology innovations

. Senior Systems Administrator in a Windows 2003/2008 environment

. Troubleshoot elevated IT issues including reviewing code written in

Java Script, VBScript and Cold Fusion

. Mentor, oversee and train system administrators and desktop

technicians

. Provide expert knowledge of configuration and support for Active

Directory, DNS, IIS, LDAP, SQL and application integration (COTS)

. Perform incident investigation on all IT security incidents for the

S&MA Directorate

. Perform the activities that are involved with the certification and

accreditation process at JSC for all S&MA Directorate system security

plans

Lockheed Martin Sept 2005 -

Dec 2006

Systems Administrator

Collaborated with a diverse team to professionally manage and further

develop the IT infrastructure at the Johnson Space Center.

. Managed Microsoft servers which included Active Directory (group

policy), DNS, WINS and DHCP

. Managed Linux (Red Hat) servers

. Redesigned backup system architecture, documented new procedures and

provided training to team members

. Systems event log monitoring

. Provided tier 3 support to field techs to troubleshoot issues

. Microsoft patch testing and deployment (SMS and WSUS)

. 24x7 on call rotation

. Investigated standard operating procedures to review/update existing

documentation and created new documentation for processes/procedures

Adams Globalization

May 2004 - Aug 2005

Network/Systems Administrator

Solely monitored all clustered network activity 24 hours a day and provided

support to corporate clients as well as company multi-lingual end users.

. Successfully led deployment of Share Point services

. Managed Microsoft servers (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Exchange

and IIS), Linux (Red Hat) servers, IT security (including IDS) and

UNIX based firewall

. Decreased overall network downtime by 7% from previous year

. Established backup services

. Investigated standard operating procedures to review/update existing

documentation and created new documentation for processes/procedures

. Validation of files using languages of XML, Java Script, VBScript and

HTML

EDUCATION

Bachelor in Computer Information Systems, University of Houston, Houston TX

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FEAC Certified in Enterprise Architecture - Black Belt

Certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) V.3

NASA Certified Systems Administrator

Cisco's Network Administration

Microsoft Network Security



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