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Seasoned cyber security professional with deep expertise in GRC, Data Privacy and Information security domains

About

As a Security Managed Services Manager at Accenture with over 8 years in security-focused roles, I specialize in cyber-security strategies and the implementation of robust security controls for diverse clients. My work enables businesses to mitigate risks, ensure compliance, and enhance operational resilience through tailored solutions that address unique industry challenges. Collaborating closely with teams and clients, we deliver high-quality consulting, presales, and end-to-end security delivery services. By fostering an innovative and cohesive environment, I am committed to protecting critical systems and data while driving secure digital transformation for organizations worldwide.

Location

Chennai

Work experience

Security Managed Services Manager at Accenture in India, Jun 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos, Chennai

Security Delivery Associate Manager at Accenture in India, Mar 2017 - May 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Sr.Solution Architect at Tata Communications, Dec 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos, Chennai Area, India

Solution Consultant/Manager at Vodafone Global Services Private Limited, Jul 2015 - Nov 2015 · 5 mos, Chennai Area, India

Solution Consultant/Deputy Manager at Vodafone Global Services Private Limited, Jun 2014 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo, Chennai Area, India, • Engaging with sales, customers (primarily banking customers), pricing, bid or solution teams to perform presales feasibilities for all solutions on Mozart or any relevant systems (in future) • Working with carrier and systems team to follow-up and complete feasibility responses and provide response to the pricing/bid teams. • Engaging with customers and preparing the Request for Response (RFP) • Designing the solution and scope of work ( High Level Document , Low level Document) • Preparing the bill of material (BOM) • Validating and implementing the solution • Handing over the solution to operations • Documenting the solution for handover and knowledge base. • Escalate complex or non-standard opportunities • Providing technical advice & support for transactional business requirements • Producing customer specific diagrams and supporting text for proposals, and produce appropriate design documentation to support orders • Predominantly working on data solutions like IPVPN (Layer 3, Layer 2), DIA, Bandwidth Connect, IP Transit, and IEPL etc.

Network Specialist/Assistant Manager at Vodafone Global Services Private Limited, Apr 2014 - May 2014 · 2 mos, Chennai, Level 2 network support for major enterprise customers

Network Specialist at Cable & Wireless Worldwide, Dec 2011 - Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Chennai Area, India, Level 2 network support for major enterprise customers

Senior Executive Networks at TATA Communications Ltd. (fka VSNL), Aug 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos, Chennai Area, India, DESIGNATION: Senior Executive Network ROLE : AS 6453 Planning and Design Engineer • Planning, designing and responsible for the functioning of 6453 Backbone network. o Providing High Level Document ,Low Level Document & Scope of work for putting up a new router onto AS 6453 network • Backbone Re-Engineering of the AS 6453 network in order to optimize the performance. o Reutilizing routers that are decommissioned from the network and putting them back into the network where and when applicable • Planning, implementing and maintaining the AS 6453 Global Backbone. o Doing Backbone upgrades as and when advised by Line of Business(LOB) team and thereby maintaining the fill factor of AS 6453 network at 50% • Optimizing the network resources to reduce the CapEx and OpEx. o Efficient usage of idle network gear that is available in inventory or in routers at various sites and deploying them at the PoP’s (Point-of-Presence) requiring urgent hardware • Preparing CPU utilization report of AS 6453 network o Creating report on CPU usage from weekly system generated report on AS 6453 network and addressing the pain points of routers that require immediate memory up gradation or advising operations to remove idle BGP sessions so as to bring down the CPU utilization ROLE : Global IP MPLS Engineering Center LAB Administrator • Preparing Proof of Concept for carrying out various testings on different vendors o Racking up the setup as per the test setup requested and being the SPOC for internal team members in troubleshooting and assisting their testings. • Product Evaluation and Vendor Testing o Co-ordinating with vendor while deploying new equipment and testing all functionalities of the equipment in-depth • IOS/JuNOS testing o IOS/JuNOS testing carried out to test the latest release of Cisco/Juniper and test all features in the lab before advising operations to upgrade the image in all the routers of AS 6453 network

Executive Networks at TATA Communications Ltd. (fka VSNL), Oct 2009 - Aug 2010 · 11 mos, Chennai Area, India, IOS/JUNOS/FTOS testing, GIMEC Lab Administrator

Associate Engineer at TATA Communications Ltd. (fka VSNL), Jun 2008 - Oct 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos, Chennai Area, India, Port Planning, Network Engineering,New PoP Roll out

Education

Msc, Computer Networks, Middlesex University

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communications, Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology