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title: "Vaibhav Shakya - Senior Manager - Information Security in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Vaibhav Shakya, CISM Certified| ISO 127001 LI | Immediate Joiner | with 15+ years of IT infra | 8+ years of Network security Cisco ASA, Fortinet and Palo Alto firewall. | 5+ years strategic leadership | AI SAIF - Security Command Center based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes gemini."
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# Vaibhav Shakya on Tal

## Headline

CISM Certified\| ISO 127001 LI \| Immediate Joiner \| with 15\+ years of IT infra \| 8\+ years of Network security Cisco ASA, Fortinet and Palo Alto firewall\. \| 5\+ years strategic leadership \| AI SAIF \- Security Command Center

## About

In my current role as senior IT Manager in Information Security involves leading critical engineering and operations in Cyber/ network security, ensuring the integrity of data centers, Cloud, remote offices, retail stores and supply chain sites\. With a focus on cutting\-edge technologies like Cisco ASA firewalls, Palo Alto firewalls, Fortinet firewall, IoT security, and GCP cloud architecture, I am responsible to safeguard the company's digital assets along with AI products\. Excel in stakeholder and people management, streamlining project execution and guiding migrations with precision\. My expertise in compliance is pivotal to our business, as it fortifies our cybersecurity framework and enhances our resilience against evolving threats, contributing to a secure and robust infrastructure\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

gemini

## Work experience

Senior Manager \- Information Security at Lowe's Companies, Inc\., Nov 2021 \- May 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos, India, Lead New US Lowes GCC Setup on Bangalore\. Lead BISO, GRC and cloud setup initiatives and help support IT infra and Network Security services and operations to support Lowes India grow from from 300 resources to 5000\+ resources and multiple BUs\. Network Security Engineering and Ops\. Datacenter setup and Migration Retail site SDWAN rollout and support security services Supply chain site SDWAN rollout and support security services Palo Alto firewall and Panorama install, operate and support Cisco ASA firewall and Anyconnect VPN support Fortine firewall and Fortimanager install, operate and support SilverPeak SDWAN sollout to 3500\+ sites, Patching and support activity IoT rollout and integration, Armis GCP cloud Security Architect Azure cloud security Stakeholder Management People Management Project Management Incident management Change Management PSIRT, vulnerability remediation on firewalls New Site readiness AI Agent rollout and support Microsegmentation Zero Trust Carry out BISO\(Business Information Security Officer\) activity and POC conduct Internal IT network security Audit Firewall policy optimization Algosec Assist IAM function CyberArk

Lead Engineer \- Information Security Group at Lowe's Companies, Inc\., Feb 2019 \- Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Technical Functions: \- Admin and Support of Cisco ASA Firewall, Palo Alto Firewall, Panorama, Cisco WSA proxy and IPS/IDS devices, \- Admin and Support of Palo Alto Global Protect, Prisma Access and Cisco AnyConnect VPN, \- Zero Trust network consolidation, \- Support and co\-ordinate on AT&T managed Silverpeak SDWAN in 3000\+ store network, \- Integration and support of Algosec \- on Policy Optimization, Orchestration and Automation, \- Build, Review and Implement Cloud firewall policies in Azure cloud and GCP Cloud environment, Roles and Responsibilities: \- Design, Implement and Optimize new Network Security policies across enterprise, datacenter and cloud network, \- Lead a team of Engineering and Operations Support Center Engineers by delegating tasks, managing schedules, and encouraging training and growth in different tower within ISG \(Information Security Group\) portfolio\. Coach team members on network and Security events, \- Streamline current process and procedures, SOP and Run book on network Security, \- Participate in regular audits of the network with customers and third party auditors to meet the PCI compliance guidelines, \- Plan and Deliver on Network Security Portfolio \- Assist in development of the product roadmap build, \- Work with other Managers and Directors to determine company security directives, \- Work closely with clients in explaining upgrade paths as well as highest level escalation of day to day network needs to enforce security policies

Technical Lead \- IT Infra Network Security at Lowe's Companies, Inc\., Aug 2017 \- Feb 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bangalore Area, India, Received SPOT reward for PCI compliance, PSIRT, Patching without service interruption for OS upgrade \- Cisco ASA and FTD Firewall Administration \- Palo Alto Firewall \- Cisco WLC Controller \- Basic Loadbalancer \(Pool swap and enabling disabling node/vserver on loadbalancer\) \- Nexus 7k/5k/3k/2k \- ISP Circuit Migration \- Cisco ACS \- Cisco WSA Proxy Administration \- Citrix Netscaler Loadbalancer \- Decomm and New Store Infrastructure Network setup

UEI Electronics Pvt\. Ltd\. at Universal Electronics, Oct 2016 \- Jul 2017 · 10 mos, Sant Ana California, Responsibilities: \- Physical server migration to Cloud and VMs\. \- Watchguard xPeak and Palo Alto PA500 PANOS 7\.6 administration\. \- Firewall rule creation and testing for Azure cloud network\. \- ISP migration and MPLS circuit setup\. \- Site\-to\-site IPSec VPN setup and Mobile user Ipsec VPN setup\. \- Aruba IAP Wireless Lan controller, Cisco Aironet WLC and Wireless LAN controller\. \- New WiFi network setup for IoT testings in Lab and production environment\. \- Inventory Management, Budgeting, License Management, Vendor Management\. \- Field support for global network support\. \- Nutanix node manager, Nexus 5k and 3K adminstration and Management\. \- Ticketing support on daily infra changes activities related to new setup and Network migration\.

Senior Network Engineer at Apple, Jan 2016 \- Sep 2016 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Client: Apple Inc\. Project: Strategic Data Solutions, MQM, iCloud\- Network design as per the company model and implementation of New Datacenter, Network Migration and Small office\- Branch office site implementation \(25 Panda Sites, Asia pacific\)\.\- Configuration and Integration of Citrix 10\.5 Netscalar Load Balancer\.\- Network Security Rules Implementation and Administration including Site\-to\-Site VPN, HA, Security Audit and Vulnerability assessment and Rectification\.

Network Engineering Consultant at Cisco, Mar 2015 \- Jan 2016 · 11 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, From Cisco Advance Services BU deployed to Reliance Jio Project: Reliance Jio Infocomm \(RJIL 4G\)\. Profile: Network Consulting Engineer– L3 Designation: Senior NOC Engineer Responsibilities: ➢ NDD \(Network Design Documentation\), NIP \(Network Implementation Plan\) and ATP 1B Report Generation as per the GCD and Integrate the site after the approval\. \- ATP 1C, Services testing of a citi\-wise network\. Convergence Optimization\. ➢ Integration of Reliance 4G MPLS CORE backbone Network on Fiber and Microwave site\. ➢ Implementation of MPLS\- L3VPN \(DATA, Voice, Video, WIFI, & RAN\), ISIS, BGP, QoS, SNMP, IOS, AAA, BP and Security features etc\. ➢ Implementation of ACL, Prefix\-list, Distribute–list, Route\-map, PBR, and Community\-list on networks\. ➢ Configuring Cisco ASR9K \(9922, 9010\), ASR 900 \(901,903,920 & 920\-I\), series router\. ➢ Configuring remotely all the Cisco router and provisioned services as per the NIP/NDD, assisting remotely to resolve network related issues to onsite engineer for ISP network planning, implementation and deployment of CSS, AG1, AG2, AG3, Nexus and SAR Services for 4G LTE IP connectivity across PAN India\. ➢ Troubleshooting and Monitoring of IP Network connectivity as per the SLA\.

Network Consultant Engineer at Milestone Integrated Services Pvt\. Ltd\., Jan 2014 \- Feb 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos, Delhi, India, Client: ITI, BSNL MPLS NOC \- Routing, Switching, Firewall admin and support \- Site survey, replacement of faulty network devices\.\- \- Ticketing support on daily infra changes activities related to new setup and Network migration\.\- New LAN/WAN/Wifi network setup at customer location\.

## Education

B\. E\., Computer Networking \(Hons\) Degree, University of Greenwich

Higher National Diploma in Computing, Computing, Edexcel International, London UK

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