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Skills
Certification
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Adithya SP

Service Manager
Bangalore,KA

Summary

With over 10+ years of experience in IT and 5+ years in security, the strong track record lies in enhancing and managing security applications within service management frameworks. Meticulous approach to audits and compliance ensures organizations consistently meet the highest security standards. Seeking a challenging role in advancing service management to leverage expertise in driving operational excellence and making meaningful contributions to the industry. Ultimate goal is to advance the career while fostering robust security practices that effectively protect and empower organizations.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
4
4
Languages

Work History

Service Manager - Level 2 (Global Information Security)

Novo Nordisk
09.2023 - Current
  • Contributed actively to the definition of service strategy, service roadmap, and risk management in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Led an internal Proof of Concept (PoC) to enhance service delivery while ensuring risk management and IT compliance.
  • Utilized project management techniques to oversee significant major upgrades for managed services.
  • With the assistance of the Chief Architect, ensured that compliance documents such as CIL, NCs, and quality plans were up to date.
  • Demonstrated strong decision-making skills in negotiating vendor contracts and defining SCTs and SLAs, in conjunction with service owners.
  • Collaborated as an active participant on a successful Global IT Security Project and Prioritize Request for Change with Architect & Service Owner.
  • Right service strategy in place for respective IT Security service (CyberArk- Password vault) and manage large and medium implementation project.
  • Demonstrated strong decision-making skills in negotiating contracts and defining Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with vendors, in collaboration with service owners.
  • Initiated and executed contractual negotiations for existing and new service while ensuring are obtained according to contractual obligations with vendors.
  • Took responsibility for negotiating contracts, managing licenses, and budgeting for security services, in collaboration with system owners.
  • Actively participate in defining service strategy, service roadmap, and risk management in collaboration of service owner, GSO owners and external stakeholders.

Security Consultant (Team Lead)

IBM Pvt Ltd
03.2018 - 09.2023
  • Build, administer, configure, upgrade and fine-tuning of policies of anti-virus console & client management.
  • Enabled seamless operations by providing comprehensive technical support, including monitoring, reporting, and administering tools.
  • Implemented robust disaster recovery planning to mitigate security breaches and ensure business continuity.
  • Forge with Information Security Managers, Risk Managers, Architects, and deployment teams to optimize AV Product through collaboration.
  • Driven by real-time analysis to uncover potential threats, rogue systems, vulnerabilities, unauthorized devices and risks pertaining to data loss.
  • Acted vigilantly on monitoring to identify and swiftly respond to attacks, intrusions, and any suspicious or unauthorized activity.
  • Demonstrated hands-on technical expertise in managing medium to large environments.
  • Vigorously monitored and promptly addressed Critical/High threats, providing reports to both management and end users.
  • Executed client-requested actions such as implementing whitelisting, blacklisting, quarantine, blocking, and file exclusions in endpoints to enhance security.
  • Spearheaded the incident tracking and reporting of unusual user activity and file downloads on machines, promptly taking decisive action.
  • Championed and executed cybersecurity awareness training, equipping colleagues with proactive defense skills to mitigate potential threats.

Major Incident Management /Duty Manager (Team Lead)

IBM Pvt Ltd
07.2015 - 03.2018
  • Directed bridge calls for Critical/High priority tickets, effectively coordinating actions and responses to address urgent issues.
  • Enacted ITIL procedures to guarantee the effective delivery of quality services, ensuring compliance with SLAs.
  • Provided comprehensive oversight of account operations, spanning multiple teams including Recovery Managers, Change Managers, Platform Teams, and Compliance Team. Successfully managed operations across two locations in Bangalore & Chennai.
  • Provide trend analysis on the success rate for closure of incidents/ changes/ problem records on time • and track backlogs.
  • Perform quality checks and educate, the process for creating/closing of incidents and periodic updates in the incidents.

Console Monitoring and TWS Production Control Specialist

IBM Pvt Ltd
07.2014 - 06.2015

• Monitor server health check based on the issue/alert, support team is engaged through chat or bridge call and incidents are raised accordingly.
• Performed Quality check & Trend analysis on incidents, changes, problem tickets for weekly and monthly.
• Add, Modify, delete a Calendar, Resource, Schedule dependency and resolve job/schedule conflicts.
• Submitting new Jobs and schedules to the workstation based on client request. Changing the script file for the job stream.

Core Team Member (Volunteer Experience)

07.2014 - 06.2015
  • Provided comprehensive oversight of account operations, spanning multiple teams including Recovery Managers, Change Managers, Platform Teams, and Compliance Team.
  • Successfully managed operations across two locations in Bangalore & Chennai.
  • Provide trend analysis on the success rate for closure of incidents/ changes/ problem records on time and track backlogs.
  • Perform quality checks and educate, the process for creating/closing of incidents and periodic updates in the incidents.

Education

PG Diploma - Software Development, CyberSecurity

IIIT-Bangalore & Upgrad
Bengaluru, India
08-2022

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering
Bangalore, IN
04.2001 - 06.2013

Skills

IT Infrastructure Security

Certification

IBM Certified Cloud Advocate V1, IBM, 03/22

Awards

  • Above and Beyond, (IBM Security - given by Charles Carney (VP) & Ananda KV (GID Leader)
  • Certificate of Recognition, For outstanding dedication and commitment towards client success.
  • Certificate of Recognition, Exhibiting Technical Leadership & Demonstrating Service Delivery Excellence.

Interests

Travelling

Photography

Pop music

Sketching

Accomplishments

  • NN Offsite - As a core team member for the DD&IT offsite, I organized a comprehensive two-day event for senior management and nearly 1,000 employees, overseeing every aspect from venue selection to catering and providing entertainment with a DJ.
  • Blue run - A fun filled IBMer marathon run organized for close to 10K employees.

Additional Information

  • Agile Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master NN- Mar '24
  • IBM Certified Cloud Advocate V1 IBM- Mar '22
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification AWS-Dec '21
  • CompTIA CySA+ Certification CompTIA-Mar '21
  • CompTIA Security+ Certification CompTIA-Sep '20
  • CB Defense Associate Analyst Carbon Black-Jun '19

Timeline

Service Manager - Level 2 (Global Information Security)

Novo Nordisk
09.2023 - Current

Security Consultant (Team Lead)

IBM Pvt Ltd
03.2018 - 09.2023

Major Incident Management /Duty Manager (Team Lead)

IBM Pvt Ltd
07.2015 - 03.2018

Console Monitoring and TWS Production Control Specialist

IBM Pvt Ltd
07.2014 - 06.2015

Core Team Member (Volunteer Experience)

07.2014 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering
04.2001 - 06.2013

PG Diploma - Software Development, CyberSecurity

IIIT-Bangalore & Upgrad
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