AMOL UDDHAV ADATE
Mumbai
Summary
Dynamic IT Security Operations Lead with a proven track record at Bank of America, excelling in incident management and process optimization. Spearheaded automation initiatives, significantly reducing MTTR while fostering a culture of accountability. Proficient in FortiGate and team leadership, driving security excellence across global operations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Security Operations Lead
Bank of America
12.2019 - 12.2021
- Strategic SOC Governance: Directly managed a global 24/7 Security Operations Center, ensuring high availability and protection of critical financial assets.
- Operational Excellence: Automated repetitive manual security workflows, reducing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and allowing L3 engineers to focus on proactive threat hunting.
- Incident Command: Acted as the primary escalation point for Severity 1 & 2 security events, coordinating cross-functional teams to resolve threats with minimal business disruption.
- Performance Management: Established KRAs and performance metrics for a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and accountability.
Technology Specialist (Security Ops)
Locuz Enterprises Solution Ltd
12.2017 - 12.2019
- Security Service Delivery: Managed end-to-end security technology stack including NGFW, Proxies, WAF, and DLP.
- SIEM Strategy: Led the deployment of DNIF SIEM; defined and implemented detection use cases and custom dashboards for executive-level reporting.
- Change Management: Oversaw the impact analysis and implementation of global policy changes, ensuring 100% compliance with CAB approvals.
- Process Optimization: Developed and maintained Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the L1/L2 teams to standardize incident response.
Security Consultant / SIEM Admin
Tech Mahindra Ltd
01.2017 - 12.2019
- Consultative Leadership: Acted as a Security Solutions Consultant for Mahindra & Mahindra, aligning security toolsets with business growth.
- Infrastructure Transformation: Migrated legacy VPN systems to FortiGate with 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) for improved remote access security.
- Lifecycle Management: Directed security device upgrades, capacity planning, and system design for enterprise-wide ArcSight SIEM deployment.
Previous roles
- Previous roles at Dimension Data, Orange Business Services, and Horizzon Info Tech focused on L3 Security Engineering, Firewall Migrations, and Network Defense.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Shivaji University
Kolhapur04-2009
Skills
- Security operations
- Incident management
- Process optimization
- Change management
- Team leadership
- Project management
- Cost reduction
- Strong team building skills
- Capacity planning
- People management proficiency
- Employee development
- FortiGate, Checkpoint
- Splunk
- ArcSight
- DNIF SIEM
- FortiAnalyzer
- Zscaler
- Bluecoat Proxy
Certifications And Education
- CISA, ISACA, Certified Information Systems Auditor
- NSE 4, Fortinet, Network Security Professional
- CCSA, Checkpoint, Security Administrator
- CCNA, Cisco, Network Associate
- Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Shivaji University
Personal Information
Title: AVP LEAD IT Security Operations | Infrastructure & Cyber Defense
Technical Expertise
Palo Alto, FortiGate, Checkpoint, SonicWALL, Cloudflare, Splunk, ArcSight, DNIF SIEM, FortiAnalyzer, Zscaler, Bluecoat Proxy, RSA, EZMCOM, FortiAuthenticator, Symantec EDR, McAfee DLP, Sophos, TrendMicro, F5 LTM/GTM, Array Networks
Leadership And Strategic Competencies
24/7 SOC Oversight, SLA/SLO Management, and Resource Planning., Lead POC for critical outages and security breaches; Root Cause Analysis (RCA)., SOP development, and Audit readiness., Design and implementation of Zero Trust (Zscaler)/ Trllix Proxy, NGFW (Palo Alto/Fortinet), and SIEM., Talent development, KRA setting, performance evaluations, and technical training., Auto Heal non critical monitoring Incidents.
Timeline
IT Security Operations Lead
Bank of America
12.2019 - 12.2021
Technology Specialist (Security Ops)
Locuz Enterprises Solution Ltd
12.2017 - 12.2019
Security Consultant / SIEM Admin
Tech Mahindra Ltd
01.2017 - 12.2019
Previous roles
Bachelor of Science -
Shivaji University