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ANIKET SHINDE, CISSP

ANIKET SHINDE, CISSP

Pune

Summary

Goal-oriented IT professional with significant success in planning, analyzing and implementing of security plans and initiatives. Excel in developing comprehensive, secure network designs and systems.

Talented Security Specialist adept at evaluating visitors, shipments and supplies for security issues. Disciplined and hardworking team player with superior skills in observing behavior, managing conflicts and solving problems gained 9-year career in security.

My professional career spans over 15 years with diverse experience managing large and medium IT Projects in the domain of IT Security and Enterprise Networking, Unified Communication (Voice & Video), Contact Centre Application. I also have in depth exposure as a Consultant in the field of IT Security Auditing and Vulnerability Analysis. CISSP certified professional. I am a hands-on guy who loves solving problems, breaking silos, improving processes, initiating conversations, motivating my colleagues and making customers happy

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Security Consultant

Avaya India Pvt Ltd
Pune
02.2012 - Current
  • 9 years of Security end to end project managing experience in Audit/hardening on Avaya Linux servers, Vulnerability assessments and Certificate migration
  • Proactively feed into and develop the required senior MI (Management Information) collection ensuring stakeholders and Senior Management are informed of and major Risks/Vulnerabilities or Findings
  • Detailed understanding of the OWASP concepts and techniques related to IT Security
  • As a Security Consultant responsible for handling Large and Medium scale projects initiated under Avaya Professional Services in the APAC and EMEA Regions
  • Worked on multiple projects as a Consultant to perform Security Auditing, OS based Security Hardening, Vulnerability Assessment and Certificate migration for banks and financial services providers like BACI, DBS, SCB, Manulife, UBL and ING etc
  • Basic understanding of Nessus and Qualys tools to scan the Avaya servers for vulnerabilities.
  • CIS benchmark based hardening delivery
  • Hands on experience in CIS-benchmark based hardening
  • Experience in disabling/enabling ciphers, latest TLS enablement on different Avaya servers by working in customer provided maintenance windows
  • Documenting Security vulnerability and fixes
  • Handled Critical Escalations (directly impacting Revenues) by working with the Clients, internal Engineering and Operations Team to resolve them at the earliest
  • Worked closely with Product Team to get major issues fixed by prioritizing key issues
  • Report Key Project Milestones and Project KPI’s to all major stakeholders and internal Executive Team
  • Invoke and Manage Change Management Meetings in case of new or changed requirements
  • Conducted multiple training sessions to the Avaya consultants to make them aware on the security implementation
  • Awarded Avaya Center of Excellence Award for delivery and good client feedbacks
  • Visited Cairo, Egypt to manage Security hardening projects, contribute to security enhancements, planning methods, best practices and process compliance – in August 2014
  • Visited Singapore to work on vulnerability assessment and remediation for the customer in Feb 2019.
  • Coordinated with vendors for patching of software vulnerabilities and timely installation of updates.
  • Documented processes related to security operations and ensured adherence to all applicable laws and regulations.
  • Audited existing infrastructure for weaknesses in order to recommend appropriate corrective measures.
  • Managed user accounts by creating new users, disabling old ones and resetting passwords when necessary.
  • Ran routine security checks, suggesting improvements as necessary.
  • Performed audits and inspections of facility to locate potential threats.
  • Provided expert advice on risk mitigation strategies for clients.
  • Audited networks and security systems to identify vulnerabilities.

Technical Support Engineer

Cybage software Pvt ltd.
12.2010 - 02.2012
  • Monitoring Nagios Alerts and troubleshooting the cause
  • Monitoring trends in Munin and taking remedial proactive measures
  • Launching/Configuring/Securing/Setup of New Servers
  • Imaging Existing Servers
  • Keeping up to date Image repositories
  • Write Scripts to streamline maintenance
  • Log rotation and backups
  • Documentation of all the tasks
  • Making sure rsync and drive mounts are working properly
  • Un-Mounting and Mounting disks
  • Production Release support (Stop and Start Services, deploy new war files, jar files, Execute sql scripts)
  • Create/Manage user accounts and permissions on all the Production and staging servers.

System officer

Tera software ltd
08.2009 - 12.2010
  • Performing on Linux Operating System for District & Session Court, Aurangabad
  • Managing HCL Infinity Servers and 70 clients with Linux O.S
  • Assisting the team for installing, configuring, testing & troubleshooting of Linux o.s
  • Handling Webmin Graphical Interface, Endian Firewall, GLPI (A ticketing system)
  • Provide technical leadership while estimating and evaluating the effort/ schedules and managed the team and its grievances while training them and the freshers on the project architectures
  • Manage critical cases wherein the entire server would be crashed or unavailable.

Technical assistant

o.srsyncEndianWebminTeraMuninCybageHCL Infosystems ltd
12.2008 - 03.2009
  • Maintained & Controlled CIPA SOFTWARE with Security
  • Took Regular Backup of all activities on NIC LINUX.

Education

Azure fundamentals (AZ900) certified -

02.2023

Azure Security and compliance fundamentals certified (SC900) -

02.2023

CC (Cybersecurity certified) -

12.2022

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) - IT Security

ISC2
Pune
11.2022

PMP -

01.2017

PGDIT(Post Graduation)- MBA- Symbiosis college, Pune - Information Technology

Symbiosis
01.2015

Bachelor of Engineering, MIT Engineering College, Aurangabad - Computer Sciences Engineering

Skills

  • Security consultation
  • Avaya Platform Hardening
  • Vulnerability analysis
  • Certificate migration
  • Project Management
  • Requirement Gathering
  • Cross-Functional Team Management
  • Negotiation
  • Client Communication
  • Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills
  • Compliance Management
  • InfoSec
  • Cybersecurity

Websites

Activities

Have done multiple singing cultural shows across Maharashtra for a band

Personal Information

Title: CISSP, Azure2, PMP

Hobbies and Interests

  • Sports
  • Singing
  • Travelling
  • Music
  • Reading

Certification

  • CISSP certified (2022)
  • PMP certified (2017)

Languages

English
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Proficient (C2)
C2

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Security Consultant

Avaya India Pvt Ltd
02.2012 - Current

Technical Support Engineer

Cybage software Pvt ltd.
12.2010 - 02.2012

System officer

Tera software ltd
08.2009 - 12.2010

Technical assistant

o.srsyncEndianWebminTeraMuninCybageHCL Infosystems ltd
12.2008 - 03.2009

Azure fundamentals (AZ900) certified -

Azure Security and compliance fundamentals certified (SC900) -

CC (Cybersecurity certified) -

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) - IT Security

ISC2

PMP -

PGDIT(Post Graduation)- MBA- Symbiosis college, Pune - Information Technology

Symbiosis

Bachelor of Engineering, MIT Engineering College, Aurangabad - Computer Sciences Engineering

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