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Anita Palai

Hyderabad,TG

Summary

Microsoft Office 365/Azure Security Engineer with strong customer service, security and professional orientation. A dedicated Microsoft 365/Azure Security Professional and Infrastructure with diverse work experiences in areas of cloud-based identity and access implementation and securing O365 hybrid environment. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with relevant organizational skills eager to secure current position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Systems Engineer

Columbus Global India Pvt.Ltd.
02.2021 - Current
  • Performing a discovery of environment and designing a technical onboarding process for their Azure/O365 tenants.
  • Perform Phishing attack stimulation for all Business units to create a awareness among organization and security policy.
  • Analyzed security logs to determine and alleviate network threats.
  • I.e., endpoint manager, Identity protection, Conditional access, O365 ATP, Azure ATP, RBAC.
  • Integrating salesforce, workday and other SaaS application rest API with Microsoft Cloud App Security to manage and enforce DLP policies over our sensitive data.
  • Leveraging passwordless authentication to mitigate the risk password attacks from privileged accounts and enabling MFA on accounts which are not capable of having passwordless authentication.
  • Enabling Azure Defender on subscriptions to protect our Azure and hybrid resources to protect management ports of VMs with Just-in-time and adaptive applications controls.
  • Azure/O365 security center – Compliance manager i.e., Azure Benchmark, CIS, O365/Azure GDPR, NIST 800-53.
  • Protecting virtual machines data by using Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) that is using BitLocker for windows VMs and DM-Crypt for Linux VMs.
  • Leveraged Azure Sentinel to integrate Azure Security Center, Azure AD, Firewalls, MCAS, F5, Symantec Endpoint Security, Nessus scanner for vulnerability scans, authenticated and unauthenticated scans for newly built servers, O365 ATP, Windows Defender, Microsoft ATP and third-party security tools like Symantec EP.
  • Setup and configure Endpoint Protection ATP, EXO ATP policies and Email Security, implement Post- breach defense with ATA, DLP, Mail flow, Information governance, AIP and SIEM.
  • Microsoft Endpoint Manager; InTune, MDM & MAM.
  • I.e., Device enrollment, Device Configuration, Device Security, Conditional Access policy and Device compliance.

Service Analyst

Anthelio An ATOS Business Technologies Private Ltd
07.2017 - 01.2021
  • Helped client navigate their journey to the cloud on the Microsoft Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility and Security Platforms (EMS).
  • Designing and deploying Microsoft Defender ATP through InTune/Config Manager.
  • InTune configuration policies, baseline policies, GPO, and restrictions policies.
  • Azure Active Directory deployment/educating client on best Azure AD licensing for project.
  • Designed and developed cloud-specific security policies, standards, and procedures e.g., O365 Tenant management and configuration, identity management and access control, firewall management, auditing and monitoring, security incident and event management.
  • Provided internal technical training to Advisory personnel as needed.
  • Provided technical support for O365 services and resolve service-related issues through research and troubleshooting and working with Microsoft.
  • Configured and deployed MFA, SSO, MIM, PIM, PAM.

Process Developer

Genpact India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2014 - 06.2017
  • User and Security Administration.
  • Experience on resolving user authentication and authorization issues.
  • Worked on MFA related issues.
  • Performance monitoring of servers using SCCM tool.
  • Disk space usage monitoring.
  • Conceptual knowledge and well experienced on SSO.
  • Working experience with Partners& Customers, Voice, and Remote support.
  • New User ID creation, administration and termination using CA Identity and Access Management tool.
  • Work on tickets related to user access issues, profile changes/modifications and resolving same within defined SLA and while ensuring compliance.
  • Providing resolution to users in response to identified difficulties in excess of any kind.
  • DL creation, deletion and modification in Exchange Management Console and Active Directory.
  • Working experience with remote support tools like Team Viewer, Skype, WebEx, Go to assist etc.


Education

MBA - Retail Management

West Bengal University
Kolkata
06.2013

Skills

  • Endpoint Management and Security, Azure Benchmark, Identity & Access Management(IAM)
  • Zero Trust Security, Microsoft Information Protection, MS Cloud App Security (MCAS)
  • Azure Active Directory (AAD), Data Loss Prevention (DLP),Enterprise Mobility and Security
  • Microsoft 365 Defender for O365, Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Timeline

Senior Systems Engineer

Columbus Global India Pvt.Ltd.
02.2021 - Current

Service Analyst

Anthelio An ATOS Business Technologies Private Ltd
07.2017 - 01.2021

Process Developer

Genpact India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2014 - 06.2017

MBA - Retail Management

West Bengal University
Anita Palai