Ashish Barge
Pune
Summary
IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Program Manager with extensive experience in managing complex cybersecurity initiatives and IT transformation projects. Delivered value through effective IT budgeting, risk mitigation, and strategic planning while leading cross-functional teams and enhancing service delivery. Focused on aligning security initiatives with business goals and optimizing managed security services.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Project Manager
Birlasoft Ltd.
04.2024 - Current
- Led and managed global Infrastructure and cybersecurity programs for enterprise clients across multiple regions.
- Managed EUC, Wintel, Unix/Linux, storage, and database infrastructure service delivery (on-premises & cloud) across geographically distributed teams.
- Managed $10M program and project budgets, vendor contracts, and resource allocation, ensuring project delivery under budget, while maintaining strict cybersecurity controls.
- Executed enterprise-wide firewall migration and network segmentation, improving security posture and reducing lateral threat movement.
- Designed and led organization-wide security awareness programs, achieving 90% user participation, reducing phishing incidents by 30%, and increasing proactive reporting by 20%.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams—legal, IT, compliance, business, and engineering—to support governance and inform security architecture and operational risk management.
- Implemented standardized reporting governance and dashboard platforms to present risk metrics, initiative progress, threat analytics, and investment recommendations to cybersecurity leadership.
- Conducted tabletop drills to assess incident readiness and document progress in enhancing response capabilities.
Project Manager
Atos Global IT Solutions and Services Private Limited
10.2020 - 03.2024
- Delivered 100% of global projects on time and within budget, achieving business strategy objectives, and driving strategic growth.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams across different geographies to achieve project milestones and objectives.
- Monitored project progress rigorously, tracked milestones, managed changes proactively, and ensured timely delivery of all components.
- Communicated project status, risks, and issues regularly to stakeholders and senior management, ensuring transparency and alignment.
- Identified and mitigated project risks by developing strategies and implementing contingency plans to minimize impact.
- Facilitated regular project meetings, ensuring all team members are aligned and informed, and provided detailed project reports.
- Developed and managed project budgets, ensuring all financial aspects are within scope, and managed efficiently.
- Improved business agility by migrating on-premises applications and services to the cloud, improving scalability and flexibility.
- Enhanced security posture by conducting risk and compliance assessments, identifying security gaps, and implementing security measures.
Senior Specialist - Project Manager
SunGard Availability Services India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2016 - 09.2020
- Handling Infrastructure Lifecycle Projects such as cloud migration, migration of VMWare, Windows OS, storage
- Leveraged extensive knowledge and experience in complex migration projects to deliver successful outcomes with technical insight.
- Proven ability to identify and manage project issues & risks effectively
- Developed and maintained realistic project and quality plans, delivering regular and accurate reports to stakeholders.
- Enterprise Data Centre operations, ITIL based Service Delivery model along with an Expertise in remote management and Onsite/Offshore project delivery operations
Senior Software Engineer
EMC Corporate India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2013 - 03.2016
- Midrange Storage sustenance engineering across various Dell EMC Midrange storage products
- Led team in incident triage, prioritized calls, scheduled daily cases, analyzed incident trends, and deployed personnel effectively
- Resolved technical issues, identified pain points, and recommended tailored solutions to enhance system performance
- Analyzed reports of existing setup and recommended future enhancements based on findings
Storage Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
10.2012 - 12.2013
- Implemented and supported mission critical datacenter storage setup for internal TCS, hosting over a petabyte of storage across production, near DR, and DR.
- Ensured continuous support with zero RPO/RTO for mission critical applications, maintaining operational integrity.
- Managed development environment and provided production instances to facilitate seamless application deployment.
Senior Software Engineer
iGATE Computer Systems Ltd.
11.2008 - 08.2012
- Contributed to Midrange engineering across various Dell EMC Midrange storage products.
- Resolved technical issues by identifying pain points and delivering tailored solutions
- Analyzed existing setup reports and recommended future enhancements
Education
Executive MBA -
Symbiosis Institute Of Management Studies - Pune
04-2027
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Nagpur University
Executive Certificate Programme - IT Project Management
ISB
Skills
- Program development
- Budgeting and resource allocation
- Stakeholder and executive communication
- Risk management
- Infrastructure Projects
- Cybersecurity strategy
- Vulnerability management
- Incident response
- Security architecture
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) certified.
Timeline
Project Manager
Birlasoft Ltd.
04.2024 - Current
Project Manager
Atos Global IT Solutions and Services Private Limited
10.2020 - 03.2024
Senior Specialist - Project Manager
SunGard Availability Services India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2016 - 09.2020
Senior Software Engineer
EMC Corporate India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2013 - 03.2016
Storage Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
10.2012 - 12.2013
Senior Software Engineer
iGATE Computer Systems Ltd.
11.2008 - 08.2012
Executive MBA -
Symbiosis Institute Of Management Studies - Pune
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Nagpur University
Executive Certificate Programme - IT Project Management
ISB