Ashokkumar Asaithambi
Senior Security Engineer
Chennai
Summary
Experienced software professional seeking a challenging role in an innovative and fast-paced software industry. Skilled in problem-solving and dedicated to continuous learning. Committed to leveraging current knowledge and fostering creativity.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Lead Engineer
TCS
12.2024 - Current
- Completed installation of the latest ACTIVE - ACTIVE setup for BeyondTrust Password Safe 24.1V throughout European locations.
- Executed migration of operating systems covering dual sites for enhanced reliability in Active and Passive environments.
- Configured and implemented BeyondTrust Password Safe 24.1v smart rules vault.
- Enabled successful application onboarding for privileged accounts through RDS server deployment.
- Directed the maintenance of Team passwords and Local root accounts.
- Developed streamlined guidelines to enhance efficiency in Privileged Access Management processes.
- Supported SOC audit team in supplying necessary logs and procedures for compliance maintenance.
- Enhanced user-level experience through Azure SAML integration.
- Integrated ServiceNow for secure ticket validation.
Lead Engineer
Transunion
08.2022 - 11.2024
- Deployed latest Beyond trust Password safe 22.1V in APAC region
- Experience in installation, configuration and implementation of Beyond trust Password safe 22.1 v (smart rules vault)
- Automatic Asset onboarding for Windows, Linux, Gigamon, Palo alto & Network devices
- Experience in Beyond Trust Password safe Administration on creating Smart rule on on-boarding privileged accounts, manually, discovery scan(windows & Linux)(Local& Domain)
- Managing Local root accounts and Team password for internal team members
- Defined new standard operational procedures for Privileged Access Management
- Worked with the internal Project team and end customer to continue design and deployment activities and further enhance the PAM solution
- Integrated ping for the multi factor authentication for user level experience
- Applied Beyond trust recommendation like WINSCP block, JDB size, SUPI Patches for better performance
- Initiated 2 Projects and successfully implemented IDMART and IBM Gaurdium DAM installation in APAC
- As a global InfoSec team member have good experience with Kenna, rapid7 VMT tool to ensure the User laptops and Workstation/ servers are in complaint
- Request infra team to ensure recent patch for Microsoft and other vulnerabilities patches are updated
Lead IT Security Engineer
DTCC
08.2016 - 08.2022
- Deployed latest HITACHI Privileged Access manager v 12 & HITACHI Password manager v11
- Experience in installation, configuration and implementation of HITACHI Privileged Account Security Solution (Import rules, Managed system policy & vault)
- Defined new standard operational procedures for Privileged Access Management
- Worked with the internal Project team and end customer to continue design and deployment activities and further enhance the PAM solution
- Implemented SSO / RSA / Google recaptha within application for the multi factor authentication
- Experience in HiTACHI PAM Administration including policy and vault management, on-boarding privileged accounts, manually, Via Account discovery scan(windows & Linux)(Local& Domain) and PAMUTIL creation, configuration in UNIX / windows server and mapping to privileged accounts
- Collaborate with the project team in consulting and development activities to onboard privileged accounts
- Experience in troubleshooting issues related to Access Provisioning, Connectivity issue with target server, Import, PSUPDATE (Auto discovery), Load balancing the server
- Experienced in day to day operational support in Onboarding and off boarding accounts, applying policies, creating safes, managing accounts in safe, Password rotations
- Testing Failover and Fallback scenarios using Change management ticket
- Good experience in documenting detailed design and integration manuals
- Generating Reports and working on its related issues
- Responsible for maintaining the HITACHI environment, and work closely with the HITACHI Professional Services for overall optimization
- Providing the Mail based and ticketing based supporting
- Good Understanding on DR (Disaster recovery)
Senior Operations Professional
IBM
01.2014 - 08.2016
- Maintaining user's access management efficiently
- Provisioning the various authorizations to the users by addition, removal of different roles too the users accounts
- Suspension and creation of user accounts on Contact persons requests
- Completing the daily requests in TIM which is raised by role owners
- Granting the permissions to the Contact Persons as a Role owners
- Performing the Inactive user accounts, Non-Complaint and Failed accounts maintenance activities
- Providing mail based support for incidents, Service Requests and Operational Management Tasks and TIM requests
- Working with incidents, incident management, change management, Service Requests etc
- Resolving the issues related to the authorization, authentication and access control
- Providing the support to manage the users, groups, Services in TIM
- Resolving the database roles issues
- Resolving the connectivity issues of database, Linux, Wintel, Active Directory
- Resolving the issues while adding, removing the roles to user's accounts
- Maintaining the personal and non-personal accounts and resolving the issues
- Preparing weekly evidence reports
- Working on Service Requests to create/modify/maintaining the Non-Personal accounts like Batch user, Robotic accounts, Service Accounts, Batch user creation and maintenance activities
- Securing various privileged and personal accounts on prod and non-prod servers' information Using TIM
Program Analyst
WNS
07.2011 - 01.2014
- Logical access management
- User access management
- TP Application support, ticket handling
- Weekly & Monthly performance monitoring reports
- Maintaining up-to-date process document & Project KPI/KRI preparations
- Audit coordinator
- Access recertification
Education
B.TECH - IT
Bharath University
Chennai12th - undefined
New Prince Mat. Hr. Sec School
Chennai10th - undefined
New Prince Mat. Hr. Sec School
ChennaiSkills
BeyondTrust password safe
VB Macro
Service-Now
Remedy
Hitachi PAM
Password manager
IDM
Rapid 7
Kenna
HTML
Accomplishments
- Received 'KUDOS' award.
- Awards from IBM and DTCC for Top performer for the year.
- Best performer award in Transunion 2024.
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 01/23/88
Certification
BeyondTrust Password safe
Timeline
BeyondTrust Password safe
01-2025
Lead Engineer
TCS
12.2024 - Current
AWS certified Solution architect - Associate
11-2023
Lead Engineer
Transunion
08.2022 - 11.2024
HITACHI PAM
10-2017
Lead IT Security Engineer
DTCC
08.2016 - 08.2022
Senior Operations Professional
IBM
01.2014 - 08.2016
Program Analyst
WNS
07.2011 - 01.2014
B.TECH - IT
Bharath University
12th - undefined
New Prince Mat. Hr. Sec School
10th - undefined
New Prince Mat. Hr. Sec School