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CHANDRAKANT KANEKAR

CHANDRAKANT KANEKAR

Belgaum

Summary

Boasting 12+ years of experience in the IT industry, I have refined my skills in endpoint management solutions. My expertise centers around EUC windows solutions, threat analysis, risk management, and incident response. Recognized for my unwavering commitment to team collaboration and adaptability in addressing emerging security challenges. Consistently achieved dependable outcomes, safeguarding data integrity and confidentiality.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Principal Information Security Engineer

First American India
01.2022 - Current

• Responsible for all endpoint security tools, such as Microsoft Defender AV, MDE, MDI, SentinelOne XDR solution, Tanium, OPSWAT, and SolarWinds Secure FTP, Managing Policies.

• Improvement ideas for the mentioned product.

Successfully migrated from Symantec to SentinelOne XDR solution (end-to-end).

• Provided training to other support teams on security tools, and worked with them as L3 support.

• Provide premier technical support and troubleshooting for end users, ensuring prompt resolution of incidents and tasks.

• Adoption of the latest Microsoft technologies across the FAI ecosystem.

• Collaborate with IT teams to develop and implement strategies for optimizing Windows end-user computing environments.

Lead Consultant

ITC Infotech
07.2021 - 12.2024
  • I worked on SCCM and Intune to manage endpoints.
  • Worked on the Tanium Endpoint console.
  • Worked on Microsoft Defender for Endpoints.
  • Provide premier technical support and troubleshooting for end-users, ensuring prompt resolution of incidents and tasks.

Senior Consultant

Mercedes Benz R&D India Pvt Ltd
09.2018 - 07.2021
  • Part of Modern Desktop Management team of30 members, Handling SCCM infrastructure with24k plus endpoints, Intune Management, working on Tanium Admin console, Azure Infra Management, Patch management, Security patching to endpoints, Detecting, Investigating, and isolating vulnerable endpoints and remediating
  • Building Security product and Compliance reports, Discovering and acting against unmanaged Endpoints, Managing Defender console, taking part in various security related, upgrade projects, Handling end to end Desktop Management, working as a Team lead

SCCM & Endpoint Administrator

Wipro Limited
06.2016 - 09.2018
  • Manage/administer SCCM2012 servers globally, McAfee endpoint remediation, Security Patching to40k plus endpoints

System Administrator

TATA Consultancy Services
09.2014 - 06.2016
  • Handled50k nodes across UK for an auditing farm PwC, McAfee endpoint remediation, Security patching to endpoints
  • SCCM troubleshooting

Desktop Management

Wipro Limited
07.2013 - 04.2014
  • End to end desktop management, Incident management, Antivirus management

Technical Support Engineer

Embee software Pvt ltd
09.2011 - 04.2013
  • End to end desktop management, Incident management, Antivirus

Education

BCA - undefined

Karnataka University
Dharwad
01.2010

Skills

  • Antivirus and EDR tools (Microsoft Defender, MDE, SentinelOne)
  • Scripting tools (PowerShell, KQL)
  • Security Management Console (Microsoft, SentinelOne, Symantec, Tanium, OPSWAT)
  • Ticketing tools (ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, and HPSM9)
  • Deployment Tools (SCCM, Intune, Tanium)
  • Host Firewall (McAfee, Microsoft, SentinelOne)
  • Operating Systems (All Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac)

Certification

AZ-900

SC-200

Advance Excel

SCCM 70-696

ITIL v4

PERSONAL INFO

  • DOB:12-07-1989
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Blood Group: B+ve
  • Address: Home no726 Maruti Galli, Pant Balekundri, Belgaum, Karnataka,591103.

Timeline

Principal Information Security Engineer

First American India
01.2022 - Current

Lead Consultant

ITC Infotech
07.2021 - 12.2024

Senior Consultant

Mercedes Benz R&D India Pvt Ltd
09.2018 - 07.2021

SCCM & Endpoint Administrator

Wipro Limited
06.2016 - 09.2018

System Administrator

TATA Consultancy Services
09.2014 - 06.2016

Desktop Management

Wipro Limited
07.2013 - 04.2014

Technical Support Engineer

Embee software Pvt ltd
09.2011 - 04.2013

BCA - undefined

Karnataka University
CHANDRAKANT KANEKAR