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Kabilan D

Chennai

Summary

Cybersecurity professional with 3.3 years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), now specializing in Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT). Certified in CPENT (LPT Master), CEH, CNSP, and ISC2 CC, showcasing strong expertise in penetration testing and security assessments.

Proficient in authentication, authorization, and privilege management, leveraging hands-on offensive security skills to effectively identify and mitigate threats. Aiming to enhance organizational security through targeted VAPT initiatives.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification

Work History

Lead Software Engineer

Persistent Systems Limited
Chennai
03.2024 - Current
  • Providing technical support for IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM), troubleshooting, and resolving identity lifecycle management issues.
  • Handling user provisioning, deprovisioning, and access control across enterprise applications.
  • Investigating and resolving identity synchronization, role-based access control (RBAC), and policy-based provisioning issues.
  • Analyzing logs, debugging workflows, and configuring ISIM components to enhance identity governance.
  • Working with LDAP directories (IBM Directory Server, Active Directory, etc.) for authentication and identity synchronization.
  • Supporting integration with various enterprise applications using ISIM adapters.
  • Assisting in the customization of ISIM workflows, policies, and lifecycle rules based on business requirements.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve identity security and streamline IAM processes.
  • Documenting troubleshooting guides, SOPs, and knowledge base articles to improve issue resolution time.
  • Enhancing system performance by applying fix packs, patches, and upgrades.

Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai
11.2021 - 03.2024
  • IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM): User provisioning and deprovisioning, role and service management, orphan account handling, reconciliation, policy enforcement, O365 provisioning, and email group management.
  • IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM): Troubleshooting ISAM junction and federation-based application issues, managing SAML 2.0 and SSO login errors, renewing ISAM LDAP and appliance certificates, and restarting services.
  • LDAP: User account restoration and extension, data modification, custom filter creation, and managing LDAP service start/stop operations.
  • Microsoft Azure AD: User account and group management, role-based access control (RBAC), O365 license provisioning, Microsoft authentication setup, and troubleshooting MFA and proxy-related issues.
  • Windows Active Directory (AD): User and group management, group policy, and OU administration, on-prem AD, and Azure AD synchronization.
  • Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI): Scripting for ISAM, LDAP attribute addition, filter modification for application issue resolution, and automation of identity management tasks.
  • Linux/Unix Administration: Script monitoring and updates, server rebooting, and log monitoring for system health checks.
  • Saviynt: User account management, lifecycle automation, workflow implementation, and access governance.
  • ServiceNow: Incident, service request, change, and problem management, SLA tracking, knowledge article (SOP) creation, and enhancing incident page details.
  • Security & IAM Expertise: Hands-on experience in IAM tools, authentication mechanisms (SAML, MFA), federation-based security, and identity lifecycle management.

Education

B.E - Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering, Guindy
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
04-2020

HSC -

Velammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Ponneri, Tamil Nadu
03-2016

Skills

  • OWASP Web Top 10
  • Web application penetration testing
  • Network penetration testing
  • Security Tools: Nmap, Burp Suite, Wireshark, Metasploit
  • Proficient in Kali Linux
  • Programming basics: Python, C
  • Scripting basics: Bash, JavaScript
  • HTML, CSS
  • Database: SQL
  • IBM Tools: ISIM, ISAM, LDAP, TDI
  • Ticketing tools: ServiceNow, Salesforce

Certification

  • EC Council Certified Licensed Penetration Tester (Master)
  • EC Council Certified Penetration Testing Professional
  • EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker
  • Certified Network Security Professional
  • ICS2 Certified in Cyber Security
  • Microsoft Certified Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Timeline

Lead Software Engineer

Persistent Systems Limited
03.2024 - Current

Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2021 - 03.2024

B.E - Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering, Guindy

HSC -

Velammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Kabilan D