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Prafullakumar Jagtap

Prafullakumar Jagtap

Lead, Platform Architect
Pune

Summary

Results-oriented and versatile professional with a proven track record in both individual contributor and managerial roles with over 9.5+ years of proven experience in analyzing and developing technical solution architectural approaches and information security management.

With a strong background in infrastructure architect and proven leadership abilities, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise and managerial skills to drive successful project outcomes.

Highly skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring individuals, and delivering exceptional results. Seeking a challenging position where I can leverage my diverse skill set to contribute as both a technical expert and an effective team leader.

Hardworking and focused leader of information security policies and procedures, adept at identifying effective information security technologies based upon the strategic needs of the organization.

Responsible for enhancing the Enterprise Architecture practice and facilitated collaboration between Applications, Infrastructure, Analytics, and Business to develop a technology strategy for growth.

Skilled in implementing information security infrastructure and balancing security initiatives to external risks and business operations.

Responsible for security requirements, standards, and reference architectures to comply with policies and technical standards.

Responsible for providing security consulting, recommend policy or strategic direction on a global scale with attention to detail and customer focus.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead, Platform Architect

Mastercard
09.2019 - Current
  • Working as a Platform Architect for Infrastructure Design Services which is primarily responsible for delivering TADs (Technical Architecture Document) which details the infrastructure design for the application, platform, or system and to achieve this deliverable the position requires experience in internet fundamentals related to web & application servers, internet security principles and supporting middleware technologies
  • Led a team of 10 Platform Architecture, providing guidance and mentoring to ensure successful project delivery
  • Actively contributed as an individual contributor, designing, and developing software solutions and resolving complex technical challenges
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including product management and quality assurance, to drive project success
  • Implemented Agile methodologies, resulting in increased team productivity and improved delivery timelines
  • Conducted performance evaluations, provided feedback, and identified training needs to foster professional growth within the team
  • Responsible to generate requirements, together with other architects, engineers, application teams and users, to determine that all the high-level requirements have been met
  • Responsible to generate products such as TADs, Technical documents, Logical flows, and models to keep the users, architects, and the engineers constantly up to date and in agreement on the application, system, or platform to be provided as it is evolving
  • Ensuring that all architectural products and products with architectural input are maintained in the most current state and never allowing it to become obsolete
  • Resolving internet architectural and operational problems impacting infrastructure and product availability and performance globally
  • Responsible to take a lead and total accountability for ongoing regional projects as assigned; including responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation
  • Leading the designing, testing, and implementation of complex security solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements for cloud environments
  • Consults with development and operational teams to securely design applications and services following industry best practices
  • Cultivates and maintains effective working relationships with a variety of internal Mastercard stakeholders, including business owners, end-users, customers, project managers, and engineers.

System Analyst

TIAA (Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America)
08.2018 - 09.2019
  • Implementing, managing, and supporting internet infrastructure components while leveraging current standards and best practices
  • Build and configure a virtual data center in AWS cloud to support Enterprise Data warehouse hosting including
  • VPC, Public and Private Subnets, Security Groups, Route Tables, ELB
  • Designed and edited blueprints for IT infrastructure and networking architecture according to management’s demands
  • Monitored existing infrastructure and architectural frameworks for performance and made changes and updates when necessary
  • Kept up to date with latest industry knowledge and news to maintain and improve enterprise and business platforms
  • Communicated target architectural plans and company roadmaps across all departments
  • Performing problem diagnosis; performance tuning; capacity planning and configuration management for TIAA internet components
  • Communicating project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and professional manner for senior leadership consumption, escalating blocking issues when appropriate.

Associate Engineer

MasterCard
07.2016 - 08.2018
  • Manage and implement Check Point Firewalls and security policies in a Global Enterprise Deployment
  • Engineer & implement many simple & complex network and firewall change requests daily
  • Moreover, validate the change request follows security standards and solidify the demarcation between test and production
  • Manage Change requests to maintain network availability of 99.999%
  • Resolve network communications and operations problems impacting customer or backbone access and performance globally
  • Design, allocate, & implement complex physical, logical, and load balanced IP addressing schemas
  • Implement, configure, & troubleshoot highly complex network connectivity solutions for internal & external customers
  • Configuration and management of network / security devices like checkpoint firewalls & F5 load balancers
  • Performed LAN, DMZ, and internet facing security scanning of mission critical devices on corporate and guest network for potential vulnerabilities, malicious programs and recommended appropriate actions
  • Reviewed and modified access control lists (ACLs) on network switching and routing equipment as needed to maintain security standards
  • Implement, configure, and troubleshoot VPN's and Secure Remote related issues
  • Maintain High Availability and Clustered firewall environments for customers using Check Point High Availability.

Senior Process Executive - IP Consultant

Infosys
04.2015 - 07.2016
  • Configuration and management of network / security devices
  • Troubleshooting network problems, providing end to end solution to keep network operational
  • Configure, implement, and troubleshoot a variety of networking Hardware/Software
  • Troubleshooting VLAN and network related issues
  • Using ticketing system to track issues records assigned to network team
  • Security Policy implementation and enforcements
  • Strong hands-on routing knowledge of network/internet protocols/services
  • Provide technical expertise and platform leadership in areas of WAN, LAN, WLAN, VPN and Firewall technologies
  • Monitoring network devices health and utilization using network monitoring tools.

Network Monitoring Executive

Tata Communications Limited
06.2014 - 04.2015
  • Managing network/security devices like router, switches, and firewalls
  • Troubleshooting network problem to keep network operational
  • Troubleshooting internet related issue and coordinating with ISP to resolve
  • Managing VLAN’s and resolving issues related to VLAN network
  • Ticketing system to record every activity related to links
  • Monitoring network devices health and utilization using network monitoring tools
  • Configuration Backup and maintenance of firewalls on a regular interval.

Education

Bachelors in computer engineering -

University of Pune

Skills

    Network Design

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Timeline

Lead, Platform Architect

Mastercard
09.2019 - Current

System Analyst

TIAA (Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America)
08.2018 - 09.2019

Associate Engineer

MasterCard
07.2016 - 08.2018

Senior Process Executive - IP Consultant

Infosys
04.2015 - 07.2016

Network Monitoring Executive

Tata Communications Limited
06.2014 - 04.2015

Bachelors in computer engineering -

University of Pune
Prafullakumar JagtapLead, Platform Architect