Palaniappan Subramanian
Cyber Security Engineering and Architecture Lead for Cloud Data Security
Bangalore
Summary
Cyber security professional with 20+ years of experience in developing, designing and implementing security solutions in fast-paced Banking, Finance and Pharmaceutical environments. Skilled in Data Security, IAM/PIM/PAM, Vulnerability Management, DLP, Security Posture Management, Cyber Incident Management, Security Control Design/Implementation with proven history of delivering exceptional risk management and framework support.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice President
Morgan Stanley
Bangalore
8 2021 - Current
- Identified issues with production, workforce and material sourcing and implemented successful solutions.
- Resolved issues and recommended actions based on production and compliance reports.
- Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams in india.
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.
- Led operational team in development, rollout and management of new product lines.
- Identified and resolved issues between employees, promoting better collaboration and mutual respect.
- Increased workflow by analyzing data and maximizing opportunities for improved productivity across several areas.
- Established performance goals for department and outlined processes for achievement.
- Led cross-functional teams for the successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
Security Architect (AVP)
Standard Chartered
Bangalore
12.2019 - 08.2021
- Performing Security Impact Assessment
- Designing Architecture Solution for PKI, Certificate Lifecycle Management, Encryption and Key Management.
- Designing Automation Solution for security products and services.
- Designing solution for AWS Cloud Key Management, Certificate Management., Governance.
- Writing Certificate Management Policy like Certificate Practice Statement, Certificate Policy, Digital Certificate Management Standard, Key Management and Encryption Policy.
- Review Data Security Policy with CISO and enforce.
- Developing code for security automation, cyber security events monitoring. Synthetic transaction monitoring for key management using Kafka and Grafana.
- Performing Proof of Concept for new design and solution.
- HSM Governance Framework and Policy Development.
- Designed Certificate Management solution for PKI, Kubernetes, OpenShift using HashiCorp Vault and cert-manager.
Security Architect (VP)
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Bangalore
11.2010 - 11.2019
- Designed Automation Framework for Thales Vormetric Agent Lifecycle Management Process.
- Designed Synthetic Transaction Monitoring for Gemalto Key Secure to predict capacity, events.
- Designed, Developed end to end DARE automation using Ansible, Python and .Net Web application.
- Designed, Developed centralized dashboard monitoring for multi vendor HSM like Gemalto, Thales, Quintessence, PKWare etc.
- Designed, Developed and Implemented automated solution for key management reporting and offline analysis.
- Created policy document and enforced it post approval for managing Smart Card, PED KEYS, ACS CARD, OCS Card for HSM.
- Partnered with local real estate team and purchased physical vault to secure HSM accessories. Built restricted room for securing vault in physical room.
- Created policy and process documentation to handle PED keys, Smart Cards, ACS CARD as per NIST standards.
- Reviewed key management infrastructure and security control as part of SOC audit. Addressed those gaps through Risk Assessment procedures.
Subject Matter Expert
IBM India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
01.2010 - 10.2010
- Collaborated with senior management and business line management to identify, prioritize new concepts for development and launch.
- Established extensive procedures and policies for troubleshooting and resolving hardware, software issues.
- Providing Expert Advice to Infrastructure security issues.
- Design, Develop and Implement solution for mass vulnerability fixes and automation.
- Driving Disaster Recovery Test and BCP Test. Handled more than 10 DR/BCP activity.
Senior Unix Engineer
Hewlett Packard
Bangalore
11.2007 - 01.2010
- Analyzed complex project server issues and worked on large enterprise and business-critical applications.
- Enhanced availability of infrastructure through enterprise-wide planning, thorough testing, efficient implementation and comprehensive support.
- Performed network security design and integration duties.
- Maintained flexible schedule and responded to after-hours and weekend emergencies.
- Made recommendations regarding information technology infrastructure overhauls.
- Resolving complicated infra issues and participating DR/SR/BCP.
- Planned and implemented [100+] upgrades to system hardware and software, resulting in [Success].
Systems Engineer
SNS Technologies
Pune
02.2007 - 11.2007
- System Design/Implementation Engineer
- Network Design/Implementation Engineer
- Developed and Implemented many number of infra automation solution.
Application Support Engineer
Kanbay Software Ltd
Pune
11.2006 - 01.2007
- Filenet Application Support Engineer.
- Administrating Filenet Jobs and application.
Senior Customer Support Engineer
HCL Infosystem Ltd
Pune
12.2004 - 11.2006
- Chip Level Servicing and Hardware Circuit Designing.
- BIOS/EEPROM Programming for system board.
- Unix/Linux/Windows administration.
- Backup and Recovery administration.
- Answered incoming support inquiries via chat, phone and email
- Promoted purchase of service contracts and warranties by detailing benefits of each to customers
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Annamalai University
Chidambaram 04.2010 - 10.2012
Technical Diploma - Electrical And Electronic Engineering (Sandwich)
Murugappa Polytechnic College
Chennai 06.2000 - 11.2004
High School Diploma -
Madras Christian College
Chennai 06.1994 - 04.2000
Master of Science - Information System And Security
BITS Pilani
Rajasthan 04.2001 -
Skills
Information Cyber Security Standard, Policy and Controls
IAM Security: EPV,Power Password, PowerBroker, AAD, CentrifyDC, AD, LDAP, NIS, NIS, RADIUS, TACACS, MFA, Keberos
Security Framework: ISO27001 NIST PCIDSS GDPR Safe Harbor SGP MAS eiDAS UETA PIPEDA ITA 2000 FIPS
DLP Security/SIEM: WAFOWASPPROXYOpenSource FirewallVulnerability Management(Nessus, Qualys)Pen Test (Metaspoilt)SplunkElastic SearchSyslog
HSM: Luna SafeNet Thales Vormetric Gemalto KeySecure PKWare nCipher Fortanix Quintessence
Risk&Control and Governance: Security Impact Assessment Evaluate Risk Rating Process Gap Control Gap Change Advisory/Review Code Review
AWS/Azure/GCP: ACMACM PCAHashicorp VaultHashicorp TerraformKeyVaultCert ManagerCloud Key ManagementRedHat OpenShiftAWS EKSAKSGKE
Programming: ShellPythonPerlPower ShellJava and C(Int)CSS HTMLTerraformJinja2Ansible
Config Mgmt & Orchestration: Ansible CFEngine Puppet RunDeck Tanium
Data Science: Apica AppDynamics Grafana HaaSPowerBI
CI/CD: Jira BitBucket Git Jenkins Artifactory
Core Infra: DNS(BlueCat)/DHCP/MSAD/LDAP/EMP(Truesight,Foglight,Nagios, Tivoli etc)
Infra & HW: Unix(Solaris/HP-UX/AIX) Linux(RedHat, Suse, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Fedora) HP Proliant Cisco UCS Dell iDRAC Sun Low/Mid/High Range
Infra SAN/NAS:EMCClariionHitachiNetappNetworkingClustering (VeritasRHSunCluster)BCPDRSR
DB/Web:OracleSybaseDB2CassandraMongoDBApacheTomcatWebsphere
Accomplishments
Achievements:
- Patent US-11645086-B2 for one of my invention.
- Working on second solution patent white paper submission.
Certification
CISSP
Timeline
Security Architect (AVP)
Standard Chartered
12.2019 - 08.2021
CISSP
08-2018
Security Architect (VP)
JP Morgan Chase & Co
11.2010 - 11.2019
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Annamalai University
04.2010 - 10.2012
Subject Matter Expert
IBM India Pvt Ltd
01.2010 - 10.2010
Senior Unix Engineer
Hewlett Packard
11.2007 - 01.2010
Systems Engineer
SNS Technologies
02.2007 - 11.2007
Application Support Engineer
Kanbay Software Ltd
11.2006 - 01.2007
Senior Customer Support Engineer
HCL Infosystem Ltd
12.2004 - 11.2006
Master of Science - Information System And Security
BITS Pilani
04.2001 -
Technical Diploma - Electrical And Electronic Engineering (Sandwich)
Murugappa Polytechnic College
06.2000 - 11.2004
High School Diploma -
Madras Christian College
06.1994 - 04.2000
Vice President
Morgan Stanley
8 2021 - Current
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