Rakesh Sisugoswami
Cyber Security Architect
Bangalore
Summary
Cyber Security Architect and Consultant , Certified with CISM, AWS/Azure Security with experience of 15 years with an Engineering mind-set and a passion for building new Data security Solutions with innovation and drive towards Implementation. Expert in driving the secure design and adoption of the Security principles with CI/CD pipelines, on cloud applications and new age technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform/Ansible and with my experience with Security products like DLP, Encryption, Tokenization, PKI, CASB, Secret management, API Security etc., their presales Consulting (responding to RFP, RFIs etc), Designing, Solutioning and driving the adoption with various companies and at the C Level stakeholders, I believe I have the right experience and skills to be a trusted advisor for the clients to design the right and the optimal solution which is adaptable, Sustainable and future ready.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Security Architect
Standard Chartered Bank
Bangalore
08.2021 - Current
- Conceptualized, Design and implement Data security architecture and data protection controls for on premise and cloud environments (AWS/Azure)
- Created frameworks by designing and developing technical solutions.
- Translated strategy into solutions and operating models by leading or managing others,
- Created policies and procedures for emerging security technologies and proposals.
- Analyzed software architecture for weaknesses, recommending and designing patches for the
- Reviewed business success drivers, applying strategic prioritization to future architectural updates.
- Possess significant breadth across other disciplines (e.g., enterprise security architecture, compute services, storage, large-scale networking, virtualization, data center, integration architecture (API), orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, open stack), systems resiliency, service support, secure application development lifecycle management (DevSecOps), and service delivery)
- Preparing and communicating strategy that define Data Protection activities in the Bank, mainly for DLP, Data Classification, IRM, CASB, Encryption, Tokenization etc and cloud services security.
- Prepare architectural documentation (conceptual, logical, and physical designs) for the solutions in scope and Track Industry research and technology trends as per assigned responsibilities
- Cooperate with respective stakeholders to syndicate design topics and conduct peer review
- Design and implement ‘Infrastructure as Code’ and ‘Security as Code’ CI/CD pipelines
- Consult and advise Application Security teams about enterprise security policy, standards, and guidelines
- Identify security related critical gaps, redundancies, and dependencies aligned with component impacts or costs
- Prepare architectural documentation (conceptual, logical, and physical designs) for the solutions in scope
Principal Solution Architect
Wipro Ltd
Pune
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for Data security on the enterprise cloud and On-Prem infrastructure .
- Designed and implemented system security and data assurance.
- Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation.
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Displayed sound understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual networks and load balancing.
- Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions.
- Visited customer sites (Onsite and Offshore) for infrastructure assessments, GAP analysis and coming up with the best possible solution
- Analyzed the organization and system weaknesses and communicate the risks, vulnerabilities and potential consequences to relevant stakeholders, including CSO.
- High- and Low-level architecture and solution design
- Determine and develop roadmap for Data Protection technology domain
- High- and low-level design for Data Protection technologies
- Define Data Protection and Encryption controls at the organization level
Lead Security Consultant - Data Security & Privacy
TechMahindra
Pune
06.2017 - 10.2019
- Day-to-day duties will range from assisting in technical pre-sales activities, responding to RFPs, assisting with proposal writing and working with sales and marketing to define new consultancy packages. Also my team was responsible for implementing the solutions which passes the PoC stage and customer want the solution to be deployed in the production
- Created and implemented cloud migration designs and migrating client environment and secure the application onboarding including key Management, Tokenization, PKI, HSM, Masking and Encryption (Vormetric, Hashicorp etc.), OneTrust and many more solution in the Data Security and Privacy Space
- Responsibility for Overall Data Security Business for the allocated set of accounts including Sales, Pre-sales, Program and Delivery Management
- Responsible for Order Booking and Revenue from the vertical / region / set of accounts including both individual targets as well as team target
- Analyzing the released RFPs and scoping the responsibilities for the business
- Deliver product and project support and review capability throughout the product development lifecycle, to highlight and articulate information and cyber security risk to stakeholders
- Examined Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans and addressed short- and long-term critical business requirements.
- Working with the sales team starting from the RFP release till winning the Bid and then working with the support team for implementation till support starts
- Actively identifies and develops new and renewal opportunities with current project and managed service clients through the service expansion model to contribute in exceeding individual and team quarterly and annual goals.
- Build, develop and develop relationships with CISO's / CIO's in the cyber security ecosystem, ultimately becoming their trusted advisor.
- Research new products and Technologies in Data Security strategy and Information Security controls to develop business leads
Senior Consultant, Advisory Services
Hewlett Packard
Bangalore
05.2016 - 06.2017
- Visited customer sites (Onsite and Offshore) for infrastructure assessments, GAP analysis and coming up with the best possible solution for Data protection and privacy maturity
- Analyze the organization and system weaknesses and communicate the risks, vulnerabilities and potential consequences to relevant stakeholders, including CSO.
- High- and Low-level architecture and solution design
- Determine and develop roadmap for Data Protection technology domain
- Preparing High- and low-level design for Data Protection technologies and privacy tools
- Define Data Protection and privacy controls at the organization level
Senior Consultant
Symantec Software (now Known as Broadcom)
Pune
01.2013 - 05.2016
- Demonstrate proven hands-on experience in dealing with Enterprise support queries, coming from external customers. Need to ensure that queries are dealt with in a timely manner and recorded in our database and within agreed service levels. Liaise directly with customers to carry out an initial analysis of hardware, software and network related problems. Additionally, replicate issues as required, before liaising with our global engineering teams to find a resolution, while keeping customers fully informed of the progress of their issue
- Provide technical leadership to customers through analysis, design, implementation, and integration of Broadcom technologies identifying long-term objectives and strategies.
- Works in partnership with the project manager, sales, technical support, and product engineering to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Lead the assessment of technical objectives and constraints, business objectives, regulatory requirements, and budget to effectively implement product solutions that adhere to services best practices.
- Develop deployment packages, security policies, business processes, test plans and documentation in support of customer projects.
- Work closely with Broadcom technical support and product engineering to troubleshoot issues including root-cause analysis, provide resolution and recommendation of product enhancements.
- Meet target billable utilization objective as assigned for this role.
- Lead ongoing maintenance and improvement of methodologies and document templates
Technical Support Engineer
Wipro ltd
Pune
07.2008 - 03.2012
- Administer Microsoft Windows Servers (Active Directory), Microsoft Workstations, for over 25000 users.
- Create, maintain and apply group policies in Active Directory.
- Systems administration, maintenance and monitoring various day to day operations.
- User and profiles management
- File System administration and management like monitoring various logs, file system sizes etc.
- Exchange Mailbox Migration: Implemented Front-end Back-end Architecture for Exchange Server 2007. Installed another exchange server, moved all the mailboxes and Public folders to the new server.
- Administration and troubleshooting of Exchange 2007 Servers.
- File Server Migration: Migrated file server from one server to another in 2007 domain.
- Configuration of DNS servers
- Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Domain Controller and Additional domain controllers.
- Installation and troubleshooting of Windows and Exchange Servers.
- Maintaining servers (Windows server, Exchange, DNS, DHCP).
- Enabling quota management for the users.
- Finding vulnerable areas of servers and giving cost effective solutions.
- Group policy implementation for domain and auditing.
- Implemented backup and restore strategy.
- User rights and ID Management.
- Data recovery and disaster management planning.
- Maintaining and monitoring data centre facilities and equipment's to meet 100% SLA uptime standards.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Physics
04.2005 - 03.2008
Skills
Solution Architecture
Certification
CISM
Timeline
Senior Security Architect - Standard Chartered Bank
08.2021 - Current
Principal Solution Architect - Wipro Ltd
03.2020 - 08.2021
Lead Security Consultant - Data Security & Privacy - TechMahindra
06.2017 - 10.2019
Senior Consultant, Advisory Services - Hewlett Packard
05.2016 - 06.2017
Senior Consultant - Symantec Software (now Known as Broadcom)
01.2013 - 05.2016
Technical Support Engineer - Wipro ltd
07.2008 - 03.2012
Utkal University - Bachelor of Science, Physics
04.2005 - 03.2008
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