SANDEEP KUMAR
Senior Manager IT Infrastructure
Jamshedpur
Summary
A result oriented, experienced Senior manager with 14 years of experience of working in metals and mining industry, leading multiple heterogenous IT infrastructure projects across organization geographically and convergence of information centrally for smooth and seamless run of business operations. Specialized in IT Infra projects & digitalization and skilled at planning, implementing, and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. History of cultivating an open culture with free exchange of information. Perusing new professional challenges of top management of a reputed, established still growth-oriented organization.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure
TATA STEEL Ltd
Jamshedpur
12.2014 - Current
- Management and execution of 30+ overall IT infrastructure Projects (video surveillance, physical security, access control etc.) accumulating more than 400 cr. Of capital and 60 cr. of revenue.
- Design, implementation & maintenance of one of its kind "Integrated Security System (ISS)" across organization.
- System design and implementation of 3000+ video surveillance cameras & access control devices across TSL location including complex terrain like Raw material locations
- Compliance management as per TSL IT standards, procedure and polices across projects, service delivery & maintenance.
- Auditor & auditees for Internal, External, and Corporate level audits for Quality ISO 9001, Service delivery ISO 20001 and IT security ISO 27001; timely closing of observations & NCs if any.
- Contract management worth 10 – 15 Cr. at any given time for accomplished projects as per define SLA and penalty clauses
- System administrator for video surveillance, access control & other integrated security system deployed across TSL. Responsible of its configuration, access & change management, refresh of h/w & s/w, patch deployment, switch OS update, DB sizing, firmware and other updates.
- Defining Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and maintenance of IT infra backbone against it.
- Maintenance of IoT sensors and devices for seamless operations of Security Command & Control center through incident, events and alarm being generated by these devices.
- Adoption of Daily management for system availability & health monitoring. Troubleshooting, PDCAs for continuous improvement and problem solving using QC tools
- Formulation of contract during project planning to get Total cost of ownership; Formulation of multiple ARC (Annual Rate Contract) to save on procurement cycle time
- Reduction in cost and increase in service line items/ window during renewal of each contract
- Vendor management, monthly service level reviews; timely evaluation (tier i/ii/iii)
Manager, IT Infrastructure
TATA STEEL
Jamshedpur
01.2008 - 11.2014
- Management and execution of 20+ overall IT infrastructure Projects (network, VCs, end user computing, VSS) accumulating more than 200 cr. Of capex and 30+ of opex.
- Monitored projects by adhering to scope, time, and budget, managing team, identifying problem, and providing targeted solution.
- Maintained frequent interaction & review with senior management to measure goal achievement and determine area of improvement, timely updates to customer
- Agile methodology project execution and policies implementation
- As network administrator managed of over 170+ intra & intercontinental WAN links, On-the-fly bandwidth management & QOS implementation with our network management partner
- Network contract management and cost optimization with increase in bandwidth
- Enterprise event management for very Senior Executive (MD, CEOs, VPs) like MD online, JRDQV awards, Deming Examination & Award, Town Halls, Officers dialogue across TSL locations India and abroad.
- Guided organizational technology strategy and roadmaps.
- Managed network and system performance, conducting troubleshooting, security patching and maintenance.
- Formulated policies, procedure and manuals governing internal IT use.
- Interacted and negotiated with vendors, outsources and contractors to secure products and services.
- Led technology selection and rollout, focusing on organizational planning and supplier service-level agreements.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Manipal Institute of Technology
Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka 06.2002 - 05.2007
Skills
*Enterprise IT infrastructure projects and service management
*Audit and Compliance management for IT systems
*Contract and vendor management
*Enterprise network, communication, and collaboration
*Enterprise Video Surveillance, Analytics and Access control
*IoT based Integrated Industrial Security Solution
*PSIM & Connected Workforce
Accomplishments
- As solution architect, design and implemented Integrated physical security System for TSL, consisting of video surveillance & analytics, access control integrated with physical barriers, perimeter intrusion detection, real time situational awareness using Arc GIS, dynamic SOPs converging to Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) System for real time alarm/ alerts/ red flags/ incidents & hotspots.
- Design and implementation of hybrid network (wire, wireless, stand-alone, integrated to business network, internet etc.), Server and storage sizing, Server client architecture for VSS compromising form less than 20 cameras to more than 500 cameras
- Centralization of VSS (more than 4000cameras and 100+ servers) across TSL JSR, TSK, TCK, Raw material for its uptime monitoring at NOC
- Established BriefCam video synopsis & other VA tools for Realtime alerts for security & rail road safety
- Development of PSIM 250+ technical and functional acceptance criteria’s, its evaluation among market top leaders Vydsys, Genetec, NICE, Fulentgrid, Spider, Veracity etc and implementation of two PISMs: IBM IOC and Veracity
- Part of implementation of Connected workforce system in TSL. A LoraWAN and BLE beacon-based tracking system for situational awareness of a personnel, also used for SoS alerts.
- Security risk assessment scanning at gates . During pandemic implementation of camera based Face mask detection, social distancing, crowd gathering etc.
- Video Conference management and implementation across TSL, intra org using NATed internet and upgradation of backbone from SD to HD
- 1st time implementation of Cisco Telepresence (TP) in TSL across locations India; Integration of Telepresence, VC, Webex and Lync for anytime, anywhere collaboration.
- Implementation of collaboration tools like Netmeeting, Webex, VCs. TPs, Streaming, Lync, Teams etc. across organization
Certification
Champion Level awards in self-initiated improvement projects
Additional Information
- Date of Birth: 20 Feb 1982
- Languages Known: HIndi & English
Timeline
Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure
TATA STEEL Ltd
12.2014 - Current
Manager, IT Infrastructure
TATA STEEL
01.2008 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Manipal Institute of Technology
06.2002 - 05.2007