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Sohan Kenneth

Bangalore

Summary

Strategy and growth driven Senior Information Security Engineer with extensive experience excelling in incident management and security system implementation. Proven track record in automating processes enhancing efficiency and conducting thorough technical investigations. Skilled in IBM Guardium and adept at cross-functional collaboration, driving effective security initiatives. Highly motivated with desire to take up new challenges.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Information Security Engineer/Senior Assistant Vice President

WellsFargo
Bangalore
07.2021 - 05.2024
  • Lead and Participate in security incident response activities for moderate and complex events.
  • Conduct technical investigation on cases to identify the cause and avoid future problems.
  • Maintain and manage the security infrastructure inventory.
  • Identify security vulnerabilities and issues and suggest/evaluate remediation plan.
  • Developed and executed cross functional strategic initiatives for higher efficiency.
  • Identify processes which can be automated and plan for automation to speed up day to day workforce.
  • Provided technical support related to installation, upgrade, decommission of Guardium/Imperva systems.
  • Conducted load tests and disaster recovery activities to maintain a stable environment.
  • Generated weekly/monthly operational reports to identify the trend and improve the process where needed.

Security Consultant - Guardium DAM

HSBC
Hyderabad
07.2019 - 06.2021
  • Implemented Guardium component installations and upgrades along with technical support.
  • Automating Guardium and UNIX related tasks using shell scripting.
  • Troubleshooting critical issues with vendor support.
  • Monitoring the Audit reports to assure that they meet the security policies.
  • Conducted Disaster Recovery Tests.

Security Consultant - Guardium DAM

IBM India Pvt. Ltd
Bangalore
03.2016 - 07.2019
  • Provided technical admin support (L3) for IBM Guardium database monitoring tool.
  • Automated 80% of BAU tasks collaborating with DB teams.
  • Generated Audit reports for customers.
  • Participated in Load Tests and Disaster Recovery Tests.

Associate Technical Operations (AIX/Unix Administrator)

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
02.2015 - 02.2016
  • Provided extensive UNIX/AIX administrative support.
  • Identified security issues and installed updated security software.
  • Implemented Local Automation in the environment by creating scripts.
  • Monitored and managed IBM Red Hat Linux/AIX and updated system as necessary.
  • Oversaw advanced AIX Concepts and implemented them in projects.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Manav Bharti University
Solan, HP
01.2013

Skills

  • Planning and Implementing security systems
  • IBM Guardium
  • Imperva DSF
  • Local automation
  • Scripting
  • Incident management
  • Problem management
  • Change management
  • JIRA
  • ServiceNow

Projects Handled

  • Database Activity Monitoring (DAM), 8+ years of experience in implementing and managing DAM solutions to ensure data security and compliance on various databases for major banking firms. Specialised in IBM Guardium Security Systems.
  • Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM), Integrated security incidents and events with tools like ServiceNow and Maximo for a recorded resolution of issues.
  • Vulnerability Assessment (VA), Utilized IBM Guardium VA tool to make sure all the security appliances and agents are up to date and secure.
  • Endpoint Security, Installed and managed monitoring agents on virtual as well as standalone servers.
  • Disaster Recovery Tests, Planned and conducted disaster recovery and load balance tests at network server and appliance level using Cutover platform.
  • Local Automation, Automated regular day to day tasks which have saved 20% of monthly working time. Managed a team of scripting experts to develop self healing scripts which do the basic troubleshooting without human intervention.

Certification

  • IBM Certified Administrator Security Guardium
  • ITIL V3 - Certified by IBM

Total Experience

9 Years 3 Months, 02/2015 - 05/2024

Timeline

Senior Information Security Engineer/Senior Assistant Vice President

WellsFargo
07.2021 - 05.2024

Security Consultant - Guardium DAM

HSBC
07.2019 - 06.2021

Security Consultant - Guardium DAM

IBM India Pvt. Ltd
03.2016 - 07.2019

Associate Technical Operations (AIX/Unix Administrator)

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2015 - 02.2016

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Manav Bharti University
Sohan Kenneth