Sunil Kotthakota
Consultant - Information Security
Paravthipuram
Summary
Dedicated and talented lead engineer in Security Engineering with a proven track record in designing, implementing and managing security solutions to protect critical assets. Proving a unique blend of expertise, strategic thinking and leadership skills to drive organizations to improve their Cybersecurity needs. I am effective in fostering teamwork and leading teams to ensure the success of complex security projects. Committed to constantly being one step ahead of changes and improving security measures to achieve business goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Consultant - Information Security
HCL Technologies Ltd.
04.2025 - Current
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver comprehensive solutions for clients.
- Managed client relationships through regular check-ins and updates on project progress.
- Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear goals for each consulting engagement.
- Developed innovative strategies for clients, resulting in increased revenue and business growth.
Capability Lead - Cyber Security
7-Eleven corporate services india LLP
09.2020 - 03.2025
- Design, implement and administration security solution for 7-Eleven enterprise Such as SIEM, EDR, FIM, Patch Management and SOAR.
- Implemented, configured and committed administrator for Tanium solution for the enterprise with the coverage of 80% endpoints.
- Responsible for providing the Security insight to the CISO with Vulnerability and comply reports.
- Enriched the enterprise CMDB with Tanium Servicenow integration and it resulted 30% improvement on CMDB assert data.
- Worked on various POC's for the enterprise security solutions.
Information Security Analyst
Infosys Ltd
06.2017 - 12.2019
- Planning and implementation of SIEM and DPI solutions in enterprise wide. This includes requirement gathering from SOC team and implementing solution and platform administration.
- Conducted security audits with vulnerability assessment team to identify vulnerabilities and propose the remediation plans vulnerabilities based on the criticality.
- Driven the extensive Proof of Valuation for Patch Management such as Ivanti, Qualys and ManageEngine. This includes the POC Scoping Planning-Tracking, Deriving Evaluation Criteria, POC Execution and Demonstration of POC Results.
Security Analyst
HCL Comnet Ltd
11.2014 - 06.2017
- Worked in leading banking customer dedicated SOC environment as Level one security engineer. This includes ensuring the RSA Netwitness platform stability, event source log availability, monitoring for security incidents and report and re-mediate the security incidents.
- Worked with complex shared Security operational center environment where more then 25 banking and financial customers. Where we are responsible for level monitoring and block the blacklisted IP in the firewalls and report the major security issues with level two SOC members.
- Worked on various cyber security projects in government and private sectors as a security implementation engineer.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Vignan's Institute of Information Technology
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 06.2010 - 05.2013
Diploma - Computer Engineering
Sir C R Reddy Polytechnic
Eluru, Andhra Pradesh 06.2007 - 04.2010
Skills
- SIEM Tools
- Vulnerability Management
- Tanium
- EDR
- Log Management
- Cortex XDR
- SOAR
- Cyber Security
- Threat Intelligence
- Cyber Kill Chain
- Incident Management
Certifications
- Tanium Certified Administrator
- Tanium Certified Operator
- CEH
- RSA Netwitness Administrator
Timeline
Consultant - Information Security
HCL Technologies Ltd.
04.2025 - Current
Capability Lead - Cyber Security
7-Eleven corporate services india LLP
09.2020 - 03.2025
Information Security Analyst
Infosys Ltd
06.2017 - 12.2019
Security Analyst
HCL Comnet Ltd
11.2014 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Vignan's Institute of Information Technology
06.2010 - 05.2013
Diploma - Computer Engineering
Sir C R Reddy Polytechnic
06.2007 - 04.2010
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