Ranjith Mullan valappil, Information Security Manager

Ranjith Mullan valappil

Information Security Manager

Wipro limited

Location
India - Bengaluru
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
17 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 6 Months

Information Security Manager at Wipro limited
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since January 2021

Information security governance head for merger and acquisition at Wipro.

Working with Wipro as a Security Integration and Governance head for Wipro Merger and Acquisitions. Implemented and managed different security controls for cloud, on-prem environment which include endpoints/servers/network infra security controls. Being a risk governor for acquired entities and different markets America and Europe, managed the organization wide risk and governed them towards closure.

Security Associate Manager at Accenture - India
  • India - Bengaluru
  • August 2010 to October 2020

Worked as a Security Associate Manager with Accenture Information Security Strategy and Policy team, led 14-member Venture and Acquisition Security Architecture team. Being a security architect implemented and managed the security portfolio for different acquisitions, client’s and internal projects on Cloud (AWS, GCP and Azure) and On-Premise infrastructure. As a Lead Auditor, led different type of audits like, Cloud Security Auditing, Information security management system (ISMS) Audit, Infrastructure security audit (Hosting Site), Supplier Security Audit and Client Data Protection audit etc. Being a strategy and policy team member, contributed the quarterly update on critical policies and standards for Accenture.

System Operations Lead Specialist at AT&T communication Service India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • August 2008 to August 2010

• Worked as a tech lead and escalation point for Level 3 network security operation team
• Worked as a lead and handled Multiple projects as part of managed security team (Devices handled - Cisco ASA Checkpoint \{R60, R65\}, Netscreen, and Bluecoat proxy’s)
• As a lead successfully Implemented account pooling / Account merging as part of leaning strategy introduced in IBM and ATT.
• Managed ATT SOHO customers as a Level 3 support across US for the Managed Security Service.
• Designed and implemented the major changes and supported as a Level 3 engg for handling escalated issues in network security for UK region (Devices - Cisco ASA)
• Managed IBM Canada network as a level 3 engineer in network security
(Devices- Cisco ASA and Checkpoint R55 and R60)
• Configurations and Troubleshooting Checkpoint (With Nokia, Sun and Splat), Cisco ASA, Bluecoat proxy and Juniper Netscreen devices
• Guiding or resolving the escalated issues through recovery calls which are reported from various locations.

Security Lead Engineer at IBM India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • March 2007 to August 2008

• Worked as Level 3 infrastructure security team focal for the IBM Canada offshore support.
• Worked as a POC with the IT security slandered compliance team for preparing and presenting the IBM enterprise devices for the yearly compliance certification.
• Successfully Implemented account pooling / merging part of leaning strategy implemented in IBM and ATT
• Managed the customer infrastructure security which includes Cisco PIX
525, 535, Cisco ASA 5525, Checkpoint \{R60, R65\}, Nokia (IPSO 4.2), Juniper Netscreen firewalls and Bluecoat proxy’s)
• Handled On-boarding projects for providing the end to end connectivity for the new client requirements

security systems associate engineer at Computer scientific corporation
  • India - Hyderabad
  • September 2006 to March 2007

.Managed large clients like Bombardier Transport, ISI for more than 3000 sites across the UK
• Managed different network security devices like ACE Server (RSA Authentication manager), VPN Concentrator,
Cisco ACS server etc
• Designed and configured Cisco VPN Concentrators
• Worked as a part of networking team responsible for providing solutions to key customers depending upon their
requirement
• Handled escalated RSA token related issues from lower team.
• Successfully handled the VPN, ACS, ACE(RSA) related issues across the clients

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at ICFAI Thripura
  • October 2020

MBA in IT and System

Specialties & Skills

Cloud Computing
Operational Risk Management
ISO Auditor
IT Security
Data Privacy
Information Security Architecture
Infrastructure Security
information Security Auditing
Security Control Implementation
Cloud Security Compliance
Merger and Acquisition Integration

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Malayalam
Native Speaker
Hindi
Native Speaker
Kannada
Intermediate

Memberships

ISC 2
  • Leader
  • May 2019

Training and Certifications

AZ 500 (Microsoft Azure Security Technologies) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020
CCNP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2006
AZ-900 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2020
ISO 27001 LA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2014
CCSK (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
CISSP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019

Hobbies

  • Music
    playback singing for leading music group in hometown