Project Manager and Information security apprentice having 19 years of experience to automate manual business practices, secure information systems, operating systems, software applications, networking operations and risk management to accelerate business growth and gain competitive edge.
- Oversee, evaluate and establish goals for every technology initiative, operations and information systems.
- Devise and establish information systems policies and systems to support the implementation of strategies set by the Board of Directors.
- Analyze the business requirements of all departments to determine their technology needs
- Purchase efficient and cost effective technological equipment and software
- Inspect the use of technological equipment and software to ensure functionality and efficiency
- Identify the need for upgrades, configurations or new systems and report to upper management
- Coordinate with managers and supervise computer scientists, technicians and other professionals to provide guidance
- Control budget and report on expenditure
- Building relationships with vendors and creating cost-efficient contracts
- Identify goals and objectives of the project, develop information security policies and procedures and report regularly to Project Director.
- Overall responsibility of the Information Security within project to ensure successful and secure deployment within allocated time, and designated cost.
- Manage and Liaison with Project Coordinators and Software Development Lead and Software Developers aligning with Information Security policy.
- Owning and creating ISO 27001:2013 IT policy catalog / repository
- Reviewing, revising, and, where appropriate, proposing new policies and procedures to ensure ISO 27001:2013 and SBP compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Working with IT leaders / staff to develop new or updated ISMS policies
- Managing feedback and plans from audits for Information Technology Group
- Identifying major risk factors for IT leadership and developing and coordinating the implementation of strategies to reduce/remediation process, operational, regulatory and compliance risks under ISMS standards
- Providing support and oversight to Bank’s various IT audit projects and testing initiatives, including audits of its internal controls
- Ensuring that the appropriate ISO 27001:2013 and Industry Standard controls are considered throughout new system implementation projects and reviewing documentation for new IT processes that impact compliance, as required
- Working with internal and external audit, and the IT Lead Team to formulate, develop and review audit response
- Securing/Hardening IT Infrastructure Cyber Security through STIGs to achieve ISMS (ISO27001) standards
- Educating product differentiation and advantages, training engineers for POCs
- Documenting proposals and designs finally drive market adoption of Cutting-edge and Disruptive network security solutions.
- Windows/Linux administration, network operating center (NOC) administration, LAN/Wireless administration, VMware administration, and intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) monitoring.
- Apache web servers, MS Active Directory/DNS, Wireless Management.
- Provided Network / Linux services to Head Office, Regional Offices and Remote Construction sites.
- Fine-tuned Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Exchange 2003. Installed and Migrated DHCP and DNS servers from MS Windows servers to CentOS Linux.
- Upgraded 3 branches (Junior, Senior Boys, and Senior Girls) with 4 Computer Labs.
- I was responsible for administration of Computer Labs (300+ Computers).
- Teachers Counseling about IT, Internet, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, etc.
- Deployed Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Red Hat Linux 7.3 servers in 2 different premises as Head Office with 500 Clients,
- Designed and Deployed network and servers in 2 Regional Offices with 200 Clients and more than 100 Franchise School Labs.
- Teachers training about IT, Internet, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, etc.
- Setup Redhat 7.3 on newly acquired servers and installed relevant hardware drivers
- Migrated all relevant data from MS Windows to Linux servers