Mahesh Desai
Senior Security Architect - Ecosystem Labs at IBM- Claim this Profile
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LinkedIn User
Mahesh has been excellent in his delivery. Posseses sound doamin knowledge and a equally good hardworker. Keep on details, has good team spirit.
Kunal Bhatt
As I remember Mahesh was a very productive person. Creative, intelligent, highly motivated and achievement oriented person to work with. Loyal, result driven and broad-minded. Organized, detail oriented and careful. It's amazing to work with such a person. He denotes a lot of analytical capability and willingness for his both personal & professional development. I can highly recommend working with him.
LinkedIn User
Mahesh has been excellent in his delivery. Posseses sound doamin knowledge and a equally good hardworker. Keep on details, has good team spirit.
Kunal Bhatt
As I remember Mahesh was a very productive person. Creative, intelligent, highly motivated and achievement oriented person to work with. Loyal, result driven and broad-minded. Organized, detail oriented and careful. It's amazing to work with such a person. He denotes a lot of analytical capability and willingness for his both personal & professional development. I can highly recommend working with him.
LinkedIn User
Mahesh has been excellent in his delivery. Posseses sound doamin knowledge and a equally good hardworker. Keep on details, has good team spirit.
Kunal Bhatt
As I remember Mahesh was a very productive person. Creative, intelligent, highly motivated and achievement oriented person to work with. Loyal, result driven and broad-minded. Organized, detail oriented and careful. It's amazing to work with such a person. He denotes a lot of analytical capability and willingness for his both personal & professional development. I can highly recommend working with him.
LinkedIn User
Mahesh has been excellent in his delivery. Posseses sound doamin knowledge and a equally good hardworker. Keep on details, has good team spirit.
Kunal Bhatt
As I remember Mahesh was a very productive person. Creative, intelligent, highly motivated and achievement oriented person to work with. Loyal, result driven and broad-minded. Organized, detail oriented and careful. It's amazing to work with such a person. He denotes a lot of analytical capability and willingness for his both personal & professional development. I can highly recommend working with him.
Experience
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IBM
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China
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Security Architect - Ecosystem Labs
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Apr 2022 - Present
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PwC India
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India
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager
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Jun 2019 - Apr 2022
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Security Specialist
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Nov 2016 - Jun 2019
SIEM solution design and Implementation Qradar use cases, RestAPI/AQL, SOC Operations Management SIEM solution design and Implementation Qradar use cases, RestAPI/AQL, SOC Operations Management
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Capgemini
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France
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Tech Design Architect - Information Security
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Mar 2015 - Nov 2016
Technical Design Architecting SOC Operations Compliance SIEM, FIM, PIM, WAF, AV, VAPT, Data leakage prevention, RSA SA, Tripwire, F5 ASM, Imperva, Sophos, Symantec Endpoint, Trendmicro Deep Security, Cyberark, Arcos Arcon, Qualys guard, PCI-DSS, ISO27001, Symantec DLP, RSA Archer Technical Design Architecting SOC Operations Compliance SIEM, FIM, PIM, WAF, AV, VAPT, Data leakage prevention, RSA SA, Tripwire, F5 ASM, Imperva, Sophos, Symantec Endpoint, Trendmicro Deep Security, Cyberark, Arcos Arcon, Qualys guard, PCI-DSS, ISO27001, Symantec DLP, RSA Archer
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Information Security Consultant
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May 2009 - Mar 2015
Contractual and consulting work at multiple geographies - Africa, Mid East, South East Asia and South Asia. Work in Info Sec, ranging technical architecting, deployment, consulting, auditing and managing projects. Contractual and consulting work at multiple geographies - Africa, Mid East, South East Asia and South Asia. Work in Info Sec, ranging technical architecting, deployment, consulting, auditing and managing projects.
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Wipro
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Consultant / Project Manager
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Nov 2008 - May 2009
Lead teams for Information Security implementations at client sites. Projects include SIEM implementation for a Telecom giant in Gurgain, Security Policy Baselines creation for a produciton company in Germany, Firewalls migration project for an Australian F&B giant. Lead teams for Information Security implementations at client sites. Projects include SIEM implementation for a Telecom giant in Gurgain, Security Policy Baselines creation for a produciton company in Germany, Firewalls migration project for an Australian F&B giant.
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Analyst - IT Security Compliance
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Jun 2007 - Oct 2008
Performed internal Security Audits according to company baselines, global standards, such as ISO27001and SAS70. Coordinated with external QSAs for certification/recertification of company for above standards. Assisted in global projects and global compliance; Attend meetings in the role of Subject Matter Expert for IT Security. Perform VAPT. Risk assessment of additions, sunsets and changes done to the infrastructure devices such as firewalls, routers, switches, servers etc. Developed and provided inputs for information security policies and processes. Efficiently assessed risk in various scenarios and provided decisions with win-win situations between security and business need. Took valuable initiatives in for improving compliance and manageability and Lead IT operations teams for implementation of same. Show less
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Bank of America
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United States
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineer - Network Security
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2005 - 2007
-Successfully lead and executed various technology implementation and migration projects. -Won trust of onshore managers through professional knowledge and attitude, and brought valuable business to offshore teams. -Extensive coordination with the business partners for new connections, removing old connections, troubleshooting connectivity issues and maintenance of connections. -Technical Tasks: Firewall implementation, administration and management. Implementing, operating, monitoring and troubleshooting VPN access of company’s employees to the company’s network. Implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting various kinds of connections like SSL, Secure FTP, Proxy-based, Client-server/SSL/Site-to-Site VPN between the company and it’s business partners. Monitoring CFC employee's Internet usage habits and reporting the same. Implementation, operation and troubleshooting of Web Content Filtering application as per company security policy / business needs. Creating, revoking and renewing SSL certificates for Countrywide's internal and external secure portals. Implementation, operation adn troubleshooting of RADIUS, IPS, Proxy servers and Patch management applications. Technical documentation, such as preparing work instructions and Visio diagrams of the connections. Show less
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Network Engineer
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Nov 2004 - Apr 2005
Successfully implemented security and availability measures to increase IT infrastructure uptime from 85 percent to 99.7 percent. Tasks included IT security administration through firewalls, VPN switches, anti-virus, patch management, Windows Group Policies, Proxy servers, infrastructure hardening; Network administration though routers, L2 and L3 switches; Administration of servers. Profile also included co-ordination with clients/vendors for new deployments, planning and implementation of IT policies, training and IT security awareness programmes for users; managing vendor teams and mentoring them for improving IT service quality; recommendation of technology as per businness needs. Show less
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CMS Info Systems
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India
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Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Support Engineer
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Feb 2003 - Nov 2004
Provided Facility Management support to company’s clients. Tasks included installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of network devices like routers, switches, firewalls, VPN appliances; Server operations like maintenance of Domain controllers, email servers, NMS support; Helpdesk management, vendor escalation and follow-ups, inventory management, assessment and fine tuning of system performance and management of bulk rollout activities; Virus control and patch management. Worked with fortune 500 clients such as Banking/finance MNC giants, pharmaceutical MNC, software MNC, international BPOs. Show less
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Education
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Welingkar Institute of Business Management
PGDBA, E-Business -
Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology -
K. J. Somaiya Polytechnic
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Kendriya Vidyalaya
Highschool, Highschool