Rakesh's CV
Profile summary
Information Security Engineer with 4 years of experience across 3 organizations specializing in Identity and Access Management and Privileged Access Management. Proficient in supporting user access provisioning, configuring multi-factor authentication, and managing access lifecycle activities. Committed to maintaining security compliance and supporting robust access control frameworks.
Career highlights
Identity Access Management Operations: Supported identity and access management operations to ensure secure access to systems and applications while performing user access provisioning based on approved requests.
Infrastructure Upgrades and Migrations: Upgraded and migrated IBM Security Access Manager and its components from software version to appliance version 9.0 across proof of concept, development, test, and production environments.
Privileged Access Management Deployment: Deployed and supported Thycotic Secret Server and Privilege Manager in a hybrid environment using Amazon Web Services and AWS RDS.
Cloud and Systems Administration Certification: Maintained professional certification credentials including the Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate designation alongside specialized industry credentials.
Key skills
Professional experience
Manages identity access management operations within security teams, supporting customer and workforce identity controls while ensuring alignment with security policies and compliance standards. Coordinates user access lifecycle activities, multi-factor authentication enforcement, and access reviews across systems.
- Performs access provisioning and de-provisioning based on approved requests and security policies.
- Monitors authentication and access logs to identify access issues or potential security concerns.
- Maintains documentation related to identity access management processes, procedures, and security controls.
- Collaborates with application, security, and identity teams to support identity integrations and access requirements.
Executed Identity and Access Management projects focusing on Oracle IAM platforms, AMT, ART, and AIMS. Coordinated remediation efforts and defined roles and resource groups for standardization based on client security standards.
- Built partnerships with business units to align the Role Based Access Control program with business requirements.
- Designed access rules by collaborating with stakeholders to address specific access needs.
- Acted as internal liaison for RBAC and IAM issues between application solution owners and Information Security.
Handled Identity and Access Management and Privileged Access Management operations for client Toll, coordinating cross-functional requirement gathering and building architectural diagrams. Managed end-to-end software deployments, system upgrades, and daily request queues across multi-environment infrastructures.
- Upgraded and migrated ISAM components to appliance version 9.0 across POC, development, test, and production environments.
- Deployed Thycotic Secret Server and Privilege Manager in a hybrid AWS environment using AWS RDS and distributed engines.
- Configured Single Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication, and advanced access control mechanisms for web-based applications.
Education
Information Security and Cloud Computing