Olivier Kouame

Experience

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  Cergi Banking Services

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2006

  Engineer application developer,

  - Development and maintenance of banking software (in VB 6.0 / MS SQL SERVER 7)- Software Deployment and User Training- Technical Support on application banking modules

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  BICICI Groupe BNP Paribas

  Mar 2006 - Jun 2009

  Chief Database and Production

  • Supervise and assist the IT Production team in charge of the bank end-of-day IT activities• Elaborate periodic activity reports and make proposals for technical improvement of Databases and IT Production team.• Write Procedures for operational activities and business continuity plan.

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  MTN Cote d'Ivoire

  Jun 2009 - Dec 2021

  • Assist MTN WECA region operations to ensure resolution of IT security incidents• Provide security advice and review of technology solutions, modeling threats and risks and the controls needed to mitigate them• Assess and develop IAM (Identity Access Management) roadmaps to improve the security posture of MTN operations by identifying security vulnerabilities to manage security risks• Build a strong relationship with MTN operations to ensure service delivery • Manager of Database Team (More than 30 Oracle and 40 MS SQL Server databases)• Strong skills in Database Administration (High Availability, Replication, tuning, migration, backup / restoration, etc.) • Conduct several projects on databases (Migration, Consolidation, Architecture optimisation,...)• Implement Databases Security features (Audit Vault, DB Vault, Oracle TDE, Key Management)• Conduct periodic data recovery and BCP (Business Continuity Plan) tests

  • Senior Specialist Data Protection and IAM

    Feb 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Principal Database Administrator

    Jun 2009 - Jan 2021
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  BDA Corporate and Private Bank

  Dec 2021 - May 2023

  Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

  • Implement business processes and policies, related to data access control, protection strategies, architectures aligned with bank group strategy• Develop an IT risk prevention plan and conduct the business continuity plan for the company• Manage projects related to information system security infrastructure • Guarantee the efficiency of physical security systems (access control, fire detection, etc.) • Manage the compliance of the IT system according to standards (ISO, PCI DSS, SWIFT CSP)• Initiate IT security training and awareness activities for the staff Show less

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  Assomption Vie l Assumption Life

  Jun 2023 - now

  Senior Database Administrator

  • Manage company’s databases (Oracle / SQL Server) including Installation/configuration of Databases standalone/cluster, replication/disaster recovery, migration to higher versions• Secure databases, tuning of databases, jobs scripts, SSIS packages• Databases incidents resolution and Support to users