Vikas Kumar

Experience

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  HCL Technologies

  May 2011 - May 2013

  Assistant manager - product management group - IT infrastructure division

  Spearheading efforts as Assistant Manager and looking after RFPs/RPIs/RFQs.Acting as Pre Sales – Consultant / Bid Manager for new and existing customers and handled multi-million dollar deals from Europe, Australia, Middle-East and USA.Preparing Responses to RFP, RFI and RFQ with technical solutions along with business commercials; managing pricing, sizing, executing model, delivery model and relevant case studies.Responsible for solution designing for end to end gamut of Information Security Services ranging from End User/ End Point Security, Secured Collaboration Environment, Content Security (Email & Web), Network Security/Perimeter Security, Information Security Assurance & sustenance services (Risk Assessment, Security Auditing, Vulnerability Assessment / Penetration Testing), Identity and Access Management Solution and Security Services.Have worked in several transformational deals involving DC Build, migration and consolidation. Complete understanding of HCL differentiators for information Security Services and leveraged them to bid for new businesses; handling Customer Visits and Corporate presentations.Carries out complete resource estimation activity for providing Implementation, Transition, Transformation, Operations services to clients.Involved in Onsite as well as Offshore Due Diligence, BAFO Presentations, and Solution Workshops and has been responsible for preparing Final SOWs with clearly defined R&RUnderstanding entire requirements & preparing R&R to internal teams TEGs, SLMs etc.Has been interacting with best of Security OEM’s worldwide to understand key offerings of their security products and negotiating with them on best deals for range of products, to present the best offers to the clientsHandled Monthly Newsletter comprised of latest services launched, present market analysis for latest information security trends like BYOD, CTI etc. Finalizing service delivery framework for the entire solution. Show less

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  HCL Technologies

  Sept 2015 - May 2018

  Managing the IT Security & compliance for HCL America Global customers.Managing team of more than 40 Professionals to deliver IT security & compliance operations which includes - network security , endpoint security , SIEM, vulnerability management , Identity & access management , Privilege access management , Global account management , SAP GRC user provisioning , Compliances including - SOX, HIPAA, PCIDSS, EU DPA, etcDriving new projects in the different domains of IT security & ensuring that projects are being delivered as per timelinesDesigning the Executive level Operations Dashboard for ensuring that KPIs & CPIs are being delivered as per the agreed service levelsDriving Capacity management for operations to track the capacity of each sub function within security tower against resources on-boarded & resources left & ultimately showing the resource utilization to the customer team.Ramping up steady state within given time framesManaged Transition & Reverse transition for each sub function within security tower & maintaining up to date risk register to track down the possible risks & how to mitigate sameregular team meeting to ensure that team is not facing any personal & professional challenges in IT Service deliverySetting & Following daily & weekly cadence to ensure that operations are running smooth & customer is getting the required information via proper communicationThird party contract management for IT Security OEMs & contractsAligning OEM trainings for steady state team.Monthly chargeback & billing process to ensure that delivered services are being charged back effectively. Show less • Spearheading efforts as Assistant Manager and looking after RFPs/RPIs/RFQs.• Understanding client requirements from RFPs/RFIs-gathering information through client interactions• Acting as Pre Sales – Consultant / Bid Manager for new and existing customers and handled multi-million dollar deals from Europe, Australia, Middle-East and USA.• Preparing Responses to RFP, RFI and RFQ with technical solutions along with business commercials; managing pricing, sizing, executing model, delivery model and relevant case studies.• Responsible for solution designing for end to end gamut of Information Security Services ranging from End User/ End Point Security, Secured Collaboration Environment, Content Security (Email & Web), Network Security/Perimeter Security, Information Security Assurance & sustenance services (Risk Assessment, Security Auditing, Vulnerability Assessment / Penetration Testing), Identity and Access Management Solution and Security Services.• Have worked in several transformational deals involving DC Build, migration , consolidation, CART (Cloud readiness assessment tool), P2V migration, windows 2003 Application migration etc• Complete understanding of HCL differentiators for Datacentre transformation services, information Security Services and leveraged them to bid for new businesses; handling Customer Visits and Corporate presentations.• Carries out complete resource estimation activity for providing Implementation, Transition, Transformation, Operations services to clients• Preparing Transition & Transformation Timelines aligned to the overall T&T plan.• Involved in multiple Onsite as well as Offshore Due Diligence, BAFO Presentations, and Solution Workshops and has been responsible for preparing Final SOWs with clearly defined R&R• Efficiently handling new customer relationship by handling client visits explaining them about our capabilities and solutions.• Understanding entire requirements & preparing R&R to internal teams Show less

  • Manager - Operations Leader - IT Security & Compliance

    Apr 2016 - May 2018

  • Information Technology Security Manager

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2017
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  PwC

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  Assistant Manager

  Cyber security consulting and advisoryCyber security maturity assessment toolkit formulation and socialisationCyber security architecture assessmentCyber security subject matter expert discussion for network security, asset security, endpoint security, siem, vulnerability management, security analyticsCyber security policies and charter creation and rolloutITGC assessmentSIEM proof of concept evaluation

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  HCL Technologies

  Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

  Cybersecurity Solutions Architect supporting global and complex opportunities and driving revenue generations and acquiring new customer logos Working as Cybersecurity Architect and work with global customers to design solutions around public cloud security including DevSecOps, Container security, workload protection, Policy as Code, Cloud security automation use cases etc.

  • Senior Manager

    Nov 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Manager

    Jul 2019 - Nov 2020
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  HCL Technologies B.V. Netherland

  Mar 2021 - Nov 2022

  Senior Manager

  Cybersecurity Solutions Architect

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  HCLTech

  Oct 2022 - now

  Group Manager

  Regional lead for customer advocacy and strategy for cybersecurity services and working with leading enterprises in defining cybersecurity solutions to tackle most complex challenges that enterprises are facing in digital connected world.