Sarad Thikkal

Experience

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  Netwing Technologies

  Feb 2011 - May 2013

  Network Engineer

  Performed troubleshooting for Juniper, Cisco and packet analysis.• Provided network support services for devices such as Switch, AP,Wireless Controller,routers, and other hardware.• Provided complete end-to-end engineering and installation of route-based IP network solutions.

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  Acciona consortium (Fujairah)

  Oct 2013 - Sept 2017

  Information Technology Engineer

  •Managed and Maintained RO Plant IT infrastructure(Scada and related applications) and Security.•As a Lead of IT teams, I worked with the team and installed, troubleshoot, and resolved the issues of IT infrastructure such as site-to-site &SSL VPN, Centralized Antivirus, Firewall, Patch Management, Active DirectoryNAS, Switch Configuration, High-Performance Server and Virtualization, IP Phones, Backup Solution, etc.•Periodic Infra Security Auditing has been done using the VAPT tool.

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  Kerala State IT Mission

  Jun 2018 - Apr 2023

  Technology Expert/Manager

  •Acted as a team leader in Various Group projects, managed (CERT-K, Village Knowledge Centre and) projects delegating tasks and providing feedback.Provided consultation and technical services to Kerala government Departments on all aspects of information security and IT infrastructure. •Conducted security audits (Infrastructure and applications) •Collaborated with Cert-In, NCIIPC, and CyberSwachhta Kendra regarding the Incident response.•Technical leadership to acquire, evaluate, and implement of IT infra and Security products (XDR, NDR, NGFW, ZTNA, SIEM , IAM etc )•Acted as a Technical committee member in government departments (Agriculture, Industries, Animal husbandry, Science &Technology& Secretariat, MVD, DUK, Calicut &Agriculture University, etc.) and gave the knowledge of the technology stack they required to develop their solution. Show less

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  Muthoot Fincorp Ltd.

  Dec 2023 - now

  Chief Manager Information Security

  Risk Assessment, Incident response, Soc Management and Threat Analysis etc.