Arogya Mary Kanyakumari
Dover,Delaware
Summary
Information Systems and Security Engineer with over 3.5 years of experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise systems within complex, regulated environments. Expertise encompasses technology, security, and operations, transforming business and user needs into reliable, scalable, and compliant system solutions. Holds a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity and is adept at leading large-scale system migrations, optimizing configurations for enhanced performance and usability, and supporting application upgrades with minimal disruption. Skilled in data analysis, automation, and process improvement using Python to streamline compliance workflows and reduce manual effort while collaborating closely with end users, IT teams, leadership, and vendors to ensure systems align with organizational goals and regulatory standards. Committed to building secure systems that drive operational efficiency and protect sensitive data in mission-critical environments.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Network Security Engineer
HTC Global Services
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
12.2020 - 07.2022
- Led enterprise system and security transformation initiatives focused on secure connectivity, access control, and automation to support high-availability operational environments.
- System Architecture & Modernization: Designed and implemented secure wide-area and data center system architectures, migrating legacy configurations to modern platforms. Streamlined and optimized system rule sets by 35%, improving performance, manageability, and compliance.
- Access Control & Zero Trust: Implemented identity-based access and segmentation models using network access controls, significantly reducing unauthorized internal access and strengthening system integrity across production environments.
- Data Analysis & Intelligent Automation: Developed analytics-driven monitoring by integrating platform data sources with Python-based automation, correlating high-volume logs and reducing false-positive alerts by nearly 30%.
- Compliance & Audit Enablement: Automated configuration validation and compliance checks, cutting manual review effort by 50% and enabling faster, more consistent audit cycles.
- High Availability & Reliability: Supported highly available system clusters and secure remote connectivity, maintaining >99.99% uptime for distributed operational sites through resilient routing and failover strategies.
- Monitoring & Incident Response: Built advanced correlation and alerting logic within enterprise monitoring platforms, reducing mean time to detect and respond to high-priority incidents by 25%.
- Operational Technology (OT) Collaboration: Partnered with engineering and operations teams to secure industrial systems through controlled access models and secure administration pathways, minimizing risk while maintaining uninterrupted production.
Network Support Engineer
Concentrix
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
08.2020 - 04.2022
- Oversaw day-to-day security operations and system hardening for mission-critical banking platforms, supporting continuous availability while meeting stringent regulatory and audit standards.
- Security Controls & Compliance: Directed initiatives to strengthen network security for internet-facing and core transaction systems by restructuring access controls and translation policies to align with regulatory and payment security frameworks.
- Firewall Administration: Supported and maintained enterprise firewall environments across geographically distributed data centers, managing access rules, secure tunnels, and policy updates to safeguard sensitive financial workloads.
- Monitoring & Threat Identification: Designed and maintained centralized monitoring views within SIEM platforms to identify abnormal access behavior and internal threat indicators, enabling proactive and automated response actions.
- Incident Handling & Response: Contributed to 24/7 security operations by investigating intrusion detection alerts and remote access logs, coordinating containment actions, and implementing corrective measures to reduce repeat incidents.
- Vulnerability & Risk Management: Performed routine vulnerability assessments and partnered with infrastructure teams to prioritize and remediate findings within defined service-level agreements.
- Secure Connectivity Management: Administered encrypted connectivity with external financial partners using secure remote access technologies, enforcing strong authentication and least-privilege principles.
- Advanced Analytics & Innovation: Participated in the evaluation and rollout of analytics-driven fraud and anomaly detection capabilities, leveraging network and system telemetry to focus investigative efforts on high-risk events.
Education
Master's degree - Information Technology Project Management
Wilmington University
05.2024
Bachelor of Technology - BTech - Electronics and Control Systems Engineering
Mohan babu university
04.2015
Skills
- Domain
- Maintenance LAN
- Switching
- Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)
- Information Systems Analysis
- System Configuration & Support
- Data Analysis & Reporting
- Compliance & Risk Management
- Process Automation
- Vendor & Stakeholder Collaboration
- Technical Stack: Palo Alto (Strata/Prisma), FortiGate, Cisco Secure Firewall, Python (Netmiko/NAPALM), Splunk, Azure/AWS Networking, Zero Trust / NAC
Timeline
Network Security Engineer
HTC Global Services
12.2020 - 07.2022
Network Support Engineer
Concentrix
08.2020 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Technology - BTech - Electronics and Control Systems Engineering
Mohan babu university
Master's degree - Information Technology Project Management
Wilmington University