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Vijaya Gopal Vikram Dantuluri

Frisco,TX

Summary

With 20 years of formidable hands-on experience, I have built astute management capabilities in the field of Vulnerability Management, Risk Management, Governance &Amp; Data Privacy. Skilled at understanding business goals, objectives and leading the teAms in achieving winning strategies by integrating people process and technology.I Am a reliable and result-driven contributor ready to direct and supervise a team in a fast-paced and challenging IT environment to create a meaningful difference utilizing my demonstrated skills and acumen. Qualified Cyber Security Manager with proven track record in leading teams and driving operational efficiency. Demonstrated ability to implement strategic initiatives that enhance productivity and foster growth. Known for utilizing strong leadership and communication skills to facilitate team collaboration and achieve organizational goals. Qualified Manager with proven track record in leading teams and driving operational efficiency. Demonstrated ability to implement strategic initiatives that enhance productivity and foster growth. Known for utilizing strong leadership and communication skills to facilitate team collaboration and achieve organizational goals.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager (Threat and Vulnerability Management)

Cognizant technology solutions
12.2022 - Current
  • Managing corporate infrastructure Vulnerability Management lifecycle and Policy Compliance.
  • Spearheaded comprehensive end-of-life (EOL) initiatives by orchestrating strategic planning, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, developing and managing budgets, conducting in-depth risk assessments, and executing seamless decommissioning of legacy systems to ensure minimal disruption and full compliance with organizational standards.
  • Administered change management processes via ServiceNow, participating in CAB approvals and enforcing ITIL-aligned production controls.
  • Directed end-to-end incident response operations via ServiceNow, overseeing triage and resolution of complex technical issues, ensuring adherence to SLA requirements, and actively participating in Level 2 on-call support rotations to maintain service continuity.
  • Proactively managed the renewal and lifecycle maintenance of SSO and SAML certificates, ensuring continuous, secure authentication and seamless communication across internal systems and external integrations.
  • Implemented quality assurance protocols, documentation standards, and process controls to meet internal and external audit requirements.
  • Created detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports and problem tickets to enhance process transparency and control integrity.
  • Facilitated risk review sessions with cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate and escalate Severity 4 and 5 risks, driving the development and execution of targeted remediation strategies to mitigate potential business impact.
  • Leveraged Jira and ServiceNow to establish and maintain governance frameworks, monitor project milestones and risk indicators, and generate high-impact reports for executive leadership to support strategic decision-making.
  • Directed the end-to-end Vulnerability Management lifecycle, ensuring policy compliance and alignment with cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST.
  • Collaborated with risk managers and cyber teams to mitigate vulnerabilities using Qualys reports and weekly remediation calls.
  • Analyzed vulnerability data to identify trends and optimize patch management strategies; introduced efficiencies to reduce MTTR.
  • Prioritized vulnerabilities based on CVSS/ECVSS scoring, exploitability, and business impact, ensuring timely remediation within SLA.
  • Facilitated remediation meetings across business units to address EOL/EOS and exploitable vulnerabilities, working closely with IT, development, and operations teams.
  • Conducted regular risk assessments to evaluate potential impacts and prioritize remediation efforts based on regulatory and business requirements.
  • Supported modernization and automation of vulnerability management processes to enhance cybersecurity posture and reduce threat exposure.
  • Produced weekly and monthly metrics and dashboards to provide leadership visibility into vulnerability remediation progress and compliance status.
  • Executed functional and performance testing across dev, QA, and UAT environments to identify bottlenecks and ensure production readiness.
  • Developed and executed manual test cases to validate system integrity and performance prior to rollout.

Lead Analyst (Cybersecurity engineering)

Amerisource Bergen
05.2022 - 09.2022
  • Managed a team to work on SIEM and Vulnerability management engineering tasks.
  • Driven integrations of various tools such as Anomaly threat intelligence platform, SNYPR, SOAR, Qualys.
  • Reviewed new rules created to identify latest threats and exploits in SIEM tool.

Project Manager – Multiple Clients - Northern Trust bank, Experian credit service, Neiman Marcus

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2012 - 04.2022
  • Client – Northern Trust
  • Oversaw a myriad of infrastructure security management duties in a premier provider of Private Banking, Asset Management and Asset Servicing.
  • Spearheaded the Schedule and evaluated monthly or ad hoc, vulnerability scans for operational readiness and validated if vulnerabilities were true or false, positive based on the operating system and/or application configuration and track the remediation process.
  • Assisted with the identification of newly recognized software/hardware vulnerabilities based on severity, potential operational impact, exploitation and other factors to access risk.
  • Partnered with internal departments to drive secure configurations in images used for desktops, servers, Network devices.
  • Reviewed and analyzed emerging threats and vulnerabilities to mitigate the same in environment on a daily basis.
  • Reviewed and analyzed vulnerabilities and creation of vulnerability management tickets with list of confirmed findings.
  • Created custom dashboards and various risk meters using Vulnerability management tool such as Qualys to track emerging or Zero-day exploits.
  • Proactively supervised Qualys appliances deployed across regions such as NA, EMEA, and APAC.
  • Worked in close collaboration with the Vendor on a weekly basis to resolve false positives, releasing new signatures for reported CVE’s.
  • Administered 24x7 SOC operations with Onsite – Offshore delivery models.
  • Coordinated with the application teams and infra teams on Venafi Certificate Management.
  • Supervised Scheduled and ad-hoc infrastructure vulnerability scanning, and determined remediation options and tracked remediation to completion.
  • Managed the operations for L2 SOC team.
  • Presented the weekly and monthly SLA metrics during steering committee meeting to client management.
  • Client - Experian Credit Services
  • Managed Vulnerability management, Penetration testing, Device encryption and Database monitoring of one of the global leaders in consumer and business credit reporting and marketing services with an annual revenue of over US$4 billion.
  • Held responsibility for Vulnerability Scanning, and Remediation of Vulnerabilities using Qualys Guard tool.
  • Provided remediation recommendations to the infrastructure and application teams.
  • Ensured on-time scanning and provided monthly reports and deliverables in all relevant technologies promptly.
  • Reviewed and analyzed emerging threats and vulnerabilities on a daily basis to mitigate the same in environment.
  • Had vulnerability management tickets created for the list of findings/vulnerabilities reported.
  • Provided penetration testing results to Client team within strict time frames as requested.
  • Driven the encryption project in coordination with client team.
  • Presented the weekly and monthly SLA metrics during steering committee meeting to client management.
  • Client - Neiman Marcus
  • Supervising Information security program for one of the premier retail destinations for fashion and goods, superior service and elevated retail experience handling multiple brands.
  • Managing a team of Vulnerability management and end point security.
  • Worked with Infrastructure and Application teams for Certificate deployment and governance.
  • Presented the weekly and monthly SLA metrics during steering committee meeting to client management.
  • Managed tool upgradation and migration projects for security tools.
  • Provided Health check for managed security tools on daily basis.

Consultant

GE GIS
08.2005 - 12.2010
  • Oversaw Vulnerability management and worked on Dell Secure PCI scans by initiating scans on monthly, weekly basis and sent the vulnerability report to threat management.
  • Performed Security checks on over hundred thousand machines across different regions such as Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, US regions for Virus incidents and definition updates.
  • Exercised control over the Sophos AV consoles by creating new groups and moved users to different groups depending upon the Business requirements.
  • Authored antivirus and firewall policies based on client requirement and coordinated with different security product vendors for Product development and assistance.
  • Handled the end point security program along with drive encryption.
  • Oversaw and supported various security practices such as Sophos Antivirus management at enterprise level, Device encryption using safe boot, PC backup using Mozy Pro and Patching servers with critical security updates.
  • Performed Security checks on over hundred thousand machines across different regions such as Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, US regions for Virus incidents and definition updates.
  • Exercised control over the Sophos AV consoles by creating new groups and moved users to different groups depending upon the Business requirements.
  • Created antivirus and firewall policies based on client requirement and coordinated with different security product vendors for Product development and assistance.

Education

Bachelor of Arts -

Andhra University

Skills

  • Fluent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Comprehensive knowledge of IT Infrastructure (On prem & cloud) and IT security compliance
  • Exceptional command over managing vulnerability management lifecycle & Security Event and Incident Management (SEIM)
  • Skilled in managing cross functional IT support and teams
  • Aptitude to mentor and coach team members along with the expertise to create policies and procedures
  • Cross-functional team coordination
  • Operations management
  • Technical proficiency

Accomplishments

  • Proficiently managed vulnerability management teams to address infrastructure External, Internal and Perimeter web applications along with OS and Database compliance.
  • Conducting Risk assessment meetings to review Cyber threat intelligence feed for Zero-day vulnerabilities, release security advisory to infrastructure and application teams for remediation based on the criticality considering different security frameworks like CVSS, NIST, CIS etc.
  • Exceptionally rendered services to leading clients including Northern trust; Experian Credit Services; and Neiman Marcus LLC, Silicon Valley bank.
  • Demonstrated experience in supervising Vulnerability Management, Risk Management and Cyber Security teams in onsite-offshore delivery model.
  • Developed comprehensive understanding of networks, operating systems, applications and other Information Technology systems and architecture.
  • Appraised for efficient management and leadership in Information Technology and implementing result-driven solutions.

Languages

English
Professional Working

Timeline

Senior Manager (Threat and Vulnerability Management)

Cognizant technology solutions
12.2022 - Current

Lead Analyst (Cybersecurity engineering)

Amerisource Bergen
05.2022 - 09.2022

Project Manager – Multiple Clients - Northern Trust bank, Experian credit service, Neiman Marcus

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2012 - 04.2022

Consultant

GE GIS
08.2005 - 12.2010

Bachelor of Arts -

Andhra University

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