Ramasamy Ashokan
About Candidate
| Certified Information Systems Auditor ISACA USA (CISA-2020) with 14 years of combined experience in IT Security, IT projects, IT Operation, IT Risk, IS Audit, Compliance, Privacy, IT governance driving IT, Project Management , operations and System Engineering to outperform annual objectives, project planning, scoping, activity sequencing/ estimation, tracking and development of contingency plans to meet cost and time over-runs. Assembles and maintains work papers in accordance with organizational standards Provide technical and administrative support to Internal Audit department as needed Concepts, practices and procedures of information system auditing , Investment concepts, practices and procedures used in the securities industry , Principles of banking and finance industry operations for more than 30 projects of various banks in Singapore |
Education
Work & Experience
• Supervised maintenance of 400 Systems with Windows 2000 & XP Professional and managed first level troubleshooting for all HP, DELL, IBM & Acer hardware. Ensured installation, administration and troubleshooting of Windows Servers & Clients along with administrating & troubleshooting Lotus Notes Servers • Gained exposure on Remedy Management tools for Asset & Call Logging Process. Extended daily support for Network, Server, Application and Hardware. Facilitated Client Administration using Remote Administration with Net Meeting & Windows Remote Desktop
• Act as the central communication point for Design, Maintain and communicate the service support plans in Windows Administration domain. Communicate the business impact of major incidents and prioritize based on business impact to the client • Assess the impact of changes to systems, applications and infrastructure to determine requirements. Configure and solve - DHCP, DNS, various network devices and services. Performing Backup and Restore Operations
• Engaged in installing, configuring & administering AIX 5.3/5.2 on RS/6000 Midrange P620/650. Worked towards designing & managing disk space using AIX Logical Volume Management. Developed file systems in AIX and added or removed paging space. Facilitated performance monitoring using vmstat & iostat. Automate deployment, management, security. • Ensured backup, restoration, modifying and scheduling backup along with maintenance of Hardware Management Console and creation of LPAR. • Troubleshoot system and application issues, including containerized micro services.
• Implementation and Asset Management. Monitored installation & configuration of P6 servers (MMA-20 Nos.) for banking solutions. Prioritized creation of LPARs and installation of AIX using NIM. • Managed implementation & configuration of 2 Node Active-Active Cluster and DS4500 & DS4800 Storage • Analyses, logs, tracks and resolves complex software/hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, printer, servers, and applications to meet business needs. • Coordinates hardware/software installations and upgrades to ensure work is properly performed in accordance with company policy.
• Managed P6 To P7 Migration Project, DC Migration, CEEMA Workload Migration, Rainbow Project, Avatar Project, Storage Migration form Symantec to Hitachi Storage and vendor coordination with IBM, Veritas, CA. Successfully migrated more than 100 servers from P6 to P7, P6 to P7, P8 and the data from Singapore server teleport to Ceema server was in Frankfort datacentre; created & managed ASM devices for Oracle along with HACMP set-up. Tested all the servers in COB mode and managed AIX on UAT/Production environment • Installed and configured various CITI applications and performed OS migration from 5.3 to AIX 6.1. Created and installed VIO client, managed Storage on VIO Server and resolved performance issue on GPFS. Preparing checklist for review of payment systems for information security risk. Conducting reviews of business processes to identify information security risk
• Maintain a catalogue of all internal security controls across the enterprise to include their mapping to the above security frameworks. Maintain security documentation and diagrams. • Performing Business Impact Analysis, Risk Analysis, Perform targeted fieldwork to test internal controls across the company's application, infrastructure, and databases
• Led P6 to P7 migration project and VIO upgrade from 1.5 to 2.2 in coordination with IBM vendors. Installed and set-up the OS installation for system P and configured the HACMP set-up. Rendered on-call support 24/7 for Asia Pacific and managed AIX on UAT/Production environment. Conducted OS migration from 5.3 to AIX 6.1 and created & managed installed VIO client. Managed Storage on VIO Server and upgraded HACMP Version 7xx, GPFS Cluster & Power Path software
• Ensures work papers are assembled and maintained in accordance with organizational standards. Assists external auditors in developing and testing Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAAT) programs and other information system requirements. IT Risk Management controls and mitigation. IT Risk frameworks like COBiT, ITIL, COSO etc • Heading end-to-end delivery of multi-platform infrastructure for global off shoring, integration and user services projects. Covering design, testing and implementation with a multi-disciplined team of 12 staff across global regions. • Managing multiple projects in LOB’T along with Oracle Upgrade from 11gr2 to 12c, AIX Migration Project for all LOBS, Desktop Application Upgrades (IE11), Application Migration, SAN Migration from IBM to HDS and Oracle Capping for the DB Servers. • Leading Lantern Project Migration from ANZ to DBS Bank for Asia pacific region, EOS/EOL Upgrade for Oracle, Window, ISS, WebSphere and AWS Project. Leading projects namely DB2(9.7) Migration from AIX 6.1 to Linux x86 Severs, WAS Upgrade from 8.0 to 8.5.5 in LOBT Application, Networking Migration for all the application and AIX Migration from 6.1 to 7.2 Project for all LOBS
• Comprehensive risk assessment and engagement planning. This entails obtaining an in-depth understanding of each business and/or function being audited, identification and assessment of risks (including understanding the manner in which such risks are controlled and the audit approach required to ensure controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively) and preparing documentation (Work papers, Planning Memorandum and Audit Program) that reflects the aforementioned information and assessments • Experience in IT Applications Audits including Application Security or IT Infrastructure audits (Data Centre, Network, Firewall etc) and Information Security. Perform IT internal Audit, Application audits, IT process reviews, IT Infrastructure Reviews, developing Standard Operating Procedures Maintain strong client focus by building strong relationships with clients, scheduling and conducting key client meetings. • Conducts annual risk assessment based on Comtel Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program, input from management, external auditors and external factors for the development of the annual audit plan. • Recommend improvements to systems, procedures and processes to minimize risks, improve efficiency, or generate cost savings. Prepare formal written reports expressing opinions, review results with management and perform ongoing tracking and monitoring of remediation efforts.
