Kulwinder Singh
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Leading Information Security Ambassadors and Information Security Professionals.
Partner with DI IT units and value centers to implement corporate security initiatives and guidelines.
Provide strategic risk guidance for IT infrastructure projects, including evaluation and recommendation of technical controls.
Implementing “Zero Trust” as a key member of Siemens-wide initiative
A key member of an IT Asset Management project for Siemens DI, Identifying all assets, metadata, and owners.
Manage Asset classification process
Conduct Business Impact Analysis that included CIA (confidentiality, integrity, availability) to classify assets.
Work with asset owners to develop and implement protection concepts (Gap Analysis).
2020 : Present
Siemens Digital Industries Software
IT Director - Information Security
• Responsible for Active Directory operations and Security, Identity Management, Azure & AAD, Virtualization, Endpoint Security, Information Security, Data protection, Certificate Authority, PKI Infrastructure, Azure threat protection, Azure Information Protection, Operating System management, Patch management, Software Delivery, O365 management and security, and Vulnerability Management (OS's and Applications).
• Successfully managed multiple complex IT integrations of large size resulting from acquisitions and mergers.
• Currently managing teams for Identity and Access Management, Global Active Directory Operations, and CMS (Client Management, and Security).
• IDAM team consists of one manager and six engineers; Four Sr. Engineers operate global AD operations and Client management, and the Security team consists of a total of eight Senior engineers, an Architect, and a Lead Engineer.
• These teams have responsibilities in areas of Azure, Azure AD, On-Premise Active Directory management and Security, End Point Security Infrastructure management, patch management, operating systems management, software delivery, Identity and access management, and Endpoint data protection (MIP, MDE, DLP, and encryption).
2013 : 2020
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Senior Manager Infrastructure Management and Security
• Managed three teams, IDM (Identity Management), Global Active Directory operations, CMS( Client Management and Security) comprising of eighteen Senior Engineers. These teams have responsibilities in areas of active directory, client Security, operating systems management, software delivery, end-point protection, antivirus, Identity management, user account management and data protection (RMS and encryption).
• Managed global teams for Virtualization, Server Infrastructure, Anti Virus, Enterprise Exchange Environment, and Active Directory.
Significant Accomplishments
• Successfully
o Set up O365 infrastructure and ADFS environment for future authentication needs.
o Managed IT Issues and Challenges during Mergers & Acquisitions
o Tested and deployed Windows 10 as an approved operating system within PL.
o Managed projects spanning across the globe like domain migrations (ww304 to AD001), deployment of measure plans, and managing compliance.
o Established a Client security team to deal with security issues related to the virus, and commodity malware and to assist GCST in the mitigation of APTs.
o Set up VMware infrastructure and transitioned 500+ production servers reducing operating and capital costs.
o Upgraded Exchange environment to 2010 from 2007. Managed IT integrations for three sizeable acquisitions.
• Efficiently managed global projects like domain migrations, deployment of measure plans, and managing compliance.
• Ensured high availability of key infrastructure components such as AV, AD, Exchange, and WSUS.
• Successfully completed major projects. To name a few, Domain Migrations (LMS, ww304, and AD001), Windows 10 deployment, Certification Authority setup, and WSUS upgrade, etc.
2008 : 2013
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Senior Manager Systems Engineering
• Entrusted with the responsibility of managing teams, End-user IT support, Design, and Deployment of LAN and WAN Infrastructure, Telecom infrastructure, and Asia-Pacific-wide IT projects.
• Successfully managed integration of Siemens Network and UGS Networks, System compliance activities.
• Deployed and Upgraded Microsoft Exchange Server Environment in Asia Pacific, with Clustered Servers at Shanghai and Pune serving 1200 Users in Asia Pacific.
• Instrumental in setting up processes for IT Organization in Asia Pacific after it became a vertical in Global Organization from being part of Local Countries' sales organization.
• Designed a Data Management System process to share data through file servers and maintain backups.
• Designed, hosted, and managed web infrastructure for internal and external websites for Asia Pacific Countries.
• Played a key role in the coordination of SAP and other enterprise rollouts in Asia Pacific.
• Successfully handled setting up of IT Support Infrastructure in the Asia Pacific.
• Managed IT Infrastructure for 2 Big Development Environments. 650+ users in Pune and 150 + users in Shanghai
2003 : 2008
UGS Corporation
Manager, Asia Pacific IT Operations and Support
2000 : 2002
SDRC India Private Limited.
Technical Support Specialist - Senior
About
Senior IT Leader with 20+ years of Global IT Infrastructure and People Leadership experience in large organizations, with 10+ years of specific experience with IT Infrastructure and Information Security. A few highlights of my career include the following:
✅ Implementing “Zero Trust” as a critical member of Siemens-wide initiative.
✅ Led the successful rollout of O365 infrastructure, Azure AD, and Azure security operations for 17,000+ global users.
✅ Represented the Siemens IT Infrastructure organization in obtaining TISAX, Cybersecurity Essentials Plus, and ISO 27001 certifications.
✅ Part of the steering committee of tenant-to-tenant migration for O365 from local BU tenant to global Siemens AG to consolidate multiple tenants within the larger siemens environment. It achieved $8.4M+ savings and better cross-BU collaboration while minimizing redundancies.
✅ Evangelized and established a Global Infrastructure Security and Endpoint security team from scratch.
✅ Led teams for Active Directory operations and Security, Identity Management, Azure AD and security, Virtualization, Endpoint Security, PKI Infrastructure, Azure threat protection, Azure Information Protection, Operating System management, Patch management, Software Delivery, O365 management and security, and Vulnerability Management (OS’s and Applications).
✅ Led the successful rollout of hybrid Global SCCM/Intune infrastructure for 30,000 endpoints & 2500 Servers.
✅ Lead deployment of CA Identity Manager and Governance Module for IAAM.
✅ Achieved consistently high availability of critical infrastructure components of up to 99.95%, including downtime of service providers.
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