IT Security Consultant

The candidate is a Cybersecurity Consultant/Architect who has been in this role for over 15 years in commercial practice. His major achievements include - Implemented secure print environment for a major SK financial institute successful IT security audit of an international healthcare provider, iImplementation of SOC for an eGov project in the West Africa region, delivered security hardening of front-end systems for a major SK bank, implementation of a SIEM solution in a PCI-DSS environment, leading a Secure SW development team for a PKI infrastructure. Communication in English language is managed without any problems. During his work he has also led distributed teams of people (10-20). He actively uses agile methodologies, especially Scrum and Kanban.

2018 - Present

Cyber-Security Expert (GISM)

Banking sector

• Leading various governance topics, close cooperation across divisions and bank's entities.
• Successful transition security project within all bank's entities.
• Cyber Risk driven projects for governance, within 3 Line of Defense architecture supporting Digitalization of bank.

2016 - 2018

Security Architect / DevOps

Banking sector

• Security governance and architecture leadership for banking environment.
• Supporting cross- functional teams, focusing on security driven culture.
• Leading security projects in multi-tenant environment for bank's entities.

2010 - 2016

Security Solution Architect

Technology sector

• Ownership in security related domain.
• Providing security guidance for consulting teams, customers, infrastructure delivery. Focusing on balance between business and technology with relevant risk analysis.
• Advising senior management within key accounts.

Key Achievements

• Established secure printing environment for major SK financial institute
• Successful IT Security audit of international health care provider
• SOC implementation for eGov project in West Africa region
• Delivered security hardening of front-end systems for major SK bank
• Implementation of SIEM solution in PCI-DSS environment
• Team lead of Secure SW development for PKI infrastructure
• Close cooperation with a ministry
• Presenting security trends on major security and technology conferences

2007 - 2010

Security Infrastructure Manager

Technology sector

• Leading security operations supporting critical security infrastructure for European Commission services /VIS, EUROPOL .../ known as sTESTA (IDABC Infrastructure service to provide Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations).
• Establishing Secure Operations Center for EuroDomain.
• Owning and driving process improvement in accordance industry regulations.
• Creating strong professional relationships with key EU DIGIT executives to help execute defined goals.
• Responsible for overall service performance to agreed SLA and Service Quality for SOC.
• Managing daily Security operations.

Key Achievements:

• Established the Security Operation Centre operations, providing support services to all EU administrations in 27+ countries.
• Developed and executed complex implementations of systems, software, processes leading to being accredited, to transport information classified to the level of EU RESTRICTED, according to the Council's security regulations (Council decision 2001/264/EC).
• Executed creating and testing of detailed DR/BCM plans for services, including crypto, networking, telco.
• Build and lead team of world-class security professionals in secure and demanding environment located in Brussels and Bratislava.
• Successful technical and security acceptance for technical and security infrastructure audited by auditors from 3 companies (TietoEnator, Trasys, Siemens) with received very positive feedback about technical, security and networking setup.

2004 - 2007

IT Engineer

Commercial sector

• Direct design and implementation of internal infrastructure for startup focused on “People powered” search engine.
• Collaborate with CEO and Marketing on design and product development visions.

2003 - 2007

IT Manager - Outsourcing ICT services

Technology sector

• Launched outsourcing ICT services for ITC companies as Alcatel-Lucent, Tecwings, which encompassed negotiation of software licensing, hosting facilities, internet connectivity, and hardware contracts / leasebacks.
• Responsible for detailed financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for ITC infrastructure and related services.

Key Achievements:

• Conceptualized and established a hosted data center environment with state-of-the art design
• Lead for Incident and Change management
• Deliver major migration of ICT infrastructure for Alcatel Slovakia

2002

System Engineer

Telco sector

• Established mutual understanding and cooperation between ICT department and the Board of directors, leading to tight integration between technology and businesses.
• Redesigned and implemented key changes in ICT infrastructure and processes.

Key Achievements:

• Developed and started incident and change management processes
• Consolidated ITC services
• Optimizong datacenter infrastructure, reducing servers footprint by 80%.
• Reduced security incidents through proactive planning and improved quality process

1998 - 2002

IT Manager

Logistics sector

• Started ICT department for the transportation industry.
• Designed and developed ICT strategy for future expansion.
• Consolidated ICT infrastructure to more closely and effectively supporting business goals.
• Responsible for detailed financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for ITC infrastructure and related services.

Key Achievements:

• Established internal network between branch offices with centralized management
• Performed cost analysis of internal communication and data management, and participated in cost reduction process
• Executed planning and development of Disaster Recovery Plans, reducing TTR from weeks to days

1998

Sales & Implementation Manager

Commercial sector

• Performed IT administration focused on development of server software, hardware and network operations. Established quality control systems for sale/repair services.

1995 - 1998

System Engineer

Commercial sector

• Started at computer sale department as one of first employees.
• Established most recognized PC supplier and ISP operations in area.
• Provided ISP services for the customers, small and medium businesses.