Verizon

Distinguished Engineer

• Prepared Verizon managed security services platform for ISO 27001 certification making it available for sale ahead of schedule
• Identify, analyze, develop end-to-end risk assessment processes to mitigate business partner and third party risk (vendor risk management)
• Quantify risks based on scope and impact, create mitigation strategies, influence adoption and added them to risk register for monitoring 
• Analyzed systems, applications and project, operation risk and established security controls improvement initiatives resulting in $5 M upfront cost reduction 
• Lead cross-functional application and vendor reviews for technology, business process, Information security and regulatory risk collaborating with business, privacy and legal teams
• Evaluate cloud security posture, assessed risks  and designed controls to remediate audit deficiencies 
• Reporting status of key risk initiatives to management via dashboards
• Awarded two Spotlight Awards for contribution to a confidential project, and three Patent Awards

Principal Risk Management

Advisor and subject matter expert on technology, operational, financial, and/or information risks and control mechanisms to prevent fraud, abuse, strategic, reputational, and operational risks
Reviewed Gift Card and Credit Card projects for  Fraud, Credit and Payment Systems and suggested controls to mitigate / keep risk within acceptable limits for Bill To Cash.
Evaluated new products, processes and projects for fraud and credit risk, and suggested appropriate controls as needed.
Manage projects, provide requirements and testing support for Bill To Cash
Review and document root cause analysis of fraud issues. After analysis suggest mitigation. Monitor progress and report once issues are fixed.
Collaborate with Tax, IT Security, Legal and Compliance teams to ensure that risk is handled adequately for platforms, portals and infrastructure.

New Product Risk

Developed business requirements for new system and process implementations and enhancements that impacted data privacy, OFAC and other regulatory requirements
Collaborate with functional teams in developing business requirements and business controls in implementation plans
Drove process improvement and control implementation projects, while dealing with ambiguity
Developed documentation of processes, risks, and controls and worked with owners to assign accountability

Verizon Global Fraud Operations

• Lead the multiple audit planning, scoping, execution, and reporting based on identified risks for applications, systems and business processes
• Performed assessments and audits, suggested control improvements, documented technical issues to get multiple stakeholders to agree on recommendations  
• Audited against various frameworks, it audit and assurance standards like ISO 27001, SSAE 16, SSAE 18 SOC, CIS, NIST CSF, and others

Verizon Internal Audit

Rutgers University

• Lecturer for 400 level course in Information Security
• Rated 4.6 / 5.0 by students

Lecturer

Harman International

• Lead Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) audits in Brazil and U.K. 
• Lead IT and integrated audits saving Harman International over twice our department budget for the year. 
• Evaluated purchase application and transactions, and detected double payments leading to the software vendor agreeing to return 1.5 million dollars during a Purchase Card audit.
• Prepared detailed documents, reports and observations supporting audit findings. 
• Design reports and data visualization dashboards for SOX audits.

Senior IT Auditor

Kershaw K. Khumbatta P.C

Associate

Open Information Systems Security Group

Vice President

Synerzy Software Solutions Inc.

Risk Assessment, Review and remediation of Systems and Processes.

Senior Consultant

Clayton Holdings Inc.

SOX IT Specialist

Prudential Financial and Management Services Ltd.

Managed engagements for IT Risk Assessments, Security Reviews, Pre- and Post-Implementation Reviews, Application Reviews  documentation and testing.

I am a risk management professional, leading system and process improvements with business owners to reduce risk. Guide business teams on Third-Party compliance and vendor assessment for risk mitigation to achieve business objectives. I anticipate bottlenecks and manage escalations. I use data to manage risk, quantify the impact, and translate risk metrics for business stakeholders. 
I help business owners execute cybersecurity strategies and accept risks appropriately based on quantified risk appetite.
With over 15 years of experience identifying, assessing, and driving remediation for information security professional risks in applications, I understand unique client challenges across multiple industries.
I am a sought-after resource to review risks in emerging tech like cloud security, blockchain, AWS security, and complex risk assessments.

Niloufer holds multiple certifications in IT Security (CISSP, CCSP), Risk (OPEN Fair), Privacy (CDPSE), Audit (CISA, CIA), and Fraud (CFE). She is a Certified Public Account licensed to practice in New Jersey. And a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).

Niloufer has authored two patents for System For And Method of Generating Visual Passwords (US 9,171,143 B2) and Establishing An Alternate Call Path Using Short-Range Wireless Technology (US 9,392,523).
Niloufer teaches part-time at Rutgers University, the state university of New Jersey, and is the organizer of the largest cybersecurity career MeetUp group and creator of the YouTube Channel "Cybersecurity Career Talks."

Niloufer co-founded two nonprofits Step Up Skill in 2020 and (ISC)2 New Jersey Chapter in 2012.

Niloufer Tamboly

Clients: Global Financial Organizations. 

Responsible for Cloud adoption, Data Analytics, Cognitive, AI & ML, SAAS, IAAS, PAAS and including modernization of legacy platforms, mainframe, onto cloud for Financial Service clients in both banking and insurance industry. 
Working with major Financial clients to identify business use cases and making sure to provide architecture design for all cloud deployment is secured, agile, and cost optimized. Internally working with IBM’s Client Engineering team, product owners, business partners, and consulting arm of IBM from POC to production deployment.

Executive Cloud Architect / Associate Partner

Entelligence

Clients : JLL, BCBSA

I was working with #AWS Professional Service team as a senior partner consultant. Advising C-suits and technical team to make informed decisions about migrating their assets onto AWS Cloud. Created Amazon Contact Center deployment architecture that is integrated with OKTA for one of the largest Healthcare Insurance company in the country. Contact center developer did the rest. 
Designed and implemented AWS Landing Zone utilizing Control Tower for a large global company. This is a worldwide implementation for 130+ preexisting accounts and six Data-Centers located globally. Created multiple OU(s) following best practices and VPC(s) along with public/private subnets, NATGW, IGW and TGW. Implemented security and monitoring best practices. Designed and implemented AWS Direct Connect and site to site VPN for multiple Data Centers around the globe.
Do you want to encrypt Data on flight and manage your multicloud networking? Let's bring in #Aviatrix. I am a certified multicloud network engineer Professional by Aviatrix.

Sr. Principal Cloud Architect

Effectual->USGS

Led a cloud practice and provided comprehensive cloud solutions utilizing the well-architected framework on AWS ecosystems. I did Design, development, and deployment of AWS cloud solutions. Worked as a liaison and SME between Cloud Officer of Clients and implementation team. Responsible for overseeing and advising large-scale GOV cloud deployment and management for USGS scientists. Rest is classified.

Lead AWS Cloud Architect - US Gov cloud

Thinkers

Provided hands-on technical solutions on cloud platforms and managed small to large teams of highly experienced professionals. A quite a few projects involved designing strategic road map and execution of Cloud migration and new cloud deployment on AWS utilizing Well-Architected Framework, Control Tower, Oracle database, My-SQL, MS SQL Server, and Golden Gate Infrastructure. I have delivered highly available and scalable technical solutions to business requirements with proven results and within budget while reducing CAPEX and improving operational excellence. Performed Cloud Security Posture Assessment (CSPA) for several client’s cloud deployments and addressed identified vulnerabilities. Partnered with AWS Professional Services to deliver desired cloud solutions.
Services provided to following clients.
** Premier Healthcare Inc.
**Healogics Healthcare
**TTEC
**iCloud
**FII
**UpTogether
**Sorenson

Chief Infrastructure Cloud Architect

Macy's

I was awarded for the best innovative ideas of the year. Responsible for leading and providing database infrastructure support to all Macy's stores,  Macys.com and bloomingdale.com for OLTP, DSS, WMS, Peoplesoft, Oracle ERP, and various other applications. My team was consist of 45 DBA's and architects that include offshore consultants. Architected, built many business application database servers utilizing Exadata, Exalytics, Oracle RAC, and Golden Gate. Designed and deployed business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. Performed role as an escalation manager for after-hour trouble calls.

Infrastructure Manager

Ingram Content Group

Sr. Infrastructure Manager

As a changed agent, I turned around the team with low morale, enhanced their quality of technical support, improved inter-team relationships, and improved employee skillsets by providing necessary technical trainings. I was promoted as a Sr. Infrastructure Manager.

DBA Manager

Cedars-Sinai

Reported to CTO. Responsible for managing DBAs for Oracle, SQL Server, and Cache Databases. Successfully completed a large migration onto Epic.

Sr. DBA Manager

Capital Group

Responsible for managing a team of DBAs to provide support for all corporate systems globally.
Oracle and SQL Server Infrastructure. Designed, built, and deployed large multinode windows cluster for business continuity at the San Antonio location and disaster recovery solution at the Los Angeles location for 3000+ database instances. Completed a large data center migration and server consolidation. Implemented security for databases. Increased uptime significantly and reduced CAPEX and OPEX by $3.6 Million.

Manager -- Global Corporate Data and System management.

Regions Bank

I was a recipient of the CIO leadership award.
Responsible for managing multiple teams of Oracle DBA, MS SQL Server DBA, Teradata DBA, DB2 DBA, and Websphere Engineers. My team was geographically dispersed and consist of 28 technical staff. Lead multiple systems integration between Union Planters Bank and Regions Bank due to merger and acquisition. Built a cohesive team from two different organizations. Provided world-class infrastructure support 24x7. Designed and built an entire technology stack for online mortgage processing applications. Executed several successful projects, executed annual Disaster Recovery drill, developed short-term and long-term technology plan,  and many more other accomplishments.

VP - Database, BI and Web Services

Mpower Communications

Sr. Manager -Database Management & BI

I am an Executive Cloud Architect / Associate Partner at IBM, where I help global financial organizations achieve cloud transformation and security. With over 20 years of senior leadership experience in IT and multiple AWS certifications, I provide strategic guidance and architecture design for secure, agile, and cost-optimized cloud deployment on any Cloud or Hybrid cloud utilizing Infrastructure As Code(IaC).

As an official AWS SME, I also collaborate with AWS Professional Services team as a senior partner consultant, designing and implementing AWS Landing Zone and Amazon Contact Center for large healthcare and real estate clients. My areas of expertise include cloud security, system architecture, technical program management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and cybersecurity. I am passionate about driving cloud innovation and excellence for financial services and all other industries.

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