Abdullah Khan

Identity & Access Management Professional | PAM | IBM & ISC2 Certified

Summary

A cyber security enthusiast and experienced Identity and Access Management Consultant with a demonstrated history of working on IBM Security solutions (ISIM, ISPIM, ISAM & Thycotic). Strong IT professional skilled in Requirement Gathering and Analysis, User Acceptance Testing and Service Sign-off, Service Delivery, Service Launch and IT Service Management.
I have the hands-on experience with the design and architecture of solution implementation, deployments, including installations, configurations, integrations and customization of IBM Security solutions in DEV, UAT, Production and DR environments. The following are mentioned the attained skills working in diverse environments and projects:

  • Capturing and analyzing the customer requirements and application policies information for integration

  • Interaction with the customer, project stakeholders and various technical teams regarding services and overall project management

  • Experienced in designing the architecture of IAM solution using IBM Security products

  • Experienced in designing the architecture of the IBM's middleware components base solution (WebSphere Application Server, DB2, Security Direcorty Server and Security Directory Integrator)

  • Sound knowledge of working with Digital Certificates and Certification Authority

  • Experienced in centralized user repository management after integrating applications including Microsoft Active Directory & Exchange, Oracle E-Business Suite

  • Experienced in integrating Microsoft Active Directory & Exchange and Oracle E-Bussines Suite with IBM SIM for a policy-based user management automation

  • Experienced in integration of IBM SIM with enterprise HR database as an authoritative repository

  • Experienced in implementing identity, provisioning, adoption, password, separation of duty and recertification policies in ISIM

  • Experienced in Role based and Request based identity management

  • Defined and documented Failover/Failback Operational Procedures for IBM Security Identity Manager, IBM DB2, IBM Security Directory Server and IBM Security Directory Integrator Server

  • Automated the provisioning of accounts on applications such as Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange Server, IBM Security Access Manager (SSO) and Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) as per agreed enterprise policies

  • Configuration of Reverse proxy instances and Runtime environment in IBM Security Access Manager

  • Load balancer configuration in ISAM

  • MMFA configuration in ISAM

  • Experienced in implementing Single-Sign on with Oracle E-Bussines Suite

  • Sound knowledge and understanding of SSL, Public/Private keys, Certificate configurations and management using PKI infrastructure of ISAM and IBM Key Management tool

  • Provided L3 support to ISIM, ISPIM and ISAM functionalities such as fixes to custom code, maintaining Junctions, groups, and ACL creation/deletion/modification as per requirement

  • Sound working knowledge on LDAP-based directories such as IBM Security Directory Server (SDS) and MS Active Directory

  • Experienced in implementing IBM Security Directory Server replication

  • Experienced in installation, configuration, application deployment and troubleshooting IBM WebSphere Application Server

  • Experienced in installation, configuration, replication and enabling SSL for SDS servers

  • Experienced in developing assembly lines, Identity feeds in the IBM Security Directory Integrator

  • Installation and configuration of Dispatcher on IBM Security Directory Integrator

  • Experienced in deployment, configuration, integration and troubleshooting IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (IPSIM)

  • Sound knowledge and experienced in out of box Access Profiles configuration, including session monitoring using ISPIM

  • Experienced in custom Advance Access profile creation for web and desktop applications in ISPIM

  • Good knowledge of designing custom reports in ISIM & ISPIM

  • Designing Highavailabity and disaster recovery strategies and implementing the solution

  • Having the hands on experience and well versed in creating Offline and Online Backup/Restore strategies for Directory server (IBM SDS) and database server (IBM DB2)

  • Experienced in installation, configuration and troubleshooting IBM DB2

  • Sound knowledge of implementing DB2 HADR

  • Performance tuning of SDS, WAS and DB2 servers

  • Experienced in executing planned and unplanned Failover, Switchover and failback, Switchback activities between Production, Standby and DR environments

  • Experienced in solution fixpacks/patch and vulnerability management

  • Well versed in the technical documentation

  • Strong technical, analytical, interpersonal, management and communication skills