Shardendu Kumar Chaudhary

Leading various projects to implement the Strategic Security Logging and CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management) capabilities for AWS and Azure Cloud infrastructure. Closure of ORAC and deliver OPEX Savings.

• Overall responsibility for all aspects of the project management.
• Backlog prioritization and refinement, communication of status to the Client and senior stakeholders (MDs and Directors)
• Development of clear timelines for delivery, testing, and deployment that consider complex and interwoven dependencies between both deliverables and resources.
• Working with Cyber Operations to gain an understanding of business requirements and to maintain continuous delivery of the business value delivered from the projects.
• Support and mentoring of other junior members of the team
• Stakeholder Management, reporting into senior leadership of Bank (MD’s and Director)

Projects in-progress and delivered:

• Azure- Sentinel Security Logging and Monitoring – in progress, project to deploy and operationalize Sentinel as Strategic solution for Bank to aggregate logs from various Microsoft Sources.
• Wiz Cloud Security – in progress: Deployment of Wiz Config rules (to close and existing ORAC)
• Wiz Cloud Security – in progress: AWS Config Rule Migration in BLZ Dev (Delivered phase 1 savings of $250K in OPEX and phase 2 in progress)
• AWS to Splunk Cloud Data ingestion (Spunk Edge) - Design complete and on-hold, due to Splunk limitations.
• Sentinel Live POC – Completed POC in Production to demonstrate capabilities of Sentinel that enabled management go ahead to use Sentinel as Strategic Log Aggregator Solution.
• Tactical Solution for Security Logging (File Beat based) – Deployed the File Beat based Azure Security Logging Solution that was a compliance prerequisite for operationalizing the ‘Azure Landing Zone – AZLAN’ platform for the bank.
• AWS Logging and Monitoring (EasaS) – Completed Design, Development and Pilot in production to successfully demonstrate processing of 1 TB (5 million cloud events) logs per day. This solution was however not productionized due to change in Strategy by Bank.
• Cloud Crypto Service - Project to replace existing Cloud Crypto Service using BCAG (Barclays Cryptographic Application)- Supported the stabilization and handover of the BCAG servers.
• Safeberach AWS Integration- Pilot to test capabilities of Safeberach in scanning AWS Control Plan and Data Plane infrastructure.

Worked as IBM Delivery Manager for Barclays Chief Security Office that deals in Security Platforms providing security assurance and investigation for all users and IT Systems. Working with different Barclays Stakeholders to understand requirements and source right consultants for different programs and initiatives quickly ramping up IBM team from 25 to around 100 resources.

• Identify project requirements and source right skilled consultants.
• Manage escalations, Financial Forecasting and MI reporting.
• Mentoring resources, identifying skill gaps and creating growth plans.
• Managed and Delivered Fixed Priced Project – Tax Utility EDDI Migration.
• Led T&M project – Static Data Hub a strategic global data platform for bank.

Client Incentive System(CIS) is used to pay incentives to commercial card customers based on contracts with American Express. These contracts are based on charged volumes, membership rewards etc. Annually CIS pays up to $700M in incentives.

• Backlog refinement and grooming.
• Conduct daily scrum, Sprint planning and prioritizations, show and tell, retrospective sessions.
• Mitigate risks and blockers for Sprints.
• Agile reports and Stakeholder Management.

The US Dispute process used a proprietary set of rules that provided flexibility to create positive Cardmember experiences but created inconsistency for American Express Merchants. The focus of this program was to align the US Proprietary Dispute process with Global Network Policy. The GNP program benefited business by reducing about 50% reduction in dispute volume, Reduction in overall dispute cycle time and improved Merchant and Cardmember experience.

• Responsible for overall project delivery, managing and tracking financials for the disputes program, managing risk and issues, project scope and timelines.
• As E2E manager managed diverse onshore and offshore teams (30 + teams)
• Review cost estimates and approve/allocate funds for sub projects.
• Managing change control process and worked closely with Business for change approval and acquire additional funds as needed.