Harshita Singh

Senior Security Analyst with 5+ years in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM), specializing in CyberArk deployment, upgrades, hardening, and connector/plugin development. Hands-on across PAS (Vault, PVWA, CPM, PSM, HTML5 Gateway), DR/HA design, vulnerability remediation (CA23-03/CA23-04), certificate lifecycle, and break-glass governance. Onboarded 2000+ privileged accounts across Windows/Unix/Linux/Oracle.

Client-facing SME bridging technical solutions and business requirements; automation with PowerShell.

Targeting

CyberArk Deployment/Platform Engineer roles.

Senior Security Analyst - Tech Mahindra

(2024-07)

• CyberArk Deployment & Integration: Contributed to end-to-end installation and configuration of PAS components; implemented PSM HTML5 Gateway for secure browser-based session monitoring/recording; supported HA design and identity store/SIEM integration.
• Incident & Client Management: Streamlined triage and runbooks to reduce MTTR; primary client-facing technical contact aligning solution design to audit and security requirements.
• Resilience & Compliance: Planned and executed DR drills; enforced break-glass procedures with complete audit trails aligned to zero-trust policies.
• Connector/Plugin Engineering: Built foundation in Web Connector development and CPM plugin customization; analyzed process/parameters files to troubleshoot and standardize configurations.

Security Consultant - IBM Pvt. Ltd

(2021-01 - 2024-07)

• Upgrades & Patching: Delivered PAS upgrades (v10.10 → v12.2) for Vault, PVWA, CPM, PSM; remediated vulnerabilities via CA23-03/CA23-04; upgraded PSM (v12.2.4 → v12.2.10).
• Large-Scale Onboarding: Onboarded 2000+ privileged accounts across Windows, Unix/Linux, and Oracle; executed bulk onboarding/offboarding via PUU; standardized platform policies and rotation/verification schedules.
• Plugin Integration: Tested, implemented, and optimized platform plugins using PMTerminal and CyberArk TPC; tuned CPM policies to meet SLAs and audit controls.
• Compliance & Health: Authored OS/app-level health checks; improved vault server hardening, logging, monitoring, and evidence capture for audits.
• Access Control & ITSM: Created safes, mapped user/role authorizations; managed incidents/changes via ServiceNow; supported RSA AM and SSG (DR drills, certificate renewals, role-group whitelisting).

Full Stack Development Intern - Youstart Labs

(2019-05 - 2019-07)

• Built responsive UIs with React/Redux; trained on Node.js/Express; deployed services on Firebase.
• Projects: "Erail" (live train status/route/reminder) and a productivity To-Do app.

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science (2016 - 2020)