Saravana Kumar
Singapore
Summary
- Assistant Principal Engineer with 14 years of experience in OT/ICS Cybersecurity, Industrial Automation and control systems, Automation programming design, development and Commissioning.
- Cyber security executive with extensive industry, business development, solution development, team building and operations experience aligned with a strong engineering background. Focusing on client relationships that drive cyber security solutions for the IT/OT/IoT environment, Internet of Things (IoT) and Risk Frameworks. Focusing on internal strategy development and external strategy execution.
- Complete instruments installation, Commissioning, SCADA and PLC application programming development and Customer's support.
- Proven efficiency in architecture and implementing creative project solutions, problem management and resolution for new and existing systems for different industries such as: Oil and Gas, water/waste water treatment, Chemical industries
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Solution Consultant
ST Engineering Info-Security Pte Ltd
12.2022 - Current
- Provide feedback to senior management on performance issues and improvements on implemented security project approaches, processes, procedures, and methodologies.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to team members
- Assess and understand at a high-level organization mission, goals, and objectives and relate industrial control cyber security principles and requirements to the mission
- As a Subject Matter expert, lead development of systems architecture, specifications, controls strategies, sequence of operations through all design stages
- Design and develop security architectures for industrial control systems (ICS).
- Develops and executes strategies to increase ICS/OT knowledge throughout the ecosystem.
- Leads initiatives designed to share knowledge across Security Platforms and/or Technology teams. Identifies, recommends, coordinates, deliver timely knowledge to support teams regarding technologies, processes, or tools.
- Excellent communication skills and capable of maintain good working relationships with customers.
Senior Controls Engineer
ARCADE ENGINEERING (ASIA) PTE LTD
08.2017 - 11.2022
- Programming and Commissioning of PLC, HMI, SCADA & Drives with various communication protocols.
- Participate in the design, development, and implementation of Automation solutions.
- Creating Control Schematic, System Configuration, I/O list preparation & BOM evaluation.
- Excellent communication skills and capable of maintain good working relationships with customers.
- SCADA Design & Development
- Data Processing
- Engineering Communication PLC-SCADA
- AOS/IOS/DDE/DA/IO Servers Configuration
- Alarm Configuration
- Historian Configuration
- SCADA Network Configuration
- PLC support and regular project meetings with customer
- Commissioning of instruments (Level Transmitters, Flow Transmitters, Level Switches
- carrying out Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) & Site Acceptance Test (SAT) with Client/Contractor/Consultant.
Controls Engineer
WISH CONTROLS PTE LTD
03.2016 - 08.2017
- Programming and Commissioning of PLC, HMI, SCADA & Drives with various communication protocols.
- Develop and design PLC programs SCADA Design and Development
- DI Redundancy Configuration
- Engine Redundancy Configuration
- DASSI Direct Server Configuration
- Historian Configuration
- DATA Logging in INSQL Historian and Intouch Screen Development
- Panel FAT
- Site Commissioning – SAT
- Alarm Configuration
- Report Generation.
Associate Consultant
L&T INFOTECH
09.2014 - 02.2016
- Worked Closely with Business development team and provided technical case studies in Wonderware Platforms for Bosch-Siemens's appliances project Proposal
- Worked Closely with Business development team and provided technical case studies, documentation for CEAT Project Proposal in Wonderware MES.
Associate
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
12.2010 - 09.2014
- System Integration of Triple Modular Redundancy Triconex PLC with Wonderware System Platform SCADA
- SCADA Redundant Configuration
- Alarm History Configuration
- DATA Logging in INSQL Historian and Intouch Screen Development
- Report Generation
- Involved in commissioning SCADA system
- OPC UA Server and OPC Client setting
- Accountable for PLC Programming, HMI development, FAT.
Project Engineer
KALI SRP TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD
11.2009 - 12.2010
- Panel Design and Panel wiring HMI Development Alarm Configuration Site Commissioning SAT, FAT.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Controls & Instrumentation Engineering
MOOKAMBIGAI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
India04.2009
Skills
Products:
- OT/ICS Security: Claroty CTD, Xage Security, Nanolock, SIGA
- PLC: Siemens Simatic S7 systems - (S7- 200, 300, 400H)
- Siemens Stand Alone
- SCADA: Wonderware System Platform 2012, 2014, 2017 & Siemens WinCC, Vijeo Designer Basic HMI – Schneider, AC Drives - ABB ACS150 series
Software Handled:
- OT/ICS Security: Claroty CTD, Xage Security, Nanolock, SIGA
- PLC: Siemens - Simatic Manager/TIA Portal Triconex – Tristation 410
- SCADA: Wonderware – System Platform 2012, 2014, 2017 & Siemens WinCC Gas Guard OPC Configurator, Simulator, SQL Database
- Server / Network: LAN Network, Network establish using Ethernet / Fiber Optic, Configuration of SCADA Servers and Workstations
- Communication Protocols: Profibus, Profinet, MPI, Modbus Serial (RS232/RS485), Modbus TCP/IP, OPC, Gas Guard OPC
- Industrial Ethernet Gateways - Ethernet to FO, Profibus to FO, TCP/IP to Serial, Syslog
- Standards: IEC - 62443, 61508, 61511
Industrial Certification
- ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist - International Society of Automation (ISA)
Issued Jan 2024 – Expires Jan 2027
- Certified in Wonderware System Platforms – Wonderware Application Server 4.1 2014 R2
- Certified in Siemens WINCC – BT WINCCS.
- Xage Certified Systems Administrator - Xage Security
Issued Feb 2023 – Expires Feb 2025
- Xage Certified Implementation Specialist - Xage Security
Issued Mar 2024 – Expires Mar 2026
Timeline
Technical Solution Consultant
ST Engineering Info-Security Pte Ltd
12.2022 - Current
Senior Controls Engineer
ARCADE ENGINEERING (ASIA) PTE LTD
08.2017 - 11.2022
Controls Engineer
WISH CONTROLS PTE LTD
03.2016 - 08.2017
Associate Consultant
L&T INFOTECH
09.2014 - 02.2016
Associate
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
12.2010 - 09.2014
Project Engineer
KALI SRP TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD
11.2009 - 12.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Controls & Instrumentation Engineering
MOOKAMBIGAI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
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