Basant Amatya
Senior IT professional
Lalitpur
Summary
Senior IT professional with experience in diverse domains and recent mid-level management experience.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Engineering Manager
Logpoint Nepal Pvt. Ltd
08.2019 - 05.2024
- Company Overview: a fully owned LogPoint A/S, Denmark entity
- A cybersecurity ISV (Independent Software Vendor)
- Driven the consolidated team facilitating the major releases of the SIEM (Security Incident and Event Management) software and associated products
- Formed the Security team and formalized the process for product security including initiating in-house penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, secure coding practice, and enhancement of the overall security posture of the products
- Streamlined the DevOps operation and CI/CD pipeline involving bitbucket, Jenkins, and artifactory
- A fully owned LogPoint A/S, Denmark entity
- A cybersecurity ISV (Independent Software Vendor)
Principal System Engineer
Logpoint Nepal Pvt. Ltd
10.2013 - 08.2019
- Individual contributor in multiple roles of Senior/Principal ITOps Engineer, System Engineer, and Security Engineer
- IT Administrator of local LAN infrastructure
- System Administrator for virtualized infrastructure in VMWare environment
- Contributed as system resource to obtain CC Certificate (Common Criteria) for the product (LogPoint v5.6.4)
- Made the conventional delivery model of the product (Appliance shipped as ISO) ready for deployment in Azure and AWS cloud infrastructure
IT Manager
Deerwalk Nepal Pvt. Ltd
08.2010 - 10.2013
- Company Overview: a wholly owned entity of Deerwalk Inc
- The role of the Deerwalk services as the data processor of US healthcare and application development
- Established AWS cloud infrastructure for the company from scratch and was responsible for a primary maintainer for the cloud operation (Infrastructure spending ~10K USD/month)
- Responsible for IT administration of the local LAN and the server infrastructure including Microsoft Directory Services
- Contributed the company to comply with HIPAA
- A wholly owned entity of Deerwalk Inc
- The role of the Deerwalk services as the data processor of US healthcare and application development
Wireless Network Engineer
Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd
08.2002 - 07.2008
- Contributed as an individual contributor to Mercantile Communication (Internet Service Provider)
- Designed and Implemented a citywide (Kathmandu Valley) Wireless Broadband System (Motorola Canopy) comprising 10+ base stations and 500+ nodes and integration of the system with the Cisco network infrastructure
Education
Masters of Science - Electronic System and Engineering Management
South Westphalia University of Applied Science
08.2008 - 02.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communications
STJ Institute of Technology
09.1997 - 08.2001
Skills
CI/CD pipeline (git, jenkins, docker)
bash scripting
python programming
Linux
Networking
Security (CISSP level of preparedness)
IaaS Cloud Operation
Technology integration
Coaching and mentoring
Strategic planning
Certification
AWS certified Security Specialist
Awards
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship recipient, To study MSc in Germany, 2008-2010
Skillsets
CI/CD pipeline (git, jenkins, docker), bash scripting, python programming, Linux, Networking, Security (CISSP level of preparedness, not appeared yet for the certification), IaaS Cloud Operation
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Logpoint Nepal Pvt. Ltd
08.2019 - 05.2024
Principal System Engineer
Logpoint Nepal Pvt. Ltd
10.2013 - 08.2019
IT Manager
Deerwalk Nepal Pvt. Ltd
08.2010 - 10.2013
Masters of Science - Electronic System and Engineering Management
South Westphalia University of Applied Science
08.2008 - 02.2010
Wireless Network Engineer
Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd
08.2002 - 07.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communications
STJ Institute of Technology
09.1997 - 08.2001