Sanjeev Samarasinghe

About Sanjeev Samarasinghe

Results-driven Senior Technical Program Manager with expertise in Agile, Cloud Security…

Experience

1. Sr Engineering Program Manager - Apple Inc

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Jul 2024 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

   Apple IT Governance & Planning Security Assurance• Compliance Monitoring & Governance: Review daily IS & T Patch Compliance reports to monitor patching status of in-scope PCI hosts.• Compliance Remediation: Serve as a liaison between the Compliance Team and application owners to to develop, track, and support remediation plans, exceptions, and exclusions. • Change Management: Monitor the Enforced Patching workflows to ensure alignment with patching service-level agreements (SLAs).• Exception Handling: Investigate errors & exception performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions. • Collaboration: Partner with the IS & T Compliance Business team to review patching exception requests, and ensure decisions are aligned with established compliance policies and governance standards.• Reporting & Analytics: Develop and maintain Tableau dashboards to deliver daily, weekly, and monthly trend reports on PCI Compliance status to stakeholders, providing actionable insights to support remediation efforts and improve overall security posture.Apple Online Store (AOS) Privacy Mgmt. Office and PubSysLead and oversee Privacy, Compliance, and PubSys initiatives for Retail Engineering within the Apple Online Store (AOS), ensuring alignment with the Change Enablement process. Collaborate with Shared Services Group (SSG) and key stakeholders to define requirements, timelines, and scope for Apple NPI (New Product Introduction) launches. Collaborate with Apple Information Security, Retail Security, Engineering teams, and Privacy Champions to ensure Minimum Security Requirements (MSR) met and monitor remediation plans. Provide comprehensive Weekly Status Reports (WSRs) and Tableau Dashboard Reports to stakeholders. Leverage Tableau integration with Radar to create Project Burn-up Charts and development progress graphs, presenting an overview of project status and key milestones Used WRIKE and Radar for Project Management for cross-functional programs.

Education

• Royal College

  GCE O' Levels & GCE Advanced Level

  1975 — 1986

• Tallahassee Community College

  Associate of Arts - AA

  1990 — 1993

• National University

  Master of Science (MS) in Software Engineering

  1998 — 2000

• University of North Florida

  Bachelor of Arts

  1994 — 1997

• Florida State College--Jacksonville

  Professional Pilot Technology Course Certificate

  1993 — 1994

Skills

• IT Service Management
• Vendor Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Integration
• Data Center
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Program Management
• IT Strategy
• Software Project Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Agile Methodologies
• Project Management
• Saas
• Cisco Technologies
• Pmp
• Business Intelligence
• Sdlc
• IT Management
• Release Management