Enterprise Technology Professional

Network Operations Analyst at BMO

Shangirne
Kharbanda.

I work across critical banking infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise technology — connecting technical investigation, operational data, risk and automation to improve how systems and teams perform.

Cybersecurity · Infrastructure · Technology Risk · ServiceNow & ITSM · Data & Automation

Seeking full-time roles for 2027 · Open across Canada
M.Eng. Cybersecurity Engineering at Concordia University · Bilingual English / French

Shangirne Kharbanda standing near Buckingham Palace in London, wearing a blazer and blue shirt.
Technical thinking. Practical delivery.LONDON, UK
Infrastructure. Security. Business impact.Explore my work

Professional impact

Initiative with practical outcomes.

ServiceNow dashboard at BMO

Built. Adopted.

From individual initiative to team use

An independently built dashboard, adopted across Network Operations for incident tracking and prioritization.

BMO enterprise operations

100+

incidents & requests / month

Technical investigation, service-impact analysis and coordinated resolution in regulated banking.

Security & risk assessments

Evidence to action

Client-facing assessment experience

Evaluate access controls, validate evidence and document risk-based remediation recommendations.

Enterprise collaboration

Knowledge shared

Documentation, training & coordination

Knowledge-base articles, technical presentations and coordination across teams and vendors.

Experience

Enterprise experience.

BMO

Sep 2025 – Present

Toronto, ON & Montreal, QC

Current role
01

Network Operations Analyst

Critical banking operations, dashboard ownership and team enablement.

  • Independently designed and implemented a ServiceNow dashboard adopted across Network Operations, consolidating incident tracking and helping the team prioritize work.
  • Investigate 100+ incidents and requests monthly with approximately 95%+ SLA adherence, assessing root cause, service impact and escalation priorities.
  • Correlate alerts, network traffic and technical evidence to identify dependencies and give responding teams a clear next action.
  • Coordinate investigations with Security Operations, Systems Operations, Network Engineering, ATM Support and vendors within formal governance and change processes.
  • Write knowledge-base articles and present investigation techniques and reporting workflows, helping colleagues adopt new tools and reuse troubleshooting knowledge.
  • Apply Python, PowerShell and Bash to repeatable operational tasks where appropriate, supported by documented handoffs and technical validation.
  • Earned multiple consecutive employment and internship extensions while continuing to deliver operational and team improvements.
  • Enterprise operations
  • ServiceNow / ITSM
  • Incident management
  • Automation
How to read the operational figures

100+ monthly incidents and requests and approximately 95%+ SLA adherence are self-reported workload and service-level figures from my BMO role. The dashboard’s approximately 30% reduction in manual tracking/navigation effort is an estimate from my experience, rather than a formal time study. Its clearest outcome is adoption across the team.

Arctic Shield Security

May 2025 – Aug 2025

Mississauga, ON

02

IT & Cybersecurity Intern

Client-facing security and technology assessments across cloud and on-premises environments.

  • Assessed cybersecurity and IT controls, including identity and access management, to support audit readiness and identify security risks.
  • Gathered and validated evidence, analyzed vulnerabilities and documented risk-based remediation recommendations.
  • Worked with technical and business stakeholders, using Excel, Power BI and SQL where relevant to support analysis and communicate findings.
  • Security assessments
  • IAM
  • Audit readiness
  • Risk analysis

ONGC

May 2023 – Jul 2023

New Delhi, India

03

Data & Information Security Intern

Network and security-event investigation within an Information Security Operations Centre.

  • Monitored and analyzed network traffic, correlated SIEM events and investigated security activity with attention to network architecture and security controls.
  • Documented investigation findings and supported incident-response improvements alongside the security operations team.
  • Security operations
  • SIEM
  • Network analysis
  • Incident response

Research

Peer-reviewed
publication

EPJ Quantum Technology — Springer Nature · 20 June 2025 · Co-author

Unified hybrid quantum classical neural network framework for detecting distributed denial of service and Android mobile malware attacks

Co-authored research in DDoS and Android malware detection. The paper credits my contributions to model implementation, comparative experiments and technical writing. Its binary HQCNN reports 99.86% accuracy on the study’s SDN DDoS dataset using real quantum hardware.

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Credentials

A verified foundation.

Selected work

Explore the work.

Eight case studies, with clear ownership, decisions and deliverables.

08 case studies

Security, infrastructure & risk

Investigate technical evidence, understand service impact and prioritize the next action.

Sentinel analyticsSecurity lab

More work to explore

01

Infrastructure & security

Enterprise Security Lab

A self-hosted lab connecting identity, network attacks and defensive controls.

  • Windows Server
  • Active Directory
  • pfSense
  • Kali Linux
03

DevSecOps & automation

Secure Container Delivery

A security-integrated pipeline with a migration away from privileged Docker-in-Docker.

  • Docker
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Kaniko
  • DevSecOps
Academic / PersonalView Case Study

Capabilities

Technical depth. Business context.

Tools and practices from professional, academic and personal work.

Cybersecurity & Technology Risk

Assessing controls, investigating risk and translating evidence into remediation priorities.

Tools & practices
  • Security Assessments
  • ITGC
  • IAM
  • NIST 800-53
  • ISO 27001
  • Audit Readiness

Network & Infrastructure

Understanding the systems, connections and dependencies behind enterprise services.

Tools & practices
  • TCP/IP
  • Routing & Switching
  • SD-WAN
  • Firewalls
  • Cisco
  • pfSense

IT Operations & Service Management

Supporting resilient operations through structured incident, change and knowledge management.

Tools & practices
  • ServiceNow
  • ITSM
  • Incident Management
  • Change Management
  • SLA Monitoring
  • Knowledge Management

Data & Analytics

Turning operational data into reporting, trends and clear technical insights.

Tools & practices
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Power BI
  • Excel
  • Pandas
  • Data Visualization

Cloud, DevOps & Automation

Connecting cloud technologies and repeatable workflows with secure engineering practices.

Tools & practices
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Docker
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • PowerShell
  • Bash

Technology Consulting & Business Systems

Connecting requirements and technical decisions to useful, well-documented solutions.

Tools & practices
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Process Improvement
  • Solution Design
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Technical Documentation
  • Remediation Planning

Education & achievements

Engineering. Security. AI.

2024 – May 2027 expected · Montreal, QC

Concordia University

Master of Engineering — Information Systems Security / Cybersecurity Engineering

Current GPA: 3.80 / 4.30

Institute for Co-operative Education

2020 – 2024

Vellore Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology — Computer Science and Engineering, AI/ML Specialization

GPA: 8.20 / 10.00

3rd Place

AtHackCTF 2025

Montreal, QC

One of Canada’s major cybersecurity competitions: 27+ hours of challenges spanning cryptography, OSINT, hardware exploitation, reverse engineering, malware analysis and web security.

Languages

EnglishFull professional / native-level proficiency

FrenchFull professional proficiency

About

How I approach a problem.

I enjoy turning an understanding of a system into something useful: a clearer investigation, a dashboard people adopt, or documentation that helps the next analyst.

Banking operations, client-facing assessments and AI research give me different ways to approach a problem. I’m bringing that foundation to full-time graduate and early-career roles in 2027, following expected graduation in May. Bilingual in English and French, and open to relocation across Canada.

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