Experience
Work History
Optiv Security
Full-timeCybersecurity Consultant
Jan 2025 – PresentBangalore, IndiaStar Award, June 2025
- ▸Research and analyze OSINT techniques for threat intelligence gathering; designed automated platforms assessing security exposures across 500+ third-party vendors for top US and Canadian financial institutions.
- ▸Investigate vulnerability patterns in public repositories and web applications to engineer automated discovery systems identifying leaked credentials, exposed API keys, and vulnerable dependencies.
- ▸Develop AI-powered compliance platform using GPT-4 and Claude to extract security insights from vendor documentation, automating risk scoring and control gap identification across NIST CSF, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001.
- ▸Built Python automation pipelines integrating VirusTotal, Shodan, Censys, and breach database APIs, cutting manual investigation time by 70%.
L&T Technology Services
InternshipCybersecurity Intern
May 2024 – Jul 2024Khobar, Saudi Arabia
- ▸Hardened SCADA/ICS security for critical oil & gas infrastructure via network segmentation and intrusion detection systems.
- ▸Deployed Windows Server domain controllers with Active Directory, enforcing least-privilege access policies and audit logging.
- ▸Conducted incident investigations analyzing Sysmon telemetry, Windows Event Logs, and packet captures to identify lateral movement and privilege escalation attempts.
- ▸Co-authored security policies covering vulnerability management, patch management, and incident response aligned with NIST CSF.
Education
Academic
Vellore Institute of Technology
B.Tech in Computer Science (Information Security)
CGPA: 8.35
2021 – 2025