Job Experience
AI Security Analyst @ American Express (via IntraEdge)
Current
Cybersecurity Analyst Intern @ Birlasoft
Dec 2023 - Apr 2025
Tech Team Lead @ CYSEC GITAM Student Club
Led 5+ practical sessions across web security, cryptography, forensics, threat intelligence, and OPSEC.
Chapter Leader @ OWASP
Organized security awareness sessions and hands-on workshops for 100+ learners.
Side Projects & Tooling
Automated Compliance Evidence Extractor (ACE)
Python and AWS automation to collect, normalize, tag, validate, and package SOC 2 / ISO 27001 evidence from CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and WAF. Reduced manual evidence preparation by about 60%.
Virtualized SOC Lab
Built a Proxmox lab with 6+ Windows/Linux VMs using Wazuh, Zeek, Suricata, and Security Onion for detection engineering and forensic analysis.
AWS SOC + Galah Honeypot
Deployed Galah with Elastic Stack and LLM-based enrichment in AWS. Captured 2,500+ intrusion attempts, identified 30+ C2-linked IPs, and reduced manual analysis by about 40%.
Honors & Recognition
| Achievement | Result | Year |
|---|---|---|
| SHORE CTF | Champion, tri-university competition | 2025 |
| c0nc0nCTF | Rank 12 | 2025 |
| Glacier CTF | 8th Rank | 2025 |
| UST Global CTF | Top 30 AIR | 2024 |
| Phantom Flags 2.0 CTF | Top 20 | 2024 |
| Black Hat Asia Singapore | Student Asia Scholar | 2025 |
| Digipol Hackathon | Recognized contributor in Ministry of Defence initiative | 2025 |
Certifications
AWS CCP
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Google Cybersecurity
Professional Certificate
CAP
Certified AppSec Practitioner
Skills and Technologies
| Programming | Python, Bash, Go, JavaScript, Java, C, SQL/PostgreSQL, HTML, REST APIs |
| Security | Kali Linux, Networking, AWS IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, WAF, OWASP Top 10, Identity and Access Management |
| Detection | Elastic Stack, Splunk, Wazuh, ArcSight, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, Zeek, Suricata, Security Onion |
| Tools | Burp Suite, Cortex XSOAR, Nessus, Nmap, Metasploit, Wireshark, Postman API |
| GRC | ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, risk assessment, vendor risk review, evidence collection, control mapping |
Education
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (Cyber Security)
GITAM University - CGPA 8.42