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Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Platform Security, Software Engineering, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security, Supply Chain Security<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Akamai Technologies – Cambridge, MA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Senior Software Engineer<\/p>\nJanuary 2024 – Present<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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  • Conducted manual security design reviews of our present and upcoming features and products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Enhanced our infrastructure\u2019s security maturity by developing a centralized firewall management tool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Built and integrated a multi-language SAST (Security analysis) tool into our CI\/CD pipeline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Automated the setup of SSH-Proxies at scale for secure control plane access.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Created and managed an internal Port Scanner tool to strengthen infrastructure security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Developed a tool to detect Stale IP Addresses whitelisted to our infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Akamai Technologies – Cambridge, MA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Security Engineer Coop, Vulnerability Management<\/p>\nJanuary 2023 – September 2023<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    • Engineered and developed a robust Supply Chain security program for the organization using Software composition analysis (SCA) and integrated it into the CI\/CD pipeline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Identified, managed, and triaged vulnerabilities within the infrastructure using various scanning technologies like SAST, DAST and secret scanning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Developed and maintained a centralized asset inventory which established visibility into the infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Created automation scripts that seamlessly integrate with various API endpoints to protect, monitor, and remediate critical corporate infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Triaged Vulnerability reports and collaborated with external security researchers and hackers in our organization\u2019s HackerOne platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Northeastern University – Boston, MA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      Graduate Teaching Assistant – Cloud Security, Cyberspace Technology and Applications<\/p>\nJuly 2022 – December 2022<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Deloitte – Hyderabad, India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      Security Analyst, Identity and Access Management<\/p>\nNovember 2020 – December 2021<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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      • Provisioned and deprovisioned accounts(normal and privileged) on Unix Servers(Linux\u2014AIX\u2014Solaris) using Centrify and eTrust Identity Manager. Implemented Role Based Access for users and service accounts on Unix Servers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Granted Temporary Root access to users on Unix hosts, using Centrify and eTrust Identity Manager.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Administered a team of 6 as a Point of contact with Senior Managers. Spearheaded various Knowledge Transfer sessions with the team, after understanding the needs of the client.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Cybrary – Remote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        Teaching Assistant<\/p>\nSeptember 2019 – October 2020<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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        • Collaborated with 5 other TAs to prepare Questionnaires for Cybersecurity courses on the Cybrary online platform.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Prepared Course Summaries and reviewed information guides for more than 15 courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Pricewaterhouse Coopers – Bangalore, India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          Penetration Tester – Intern<\/p>\nMay 2019 – June 2019<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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          • Detected potential threats and vulnerabilities in client web applications leveraging BurpSuite and helped provide optimal business solutions to help mitigate any risks associated with it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Developed detailed Audit reports for various levels of threats detected in more than 20 client subdomains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Fountane LLC – Hyderabad India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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            Web Application Developer – Intern<\/p>\nMay 2018 – June 2018<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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            • Analyzed Client requirements and built a technical landscape to suit their needs. Designed, developed and improved existing websites for clients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Built a chatbot for the company employees using Dialogflow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Worked as a Student community Manager for the company and organized multiple Technical seminars in college. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Skills Platform Security, Software Engineering, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security, Supply Chain Security Akamai Technologies – Cambridge, MA Senior Software Engineer January 2024 – Present Akamai Technologies – Cambridge, MA Security Engineer Coop, Vulnerability Management January 2023 – September 2023 Northeastern University – Boston, MA Graduate Teaching Assistant – Cloud Security, Cyberspace Technology and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrkaushik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}