Hello! I am Picklu. Engineer by profession, artist by chance, ambitious by nature and Indian by birth.
I am an accomplished Cybersecurity Professional based in Singapore. When not at work, I play billiards regularly, chess occasionally and football virtually (yeah!!!..in PS4). Given a chance, I would love to explore Europe and Australia. Given a choice, I would love to try all Indian cuisine.
Developed an application which completey automates onboarding, managing and deposing users in an organization. Furthur the tool also regulates ssh access, sends password-expiry email notification and generates monthly reports.
Tools used: Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Jira, Okta/Jumpcloud, G-form, Workday, AWS(ec2,s3,api-gateway,cloudfront,dynamodb)
This is a CLI tool that programmatically fetches scan results and then patches the vulnerabilities on production, staging and dev servers.
The tool meticulously patch the servers pool-wise to avoid any downtime in production.
Tools used: Ansible, Python, Tenable , Citrix, Splunk.
This is a Web Application which serves as single User Interface to manage the dns traffic for all customers and patners associated with the organization. It was primarly used by NOC and Support Engineers to monitor and migrate realtime dns traffic.
TOOls used: Python-Flask, Jinja2, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Akamai Luna, Docker, Kubernetes.
This tool is used to load test the various api endpoint exposed by the application. The tool is triggered by jenkins and the result is published as html page.
Tools Used: Python, Tsung, Jenkins
With this project, I aimed to reduced the wait time and avoid long queues commonly seen in Office canteens. This solution had a Mobile App where the user can book their Meals and get notification when the food was ready. The vendor will have a web application to display the food items, also take and update the orders.
Tools Used: LAMP stack with Firebase at backend.
From greeting and spaming on whatsapp to downloading multiple songs from Youtube, everything was reduced to a single click with selenium. I used it extensively for numerous browser tasks including the above!!. Best tool for lazy folks.
This prototype was build during finally year of Engineering. This robot ensure home security by detecting buglary and raising alarm and notification. It detected any gas leakage as well. Also it had the ability to mopped the floor and keep house clean.
On Several occasion, I freelanced to build web-solution for different businesses. Also I have helped people to build, host and manage their personal websites. I have also provided various automation solution to multiple clients.
Singapore
Jan 2019 – Present
• Driving Cloud Security for multicloud environment(GCP, AWS, Ali Cloud) by building Compliance, Governance, Automation and Observability.
• Leading Devsecops initiatives to design and build tools and platforms for security CI/CD Pipeline, Security Monitoring (SIEM), Vulnerability and Patch Management, Security Vault, etc.
• Work closely with CTO and Head of Engineering to create and transform Infosec vision, strategies and roadmaps into OKRs, stories, tasks for engineer in my team.
• Architecting and building Enterprise-Grade IAM solution which is deeply integrated with multiple SSO platforms, manages access approval, regulates SSH access to environments, audit logging, password notifications and generates a report.
• Building solutions for automating Infrastructure provisioning on the cloud. The solution enables the IaC model using ansible and terraform and is integrated with Git for reliable Source Code Management.
• Designing and implementing Elasticsearch-Kibana cluster with custom shipper for Data Analytics.
• Dockerizing and migrating application to Kubernetes Cluster.
• Implementing efficient process management by automating workflows for tools like Jira, Bitbucket, Okta, Pagerduty, Tenable, Slack etc.
• Software evaluations, cost negotiations and vendor management to save about 70,000 USD annually for the company.
• Collaborating with compliance team to facilitate and ensure successful audits like PCI DSS, BNM, Internal Audits, etc
Bangalore
May 2018 – Jan 2019
• Building several in-house tools used for Security Patching Automation, Application Load
Testing, File Migration and Sharing and several other similar tools.
• Working on Rest API applications development, enhancement and support.
• Collaborating with Release Team on Code Pipeline Management using CI/CD and Docker.
• Working on several ansible projects to automate operational task for NOC engineers.
• Migrating several applications from AWS and On-premise Infrastructure to GCP and Azure.
• Providing L3- level support during the escalation calls, RCAs etc.
Bangalore
July 2015 – April 2018
• As a DevOps Engineer, I was involved in Development, Testing and Operations work
throughout the entire software/application lifecycle for multiple projects in the CMS (Cisco
Cloud and Manage Services) team.
• As a Python Automation Engineer, I have developed a web-application using Python Flask
Framework which help the DNS traffic shift in the Akamai Control center.
• Streamlined and Centralized the Change Management Process for entire platform using
Selenium for Automation.
• Worked on numerous projects to automate several application deployments in production
and test environment for Build and Release Team.
• Smart Ticket Bonding project as a part of Cloud Managed Services Team.
• Manually Build, Deploy, Upgrade, Integrate and Test several Network Monitoring
applications for 50+ customers.
• Worked and coordinated with Engineering Team, Operations Team, Incident Management
and Problem Management Team to solve several P1 cases.
Bangalore
2014
• Developed a web application named DIO (Dicom Image Organizer) which is used to
efficiently search the medical images from a large data repository and display them to the
user.
• On completion of the project phases, various demonstration was given to several panel of
Directors, Manager and Team Leads. The work and learning were appreciated, and a full-
time employment was also offered for a position of software developer.
2011 - 2015
Autonomous Institute, Affliated to VTU.
• Graduated with First Class Distinction having CGPA of 9.3 out of 10.
• Worked with both hardwares and softwares as a part of multiple projects.
• Participated and won several Hackathons, Tech quizzes, seminars and other co-curricular
activities.
2009 - 2011
Science and Mathematics, MBOSE
• Scored average of 90% in Physic, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• Was among the topper in the state, based on which sponsorship was given by Govt. of India
to pursue engineering.
• Received several scholarships.
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