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Transforming Security @ Atlassian | Ex - IKEA,IBM | 13+ years | Product Security | Cloud & AI Security | DevSecOps | Security Engineering | Driving Engineering Excellence, Developer Productivity & Secure Transformation

About

Cybersecurity leader with 13+ years of experience driving security transformation across product, cloud, enterprise, and engineering ecosystems for global organizations including Atlassian, IKEA, IBM, and leading healthcare enterprises. My experience spans Product Security, Cloud Security, AI Security, DevSecOps, Security Engineering, Vulnerability Management, GRC, Secure SDLC, and Security Transformation initiatives. Over the years, I have partnered closely with engineering, platform, and business teams to build scalable security programs that improve resilience while enabling developer productivity and engineering velocity. I specialize in: • Product & Application Security • Cloud & Platform Security • DevSecOps & Secure SDLC • Vulnerability Management at Scale • Security Engineering & Automation • Threat Modeling & Risk Reduction • AI Security & Secure AI Adoption • Security Governance & Compliance Transformation I have led initiatives focused on strengthening cloud and product security posture, modernizing vulnerability management programs, integrating security into engineering workflows, reducing operational risk, and enabling secure digital transformation across large-scale environments. Beyond technical execution, I enjoy building security culture, mentoring teams, influencing stakeholders, and aligning cybersecurity with business outcomes, engineering excellence, and innovation. I am particularly passionate about the future of AI Security, secure engineering ecosystems, security automation, and helping organizations adopt modern security practices without slowing down innovation. Open to leadership opportunities in Cybersecurity, Product Security, Security Engineering, Cloud & AI Security, and Security Transformation.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

cursor

gemini

notion

openai

perplexity

Work experience

Information Security at Tredence Inc., Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mo, Bangalore

Senior Enterprise Security (Cybersecurity Architect) at Atlassian, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 yr, Bengaluru, • Driving security transformation initiatives across cloud and product engineering ecosystems, enabling secure and scalable software delivery practices. • Partnering closely with engineering, platform, and leadership teams to strengthen Product Security, DevSecOps, and Secure SDLC practices while maintaining developer productivity and engineering velocity. • Leading large-scale vulnerability management and risk reduction initiatives across modern cloud-native environments, improving remediation effectiveness and operational resilience. • Contributing to security engineering and automation initiatives focused on scalable security controls, governance modernization, and proactive risk management. • Supporting secure cloud adoption strategies and strengthening security posture across distributed engineering environments. • Driving cross-functional collaboration between security, engineering, compliance, and platform teams to embed security into engineering workflows and product development lifecycles. • Actively contributing to modern security initiatives involving AI Security, secure AI adoption, AI governance, and AI-driven security automation capabilities. • Helping improve security maturity through threat modeling, security assessments, risk prioritization, and developer-focused security enablement initiatives. • Mentoring teams and promoting a security-first engineering culture aligned with business objectives, innovation, and scalable growth.

Cyber Security Architect at IKEA, Mar 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, At IKEA, I drive end-to-end security initiatives across cloud and product environments, helping teams build secure-by-design platforms and achieve compliance in a fast-paced retail tech ecosystem. Key Contributions: Led and matured the Vulnerability Management Program, improving SLA adherence across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS ecosystems. Spearheaded Security Automation initiatives—implemented auto-control verification for NIST-aligned controls, reducing manual compliance workload. Developed internal security playbooks and contributed to the Security-in-a-Box toolkit for product teams, enabling faster, secure feature delivery. Enabled compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and internal IKEA Security Baselines by implementing audit-ready processes and remediations. Supported DevSecOps and SSDLC programs by integrating security checkpoints in CI/CD pipelines and supporting threat modeling for new products.

Technical Lead Security at Wipro, May 2022 - Mar 2023 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Security Consultant at IBM India Private Limited, Sep 2017 - May 2022 · 4 yrs 9 mos, Pune Area, India

Member of Core Banking Transformation at Latitude Fintech, May 2017 - Sep 2017 · 5 mos, Bangalore

Systems Engineer at Infosys, May 2014 - Apr 2017 · 2 y 11 mo, Bangalore

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics & Telecommunication, Sathyabama University

12th, science, Patna Central School

Public links

medium: https://medium.com/@abhi.sengar27