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Cyber Security Engineer | 4 Yrs Exp | Red Team & Vulnerability Management | Cloud Security | EDR/XDR | Detection Engineering | AI Security & Agentic SOC | Open to Work

About

Cyber Security professional with 4 years of hands-on experience across Security Operations, Red Teaming, Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security, Endpoint Security, and Threat Detection. Experienced in securing enterprise Microsoft environments through SIEM/EDR monitoring, detection engineering, incident response, vulnerability assessment, automation, and proactive threat hunting. Contributed to a Microsoft security engagement exceeding $15M+ in annual billing, delivering measurable impact through improved threat detection, faster incident response, vulnerability remediation, and stronger security posture. ⚡ Impact Delivered: • Improved threat detection efficiency by 30% and reduced incident response time by 25%. • Strengthened security posture by 35% through proactive monitoring and vulnerability management. • Automated security workflows using Python, PowerShell and KQL, reducing manual effort by 40%. 🔹 Core Expertise: 1. Red Team & VAPT — Web/API penetration testing, infrastructure security testing, adversary simulation, OWASP-based assessments, and attack-surface reduction. 2. Vulnerability & Exposure Management — Risk-based vulnerability assessment, CVSS prioritization, remediation tracking, and exposure reduction using Qualys, Nessus and Rapid7. 3. Security Operations & Detection — SIEM/EDR/XDR monitoring, threat hunting, incident triage and investigation, detection engineering, MITRE ATT&CK, KQL and security automation. 4. Cloud & Identity Security — Azure security, IAM/RBAC, Entra ID, Defender for Cloud, endpoint security, and hybrid-cloud security controls. 5. AI Security & Automation — Exploring AI-assisted security operations, AI/LLM security testing, AI-powered Red Teaming, vulnerability automation, Security Copilot, AI agents and emerging Agentic SOC workflows. I’m passionate about connecting offensive security, exposure management, detection engineering, cloud security and AI to continuously identify risk, simulate real-world attacks, detect threats and accelerate remediation. Open to opportunities in Cyber Security Engineering, Red Team/VAPT, Vulnerability & Exposure Management, Cloud Security, Detection Engineering, Security Operations and AI Security.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

deepseek

gemini

openai

githubcopilot

huggingface

Work experience

Senior Cloud Security Engineer at LTIMindtree, Jun 2025 - Mar 2026 · 10 mos, India, •Administered and supported Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) identity services including user provisioning, access governance, and authentication troubleshooting. • Investigated authentication failures and identity anomalies by analyzing Azure AD logs, sign-in logs, and security audit events. •Investigated and triaged cloud & hybrid security incidents using KQL in Microsoft Sentinel, reducing Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) by 30% through optimized log correlation and custom analytics rules. • Developed advanced threat hunting queries mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, improving detection coverage across high-risk tactics (Privilege Escalation, Lateral Movement, Persistence) by 25%. • Analyzed Azure AD, endpoint, and network telemetry to uncover stealthy attack patterns, enhancing proactive threat identification by 20%. • Built and maintained structured threat hunting playbooks and post-incident analysis reports, reducing investigation turnaround time by 35%. • Engineered custom detection logic and alert tuning, minimizing false positives by 40% and improving SOC operational efficiency. • Conducted cloud security assessments and purple team validation exercises to test detection engineering effectiveness, increasing defensive readiness by 30%.

Cloud Security Engineer at LTIMindtree, Sep 2022 - May 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Led end-to-end Azure VAPT engagements, identifying and remediating critical misconfigurations, reducing external attack surface by 40% across cloud workloads. • Executed advanced Red Team simulations against Azure AD, RBAC, and Hybrid AD environments, strengthening privilege escalation controls and reducing lateral movement risks by 35%. • Discovered and reported 300+ vulnerabilities across Web Apps, APIs, Kubernetes (AKS), Windows Servers, and Azure SQL, improving overall security posture score by 20%. • Performed Azure-specific assessments including: • Azure AD misconfigurations • Conditional Access bypass scenarios • Storage Account exposure • Managed Identity abuse • Key Vault access control weaknesses • Automated reconnaissance and exploitation workflows using custom scripts, reducing manual assessment effort by 25%. • Simulated real-world adversary tactics (MITRE ATT&CK mapped) to test detection & response capabilities, improving SOC detection efficiency by 20%. • Delivered executive-level risk reports with CVSS prioritization and remediation roadmaps, accelerating patch closure timelines by 35%.

Intern at RedTeam Cybersecurity Labs LLP, Dec 2021 - Jun 2022 · 7 mos, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, University of calicut

Cyber security, Redteam Hacker Academy