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title: "Ridam Darji - Security Researcher in Greater Vadodara Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Ridam Darji, Cloud Security | 5x AWS Certified | 8x QuickHeal Certified | DevSecOps | Container Security | Terraform IaC Security | TryHackMe Top 1% | Building AWS Autopsy Series based in Greater Vadodara Area."
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# Ridam Darji on Tal

## Headline

Cloud Security \| 5x AWS Certified \| 8x QuickHeal Certified \| DevSecOps \| Container Security \| Terraform IaC Security \| TryHackMe Top 1% \| Building AWS Autopsy Series

## About

𝟱𝘅 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 ◦ 𝟴𝘅 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 ◦ 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗠𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭% 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 ◦ 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 ◦ 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗢𝗽𝘀 ◦ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 ◦ Building 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀𝘆 : real breach teardowns with Terraform labs you can run yourself\. I'm a Cloud Security and DevSecOps engineer focused on AWS\-native security, IaC hardening, and container security\. Here's what I've shipped: 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗔𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀 : \- event\-driven auto\-remediation pipeline for S3 misconfigs\. \- 13 AWS services\. Sub\-15 second MTTR\. \- Human\-in\-the\-loop via Step Functions \+ SES\. 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮 : \- OAuth blast radius analyzer built in response to 2025 SaaS OAuth breaches\. \- Full 9\-module Terraform codebase with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline\. 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 : \- serverless malware detection pipeline using VirusTotal API on Lambda\. 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 : AWS \(IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, Lambda, Step Functions, ECR/ECS\) · Terraform · GitHub Actions · ArgoCD · Trivy · Falco · Checkov · Kyverno · OWASP ZAP · Burp Suite · Docker · Kubernetes · Python 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 : \- 𝟱𝘅 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 : Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, Developer Associate, Cloud Practitioner, AI Practitioner \- 𝟴𝘅 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 : VAPT, DFIR, MAPT, MARE,MCIS, NSA, SSSA, CSA \- 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗠𝗲 : Top 1% globally \(handle: w1tn3sss\) I've spoken at 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 \(Parul University\) and 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽, co\-founded campus AWS and cybersecurity communities, and contribute to NULL Community and IEEE events\. Target roles: Cloud Security Engineer · DevSecOps Engineer · Security Automation Engineer Open to full\-time roles and structured internships in India or remote\. If you're working on AWS\-heavy security problems, IaC security, or CI/CD hardening \- let's connect\.

## Location

Greater Vadodara Area

## Work experience

Security Researcher at The AWS Autopsy, May 2026 \- Present · 2 mos, AWS Autopsy is a public 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 education series that dissects real\-world AWS breaches and rebuilds them as hands\-on Terraform labs\. Built to bridge the gap between theory and real attack paths \- every case is based on a real breach, a real company, and a real fix\. 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: \- Case 01 — Capital One: SSRF \+ IMDSv1 \+ overpermissive IAM credential theft \- Case 02 — Uber: IAM privilege escalation via iam:AttachUserPolicy on Resource \- Case 03 — Toyota: Leaked secrets in public GitHub repository Each case includes a fully deployable Terraform lab, a complete technical writeup on Hashnode, and a LinkedIn post series\. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸: \- Terraform, AWS IAM, EC2, S3, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, GitHub Actions 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: \- awsautopsy\.hashnode\.dev \- github\.com/ridamdarji25/AWS\-Autopsy

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Cloud Security, PARUL INSTITUTE OF ENGG\. AND TECH\., LIMDA, VAGHODIA 037

Industry Embedded Programme, Cybersecurity, QuickHeal Academy

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