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15 years in security. Not defending perimeters but building programs that think, adapt, and scale. Currently leading security response at Uber across detection, hunting, insider threat, attack surface management, adversary simulation, and intelligence functions. Before that, years at Expedia Group and Gartner across different scales, different industries, and very different threat profiles. The work that matters most has always been strategy. Not the presentation version but the kind built in partnership with the business, understanding where the organisation is heading and designing a security roadmap that enables that trajectory rather than friction it. Multi year roadmaps. Cross functional alignment. Security embedded into product and infrastructure from the start, not bolted on after. The most meaningful shift in recent years has been rethinking the operating model entirely. Agentic AI in security operations is not a future concept. It is running in production. Systems that do not just surface signals but reason through context, act autonomously on low and medium fidelity cases, and close the loop without human intervention. That changes what analysts focus on. It changes how threats are caught. It changes the economics of running a security function at scale. Built global SOC teams. Designed threat intelligence programs. Ran adversary simulation at scale. Taken security posture from reactive to predictive at organisations handling millions of users. Detection engineering anchored to MITRE ATT&CK. Security programs built on NIST CSF and ISO 27001 foundations. Risk frameworks aligned to SOX, CIS Controls, and Zero Trust architecture principles. Threat modelling, purple team exercises, and continuous control validation baked into the operating rhythm rather than treated as annual checkboxes Key Skills Security Operations Leadership, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, Security Engineering, SOAR, SIEM, GenAI for Cybersecurity, Agent based Automation, End to End Security Automation, Cloud Security, Automation Strategy, Playbook Development, Metrics and KPIs, Quality Assurance and Governance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Building and Mentorship These initiatives have resulted in faster case resolution, improved detection quality, and scalable security operations, positioning the organization for next generation cyber defense.
Work experience
Manager II at Uber, Feb 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru
Manager at Uber, Jun 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, At Uber, we've honed a robust Cyber Defense operation, where my role as Manager encompasses orchestrating incident response and pioneering threat hunting efforts. Our team's dedication to automation and strategic operational enhancements has notably reduced case closure times and bolstered our threat mitigation capabilities. With continuous learning , I ensure our defensive strategies are innovative and resilient. We've successfully integrated SOAR technology to streamline processes, leading to substantial savings in investigation hours and allowing us to scale our security measures without overextending our valuable analyst resources. My leadership in the Cyber Defense Team at Uber is about more than just managing; it's about nurturing talent, refining incident response programs, and fostering interdepartmental collaboration to fortify our collective security posture.
Senior Security Engineer at Uber, Feb 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Threat Hunting, Automation,IR , Investigations, Forensics, Cloud security
Senior Security Engineer at Expedia Group, Sep 2019 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos
Senior Security Analyst at Gartner, Oct 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr, Gurgaon, India
Security Incident Response Engineer II at Expedia Group, Mar 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos
Security Engineer at Expedia Group, Dec 2013 - Feb 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Security Analyst at Tech Mahindra, Jan 2011 - Nov 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Noida Area, India
