Headline

Principal Engineer | AI Security, CyberSecurity, Network Security, Networking & Data Platforms | ETL Pipelines | Formerly Fungible-Microsoft, NetApp, McAfee, Netskope, Risingwave

About

Passionate about developer productivity, quality engineering, and scalable tooling. As a Tooling & Automation Framework Architect, I build robust QA and CI/CD ecosystems that enable teams to ship high-quality software faster and with confidence. I’m an engineering leader with a proven journey from being an early QA hire to leading high-impact engineering and quality teams across fast-growing startups. My experience includes scaling teams, influencing product strategy, and driving execution across both early-stage and growth environments. I’m known for delivering reliable, high-quality products on time—even with constrained resources—while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and engineering excellence. Core Expertise 🔹 Systems & Security Domains Distributed Systems • Databases & Storage • Networking • Cybersecurity • Network Security • Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 🔹 Security Testing & Tooling OWASP ZAP • Postman • Burp Suite • Metasploit • Nmap • Wireshark 🔹 DLP Engineering YARA • Regex-based detection • Synthetic data testing (Faker) 🔹 Endpoint & Runtime Security osquery • Sysmon • Falco 🔹 Network Security Validation Scapy • Zeek • Suricata • Snort • hping3 🔹 Application Security & DevSecOps Semgrep • CodeQL • Snyk • SonarQube • Fuzzing (AFL, libFuzzer) 🔹 Cloud & Data Stack Docker • Kubernetes • Terraform • Elasticsearch • Apache Flink • ETL Testing 🔹 Testing Expertise Functional • Performance • Security • Chaos • ETL Testing 🔹 Programming Languages Python • Go • TypeScript • Java • Bash 🔹 Performance Testing Tools K6 • Locust • JMeter • wrk • hey • ab

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

codex

cursor

hermes agent

opencode

claudecode

Work experience

Principal Software Engineer at Elpha Secure, Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Remote, ElphaSecure is a cybersecurity-focused insurance company. I serve as the sole QA for its cybersecurity product portfolio, contributing across a wide range of solutions including Endpoint Security, MalwareGuard, Security Posture Management, Penetration Testing, Email Security, and other security products.

Senior Staff Engineer (Lead Engineer) at RisingWave, Sep 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, Remote

Senior Engineer at Fungible Inc., Acquired by Microsoft, May 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Remote

Senior Staff Engineer (Engineering Lead) at A10 Networks, Inc, Apr 2015 - Jan 2021 · 5 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Member of Technical Staff at Netskope, Jun 2014 - Apr 2015 · 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Responsibilities: • Led the automation testing strategy for cloud-security platforms, managing and mentoring a team of 7 SDETs, while staying hands-on with framework design, critical test coverage, and code reviews. • Owned quarterly work planning and assignment, breaking down roadmap goals into executable deliverables, balancing feature testing, automation debt, and platform stability across the team. • Defined and drove the automation roadmap, prioritizing end-to-end, API, and scale automation aligned with SSE/SASE product growth and release timelines. • Reviewed and evolved testing processes to align with cloud-security and Zero Trust best practices, ensuring strong coverage for policy enforcement, traffic inspection, and data protection workflows. • Established and tracked quality metrics and KPIs (automation coverage, defect leakage, test reliability, release health), enabling data-driven quality decisions and continuous improvement.

MTS at NetApp, Jan 2011 - Jun 2014 · 3 y 5 mo, Bangalore

Sr software engineer at McAfee, Jun 2009 - Jan 2011 · 1 y 7 mo, Bangalore

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra