Aarush Gupta

Cybersecurity Engineer with 6 years of experience securing AWS and hybrid-cloud infrastructure, cryptographic services, enterprise access, and backend systems.

Combines

Python automation, HSM-backed key management, vulnerability management, and compliance controls with documented Zero Trust control-mapping research.

• Cybersecurity Engineer at QCrypt | 2024-08 - Present | Canada: Engineer and monitor Python and Docker cryptographic services, integrating post-quantum algorithms and secure key-management workflows. Maintain AWS and on-premises HSM-backed infrastructure, troubleshooting security and reliability issues across hybrid environments. Automate cryptographic validation and dependency scanning, review findings, and produce actionable compliance reports. Improve response readiness through crypto-agile architectures and certificate lifecycle controls supporting rapid algorithm transitions.
• Cybersecurity Engineer at Rush Innovate LLC | 2023-05 - 2024-08 | USA: Secured Python and Docker services with OAuth, MFA, SSO, and API controls, investigating authentication and application issues through deployment. Operated AWS and on-premises NAS infrastructure supporting data integrity, availability, and reliable service delivery. Built CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deployment checks to identify defects earlier and improve operational consistency.

  Analyzed

  PostgreSQL performance and data flows to improve secure, reliable storage and retrieval.

• Software and Systems Engineer at ClinChoice | 2022-09 - 2023-05 | USA: Built Python dashboards and automation to aggregate vulnerability data, prioritize risk, and communicate actionable findings. Monitored and administered Linux and Windows servers, IAM, VPN, and endpoint controls supporting secure enterprise access. Used PowerShell and Bash to standardize operational procedures, reduce manual workload, and improve service resilience.

  Troubleshot

  PostgreSQL and Active Directory services, strengthening authentication, availability, and data integrity.

• Software Engineer at Carnegie Mellon University | 2021-10 - 2022-04 | USA: Built Python, Flask, JavaScript, and PostgreSQL analytics tools to review application and operational data. Automated testing-to-production deployment pipelines with Python to improve deployment repeatability. Implemented monitoring controls to identify software-integrity and service-reliability issues.

  Deployed and supported AWS and Azure infrastructure for data-driven research applications.

• Software Engineer at Veem | 2020-06 - 2021-09 | Canada: Automated compliance validation with Python, improving the speed and consistency of security reviews. Built a real-time security dashboard to monitor system posture and endpoint integrity and surface anomalous conditions. Analyzed vulnerability-scan results with infrastructure teams and recommended risk-based remediation actions.
• DevSecOps Engineer at FedEx | 2018-06 - 2019-09 | USA: Developed JavaScript backend components and secure APIs to support internal enterprise application functionality and integration.

  Supported

  React applications, backend services, and data pipelines in a large-scale operational environment. Improved deployment practices for enterprise applications across Linux and Windows environments.

• MS - Information Security Management and Policy | Carnegie Mellon University | 2020-12
• BS - Computer Science | Penn State University | 2018-07