Lead Security Engineer at Dream11 (2022-10 – Present)
Directed security operations for cloud security and threat intelligence across Dream Sports portfolio, emphasizing AI-driven automation.
- Engineered orchestration workflows utilizing AI agents and LLMs to enhance automated threat detection, triage, and incident response capabilities.
- Designed and implemented AI-driven solutions for automated log analysis, prioritizing vulnerabilities and facilitating natural language security queries.
- Designed and executed shift-left security strategies aimed at enhancing software development lifecycle (SDLC) by integrating automated code scanning and validating container security.
- Designed and implemented automated compliance checks and threat detection systems to safeguard organizational security across AWS and GCP.
- Developed comprehensive threat monitoring and incident response programs from inception, utilizing scalable data pipelines for diverse log sources.
- Hands-on with SIEM/SOAR (Elasticsearch Cloud, N8N), AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, WAF, CloudFront), and GCP (Compute Engine, SCC, Pub/Sub, Cloud CDN)
Senior Solution Architect at Cyware (2019-12 – 2022-09)
Spearheaded technical wins for strategic enterprise deals by conducting thorough discovery, designing tailored solutions, and delivering customized proofs of concept that aligned product capabilities with customer security gaps.
- Executed over 100 technical demonstrations and architecture presentations for CISO-level audiences in banking, healthcare, and government sectors.
- Collaborated with sales to enhance competitive positioning through the development of RFP responses and technical battle cards.
- Led technical discovery and scoping for net-new accounts, translating security operations pain points into solution proposals.
- Directed end-to-end customer delivery lifecycle — solution design, product mapping, production deployments, and post-implementation optimization to minimize time-to-value for enterprise clients.
- Built repeatable demo environments and solution blueprints that shortened sales cycles.
- Designed and implemented Cyware security solutions across customer environments (on-prem and cloud), leading QA/development collaboration on complex product troubleshooting.
- Served as voice-of-customer, shaping product roadmap through field requirements, market insights, and competitive gap analysis.
- Mentored junior architects, fostering skill development and promoting best practices in solution design.
Security Architect and Threat Researcher at Cyware (2018-12 – 2019-11)
- Led product integrations and API-based automation implementations for incident response and security orchestration
- Consulted as technical SME on SOAR playbooks, automation workflows, Python scripting, and orchestration best practices
- Guided customers in designing automation strategies to achieve measurable ROI from security operations
Risk Manager (Incident Response/CSIRT and SecOps) at HDFC Bank (2016-06 – 2018-11)
- Led incident response investigations across full IR lifecycle—digital forensics, malware analysis, threat hunting, and remediation coordination
- Operationalized threat intelligence feeds and researched emerging threats, including rogue mobile app analysis
- Developed SOC use cases, log parsers, and regex patterns for security event correlation and normalization
- Contributed to security projects: WAF/IPS baseline, ATM security monitoring, Deception Technology POC, and rogue AP detection
