Sameer Balikai

Security Consultant with 4 years of experience in Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) across Web, API, Mobile (Android), and Network environments, including BFSI domain experience with State Bank of India. Skilled in identifying vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), IDOR, authentication bypass, and access control issues based on OWASP Top 10.

VAPT Engineer - Happiest Minds Technologies Pvt. Ltd. - Bengaluru

(2024-06)

Client: State Bank of India (SBI)

• Performing Web, API, and Mobile Application VAPT for critical banking applications
• Conducting SAST and DAST using MobSF, Frida, and Objection
• Testing authentication, authorization, session management, and access controls
• Identifying vulnerabilities based on OWASP Top 10 and banking security guidelines
• Preparing detailed vulnerability reports with impact, PoC, and remediation steps
• Supporting re-testing, closure validation, and audit-driven security activities
• Performed Secure Code Reviews (SCD) to identify vulnerabilities such as XSS, SQL Injection, and insecure authentication.

VAPT / Security Engineer - Digital Age Strategies Pvt. Ltd. - Bengaluru

(2022-06 - 2025-06)

Performed VAPT for Banking, Government, Defense, and Private sector clients

• Conducted Web application security testing aligned with OWASP standards
• Identified vulnerabilities including SQL Injection, XSS, IDOR, and CSRF
• Performed basic network vulnerability assessment using Nmap and Nessus
• Documented findings with PoC, impact analysis, and remediation guidance

Master of Business Administration - Secab institute of engineering and technology/VTU (2020-02 - 2021-04)

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science - Secab institute of engineering and technology (2014-04 - 2019-05)