Thara S

Computer Science graduate (B.E.) and current Master's student in Cybersecurity with hands-on experience deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting cloud and network-based systems – including root cause diagnosis of system faults, structured test execution, and technical documentation for cross-functional teams.

Background spans AWS infrastructure management, Python-based process automation, and Linux systems administration, supported by strong written and verbal communication developed through customer-facing and cross-team collaboration work. Looking to apply proven systems monitoring, troubleshooting, and documentation skills to an entry-level automation support role, with strong motivation to build hands-on expertise in industrial process control systems (PLC/SCADA/DCS) within a regulated manufacturing environment.

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations at Drexel University (2026-01 – 2026-04)

• Deployed and monitored 10+ AWS environments (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudWatch); diagnosed and resolved a misconfigured EC2 health-alert threshold that was generating false downtime events.
• Implemented IAM least-privilege access controls, S3 bucket policies, and subnet-level routing rules, then verified system boundaries through CloudWatch monitoring alerts.
• Compared cost, reliability, and operational trade-offs using the AWS Well-Architected Framework to select a serverless Lambda + S3 + API Gateway design over an EC2-based alternative.

Network Security and Digital Forensics Lab Contribution at Drexel University (2025-05 – 2025-08)

• Configured and maintained 5 isolated Linux-based network lab environments, executing structured test plans for packet analysis, attack simulation and digital forensic testing.
• Designed ARP poisoning and Man-in-the-Middle attack simulations using Wireshark and Scapy, then built and validated 3 detection countermeasures that successfully flagged every simulated attack during packet capture analysis.
• Authored a technical report documenting attack procedures, detection methods and remediation steps and created shared configuration templates that became reference material for a 4-person cohort.

Python Developer Intern at Global Techno Solutions (2021-06 – 2021-08)

• Refactored 5 legacy Python modules across 3 downstream production data pipelines, cutting runtime errors by approximately 45% to improve system reliability.
• Built a reusable logging and exception-handling library and executed test cases to standardize fault diagnosis across shared Python scripts.
• Automated 3 recurring data-processing workflows, eliminating roughly 70% of manual processing effort and reducing downtime caused by manual errors.
• Presented code updates during weekly reviews and contributed as an individual developer within an 8-person remote team.

Master of Science in Cybersecurity – Drexel University (2025-03 – 2026-09)

B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering – Velammal Institute of Technology (2020-10 – 2024-06)