Nov 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• Leading global security engineering and operations teams, with a strong focus on cybersecurity strategy. Delivered technical and organizational impact through secure system design, and cross-regional leadership. Adept in root cause analysis, threat containment, and executive-level reporting.
• Led global security engineering and incident response teams across APAC, EMEA, and AMER regions in a 24/7 follow-the-sun model.
• Spearheaded the development of IR playbooks, SOAR, and led regular tabletop exercises to improve cross-functional incident response readiness.
• Partnered with Threat Intelligence, Risk, Legal, and Product teams to drive containment strategies and systemic remediations.
• Architected and deployed security tools across complex, multi-substrate infrastructure, boosting cloud and network security visibility.
• Delivered executive-level lessons learned reports and metrics on incident trends, root cause findings, and KPIs.
• Developed standardized VAPT frameworks and methodologies, reducing false positives, and improving remediation accuracy across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
• Authored and enforced security policies, standards, and procedures to align with industry regulations and best practices.
• Oversaw team budgeting, resource planning, and vendor engagements for security tool deployments.
• Implemented and integrated SAST (Static Application Security Testing) and DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) tools into CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated detection of code-level and runtime vulnerabilities, and improving developer remediation cycles.