Manav R.

DevOps Manager

Faridabad, Haryana, India4 yrs 9 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing.
Proven track record in Cyber Security compliance.
Strong background in full-stack development and cloud integration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cyber Security expert with strong capabilities in Fintech and Cloud Security.

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Skills

Core Skills

Vulnerability Assessment And Penetration Testing (vapt)Information SecurityData SecurityCyber SecurityFull-stack DevelopmentCloud Integration

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAWSApplication Programming Interfaces (API)Application SecurityArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Neural NetworksAssessment MethodologiesAvroBack-end OperationsBurp SuiteBurpsuiteCloud Access Security Broker (CASB)Cloud SecurityCollibra Data Governance CenterCollibra Platform

About

👋🏽 Hi, my name is Manav. 🎓 I am Computer Science Engineer with a knack of Cyber Security. 📚I am currently working with Paytm Payments Bank as a Senior Associate focusing on Vulnerabity Assessment & Penetration Testing. 🏔 In my free time I can be found playing CTFs, exploring Tv shows and talking about ants. Feel free to write me @: rawatmanav665@gmail.com or visit my page to read some of my work: Portfolio: https://manavr.notion.site/ TryHackMe: https://tryhackme.com/p/Rodrous

Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Paytm

2 roles

Security Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Application Security Role within Paytm Group Security

Senior Associate

Jan 2025 – Oct 2025 · 9 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Worked with Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL)
Performed manual and automated penetration tests to simulate cyberattacks across cloud and on-premises environments.
Conducted Regular Vulnerability Scans on Networks, Applications and Cloud Environment.
Identified, analyzed, and prioritized security vulnerabilities, providing risk-based remediation recommendations to stakeholders.
Ethically exploited vulnerabilities to assess real-world risk exposure and improve system defenses.
Ensured adherence to RBI, UIDAI, and other regulatory frameworks in line with organizational security standards.
Monitored emerging threats targeting fintech and payment infrastructures; collaborated with SOC and fraud teams to proactively address security gaps.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve authentication issues in Qualys, reducing unauthenticated scan rates from 35% to 4%.
Analyzed and suppressed 20+ false-positive QIDs in Qualys VMDR, improving the accuracy of vulnerability assessment reports.
Prepared detailed weekly and monthly security reports for CISOs, risk management, and business stakeholders to communicate security posture and remediation status.

Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT)Vulnerability ManagementQualysCloud SecurityRisk AssessmentThreat Modeling+1

Deloitte

Cyber Security Consultant

Mar 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Developed proposals and POVs for Data Security solutions, including CASB and Data Destruction.
Identified and managed 100+ suspicious IPs in Akamai WAF, optimizing blacklists/whitelists based on risk and attack patterns.
Analyzed traffic with F5 Shape, uncovering vulnerabilities and enhancing security policies.
Boosted compliance score from 50% to 65% using the eGRC tool by complying policy and audit processes.
Conducted secure code reviews and architecture reviews to identify vulnerabilities.
Created Data Flow Diagrams to map data movement and highlight security risks.
Contributed to DPDPA Gap Assessment, covering DFDs, DPIAs, and stakeholder discussions for compliance.
Defined Policy settings and created a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy for Sensitive Information Types
(SITs), reducing data breach risks by 20%

Data SecurityData Loss Prevention (DLP)Secure Code ReviewComplianceData GovernanceCyber Security

Dadata consulting

2 roles

Software Engineer

Aug 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

Developed automated workflow models within Collibra DGC using Java and Groovy, integrated AWS to Collibra with Java and Python, and designed REST Services using RAML and Anypoint API Designer.
Implemented full-stack development using Django with MongoDB as the database and Redis for caching
Automated workflow models within Collibra DGC using Java and Groovy.
Developed integrations from AWS to Collibra using Java and Python.
Designed and mocked REST Services using RAML and Anypoint API Designer.
Development using Django using MongoDB as a database and Redis for Cache.

JavaGroovyAWSDjangoREST ServicesMongoDB+2

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos

Collibra, Avro, Docker, Groovy, Tableau, AWS

Widhya

Artificial Intelligence Intern

Jan 2021 – Feb 2021 · 1 mo

Developed a movie recommendation system for Widhya, boosting user satisfaction by 15%
Created an Uber data analysis system, increasing driver efficiency by 20%
Built a resume filtering bot, reducing recruitment time by 50% and improving candidate quality by 25%