Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Experienced in live shoots, commercial advertisements, and event promotions, delivering results under tight timelines.
• Collaborated with industry-renowned photographers, including Jared Taylor (jvvo.com), who has shot for global brands like Puma, Speedo, and Powerade.
• Consistently maintained peak physical conditioning (7% body fat, lean muscle mass + athletic versatility) to meet diverse client requirements.

Mar 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Built the security function from the ground up, scaling the team and securing critical trading infrastructure.
• Management: Lead a team of about 10 individuals to build & improve the cybersecurity capabilities of the company. Followed OKR's based approach to define team vision & strategy.
• Penetration Testing: Conducted penetration testing and security audit review on Web Application (Whitebox/BlackBox), Network, Mobile & Thick Client.
• Bug Bounty: Managed Bug Bounty Triaging for Binary.com via HackerOne and Deriv.com via Intigriti and a private program. Contributed towards the improvement of programs by updating policy, scope and reward structure.
• Cloud Security: Secured production and development systems by performing configuration reviews on AWS utilising services such as AWS Security hub and AWS Config to discover flaws such as S3 public access, overly permissive security groups etc.
• Engineering: Built and automated security tools and processes for critical infrastructure monitoring, protection, and mitigation.
• GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance): Gained experience with setting up AWS config compliance monitoring rules, CIS Benchmarking and fulfiling the regulatory requirements for ISO 27001, PCI, GDPR, MFSA etc by implementing, auditing & documenting security controls & policies.
• Security Awareness: Conducted cyber security awareness training for over 100 new joiners.
• Public Speaking: Taught cybersecurity module in the company’s graduate program BeSquare to a class of ~50 students.

Jan 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Sep 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Consulted various fortune 500 clients and performed 50+ security assessments involving Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, Blue Teaming, Configuration Reviews etc.
• Threat Hunting: Worked as a part of SOC Team and performed daily hypothesis based threat hunting utilising frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain etc.
• Penetration Testing: Experience performing penetration tests on web applications (Whitebox/BlackBox), Network, Mobile, Thick Client & SAP systems.
• Red Teaming: Performed Adversary simulation/Red Teaming assessment for various leading companies in Telecom, FMCG & Banking sector.
• Configuration Reviews: Supported engineering teams during SDLC by performing threat modelling using STRIDE and configuration reviews of network devices such as Firewalls, Switch, Routers etc by evaluating them against CIS benchmark using Nessus.
• Vulnerability Assessment: Experience working with vulnerability management tools such as Qualys, Nessus, OpenVas etc.

Jul 2017 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

May 2017 – May 2017 · 0 mo

Sep 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr

• • Operated from 24x7 SOC to perform Threat Hunting using SIEM, EDR and IDS systems.