varsha venkatesh — Security Engineer
Cybersecurity Specialist over 6.5 years of experience spanning Security Operations, PKI, and Venafi Engineering, with deep expertise in SIEM monitoring, DLP enforcement, and threat detection. Adept at incident response, system hardening, and security automation, with proven skills in integrating and managing enterprise security tools across cloud and on-prem environments. Hands-on experience includes: • PKI & Certificate Lifecycle Management: Venafi Trust Protection Platform (TPP), Venafi as a Service, ADCS, migration to GCP, key signing ceremonies, disaster recovery planning, and automation of certificate issuance. • SIEM & SOC Operations: ArcSight, Splunk, incident triage, threat hunting, dashboard creation, and logging assurance. • Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Netskope (Web & Proxy), Proofpoint (Email), policy configuration, alert remediation, and compliance enforcement. • Network & Security Tools: ExtraHop (NDR), Palo Alto Firewalls, Imperva jSonar (DAM), IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, vulnerability assessment, and cryptographic service hardening. Proven ability to support large-scale migrations, optimize enterprise security controls, and improve operational efficiency, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors to maintain compliance and resilience. Passionate about securing enterprise data, automating security workflows, and enhancing visibility into threats across cloud and on-prem systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Specialist with strong skills in enterprise security management and threat detection.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 7 yrs 3 mos
Career Highlights
- Over 6.5 years in Cybersecurity with diverse expertise.
- Proficient in SIEM monitoring and threat detection.
- Experienced in managing enterprise security tools.
Work Experience
CME Group
Security Engineer III (2 yrs 4 mos)
Security Engineer II (3 yrs 10 mos)
NTT Security
Senior Associate Security Analyst (2 yrs 2 mos)
Microland Limited
Cyber Security Analyst (1 yr 3 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering at JAIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DAVANAGERE
Pre-University Course at Dr Thimmareddy Foundation PU College