Amit kumar Rai

Security Engineer

Delhi, India3 yrs 7 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in AWS cloud security automation.
  • Proven track record in threat detection and remediation.
  • Strong experience in managing security operations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Security and Automation expert with a focus on AWS environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud SecuritySecurity Operations

Other Skills

AWS GuardDutyAWS WAFAlerting FrameworkAmazon Web Services (AWS)Application SecurityAutomationC++CSPMCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Cloud ComputingDASTData StructuresGitHubHTMLInformation Security

About

๐Ÿ” Cloud Security and Automation Professional ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Summary: I am a dedicated Cloud Security and Automation professional with a proven track record of building robust security solutions and automation processes in AWS environments. I specialize in threat detection, remediation, and security operations, ensuring the protection of cloud infrastructure and data. My skill set includes: ๐ŸŒŸ Achievements: Cloud Security and Automation: 1. Successfully built automation for threat detection and remediation in AWS using EventBridge, Lambda functions, AWS Config, SNS, ALB, and more. 2. Proficient in working with AWS WAF/Firewall Manager, GuardDuty, Route53, Trusted Advisor, Config, KMS, and Access Analyzer across AWS Organization. 3. Expertise in managing SCP, IAM, resource-based policies, and Control Tower Guard Rails (Config, CloudWatch). 4. Established centralized logging of VPC Flow logs, CloudTrail logs, DNS logs, and WAF logs to a centralized log account S3 bucket. 5. Deployed cloud infrastructure-wide security automation using Terraform. 6. Conducted detection and continuous monitoring via Lambda Functions and Glue/Athena querying. 7. Facilitated the integration of security solutions like CSPM, HIDS, and Vulnerability Management for new AWS accounts. 8. Collaborated with third-party penetration testing vendors to protect cloud infrastructure against external and internal threats, from planning and scoping to closure of vulnerabilities. Security Operations: 1. Built SOAR automation workflows and improved existing workflows for threat detection and monitoring. 2. Deployed and managed security automation through Jenkins for monitoring and reporting. 3. Expertise in handling on-call security operations, including alerts from various sources such as AWS native security services, Okta, RASP, MDR, CSPM, and HIDS solutions. ๐Ÿ“œ Certifications: - AWS Security Speciality - AWS Solution Architect - Associate - AWS Cloud Practitioner - HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate I'm passionate about ensuring the security and compliance of cloud environments and welcome opportunities to collaborate and innovate in the field of Cloud Security and Automation. #CloudSecurity #Automation #AWS #SecurityOperations

Experience

Zuora

2 roles

Security Engineer II

Promoted

Nov 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 4 mos ยท Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Managing the bug bounty program to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities efficiently.
  • Enhance and maintain cloud security posture, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks in cloud environments.
  • Conducted penetration testing to uncover and remediate security weaknesses across systems and applications.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement robust security measures and policies.
  • Monitor and respond to security threats, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of company data.
Cloud SecurityAutomationThreat DetectionVulnerability ManagementPenetration TestingSecurity Operations

Security Engineer

Jan 2023 โ€“ Nov 2024 ยท 1 yr 10 mos ยท Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Implemented AWS WAFv2 + AWS Shield Advanced organization-wide across 50+ AWS Accounts.
  • Enhanced operational efficiency by creating and updating SOAR Workflows, empowering SOC Analysts.
  • Innovated User Behaviour Analysis bot to proactively engage users upon their first login from a new location.
  • Established an Alerting framework for automated ticket creation in JIRA, assigning incidents to On-call Engineers upon detecting security anomalies in CSPM, AWS GuardDuty, and other security tools.
  • Successfully served as a proactive SOC Analyst, handling on-call responsibilities and efficiently remediating alerts and incidents in adherence to SOPs.
AWS WAFSOAR WorkflowsCSPMAWS GuardDutyAlerting FrameworkCloud Security+1

Oyo

2 roles

Software Development Engineer

Aug 2022 โ€“ Jan 2023 ยท 5 mos

Software Development Engineer Intern

Jan 2022 โ€“ Aug 2022 ยท 7 mos

Cross skills

Frontend Web Developer

May 2021 โ€“ Aug 2021 ยท 3 mos

Defence research and development organisation (drdo)

Winter Intern

Dec 2019 โ€“ Jan 2020 ยท 1 mo ยท Delhi, India

Education

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering โ€” Instrumentation and Control Engineering

Aug 2018 โ€“ Jun 2022

BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

M.Tech โ€” Computing Systems & Infrastructure

Jul 2025 โ€“ Jul 2027

Delhi University

Bachelor of Engineering

Jan 2018 โ€“ Jan 2022

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