Vikas Gautam

Founder

Hyderabad, Telangana, India20 yrs experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Over 18 years of engineering leadership experience.
Expertise in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions.
Proven track record in managing large-scale engineering projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and AI expert with extensive experience in enterprise-level solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

CybersecurityArtificial Intelligence (ai)Leadership

Other Skills

.NET FrameworkActive DirectoryAzure DevOpsC#Cloud ComputingCloud SecurityDNSData CenterDevOpsIISMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft ExchangeMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft ServersMicrosoft System Center

About

Passionate and technically proficient Engineering Leader with over 18 years of experience, demonstrating a solid track record of solution-based critical thinking and delivering positive results. My extensive experience and knowledge in managing complex operations are evidenced by the successful delivery of multiple engineering solutions, including government clouds and various applications supporting millions of users. I have developed a robust skill set that includes leadership, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, and People and Project Management. Additionally, I possess a strong background in Cyber Security, utilizing my expertise to drive large scale projects to build AI-driven engineering solutions.

Experience

Cybrovate

Founder & CEO

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

As the Founder and CEO of Cybrovate, I am leading the vision and execution of a next-generation cybersecurity company powered by artificial intelligence. Our mission is to bring security, simplicity, and speed to enterprise threat defense, making cutting-edge protection accessible and actionable for organizations of all sizes.
At Cybrovate, we are building a platform where AI meets proactive cybersecurity. We deliver advanced threat detection, real-time analytics, SOC automation, and identity protection with seamless user experiences. Our proprietary SmartSOC™ engine prioritizes real threats using contextual intelligence, helping security teams respond faster and smarter.
Drawing from 20+ years of industry experience across global tech giants like Microsoft and GitHub, I’ve assembled a world-class team to:
Architect scalable, multi-tenant SaaS products
Build and deploy intelligent detection pipelines across cloud and endpoint ecosystems
Design security solutions for Windows, Linux, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Enable SOC teams with automation, collaboration, and decision augmentation
Our solutions have been shaped by insights from building hyperscale services, architecting resilient systems, and managing global security operations. Cybrovate is where security meets innovation—with results that matter.
Let’s redefine what modern cybersecurity can be.

CybersecurityArtificial Intelligence (AI)LeadershipProject Management

Microsoft

5 roles

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Dec 2021 – May 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Established the engineering arm of the Microsoft Response Security Centre (MSRC) in IDC, successfully hiring and building the MSRC engineering organization.
Leading the software engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) teams to develop solutions that protect Microsoft and its customers against cyber threats.
Developed services that operate at a large scale to safeguard over 300+ Azure offerings, as well as other products such as Windows, Office, SharePoint, and Visual Studio.
Provide engineering solutions for Microsoft’s Bug Bounty platform and various in-house scalable tools.
Built and managed MAPP, an engineering solution available to partners, OEMs, and government organizations worldwide, contributing to a safer global environment against cyber threats.
With data science capabilities to build AI, LLM, and GPT solutions, enhancing our cyber threat protection. Developed proactive analysis services to detect and prevent foreseeable cyber-attacks, advancing our defence mechanisms.

LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (AI).NET FrameworkProject ManagementCybersecurity

Senior Software Engineering Manager (GitHub acquisition)

Aug 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

Played a key role in establishing GitHub’s India entity, contributing to the growth and development of GitHub’s organization in India.
Led the team to build the GitHub AE product, offering GitHub enterprise solutions over SaaS.
Built and led the GHAE Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team for the APAC regions (India, Australia, and Europe), ensuring the SaaS platform's 99.999% availability.

Leadership

Software Engineering Manager – Azure DevOps

Promoted

Nov 2017 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Led the team and product development for the Azure DevOps (ADO) framework, a critical service supporting all microservices within ADO to provide a robust build platform.
Led the One Engineering Services (1ES) and ADO SRE services for the ADO organization, promoting secure and reliable engineering practices to enhance security and efficiency across Microsoft.

Leadership

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2015 – Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Re-architected Microsoft's on-premises supply chain services from a monolithic architecture to microservices on the Azure cloud, improving scalability, flexibility, and performance.

Service Engineer - Cloud Lead

Jun 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

For Microsoft Azure journey whether it is design and architecture or faster deployments I had my contribution to make it successful to ensure we have the entire Azure datacentre setup and ready within a few hours.
Designed and deployed a few Governments’ private clouds for different countries

Github

2 roles

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Aug 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Played a key role in establishing GitHub’s India entity, contributing to the growth and development of GitHub’s organization in India.
Led the team to build the GitHub AE product, offering GitHub enterprise solutions over SaaS.
Built and led the GHAE Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team for the APAC regions (India, Australia, and Europe), ensuring the SaaS platform's 99.999% availability.