Akshit Sharma

Security Engineer

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland10 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

10 years of cybersecurity expertise.
Led initiatives in Cloud Security and DevSecOps.
Implemented innovative security automation solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Security and DevSecOps expert in the Cybersecurity industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud SecurityDevsecopsDetection EngineeringPenetration TestingThreat ModelingSecure Code Analysis

Other Skills

AppSecBlack Box TestingBlackduckBurp SuiteCC++CSSCryptographyCybersecurity ToolsEthical HackingHTMLIncident ResponseInformation Rights ManagementInfrastructure ReviewsJava

About

With 10 years of cybersecurity expertise, I bring a strategic vision that translates into concrete results. Specialisations: Crafting Secure Architecture: Experienced in designing and implementing “Defensible” architectures. DevSecOps Driven “Security Engineering”: Leading initiatives and cultivating a culture of continuous security integration throughout the SOC and SDLC lifecycle. Comprehensive Security Programs: Expertise in wide spectrum of security domains, including Threat Modeling, DevSecOps, Detection Engineering, Penetration Testing and Supply Chain Security. These capabilities help to envision and execute holistic security programs that safeguard organisations from both internal and external threats. Cloud Security and Detection Engineering: leading Cloud security practices, drive the formulation of standards, metrics, and security policies that align with the dynamic Cloud environment. My experience extends to orchestrating security detection and protection workflows, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of data in Cloud deployments.

Experience

10 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

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2 roles

Staff Security Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Senior Security Engineer

Apr 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Informatica

Principal DevSecOps Engineer

Nov 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Implemented the Protect/Detect/Response engineering function across major Cloud Service Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
● Implemented a suite of Self-Service Security BOTs, democratising Security Detection and Response, streamlining operational workflows.
● Integrated a wide range of security detection and response functionalities within the innovative BOT framework, amplifying visibility, and operational efficiency.
● Introduced tailored vulnerability risk re-prioritization strategies, enhancing the efficacy of Security and VM tooling to bolster cybersecurity posture.
● Established an in-house SOAR system for signal analysis through automated mechanisms across diverse Security Tooling (SIEM, CSPM, EDR) and bot framework. Enabled proactive threat hunting and rapid response.
● Engineered and rolled out “SecretScanner” capability as part of Product pipeline, to scan & detect confidential information across diverse product lines.
● Developed and rolled out “IaC Security scanning” capability to detect and report on Security misconfigurations within “Infrastructure as code”.

SecurityCloud SecurityDevSecOpsDetection EngineeringPenetration TestingVulnerability Management+1

Coinswitch kuber

Security Engineering

Sep 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

●Led organization wide Appsec and cloud security initiatives, successfully implementing SCA and SAST on Snyk to enhance CI/CD security.
● Identified critical security vulnerabilities by breaking core services through penetration testing.
● Provided security training and managed the WAF.
Secure Architecture & Design | DevSecOps | Detection Engineering |Security Operations |Supply Chain
Security | Cloud Security| Penetration Testing | Platform Security | Security Training | SIEM | CSPM | EDR
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● Initiated security automation, including Slackbot, Snyk-jira, Snyk-confluence, and Snyk-AWS code build, to bridge security gaps.

AppSecCloud SecuritySCASASTPenetration TestingSecurity Training

Citrix

Senior Security Engineer

Nov 2020 – Sep 2021 · 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

●Led blue team initiatives for secure SDLC, conducting threat modeling , security architecture reviews, and code reviews.
● Owned Vulnerability Assessment/Penetration Testing for critical cloud applications.
● Pioneered security automation in Dev unit tests/testing framework.

Threat ModelingSecurity ArchitectureVulnerability AssessmentPenetration TestingSecurity Automation

Informatica

3 roles

Senior Security Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2018 – Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos

● Led global application security initiatives, performing penetration tests, infrastructure reviews, and social engineering tests.
● Developed and owned Secure Code Analysis (SCA) processes, enhanced SAST practices, and delivered security training across regions.
● Improved penetration testing workflows, generated reports with automation, and leveraged custom exploits from NVD.
● Created tools for TPL evaluation and security posture analysis.

Penetration TestingInfrastructure ReviewsSocial Engineering TestsSecure Code Analysis