Gowtham Sundar

DevOps Manager

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore13 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in Application Security and Vulnerability Management
Proven leadership in fostering security culture
Extensive experience in penetration testing and compliance

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with a focus on Application Security and Vulnerability Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Application SecurityPenetration TestingVulnerability Assessment

Other Skills

AI SecurityAI redteamingAPIAPI SecurityAWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM)Amazon Web Services (AWS)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Bug Bounty Program ManagementCEHCloud SecurityComplianceCyber Threat Hunting (CTH)Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)CybersecurityEthical Hacker

About

Cybersecurity Professional specializing in Application Security, with extensive knowledge in Cloud and Infrastructure Security. Leveraging my strong leadership skills, I am dedicated to fostering a robust security culture within organizations.

Experience

Sph media

Senior Lead Engineer - 3A Security

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Singapore · On-site

Core responsibilities:
∙Program Ownership: Timely and effective execution of penetration testing cycles, bug bounty management, engineering communications and vulnerability remediation workflows.
∙Compliance: Ensure vulnerabilities - whether from scans, pen tests, or bug bounty disclosures - are triaged and remediated within defined SLAs.
∙Drive Secure Development Practices: Measurable improvements in the security maturity of engineering practices (e.g. shift-left adoption, SAST/SCA coverage, secure training).
∙Produce Actionable Reporting: Regular and high-quality reporting of application security posture, including clear KPIs, trends, and evidence for audit and board-level visibility.
∙Lead and Empower the Team: Foster a high-performing AppSec engineering team with clear goals, mentorship, and measurable team engagement.
∙Stakeholder Collaboration: Demonstrated trust and responsiveness in working with product, engineering, DevOps, compliance, and other stakeholders.

Penetration TestingVulnerability ManagementApplication SecurityComplianceSecure Development PracticesTeam Leadership+1

Freshworks

3 roles

Manager - Information Security

Mar 2023 – Nov 2023 · 8 mos

Lead Role responsibilities + Mentor and Coach team members to further develop competencies.

Lead Security Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

Security Maven for ITSM BU
Conduct Security review, VA/PT for Freshworks suite of products
Engage in product i2p (idea-to-product) meetings to incorporate security recommendations
Conduct Training for QA members to create a security aware culture
Security bootcamp session for new / on-boarding engineers
Highlights:
Perform Thematic Assessments (scenario based) to identity vulnerable factors
Created a common scoring system to rate vulnerabilities (FVSS)
Monitor published CVE's / 0-days and exploit / perform impact analysis on Freshworks Products
Bug Bounty Program Management

Security ReviewVulnerability AssessmentTrainingBug Bounty Program ManagementApplication Security

Senior Security Engineer

Sep 2016 – Oct 2021 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Mindtree

Information Security Analyst

Jan 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Chennai Area, India

Wipro technologies

Enterprise Security Analyst

Nov 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Chennai

Roles include Performing Web Application Penetration Testing using standard procedures and methodologies by both manual and automated analysis.
Perform VA/PT for Mobile, Thick and Thin Client Application.

Web Application Penetration TestingVulnerability AssessmentPenetration Testing