Yaswant R

Security Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in Application Security and Vulnerability Assessment.
Proven track record in securing VMware products.
Recognized for contributions to security testing and tool development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Security Engineer specializing in Application Security within the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Security EngineeringApplication Security

Other Skills

Cyber-securityVulnerability AssessmentWebsecPenetration TestinginfosecVulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT)Secure SDLCDesign ReviewCode ReviewSecuritySecurity ResearchRed TeamingSecurity AuditsBlack Box TestingNetwork Security

About

Application Security Engineer @ Confluent Independant Security Researcher

Experience

6 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Confluent

Senior Security Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Vmware

3 roles

Security Engineer - MTS 2

Jul 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

Participate in baseline security tests of the products - vRealize Operations and VMware Cloud Director Availability.
As an active member of the tools development team, I focus on improving the usability and accuracy of the internal Security Automation tool.
Handle security feature requests from multiple product teams - SDDC Manager, vRealize Operations, VMware Cloud Provider Program.
Responsible for conducting baseline security assessments of a VMware product. This task involves creating a Threat Model, performing an Attack Surface Analysis, scoping the product, conducting security testing, reporting the issues with mitigation suggestions, and then creating a report with strategic recommendations for the product.

Security EngineeringCyber-security

Security Engineer - MTS 1

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr

Responsible for handling feature requests related to the Workspace One product, I worked with the development team to design features in a secure way, implementing a Shift Left security strategy, and also testing the implementation after completion.
Participated in Baseline Security tests of the products - Workspace One, VMWare Tunnel, VMWare Horizon, Unified Access Gateway, and vRealize Network Insight. Reported over 40 security vulnerabilities and provided the development team with mitigation solutions. Wrote a tool that helped with RCA and identifying similar issues which led to discovering over 50 instances.
An active member of the internal tools team where we developed a Static Code Analysis tool that discovered over 400 issues, including several critical and catastrophic ones.
Awarded the 'Achieve Our Best' award and bonus for my contributions to Baseline Pentests.

Vulnerability AssessmentApplication Security

Security Engineer

Feb 2022 – Jul 2022 · 5 mos

Shadowed senior team members and learned more about VMWare products and Secure Software Development Lifecycle.
Responsible for handling feature requests related to the Workspace One product, worked with the development team to design features securely, implementing a Shift Left security strategy, and also testing the implementation after completion.

Application SecuritySecurity Engineering