Abhijeet Chauhan

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led critical security upgrades at NetApp.
Developed innovative AI tools enhancing team productivity.
Consistently recognized for excellence with multiple awards.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Software Development expert with strong networking and AI capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

SecurityIdentity And Access Management (iam)Application SecurityArtificial Intelligence (ai)Software DevelopmentNetworking

Other Skills

OpenSSHWebAuthnYubiKeyAutomated Publickey RevocationmTLSPrometheus APIAIJIRASSHVMware Smart AssuranceNetwork Configuration ManagerLog4jDHCPv4DHCPv6Policy-Based Routing

About

Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer industry. Skilled in C, C++, DSA, and System Design. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) focused in Computer Science from The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore.

Experience

9 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Netapp

Member of Technical Staff

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Security/IAM delivery: led OpenSSH 9.6 upgrade (fixed critical crashes, implemented ONTAP‑specific FIPS), shipped WebAuthn, built YubiKey OTP with a custom Yubico OTP validation protocol, delivered Automated Publickey Revocation, and kicked off Password Defaults + Dynamic Authorization. 🔐🚀
AIDE/AIDP authorization & trust: designed end‑to‑end mTLS, delivered Prometheus API authorization enabling onboarding of additional /dcn APIs, hardened a critical authorization endpoint (validated under load + audit logging), implemented multi‑UUID roles, and built the RPC framework + certificate trust layer for Prometheus APIs. 🧩🛡️
Cross‑team impact: go‑to partner for AIDE/AIDP and adjacent teams—unblocked teams at critical moments; supported org‑wide forums;
first responder for reviews, debugging, openlab deployments, and general queries. 🤝🧭
GenAI/RAG tooling: built practical day‑to‑day tools—JIRA analysis tool, SSH triage tool, and CIT analysis tool; team's AI Champion; local POC for GenAI issues, Copilot/VSCode and GitHub EAP; shared patterns/demos/best practices to accelerate onboarding, reviews, and debugging. 🤖🛠️
Innovation & recognition: turned a hackathon idea (WebAuthn) into a shipped feature; created “Leak Checker” (presented to directors/PMs; moved into planning/testing);
co‑built an AI Chatbot (UI + demo video) that won 2nd place at NetApp and is now being piloted internally; consistently recognized by leadership winning multiple SPOT awards. 🏆💡
Mentorship & knowledge sharing: mentored all new joinees; delivered internal talks/demos (RAG deep dives, passkeys, Leak Checker, Acropalypse, OpenSlot sessions); frequent REST‑SMF participant and dependable reviewer/debugging partner. 🧑‍🏫✨
Deep security expertise: strong PKI/public‑key cryptography and ONTAP security subsystem knowledge; built an in‑house OCSP server; hands‑on with OpenAI APIs and third‑party providers like HIBP. 🔬🔒

OpenSSHWebAuthnYubiKeyAutomated Publickey RevocationmTLSPrometheus API+3

Vmware

Member Of Technical Staff

Jan 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Remote

Resolved high‑priority customer issues and delivered features across VMware Smart Assurance (VSA) and Network Configuration Manager (NCM), improving stability and customer satisfaction. 🛠️
Shipped fixes for major customer bugs, reducing escalations and downtime for enterprise customers. ✅
Upgraded embedded PuTTY from a legacy version to the latest release, enabling secure, vulnerability‑free SSH and better user experience. 🔐
Led migration from Log4j to Log4j2, eliminating known CVEs and modernizing the logging stack for performance and security. 🛡️
Earned multiple recognition awards from peers, management, and customers for consistent, top‑quality delivery. 🏆

VMware Smart AssuranceNetwork Configuration ManagerLog4jSSHSoftware Development

Cisco

Software Engineer

Nov 2016 – Dec 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Shipped DHCPv4/v6 and Policy-Based Routing (PBR) features and bug fixes on IOS‑XE (Polaris), across Catalyst 9k and ASR platforms. 🚀🔧
Implemented asymmetric lease for DHCPv6 Relay to enable short‑term leases for clients, improving agility and address utilization. ⏱️⚙️
Red Badge (Scarlet Wireless, Dec 2016–Aug 2018): front‑ended security for my component from India, handled multiple customer escalations, fixed numerous bugs, and delivered user stories on the SIP protocol. 🛡️📞
Built “Reckoner” computational engine bot for Cisco Spark (now Webex Teams), enabling user computations and search-based answers, integrated with Wikipedia for precise results. 🤖🧮📚

DHCPv4DHCPv6Policy-Based RoutingSIP protocolNetworking

Nestaway technologies pvt ltd

Software Developer Intern

Jan 2016 – Apr 2016 · 3 mos · Bangalore, India · On-site

📊 Scheduled Visits Count: Implemented a metric to track “Schedule a Visit” requests per property, enabling demand insights, smarter agent allocation, and improved conversion tracking.
🧾💳 Invoices Merging & Paying: Built a unified payment flow that lets tenants merge all pending invoices and settle balances in a single transaction—reducing friction, improving user experience, and accelerating collections.

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