Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Played a key role in migrating the ELK Stack from AWS to GCP, enabling real-time data analysis on API logs. This implementation significantly enhanced the team’s ability to identify and block malicious actors (pirates), improving platform security and operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated experience in safeguarding Live Streaming, VOD, and OTT content from online piracy. Enhanced advanced monitoring and mitigation strategies, reducing live TV piracy by 95%, ensuring seamless delivery, and minimizing revenue loss.
• Developed and deployed automation scripts written in Python that reduced time spent on repetitive daily tasks by 90%, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and allowing the team to focus on high-priority initiatives.
• Mimicked pirate behaviour to analyse and understand piracy mechanisms and patterns, strengthening the platform’s and CDN’s security posture to safeguard against evolving threats.
• Developed a Python-based web scraping system for scanning and monitoring of piracy websites and applications, enabling real-time threat detection and intelligence gathering.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement advanced anti-piracy strategies, enhancing content protection and reinforcing the platform’s overall security posture.
• Managed and prioritized security incidents and investigations related to content piracy, ensuring timely and effective resolution.

Dec 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Collaborated with external takedown partners and agencies to identify and mitigate piracy-related activities, ensuring swift enforcement actions against infringing entities.
• Developed customized Python script to analyse and replicate piracy techniques, enabling the extraction of DRM-protected content in 1080p/4K from the OTT platform to strengthen anti-piracy defences.
• Designed and implemented a customized WAF dashboard on Microsoft Azure, optimizing WAF policies by continuously monitoring and analysing traffic patterns.
• Built a real-time Python-based detection and blocking system to prevent pirates from unauthorized access to live TV streams, enhancing content security.
• Conducted detailed analysis and reverse engineering of real-world piracy application & IPTVs to understand their mechanisms, enabling the development of robust countermeasures to protect digital content and platform security.
• Conducted in-depth analysis to identify hacking methods, pirate devices, and unauthorized services, enabling proactive mitigation strategies to protect digital content and platform integrity.