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Varshini Ganesh

Varshini Ganesh

Security Architect II
Chennai

Summary

Watchful professional offering comprehensive, hands-on experience identifying, investigating, and responding to information security alerts. Expertise in searching through data-sets to detect threats and anomalies and administering metrics to maintain security processes and controls. Focused on helping businesses safeguard sensitive data from hackers and cyber-criminals.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Security Architect II

Akamai Technologies
11.2023 - Current

Implemented machine learning models for predictive analytics, improving detection accuracy

Collaborated with cybersecurity teams to integrate data analytics solutions into existing security infrastructure.

Analyzed data collected from traffic logs using Python and SQL to identify patterns and anomalies.

Assisted in identifying trends and anomalies in network traffic data.

Conducted statistical analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of security measures.

Developed automated scripts in Python for data cleansing and preprocessing.

Presented findings and recommendations to management based on data-driven insights.

Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead

EY GDS Pvt Ltd
10.2020 - Current

Food Order & Delivery Website (Security software project )


  • Technology:
  • CD: Git, SVN, Docker, Kubernetees,
  • Python, Data Analytics, Docker, Sonarqube, DDOS, API security, Rate limiting, Web performance
  • Contributions: worked on the project to create a complete solution for safeguarding their websites and setting up their payments
  • Created ML detection techniques to find fraud and aid users in maintaining a website without any downtime
  • Created several models to track brute force approaches, worked on captcha problems and rate limitation for clients
  • Created and implemented a detection system for ATO attacks and credential stuffing specialized in developing robust and secure authentication systems and rate limiting APIs.
  • Following best practices of secure coding and OSWAP top 10
  • Good knowledge in API security and API top 10 vulnerabilities



Senior Software Engineer

EY
10.2019 - 10.2020

Visualization and data collection using Python Pandas:


Developed a dashboard showcasing product sales using python and data visualization library matplotlib.


Machine Learning


  • The solution improves brand value and optimizes cash-to-cash cycles for providers of sustainable, organic food products
  • Technology:Bluemix, Watson Studio, SPSS modeling, Blockchain, db2, Hyperledger, Machine Learning Node.js, Angular2, Cloudant
  • Contribution: Developer, responsible for designing and developing machine learning predictive models using SPSS modeler flows using various ML algorrithms like random forest, C5 driving predictions greatly helping the user to get useful insights from past data
  • Developed models that were built on IBM Watson in AWS Sagemaker using Python notebooks


Associate Consultant

Zilker Technology LLC
01.2017 - 02.2019
  • Worked for various e-commerce clients using WebSphere Commerce Server Technology. Taken part in various customizations in the registration module, administration console, redesign of cart page using widget architecture.
  • Delivered good quality code following standards and helped in maintenance of various projects fixing production issues on time.

Associate Consultant, Technology

Zilker Technology
10.2016 - 01.2018
  • WebSphere Commerce Site for leading hardware store
  • Technology: WebSphere Commerce 7, Dojo, jQuery, IBM RAD 8.0, db2
  • Contribution: Developer, responsible for development of various features which involved creating controller commands, schedulers and general storefront JSP customizations.

Quality Associate Engineer

Dell Technologies
08.2016 - 02.2017
  • Developed intranet sites using ASP.net and C#


  • Worked on storage applications and their performance



Education

Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech - Information Technology

Anna University

Skills

Languages: Java, Python

Middleware: SOA, Web/REST Services, Kafka

RDBMS/NoSQL: Oracle, MySql, Derby, Mongo

Cloud: IBM Cloud, AWS

ML Tools: IBM Watson, AWS Sagemaker

OWASP top 10

API top 10 Security

Virtualization

Certification

IBM Watson Application Developer

Additional Information

  • Awards & Recognition , Won second prize in hackathon conducted by our organization where we came up with a prototype of Violence Detection and Prevention by monitoring the CCTV footage and alerting the corresponding personnel in case of violence detected. Proud Winners of the IBM Watson In India Hackathon. This was a national level hackathon that took place for a month. We competed against some of the top programmers across the country to Win this Event. Won many Zilkie awards from leads for going above and beyond and delivering.

Timeline

Security Architect II

Akamai Technologies
11.2023 - Current

Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead

EY GDS Pvt Ltd
10.2020 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

EY
10.2019 - 10.2020

Associate Consultant

Zilker Technology LLC
01.2017 - 02.2019

Associate Consultant, Technology

Zilker Technology
10.2016 - 01.2018

Quality Associate Engineer

Dell Technologies
08.2016 - 02.2017

Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech - Information Technology

Anna University
IBM Watson Application Developer
ElasticPath Certified Developer

CEH

Varshini GaneshSecurity Architect II