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Application Security / Cyber Security Engineer focused on web, API, Android, and iOS VAPT. I spend most days doing gray-box testing, runtime analysis, vulnerability validation, and writing the kind of remediation notes that developers pretend not to hate.

Right now that means shipping AppSec work at MoveInSync, building internal automation, and making sure rooted phones, weak WebViews, or exposed endpoints don't quietly ruin everyone's week. Before that, I was hunting bugs on Bugcrowd, building weird tools, and collecting Hall of Fames from companies that definitely would have preferred a quieter email.

$ cat resume.txt· pdf

Top 1%

TryHackMe global

20+

NCIIPC acks

#44

merged upstream PR

experience

(on purpose, I mean)

Cyber Security Engineer

MoveInSync -- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

(the one where I actually get paid to break things)

Jun, 2025 -- Present

  • Conduct end-to-end VAPT across web, API, Android, iOS, and infrastructure surfaces using gray-box testing, manual validation, static and dynamic analysis, Burp Suite, Postman, Frida, MobSF, JADX, apktool, and Nessus
  • Turn vulnerabilities into developer-usable Jira tickets with evidence, reproduction steps, exploitability context, affected assets, remediation guidance, and closure validation
  • Built internal AppSec automation for API inventory, external exposure review, endpoint risk detection, SQLite-backed result tracking, and repeatable validation
  • Hardened Android flows against rooted-device abuse and Frida runtime attacks by integrating Google Play Integrity API and revalidating SSL pinning, WebView, and API-header controls
  • Coordinate external VAPT work with vendors like Rudra and Coforge across test accounts, builds, finding triage, duplicate cleanup, fix validation, and stakeholder alignment
  • Run Nessus AMI and compliance scans, tune plugins and checks, and cut down noisy findings before developer handoff

Application Security Intern

MoveInSync -- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

(they liked me enough to keep me)

Jan, 2025 -- May, 2025

  • Supported API, web, and mobile testing through endpoint enumeration, manual validation, evidence capture, and reproducible ticket creation
  • Performed pre-assessment sanity testing for Android and iOS builds before external VAPT engagements
  • Prototyped API discovery and exposure checks that later fed reusable internal security automation
  • Assisted with Nessus review, API triage, reporting, documentation, and developer follow-through to remediation closure

Cyber Security R&D Intern

Securaeon Initiative -- Remote/Kolkata, West Bengal

(writing walkthroughs at 2 AM)

Feb, 2022 -- Jul, 2022

  • Created security walkthroughs, proof-of-concept material, and practical lab content for upcoming cybersecurity products and courses

Security Researcher

Bugcrowd -- Freelance

(legally breaking into things for strangers)

Oct, 2021 -- Dec, 2021

  • Reported web security vulnerabilities through open bug bounty programs, including findings later recognized in Hall of Fame listings and responsible-disclosure acknowledgments
  • Communicated impact, proof of concept, and remediation context to program security teams to support timely validation and closure

projects

(fueled by questionable decisions and instant noodles)

skills

(or at least what I claim on LinkedIn)

Application Security

Web/API/Mobile VAPTOWASP Top 10OWASP MASVSGray-box TestingManual ExploitationVulnerability TriageRemediation Review

Mobile Security

Android/iOS TestingRoot/Jailbreak DetectionSSL Pinning ValidationFridaWebView SecurityGoogle Play IntegrityAnti-tampering

Security Tools

Burp SuiteOWASP ZAPNessusNmapnucleiMobSFJADXapktooldrozerADBGhidraWireshark

Automation & Dev

PythonBashKotlinJavaJavaScriptNode.jsC/JNISQLiteMySQLRESTGraphQLDockerGitLinux

certifications

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)

CompTIA

Dec 2024

eWPTXv2

eLearnSecurity

Jan 2023

hall of fame & achievements

Top 1% on TryHackMe globally
Hall of Fame -- Mastercard: SSTI escalated to LFI (P1)
Hall of Fame -- Rakuten: Session Fixation (P2)
Hall of Fame -- Chaturbate Inc: Stored XSS (P2)
20+ Acknowledgements from NCIIPC India (auth bypass, XSS, SQLi, ATO)
5th Place, OWASPLPU CTF 2022
9th Place, WTFCTF 2022
34th Place, RuCTF 2022