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Shiva Bhavini

Bangalore

Summary

Seasoned Engineering Manager with over 16 years of experience across diverse technologies which includes Hardware , ZTNA, Cloud, Network Security, SaaS, including different encryption approaches like symmetric, asymmetric, BYOK etc., and varied range of algorithms.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Engineering Manager

Sophos
Bangalore
01.2023 - Current
  • Worked on Sophos AP6 h/w device first ever GA rlease.
  • Worked with vendor team members from Taiwan to accomplish technical aspects of projects.
  • Coordinated selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication and operation of product designs.
  • Trained and developed team of qualified and motivated employees and managed resources.
  • Participated in development meetings for high-value customers and business operations updates.
  • Evaluated existing procedures and made proactive adjustments to meet changing demands.
  • Checked design compliance with product specifications and standards requirements.

Director of Engineering

Zentry Security (Array Networks)
Bangalore
12.2021 - Current

Zentry Trusted Access provides streamlined zero trust access for small- to medium-sized enterprises. Organizations see gains in security posture and compliance, a reduced attack surface, and greater visibility into users and applications.

  • Expanded business relationships via one-on-one interactions with customers on need basis.
  • Oversaw assignment of engineering tasks by creating frameworks, assigning them to best suited resources.
  • Making sure deliverables are out on committed time and with great quality.
  • Regular meeting with team on checking if we can do anything for them to feel better and enjoy work.
  • Responsible for internal demo and equal participation in review of POCs .
  • Ensured there are no discrepancies in PM given requirement and delivered feature.

Manager, Software Engineering

McAfee India Private Limited
08.2018 - 11.2021

MVISION Private Access, an integrated approach that enables granular zero-trust access to extend data and threat protection capabilities to private applications on hybrid information technology environments. it provided added The solution provides complete coverage across managed and unmanaged devices. Private Access performs continuous risk assessment by deriving enhanced device posture information through McAfee Enterprise’s endpoint security technology.

  • Managing highly-experienced team of over 12 people comprising of DevOps, Dev & QA.
  • Pioneered design, development and deployment of Zero Trust Network (ZTNA) product in five months.
  • Cultivating partnerships between engineering, product and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products.
  • Evaluating ongoing developments to calibrate methods leading to expedited completion and improved outcomes.
  • Co-ordination with different managers to organize and execute development milestones.
  • Recruitment, training and managing newly recruited staff; performance management via KPIs and keeping senior leadership apprised of recruitment related developments.
  • Supervising architecture design and deploying curated solutions.
  • Providing time-bound resolutions to clients on troubleshooting, product security, incident response, secure product development et al.
  • Client experience and product satisfaction assessment through research, surveys and interviews.
  • Basic working knowledge of Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus.
  • Plan and manage multiple concurrent application releases making key decisions and prioritizing tasks to keep projects on schedule.

Senior Staff Engineer

SkyHigh Networks
08.2013 - 07.2018

Skyhigh was the first cloud access security broker and “first to write the rules” for this technology. Skyhigh championed the frictionless approach to cloud security with its reverse-proxy and API implementation.

  • Managed diverse customer deployments in various models, on-cloud, on premise ESXI, AWS.
  • Monitored first-ever product deployment supporting SFDC for a multi- billion-dollar insurance firm.
  • Trained and provided backend support to SEs for RSA Conference.
  • Collaborated with Cryptographers to develop various encryption algorithms.
  • Improved data insertions through leading adoption of SOAP and REST and ensuring uniform data encryption in internal practices.
  • Triaged escalations, new features and collaborated with support and PM for planning and resolution.
  • Assisted in business development; procured new customers and renewed existing engagements.


Senior Engineer

McAfee India Private Limited (Intel Security)
10.2009 - 07.2013

Control Center is a integration tool for FW; it has the capability to manage all different versions of Sidewinder. Control centre use to make and apply policies and rules of all firewall in a single shot. This tool can work in stand-alone and in High availability mode.

  • Handled release of fortnight Signature set updates for emerging threats.
  • Built and maintained various setups on hardware and ESXi VMware.

QA Engineer

Barracuda Networks
04.2007 - 10.2009

Education

Executive Programme in Strategy & Senior Leadership - Senior Leadership

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
03.2021 - 07.2022

Master of Science - Cyber Law & CyberSecurity

IMT Ghaziabad & NLU Jodhpur
04.2001 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Computer Science

UP Technical University
09.2002 - 07.2006

Skills

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Timeline

Senior Engineering Manager

Sophos
01.2023 - Current

Director of Engineering

Zentry Security (Array Networks)
12.2021 - Current

Executive Programme in Strategy & Senior Leadership - Senior Leadership

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
03.2021 - 07.2022

Manager, Software Engineering

McAfee India Private Limited
08.2018 - 11.2021

Senior Staff Engineer

SkyHigh Networks
08.2013 - 07.2018

Senior Engineer

McAfee India Private Limited (Intel Security)
10.2009 - 07.2013

QA Engineer

Barracuda Networks
04.2007 - 10.2009

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Computer Science

UP Technical University
09.2002 - 07.2006

Master of Science - Cyber Law & CyberSecurity

IMT Ghaziabad & NLU Jodhpur
04.2001 - 12.2012
Shiva Bhavini