Vaibhav Sharma
Noida
Summary
- Dynamic Automation Manager and Technical Architect with a proven track record of spearheading security enhancements and driving automation initiatives.
- Led teams in platform hardening and legacy code analysis, fortifying systems against cyber security threats.
- Pioneered the development of innovative automation frameworks tailored for diverse environments, including firewalls, CI/CD pipelines and linux kernel and windows kernel product.
- Adept at fostering collaboration across stakeholders to deliver impactful projects.
- Recognized for achieving 98% automation coverage across multiple platforms and significantly reducing testing time.
- Experienced in filesystem development, kernel package management, and multi-cloud configuration automation.
- Adept at technical negotiations and client deployments, contributing to substantial deal closures.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Architect
Protegrity USA
02.2022 - 05.2023
- Led the Platform Hardening team, overseeing the enhancement of security measures across the organization's systems
- Architected and analyzed legacy code, taking ownership of platform security to ensure robust protection against potential threats
- Developed a netfilter-based (nftables) firewall provider tailored for a custom OS platform based on Debian, contributing to a more secure infrastructure
- Spearheaded the development of a pytest-based automation framework, enhancing the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline for microservices in a Kubernetes (microkube) environment
- Introduced a pytest-based automation framework, optimizing the CI/CD pipeline for microservices and Kubernetes environments
- Fostered collaboration between Project Management, product owners, and Higher Management, contributing to the successful delivery of seven different projects.
Principal Engineer/Engineering Manager
Thales India Pvt Ltd
Noida
01.2014 - 02.2022
- Technical Manager - Middleware Development Team
- Led cross-team negotiations for feature implementations across multiple projects
- Facilitated discussions with top research institutions in India and France to finalize deliverables
- Managed resource allocation and budget planning for software projects
- Spearheaded the development and porting of FreeRTOS on the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) running on the RISC-V platform
- Contributed to the open hardware toolchain test development through open-source contributions
- Worked on the development and porting efforts related to virtualization for the RISC-V platform
- Conducted porting of FreeRTOS and BSP test development
- Led the development of side-channel attacks for RISC-V MMU and cache
- Distributed Filesystem Product Live Data Encryption Team
- Developed a fuzzing tool for the distributed filesystem product with a focus on live data encryption
- Created a regression test framework for the distributed live data encryption product
- Contributed to the development of a Filesystem Filter Driver for both Linux (6 years) and Windows (1 year) kernels
- Test Automation Lead- Software Validation/Test/Verification Team (2016-2019)
- Defined task and resource management, planned and scheduled timelines, and scoped projects for an 8+ people team
- Demonstrated fully homomorphic encryption capabilities and hardware constraints using Microsoft SEAL
- Demonstrated symmetric searchable encryption (opensse) use for database using file encryption
- Developed a testsuite for filesystem filter drivers, supporting various file systems such as EXT3-4, VxFS, XFS, CIFS, NFS3, NFS4, OCFS2, and JFS2
- Hands-on experience with Linux authentication and security frameworks (SELinux, PAM, audit, etc.)
- Engineered a 100% automated new kernel package management build and distribution tools using Docker, Jenkins, Confluence, and JIRA
- Created a multi-cloud (vSphere, AWS, Azure, GCP) configuration and test management tool
- Achieved 98% test automation coverage for more than 16 Linux and 7 Windows distributions and 50+ kernels
- Significantly reduced testing time from 2 weeks to 3 days for end-to-end regression testing
- Deploying and Testing KeySecure with LUNA HSM
- Solution Architect and Integration Expert (2014-2016)
- Led the integration of 50+ software components with file encryption products on Linux and Windows kernels and user space components
- Conducted technical discussions and deployments at client sites, contributing to the successful closure of deals totaling over 50 million USD for a single product
- Recognized as a two-time winner of the Customer Champion Award for outstanding support to sales and product management at client sites.
Principal Engineer
Calsoft Pvt Ltd
Pune
11.2012 - 09.2013
- Developer SCSI- Target Driver for SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 for NVMe-based storage and VAAI functionality of ESXi OS running on top of it.
Senior Software Engineer
Samsung India Software Centre
Noida
10.2011 - 11.2012
- Developed NTFS, EXT-4, EXT-3, and EXT-2 intelligent filesystem backup.
Senior Software Engineer
Patni Computer Ltd
Mumbai
10.2010 - 10.2011
- Development Experience in Maintenance and enhancement of Control Station OS Celera Storage solution [EMC] and its data mover DART, FCoE, NBS, NFSv3, and NFSv4.
Team Lead
CitiusTech Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
02.2010 - 10.2010
- Development of iPhone-3S Application for blood pressure monitoring and middleware development to communicate between blood pressure monitor and iPhone application.
Project Engineer
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur
01.2007 - 02.2010
- Embedded Application Development
- MODBUS, I2C, SPI on TS-7000 Linux Single board computer]
- Autonomous Flight management Algorithm Development for Helicopters.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in embedded system design -
ACTS CDAC
01.2008
Master of Science in Electronics -
UIET Kanpur
01.2006
Skills
- Make, Debugging, crash, gdb, kgdb, Profiling, Valgrind, Coverity, gcov, bullseye
- Linux Kernel internals, File system development (EXT3-4, NFSv3, NFSv4, SMB3)
- C/C, C 11/14, Python, Bash, Assembly Language (x86, RISC-V)
- Boost, gRPC, protobuf, Buildroot, Wireshark, DPDK, eBPF
- Data Structures, Design Patterns, SOLID
- JIRA, VISIO, Confluence
- Global Collaboration and Communication
- Mentorship Excellence
- Time Management & Flexibility
- Effective Communication
- Leadership Proficiency
- Analytical Thinking and Problem-Solving
- Empathy in Team Dynamics
- Engaging Presentation Skills
- Client Relationship Management
Standards
- HIPPA
- PCIDSS
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Timeline
Technical Architect
Protegrity USA
02.2022 - 05.2023
Principal Engineer/Engineering Manager
Thales India Pvt Ltd
01.2014 - 02.2022
Principal Engineer
Calsoft Pvt Ltd
11.2012 - 09.2013
Senior Software Engineer
Samsung India Software Centre
10.2011 - 11.2012
Senior Software Engineer
Patni Computer Ltd
10.2010 - 10.2011
Team Lead
CitiusTech Pvt Ltd
02.2010 - 10.2010
Project Engineer
IIT Kanpur
01.2007 - 02.2010
Post Graduate Diploma in embedded system design -
ACTS CDAC
Master of Science in Electronics -
UIET Kanpur
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