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Avinash Gadam

Avinash Gadam

Security Engineer

Bangalore, India 80 · Excellent

About

Security Engineer with 4+ years of dedicated experience in enterprise security operations, threat detection, and cloud security monitoring. Specializes in Microsoft security technologies, including Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, Entra ID, and Defender for Cloud. Proven expertise in email and endpoint threat investigations, vulnerability management, and identity access control. Strong foundational knowledge of threat frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and OWASP.

Skills & Expertise (19)

Microsoft Defender Advanced
8.4/10
4
Years Exp
Azure Cloud Advanced
8.3/10
4
Years Exp
Splunk Advanced
8.1/10
4
Years Exp
Akamai WAF MS Purview DLP CA Policies RBAC Entra ID MS Intune MDO 365 Mimecast Email Gateway Qualys Fortinet Firewall Microsoft Defender for cloud NIST Benchmarks OWASP Top 10 MITRE ATT&CK Sophos EDR MS Sentinel

Work Experience

Security Engineer

ALTIMETRIK India Pvt Ltd

Oct 2021 - Present

Designed and enforced comprehensive Data Loss Prevention (DLP) strategies using Microsoft Purview, overseeing policy creation, alert tuning, and incident handling to safeguard sensitive data across cloud, endpoint, and email channels. Oversaw organization-wide vulnerability detection efforts, executing and maintaining scheduled scans using Qualys, Defender VM and aligning risk prioritization with business impact and exploitability metrics. Proactively investigated security events and anomalies within SIEM/SOAR platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel (KQL) and Splunk, ensuring critical incidents were identified, escalated, and resolved with precision. Strengthened cloud infrastructure security through Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Defender, and identifying misconfigurations, exposure risks, and policy violations across hybrid environments. Managed and continuously improved email and endpoint protection using Microsoft Defender for O365, MDE/XDR, and mimecast, actively responding to malware, phishing, and behavioral threats.

Education

B.TECH - JNTU - Kakinada

- 2021 · Afghanistan

Certifications

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 10/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 10/10
🛠️ Skills 20/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 5/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 0/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 80/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceMar 2026

Availability Details

Visa Status

Citizen

Relocation

Open to Relocation