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sai praneeth

sai praneeth

Cybersecurity Analyst

Hyderabad, India 2+ yrs exp 84 ยท Excellent

About

Cybersecurity professional currently working as a VAPT Analyst performing Web Application Penetration Testing on drstudents.com, alongside 2 years of prior IT experience at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and hands-on VAPT experience from a 6-month cybersecurity internship. Skilled in Web Application Security, API Security, and Mobile Application Security using Kali Linux, Burp Suite, Nmap, Nessus/Tenable, Postman, SQLMap, and Wireshark. Experienced in vulnerability identification, manual exploitation, OWASP Top 10 assessment, attack-log analysis, and mapping adversary behavior to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Seeking to apply penetration testing, vulnerability research, and detection engineering skills in a full-time Cybersecurity / SOC / VAPT role.

Skills & Expertise (52)

API Security Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
Nmap Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
Burp Suite Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
Kali Linux Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
Cross-Site Scripting Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
SQL Injection Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
Vulnerability Assessment Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
OWASP Top 10 Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
Web Application Security Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
Penetration Testing Advanced
8.1/10
3
Years Exp
mobile application security Intermediate
7.6/10
3
Years Exp
MITRE ATT&CK Intermediate
7.6/10
3
Years Exp
Python Intermediate
7.6/10
3
Years Exp
Ubuntu PortSwigger Web Security Academy WIRESHARK OWASP ZAP Postman Nessus Tenable MobSF Frida Metasploit Windows Bash SQL Git Microsoft Copilot Studio TryHackMe HackTheBox crAPI DNS CVSS scoring IDOR BOLA Broken Authentication Sensitive Data Exposure OSI Model TCP IP HTTP HTTPS SQLmap SMB SMTP SSL TLS Firewalls IDS IPS proxies VPN Concepts

Work Experience

VAPT Analyst

drstudents.com

September - Present

Perform ongoing Web Application Security Testing and Penetration Testing across the drstudents.com platform, covering authentication, session management, API endpoints, and business-logic layers. Identify and validate vulnerabilities (IDOR/BOLA, SQL Injection, XSS, Broken Authentication, API authorization flaws) using Burp Suite, Nmap, Nessus/Tenable, Postman, and SQLMap. Deliver vulnerability assessment reports with PoC evidence, CVSS-based severity, and remediation guidance; track fixes through retesting to reduce overall risk exposure.

Cybersecurity Analyst (VAPT Intern)

CyberSapiens

Jan 2025 - Jan 2025

Conducted Web, API, and Mobile VAPT using Kali Linux, Burp Suite, Nmap, Postman, and Wireshark; identified IDOR/BOLA, SQL Injection, XSS, Broken Authentication, API authorization flaws, and Sensitive Data Exposure. Completed a practical manual black-box VAPT assessment as the internship capstone, identifying authentication, session-management, access-control, business-logic, and security-configuration weaknesses; documented findings in reports with PoC evidence, CVSS-based severity, and remediation guidance. Researched Web, API, and Mobile security vulnerabilities through hands-on labs covering OWASP Top 10, authentication, authorization, and session management; maintained a GitHub-based security research portfolio of practical write-ups.

Assistant System Engineer, Manual Functional Tester

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Jun 2024 - Aug 2026

Performed daily end-to-end functional validation of a Microsoft enterprise product across continuous deployment cycles, ensuring release quality and system stability. Served as point of contact for a high-priority testing initiative and led a provenance-related testing effort โ€” authored test cases, liaised with the development team, and coordinated execution across the QA team. Built multiple AI agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio to automate repetitive QA work, including one that flags duplicate bugs before logging, reducing manual effort and improving defect-report quality.

Education

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering - Presidency University, Bangalore

- 2023 ยท Afghanistan

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Profile Score Breakdown

๐Ÿ“ท Photo 10/10
๐Ÿ“„ Resume 10/10
๐Ÿ’ผ Job Title 10/10
โœ๏ธ Bio 10/10
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Skills 20/20
๐ŸŽ“ Education 10/10
โฑ๏ธ Experience 9/15
๐Ÿ’ฐ Rate 0/5
๐Ÿ† Certs 0/5
โœ… Verified 5/5
Total Score 84/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceOct 2026

Availability Details

Relocation

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