Security Engineer | Offensive Security | Detection & Response
Security engineer with hands-on IAM (JumpCloud), CASB (Netskope) and AWS experience, plus offensive security tooling in Python. Built an AI-driven SOC platform on Wazuh and a phishing-detection extension. Finalist (top 5 of 650+) at the Jain National Hackathon, Tech for Agriculture, with IBM.
Nithin Yadav
Security Engineer Intern · Wizowl Solutions
Professional Experience
Active hands-on industry roles in identity and access management, cloud security posture, and detection engineering.
Security Engineer Intern
Wizowl Solutions
Administer identity and access management in JumpCloud for 20 employees and 35 devices: user lifecycle, group-based access policies, SSO, MFA, device policies, LDAP/RADIUS.
Implemented and maintain Netskope CASB on AWS to monitor cloud app usage, enforce data-protection policies and flag risky or unsanctioned SaaS activity.
Enforce least-privilege access through role-based groups and periodic access reviews.
Investigate access anomalies and CASB alerts, and document remediation steps.
Technical Skills & Tools
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Security Tools
Security Arsenal
Practical execution of industry-standard security toolsets for packet analysis, traffic inspection, proxy interception, and vulnerability verification.
Programming & Engineering
Development & Protocols
Authoring security automation, REST API backends, and containerized utilities with strong proficiency across foundational network and web application protocols.
Security Engineering
Correlation & Remediation
Automating CVE/NVD vulnerability correlation, performing service/version fingerprinting, building security automation pipelines, and delivering structured remediation reporting.
IAM & Cloud Security
Identity & Cloud Protection
Hands-on identity and access governance across JumpCloud and Netskope CASB on AWS. Enforcing group-based access policies, SSO, MFA, RBAC, and LDAP/RADIUS.
Detection & Response
SIEM & Threat Operations
Deploying and operating Wazuh for log analysis, utilizing Cowrie honeypots for decoy threat capture, and developing LLM-assisted threat detection and automated response.
Offensive Security
Assessment & Penetration Testing
Penetration testing methodologies, vulnerability assessment, web & network security auditing, asset reconnaissance, and Active Directory attack path analysis.
Security Tools
Security Arsenal
Practical execution of industry-standard security toolsets for packet analysis, traffic inspection, proxy interception, and vulnerability verification.
Featured Projects
Working security engineering projects from github.com/nithin-yadav-07
Vulnerability Scanner
Service Discovery & CVE Correlation
Automated service discovery and CVE/NVD correlation to prioritize exploitable weaknesses, with structured remediation-oriented reports.
Automated Recon Framework
Modular Reconnaissance & Asset Discovery
Modular workflow: subdomain discovery, DNS enumeration, service/version fingerprinting; reusable modules.
Multithreaded Port & Service Scanner
Scratch-Built Socket Scanner
Built from scratch; open-port detection and service/version fingerprinting.
Zitan Security
AI-Driven SOC Monitoring Platform
Collects system and web-server logs through Wazuh and passes them to a local LLM (Qwen2.5) to detect attack patterns. Automated response blocks unauthorized deletion and copying of sensitive files. Cowrie honeypot, FastAPI dashboard with 2FA, JWT and RBAC, live log feed, AI-explained event details, Twilio SMS/call alerts. Fully working.
CyberShield
Phishing & Spam Detection
Chrome Extension (Manifest V3) plus web app. Scans domains and emails and blocks suspicious, phishing and spam domains and emails. Scoring uses Levenshtein distance (typosquatting), brand-impersonation allowlists, blocklists, suspicious-TLD checks and urgency-keyword analysis. Passed 43/43 test cases.
Vulnerability Scanner
Service Discovery & CVE Correlation
Automated service discovery and CVE/NVD correlation to prioritize exploitable weaknesses, with structured remediation-oriented reports.
Automated Recon Framework
Modular Reconnaissance & Asset Discovery
Modular workflow: subdomain discovery, DNS enumeration, service/version fingerprinting; reusable modules.
Certifications & Achievements
Professional ethical hacking qualifications and national hackathon achievements.
Jain National Hackathon, Tech for Agriculture
Organized with IBM
Selected as national finalist (Top 5 of 650+ participants nationwide) in the prestigious hackathon organized in partnership with IBM.
CEH v13 (Certified Ethical Hacker)
Targeting December 2026
Comprehensive ethical hacking curriculum covering advanced attack vectors, reconnaissance, system hacking, and penetration testing methodologies.
Jain National Hackathon, Tech for Agriculture
Organized with IBM
Selected as national finalist (Top 5 of 650+ participants nationwide) in the prestigious hackathon organized in partnership with IBM.
CEH v13 (Certified Ethical Hacker)
Targeting December 2026
Comprehensive ethical hacking curriculum covering advanced attack vectors, reconnaissance, system hacking, and penetration testing methodologies.
Jain National Hackathon, Tech for Agriculture
Organized with IBM
Selected as national finalist (Top 5 of 650+ participants nationwide) in the prestigious hackathon organized in partnership with IBM.
CEH v13 (Certified Ethical Hacker)
Targeting December 2026
Comprehensive ethical hacking curriculum covering advanced attack vectors, reconnaissance, system hacking, and penetration testing methodologies.
Jain National Hackathon, Tech for Agriculture
Organized with IBM
Selected as national finalist (Top 5 of 650+ participants nationwide) in the prestigious hackathon organized in partnership with IBM.
Academic Background
Formal education spanning secondary school through a cybersecurity-focused degree.
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
Cybersecurity
SSMRV College, Bengaluru
Pre-University (PUC)
PCMC — Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science
Krupanidhi Pre-University College
Secondary School
Rockwood Green Public School (RGPS)