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Akash Chandrappa Totad

@akashchandrappatotad

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Cloud Security Engineer building IAM/VPC security controls in AWS and Azure.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a cloud security role where I can harden IAM/VPC controls across AWS and Azure, automate security testing with Python, and own incident response with continuous security logging—working closely with cross-functional teams.

I’m a Cybersecurity Engineer with around 3+ years of experience in cloud and network security. I’ve delivered end-to-end video production pipelines and embedded IAM and VPC security controls across hybrid AWS/Azure environments.

I collaborate with cross-functional teams to run security audits, implement OAuth/OpenID Connect authentication, and use cloud native security tools for continuous logging and encryption. I focus on practical outcomes—like reducing high severity alerts by ~40% and improving mean time resolution to under 30 minutes—through automation, strong access controls, and fast, reliable incident response.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Founder & CEO

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Bizextol

Jun 2025 - Present (1 year)

Led cross-functional initiatives managing cloud-based asset storage in AWS S3 with server-side encryption, enabling secure delivery of visual content to 150+ clients. Directed a team of 6 designers and built Python-driven analytics pipelines that increased actionable campaign insights by 30%.

AWS S3 Cloud Security Python Team Leadership Cross Functional Collaboration

Cyber Security Analyst Intern

Shamgar Software Solutions

Jan 2025 - Jun 2025 (5 months)

Identified and mitigated threats across hybrid AWS and Azure environments by hardening IAM policies and tuning VPC security groups, lowering high severity alerts by ~40%. Automated vulnerability scanning and rate-limiting with Python, reducing scan cycles from weekly to daily and achieving 95% mean time resolution under 30 minutes using OAuth/OIDC and centralized security logging.

Hybrid Environment Security AWS Azure IAM Policy Hardening Python OAuth OpenID Connect Vulnerability Scanning Solutions Incident Response

Content Manager & Video Editor

The House of Edits

Mar 2023 - Apr 2025 (2 years 1 month)

Directed production of video assets stored in Azure Blob Storage, implementing encryption at rest and network security policies to support delivery to 200k+ viewers with zero data breach incidents. Managed a team of 8 editors and deployed automated Python pipelines for transcoding and metadata tagging, improving turnaround time by 25% while maintaining 99.9% uptime using CDN API rate limiting.

Azure Blob Storage Network Policy Data Pipelines Metadata