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Shivani Sawant

@shivanisawant

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MSc Cybersecurity graduate specializing in malware analysis, vulnerability detection, and digital forensics.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking graduate cybersecurity roles where I can apply malware analysis, vulnerability detection, and digital forensics skills, learn from experienced teams, and contribute to proactive threat reduction.

I am a MSc Cyber Security graduate from Heriot-Watt University with hands-on experience in malware analysis, vulnerability detection, digital forensics, and secure network design. I developed an AI-driven vulnerability detection dissertation using deep learning and GNNs and have practical experience with reverse engineering, incident response, and security tooling.

My internship experience includes threat assessments, vulnerability analysis, network scanning, and remediation planning, complemented by projects building ML malware classifiers and digital forensics investigations using Autopsy, Sleuth Kit, Volatility, and Ghidra. I bring strong analytical, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills and seek graduate roles in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, network security, or digital forensics.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Crew Member

Current

McDonald’s

Jun 2025 - Present (7 months)

Delivered high-quality customer service in a fast-paced environment, maintained operational accuracy and hygiene during peak hours, and developed teamwork, communication, and time-management skills.

Customer Service Time Management Teamwork Communication Quality Control

Cybersecurity Intern

CerebroSpark

Dec 2023 - May 2024 (5 months)

Supported threat assessments and vulnerability analysis across client environments, conducted network scanning and penetration testing, and assisted with system hardening validation and remediation planning.

Vulnerability Assessment Penetration Testing System Hardening Incident Response Linux Security Wireshark

Data Science Intern

Infobyte

Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 (2 months)

Applied Python, Pandas, and SQL to clean, analyse, and visualise data, created dashboards and reports to communicate insights, and managed end-to-end data workflows to improve analytical efficiency.

Python Pandas SQL Data Cleaning Data Visualization Dashboards Jupyter GitHub

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Heriot-Watt University

Master of Science, Cyber Security

2024 - 2025

Grade: Distinction

Activities and societies: MSc project management; dissertation selected as a reference project; GitHub repository for dissertation (github.com/shivani050/Dissertation).

MSc Cyber Security with Distinction; coursework and labs in software security, malware behaviour, digital forensics, cryptography, and secure network design. Dissertation: AI-Driven Vulnerability Detection using deep learning and GNNs with datasets such as Devign, Big-Vul, and Juliet.

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

2021 - 2024

Grade: 8.93 CGPA

Activities and societies: Led final-year BE project team; involvement in technical clubs and academic events.

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science with strong foundations in programming, data analysis, and secure software development; led project teams and participated in technical clubs and events.