# Vinit Vora

Vinit Vora is a remote worker on Himalayas, Application Security Engineer at UniAcco, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@vinitvora

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Application Security Engineer at UniAcco automating AWS threat detection and hardening Kubernetes workloads.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Salary expectations | 1507k+ INR |
| Job categories | Cloud Security Engineer, Penetration Tester |
| Skills | Application Security, Cloud Security, AWS, Kubernetes Security, Amazon EKS, Web Mobile and API VAPT, Threat Detection, Security Automation, AWS IAM, AWS WAF, CloudTrail, Athena, AWS Lambda, S3, EC2 |

## About

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At UniAcco, I automate AWS posture reviews and threat detection for production SaaS platforms. I use ScoutSuite to review cloud configurations and built detection workflows with CloudTrail, Athena, Lambda, and S3.

I assess EKS security across 20 namespaces and deployed Falco runtime detections with alerts routed to OpenSearch. I also scheduled Kubescape posture checks aligned with NSA/CISA and MITRE guidance.

For preventive application security, I created 50 custom Semgrep rules in mandatory GitHub Actions pull-request gates and set up recurring SonarQube analysis. I’ve also validated more than 20 web/API security issues and worked with engineers on root causes and remediation.

During production security incidents, including DDoS and redirect attacks, I developed OpenSearch/ELK observability across 800+ APIs, contributing to approximately 60% faster incident triage. My projects include CyberCLI, a Python security reconnaissance and VAPT platform, and first-author research on an IoT sinkhole-attack IDS.
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## Experience

### Application Security Engineer (current)

UniAcco. May 2025 - Present

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Automated AWS posture assessments and EKS security reviews, deployed runtime monitoring, and built threat-detection automation. Validated 20+ web/API vulnerabilities and responded to production incidents, improving triage speed.
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Skills: AWS, IAM, S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudTrail, WAF, ScoutSuite, Amazon-EKS, Kubernetes, RBAC, Falco, Kubescape, OpenSearch, ELK, Athena, Python, GitHub-Actions, Semgrep, SonarQube, Burp-suite, OWASP-ZAP, DDoS-Mitigation

### Cybersecurity Engineering Intern

UniAcco. Nov 2024 - Apr 2025

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Supported web/API and infrastructure assessments, vulnerability validation, cloud monitoring, secure CI/CD controls, and incident investigations before full-time conversion.
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Skills: Web-Security, API-Security, Vulnerability-Assessment, Cloud-Monitoring, CI-CD-Security, incident-investigation

### Penetration Testing Intern

Wirerr Softlabs. May 2024 - Jul 2024

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Assessed 200+ network assets with Nmap/OpenVAS, verified 25+ findings, and provided prioritized remediation recommendations.
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Skills: Nmap, OpenVas, Penetration-Testing, Vulnerability-Assessment, remediation

## Education

### NMIMS Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering

B.Tech., Computer Science (Cybersecurity). 2021 - 2025

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Pursued a B.Tech. in Computer Science with a focus on Cybersecurity, completing the program in 2025.
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## Tech stack

- AWS IAM
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon S3
- SonarQube
- Amazon EKS
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Python
- ELK
- Grafana
- Kibana
- Linux
- Falco
- OpenSearch
- AWS WAF
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon RDS
- Docker
- sqlmap
- Nmap
- Semgrep
- OWASP ZAP
- Bash
- Kubescape
- AWS

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