Updated At: 13 July 2024

Mrinank Verma

New Delhi, India

mrinank.verma@gmail.com

System Architect and Versatile Leader | Full Stack Development and Cybersecurity.

Experienced in full stack development and team leadership, with a strong background in cybersecurity auditing, VAPT, and the development of large-scale distributed security systems. Skilled in both offensive (red teaming) and defensive (blue teaming) strategies, dedicated to enhancing organizational resilience through innovative solutions.


Experience

Joint Director - Solution Architect, Project Manager, VAPT, Distributed Systems

Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India

Currently leading 2 teams, 19 people and 25 people each respectively, for development of large scale defensive Cyber Security systems. Alongside other roles of VAPT, Architecting Solutions for problems of other teams and Liasoning with external agencies and organizations.

July 2024 - Present

Deputy Director - Development Team Lead, Full Stack Developer, Security Team Lead

Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India

Lead a 15 people team for Development and Operations of a major large-scale system with auto-DevOps for multiple deployments per day. This included Infrastructure as Code, VAPT, Parallel File Systems, NoSQL Databases, SQL Databases, Messaging Queues, Caches, Reverse Proxies, VPNs, Firewalls, Virtual Switches, KVM, Search Engines, Python, RestAPIs and much more.

 

Lead a 18 people team for Development, Operations and Remote Deployments of a massive distributed Defensive Cyber Security system with auto-DevOps for multiple deployments per week. This includes creation of analysis systems, multiple django dashboards, VPNs, Networking and system audting.

 

Participated in, and in some cases lead, VAPTs, Incidence Responses and Cyber Security Audits.

 

Part of the team that helps form new projects and groups for research and development projects.

October 2020 - June 2024

Assistant Director - Cyber Security Team Lead, Cyber Security Analyst

Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India

VAPTs and Incidence Responses.

June 2019 - October 2020

Assistant Director - Visual C++ Developer

Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India

Developed, and optimzed desktop applications using Microsoft SQL Server as the data backend.

May 2017 - June 2019

Information Systems Officer - Java Developer, Support Team Lead

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Collaboratively administrate empowered markets via plug-and-play networks. Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits. Dramatically visualize customer directed convergence without revolutionary ROI.

August 2016 - May 2017

Proficiencies

Skills
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT)
  • Software Architecture
  • Incident Response
  • DevSecOps and CI/CD
  • Full Stack Development

 

Programming Languages
  • Python
  • Ansible
  • Shell

 

Tools and Libraries
  • Flask
  • django
  • pandas
  • Celery
  • RabbitMQ
  • MongoDB
  • Postgresql
  • Redis
  • BeeGFS
  • Ubuntu
  • Fedora
  • Gitlab
  • github
  • Hashicorp Vault
  • Ansible

 

Workflow
  • Cross Functional Teams
  • Agile Development & Scrum

Awards & Certifications

  • Certified Container Security Expert - Practical DevSecOps
  • Certified DevSecOps Professional - Practical DevSecOps
  • Offensive Security Certified Professional - Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (OSCP - PWK)
  • Best Technology Group Award for Automated Malware Analysis System
  • Runner Up - National Cyber Exercise (NCX) 2023 (Blue Team)

Education

DIT University formerly Dehradun Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
August 2012 - May 2016

Kendriya Vidyalaya F.R.I.

English, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Computers
April 2010 - March 2012

Seven Oaks School, Dehradun

Maths, Science, English, Hindi, Computers
April 2000 - March 2010