Chaithanya Chetu

Information Security Engineer

Lumen Data

• Spearheads the design and implementation of automated security infrastructure using Python and Terraform, reducing manual remediation efforts by 45%.
• Architects secure cloud configurations across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to protect mission-critical data products and multi-cloud workloads.
• Orchestrates the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven security automation into the vulnerability management lifecycle, improving triage efficiency for security events by 30%.
• Leads cross-functional collaboration with Engineering and Product teams to mitigate risks in containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Establishes security best practices for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, ensuring secure-by-design principles for all cloud-native application deployments.
• Mentors junior engineers on threat modeling and STRIDE methodology to improve the overall security posture of SaaS offerings.

Soc Analyst

Alight Solutions

• Developed custom Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) playbooks and automation scripts in Python to streamline incident response workflows, decreasing mean time to respond (MTTR) by 25%.
• Managed the deployment and tuning of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platforms to monitor and protect enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure.
• Directed the analysis of complex security logs and alerts, investigating over 200 high-priority incidents annually with a 99% accuracy rate.
• Championed the adoption of the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map detective controls against emerging threat patterns.
• Collaborated with IT teams to collect and validate evidence for security and compliance audits, ensuring adherence to NIST and CIS benchmarks.
• Optimized security monitoring infrastructure by recreating manual triage processes into automated, non-human centric workflows.

Master's, Information Security Assurance

Wilmington University