Sai Pavan Kolusu
Summary
IT professional with experience across cybersecurity, reverse engineering, and data engineering. Skilled in conducting vulnerability assessments, malware analysis, and implementing compliance frameworks to safeguard sensitive client data. Hands-on expertise in cloud-based data solutions using Azure, Spark, and Python for large-scale data processing and optimization. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile environments to deliver secure, efficient, and scalable technology solutions.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Research Analyst
BBI Law Group P.C.
08.2024 - Current
- Conducted vulnerability assessments on internal systems and client portals, helping reduce risks of data exposure.
- Assisted in malware analysis and endpoint monitoring, ensuring secure handling of immigration case files and client records.
- Supported implementation of data privacy and compliance measures aligned with USCIS/DHS requirements, GDPR, and client confidentiality standards.
- Developed Python scripts and automation tools to streamline log analysis and repetitive security checks, improving incident response time.
- Authored security awareness materials and contributed to staff training on phishing, safe file handling, and access control practices.
- Collaborated with IT and legal teams to ensure secure document exchange, safeguarding thousands of sensitive immigration records.
Android Reverse Engineer
Bridgetown Consulting Group
03.2024 - 08.2024
- Assisted in malware analysis and reverse engineering of Android applications using tools such as JADx, dex2jar, and Ghidra, supporting senior engineers in delivering threat insights.
- Supported security audits with Burp Suite and Python scripting, helping to identify and resolve application-level vulnerabilities.
- Helped in monitoring and categorizing Potentially Harmful Applications (PHAs), contributing to platform-wide mobile security improvements.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams in Agile sprints, learning how to streamline workflows and improve malware triage processes.
- Contributed to drafting security reports and documentation for internal teams, gaining exposure to executive-level security reporting.
Application Developer Associate
Accenture
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Implemented high-performance data solutions using Azure Data Factory and DataBricks, scaling data processing capabilities by 50%.
- Executed root cause analysis and implemented corrective actions to address data quality issues, resulting in a 15% reduction in anomalies.
- Optimized Spark workloads using predicate pushdown, broadcasting, persisting, partition pruning, salting, bin-packing, z-ordering, etc.
- Centralized version control and streamlined code management using GIT & Azure DevOps, making deployment 30% more efficient.
- Troubleshot a lagging data ingestion process by finetuning Spark configurations, leading to a 20% increase in processing speed.
- Authored documentation for data pipelines, including pipeline architecture, data flow diagrams, and technical specifications.
- Configured Azure Monitor alerts to detect and notify pipeline failures, reducing downtime by 20% through rapid response actions.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to migrate on-premises projects to the cloud, achieving a 50% reduction in operational costs.
Education
Master of Science - Information Assurance
Wilmington University
01.2023
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
GITAM University
01.2020
Skills
- Cybersecurity & Compliance: Vulnerability Assessment, Malware Analysis, Endpoint Monitoring, Incident Response, Data Privacy & Compliance (USCIS/DHS, GDPR), Security Awareness & Training, Secure Document Exchange, Access Control
- Reverse Engineering & Application Security: Android Reverse Engineering (JADx, dex2jar, Ghidra, Frida), Static & Dynamic Analysis, Potentially Harmful Applications (PHAs) Monitoring, Burp Suite, Objection, Report Writing, OWASP Top 10
- Cloud & Data Engineering: Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2), Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL Database, Azure Monitor, Azure HDInsight, Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, ETL/ELT, Performance Tuning & Optimization, Lakehouse Architecture
- Programming & Scripting: Java, Python, PySpark, SQL/T-SQL, Automation (log analysis, security checks)
- Big Data & Integration Tools: Spark (Batch & Streaming), Confluent Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, HDFS
- Version Control & CI/CD: Git, Azure DevOps
- Databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate
- AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional
Timeline
Research Analyst
BBI Law Group P.C.
08.2024 - Current
Android Reverse Engineer
Bridgetown Consulting Group
03.2024 - 08.2024
Application Developer Associate
Accenture
09.2020 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
GITAM University
Master of Science - Information Assurance
Wilmington University
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