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Sathiya Shunmugasundaram

Cedar Park,USA

Summary

Staff Security Engineer with proven success at Tesla, focusing on cloud security and compliance with industry standards. Proficient in AWS, Kubernetes, and advanced technologies such as Machine Learning and AI, driving automation and operational excellence. Leadership in multi-cloud environments strengthens incident management and enhances security posture. Dedicated to delivering solutions that significantly improve reliability and security.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Staff Security/Site Reliability Engineer

Tesla
Austin, TX
10.2022 - Current
  • Enhanced security posture for over 350 Kubernetes clusters and hundreds of AWS accounts.
  • Automated security remediation processes to improve response times.
  • Developed a chatbot to aid application teams in prioritizing the security remediations and provide solutions
  • Established baseline standards for infrastructure services to ensure compliance.
  • Created observability tools, monitoring the security posture of on-premises infrastructure.
  • Led ML Ops initiatives for a deep learning platform, encompassing tracking, model registry, and deployment.
  • Led ML Ops initiatives for a deep learning platform, encompassing tracking, model registry, and deployment.

Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Technologies SRE

Apple
Austin, TX
05.2018 - 10.2022
  • Created secure public multi-cloud platform for Apple, supporting major applications including Maps and Siri.
  • Aggregated data from diverse cloud accounts to improve threat response and vulnerability management.
  • Managed CloudTech SRE teams across the USA, India, and Singapore for third-party public cloud platforms.
  • Established a multi-cloud observability platform to enhance security and operational efficiency.
  • Directed 24/7 support for critical systems, implementing robust incident and problem management processes.
  • Ensured compliance with industry regulations, including SOX, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA.
  • Collaborated with cloud providers to develop petabyte-scale logging and analytics systems.

Lead Software Engineer

Capital One
Richmond, VA
05.2007 - 05.2018
  • Drove innovation and automation in DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud engineering.
  • Developed several serverless capabilities using AWS Lambda for DevOps automation and infrastructure rehydration.
  • Developed a Chaos Engineering tool for failure testing of mission-critical applications.
  • Evangelized Chaos Engineering practices within the community to enhance application reliability.
  • Conducted private beta testing for AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB).
  • Presented on operations automation using ECS at AWS-Reinvent 2016, highlighting innovative strategies.

Education

Masters - Control Systems and Instrumentation

College of Engineering
Guindy, TN, India

Bachelors - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

College of Engineering
Guindy, TN, India

Skills

  • Cloud infrastructure and AWS
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning - Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, MLflow, ML Ops
  • AI - Generative AI, LLMs, Cursor AI, RAG, Prompt Engineering, AI Agents
  • Agile management tools
  • Source control and GitHub
  • Programming languages: Java and Python
  • Infrastructure as code: CloudFormation and Terraform
  • Security monitoring and AWS security
  • Development tools: PyCharm and Eclipse
  • Compliance standards: PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA
  • Web servers: Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, WebLogic
  • Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, DynamoDB, Oracle
  • Open source tools: Consul, JMeter, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Container management: ECS, EKS, Mesos/Marathon, On-Prem Kubernetes
  • Operating systems: Linux and MVS

Certification

  • Terraform Certified Associate
  • AWS Certified Security Engineer
  • AWS Certified Network Engineer
  • AWS Certified Professional Architect
  • AWS Certified Professional DevOps Engineer
  • BEA Certified in SOA Foundations
  • Sun Certified Java Programmer/Developer

Personal Blog

https://medium.com/becloudy

Linkedin Profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sathiyash/

Publications and Honors

  • Docker Captain, https://www.docker.com/captains/sathiya-shunmugasundaram/
  • Speaker at AWS reinvent 2016: Operations Automation and Infrastructure Management with Amazon ECS, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbLhfiXVP6Q
  • Speaker at Serverless Conference London - Cloud Detour - Chaos Engineering tool for Cloud, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC-w6a9rcy8
  • Speaker at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2017 SFO - Continuous Chaos in DevOps, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Uh5RMCwPI

Timeline

Staff Security/Site Reliability Engineer

Tesla
10.2022 - Current

Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Technologies SRE

Apple
05.2018 - 10.2022

Lead Software Engineer

Capital One
05.2007 - 05.2018

Masters - Control Systems and Instrumentation

College of Engineering

Bachelors - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

College of Engineering

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