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Soham Sheth

Gaithersburg,MD

Summary

  • Soham is a results-driven technology professional with 9+ years of progressive experience in software and systems engineering, specializing in a diverse array of technologies within Software Automation, Cybersecurity, and Machine Learning.
  • Proven expertise in designing and implementing robust software automation solutions, coupled with a keen understanding of security principles and hands-on experience with ML, to ensure system integrity and resilience.
  • Adept at navigating complex technical landscapes, recognized for cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving.
  • Soham brings a forward-thinking approach to lead automation, security risk mitigation, and data-driven initiatives by combining technical acumen with a strategic vision to drive innovation and efficiency.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Engineer - Software Engineering

Hughes Network Systems
04.2022 - Current
  • Managed and Led the JUPITER platform’s Security, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure Automation projects
  • Designed an IdP (Identity Provider) solution for the Jupiter platform with Okta and Keycloak, enabling MFA and SSO
  • Performed proof of concept (POC) for integrating an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) using Snort and Security Onion
  • Led internal pentesting using Nmap, Burp Suite, Nessus, and Zap for VSAT software and Network Management System
  • Automated port scans and static code analysis for the satcom ground system using Jenkins, Python, and Ansible
  • Incorporated Ansible security compliance roles for RedHat into Hughes Jupiter platform infrastructure
  • Designed and implemented interference detection mechanism for VSATs using ML – patent pending
  • Completed proof of concept (POC) to build tflite (Google’s TensorFlow Lite) lib for Hughes VSAT’s indoor unit located at a remote customer site to enable it to load and run trained ML models and derive inference – patent pending
  • Collaborated with multiple teams to build requirements, design documents, and interface control documents
  • Mentored new hires, and interns and trained newer members of the team to foster overall team productivity
  • Led the development of a dashboard using Python Dash with PyOD-based anomaly detection on performance logs
  • Enhanced integration efficiency by transforming automation framework using Jenkins, Ansible, Git, and Python
  • Built an API simulator to accelerate performance analysis of a JUPITER platform using node.js/Express.js
  • As a functional expert, also responsible for troubleshooting and resolving tertiary escalations from production networks.

Senior Systems Engineer

Hughes Network Systems
04.2020 - 04.2022
  • Led COTS update/migration activities for lab & customer networks; automated using Python, Ansible, and shell scripting
  • Designed and Implemented a predictive model to predict the number of VSATs in different error states by doing multi-variate time series forecasts using VAR, LSTM, CNN, and fbprophet; performed anomaly detection using Isolation forest.

Software Engineer II & III

Hughes Network Systems
08.2015 - 04.2020
  • Integrated and supported networking feature implementation in a lab environment for over 20 releases; supported post-release implementation on customer networks/gateways across the globe thereby ensuring on-time resolutions
  • Supported infrastructure bring-up including routers, switches, firewalls, HP OA/VC, and vSphere ESXi configuration and staging activities for 10 end-to-end lab and production systems; contributed to productization of this entire process.

Software Intern

ASML
06.2014 - 08.2014
  • Studied and compiled OpenCV library for an eight-core PowerPC e500mc board to perform image processing
  • Performed comparative analysis, and possible code refactoring approaches by performing multi-threading.

Education

Master of Science - Cybersecurity

EC Council University
12.2023

Master of Science - Computer Networking And Telecommunications

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
05.2015

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Telecommunications

NMIMS University
Mumbai, India
08.2012

Skills

  • Security know-how: Cryptography, VyOS, IDS (Snort, Security Onion), VAPT (Nessus, BurpSuite, OWASP Zap, Nmap, Metasploit, Wireshark), Thycotic, Fortinet Firewalls, Okta IAM, Compliance Automation
  • Data Analysis and ML: BigQuery, Apache Flume & Kafka, Keras, Neural Networks, fbprophet, Python Pandas, PyOD, Isolation Forest, Plotly
  • Software: Python, Shell script, JavaScript
  • DevOps and Automation: Jenkins, Ansible, AWX, Git, Jira, Confluence, Expressjs
  • Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, Routing/Switching, MAC protocols, DNS, NAT, VoIP, BGP, IPsec, SSH, Working knowledge of SDN: Network Virtualization, OpenFlow
  • Working experience with Microsoft Azure and GCP

Awards Recognition

  • Recognized with the ‘Engineering Excellence Award’ by Hughes Network Systems in Jan 2018.
  • Received ‘Spot Award’ for outstanding performance during system deployment by Hughes in Feb 2017 and Dec 2017.

Timeline

Principal Engineer - Software Engineering

Hughes Network Systems
04.2022 - Current

Senior Systems Engineer

Hughes Network Systems
04.2020 - 04.2022

Software Engineer II & III

Hughes Network Systems
08.2015 - 04.2020

Software Intern

ASML
06.2014 - 08.2014

Master of Science - Cybersecurity

EC Council University

Master of Science - Computer Networking And Telecommunications

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Telecommunications

NMIMS University

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