Resume
Cybersecurity grad student @ UMD with a strong passion for building and breaking stuff.
[ spaida@terpmail.umd.edu ] . [ /in/srikarpaida ] . [ github.com/thesrikarpaida ]
Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Maryland, College Park (Jan 2025-Present)
- Assisted in teaching and grading coursework for Ethics, Privacy and Security in Big Data as well as Human-Centered Cybersecurity.
- Developed and led engaging in-class activities to enhance student understanding of data privacy and cybersecurity risks.
- Facilitated discussions and collaborated with the professor to design course material and assessments every week, emphasizing data protection and risk management.
Associate Software Engineer @ Integral Ad Science (Apr 2022-Jul 2023)
- Implemented Agile Methodology for product initiatives by enhancing UI and backend features of the organization’s dashboard application, resulting in about 20% increase in customer satisfaction.
- Resolved critical and high vulnerabilities within project repositories reported by Cybeats, which was a new implementation to the organization.
- Acted as the SME for API macro mapping resulting in 30% faster response in resolving priority incidents.
- Developed secure onboarding documentation that streamlined processes, reducing new hire integration time and enhancing team productivity.
- Improvised a huge backlog of code quality from SonarQube reports, resulting in better code readability.
- Led the team in overcoming obstacles during sprints by implementing fun and effective problem-solving strategies, ensuring timely delivery of sprint commitments, and boosting team morale.
- Migrated the UI tech stack from Angular JS to React JS.
Senior Analyst @ Capgemini (Aug 2021-Mar 2022)
- Managed end-to-end deployment process for a mission-critical energy management system by coordinating with cross-functional teams and resources to ensure successful production releases.
- Conducted daily status checks on production servers, monitoring for performance, security, and uptime, and delivered comprehensive reports to stakeholders on a regular basis, ensuring proactive issue resolution and system reliability.
Summer Research Intern @ IIIT Allahabad (May 2019-Jul 2019)
- Performed comprehensive research on Public Key Encryption in Cryptography, focusing on developing more efficient algorithms.
- Authored and published a research paper and presented it at the IEEE CICT-2019 conference, contributing to advancements in cryptographic methods.
Projects
Penetration Testing Enterprise Systems (Dec 2024)
- Executed black-box penetration testing on Windows and Linux systems, simulating real-world attack scenarios to uncover critical vulnerabilities.
- Produced a detailed technical penetration testing report outlining vulnerability findings, exploitation techniques, and remediation recommendations.
- Prepared an executive-level summary report to communicate key risks and business impact to non-technical stakeholders.
Web Server in Assembly (Aug 2024)
- Built a web server entirely in x64 Assembly language.