Akash
Akash
West Lafayette, IN
EDUCATION
Purdue University, West Lafayette Aug 2021 – May 2023
MS in Computer and Information Technology, Specialization in Emerging Technologies GPA: 4.0/4.0
Amrita University, India Jun 2016 – Jun 2020
B.Tech (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering CGPA: 9.41/10
E XPERIENCE
Microsoft Corporation May 2022 - Aug 2022
Program Manager Intern | OneDrive/SharePoint Org Redmond, WA
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Strategizing product integrations to increase user engagement with Viva Topics by 25%
Purdue ITaP Research Computing Aug 2021 – May 2023
Research Solutions Engineer - Graduate Assistantship West Lafayette, IN
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Revamping automation & orchestration of High-Performance Computing systems
Cisco Systems Jan 2020 – Aug 2021
Software Engineer | Lifecycle Digital Transformation Bengaluru, India
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Built key capabilities for the 1st touch-point of a $13 Billion annual revenue stream
CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research) May – Aug 2019
Google Summer of Code Developer
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Augmented research collaboration by publishing a package manager for the SWAN project
Ernst & Young May – Jul 2019
Cybersecurity Intern | IT Risk Advisory Bengaluru, India
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Executed VAPT audits for web apps & developed Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools
PSG Software Technologies Apr – Jun 2018
Software Engineering Intern Coimbatore, India
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Devised a cross-platform app to streamline the admission process for 6000+ students
T ECHNICAL S KILLS
Areas of Interest: Full-stack Development, IT Program Management, Cyber Security
Languages and Frameworks: Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Node.js, Spring, Angular, React
Tools and Technologies: AWS, MongoDB, Kubernetes, ELK, Jenkins, Kafka, Puppet, Salesforce, Unity
Certifications:
Cisco Certified Interviewer Award
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Jul 2021
Microsoft Certified Security Operations Analyst Associate
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Jun 2021
Data Science @Cisco - Green Belt
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Apr 2021
Cisco Security Ninja - Advanced Blue Belt
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Nov 2020
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect Associate
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Apr 2020
AWARDS / E XTRACURRICULAR
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Teaching Assistant for a Python course on Internshala Trainings – Answered technical queries and evaluated
assignments. (Dec 2019 – Mar 2020)
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Represented Amrita University in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) India Regionals in 2018
and 2019
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Among top 10 teams nationally in the Smart India Hackathon 2018
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Conducted multiple sessions on problem-solving and programming for school students as a part of the coding
community of Amrita University. (Nov 2018)
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Recognized as a Distinguished Product Development Fellow for exemplary contributions to Hasura Inc.
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Head of Web and Multimedia Team for Anokha 2019, Amrita University’s annual techfest
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2nd place among 100+ participants in ‘War of Wits’, a general quiz conducted by the Coimbatore Quizzing Circle.
(Sept 2018)
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Organized a jeopardy-style Capture the Flag (CTF) contest in Anokha 2018