About

Arun Shankar is a highly skilled Data Architect with over 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. He has a proven track record in the design, planning, and execution of product/platform development in cybersecurity, delivering enterprise-class solutions on Cloud and On-prem products. Arun specializes in handling backend activities involved in threat analysis workflow, correlation and aggregation of security events, and has recent accomplishments in MITRE Integration with SIEM, correlation of events from in-house and third-party security products, asset management, and identification based on security events, and data representation of threat data based on UX and customer requirements. As a lead of a 6-member team of API and Database engineers, Arun has the ability to wear different hats based on the need, as a developer and as a lead. He has experience working with cross-functional and extended teams, representing the team as a leader in requirement gathering, design discussions, planning effort estimations, and execution. Arun is also adept at running Beta programs and taking user input and providing solutions, hiring, mentoring, and building teams. Arun has expertise in database design and development, using Cloud and on-prem database services, and has professional experience in designing and developing Transactional, Analytical, and data-warehouse implementations. He is highly proficient with SQL-based coding with an eye for performance and security, hands-on with different RDBMS and next-generation database architecture like NoSQL/Columnar databases, and has experience in handling large data volumes. Arun can perform data migrations using custom and out-of-box solutions, and has the ability to conduct POC on database technologies to evaluate based on use cases. With hands-on experience using several AWS cloud services, Arun can optimize cost while using cloud solutions. He is also proficient in complex Python and Shell scripting and has experience in the design and development of API using ORM and Python. Arun's past experience includes working as a Senior Technical Lead at Intel, where he designed, developed, and managed a MySQL-based database solution for Network Threat Behavior Analysis. He also worked as a Development Lead at Microsoft, where he designed, developed, and managed custom Response Management solutions and MS Dynamics based CRM deployment. Arun holds a Master's degree in Computer Application from Bharathidasan University and a Bachelor's degree in Physics from St. Josephs College, Trichy. Arun's technical skills include Senior Software Engineer, SQL, Python, AWS, Big Data, MySQL,