Govardhen Arunagiri
Security Engineer at Meta
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolGovardhen Arunagiri is a Security Engineer with six years of hands-on experience securing applications, devices, and networks across industry and government, currently focused on security work at Meta in the Washington DC–Baltimore area. He previously led offensive and defensive projects at MITRE and Praetorian, conducting adversary emulation, assessments, and vulnerability research for high-profile clients and translating findings into practical remediation guidance. Govardhen contributes to the well-known MITRE Caldera open-source adversary emulation platform, strengthening back-end data services and agent interactions—work that underscores his deep familiarity with red-team tooling and automation. He combines a Computer Engineering degree from UMD with a master’s in Information Security Engineering from SANS, blending rigorous academic training with applied security engineering. Colleagues value his ability to move from exploit research to production-grade tooling and clear, actionable reporting for diverse stakeholders.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkMaster's degree, Information Security Engineering, Master's degree, Information Security Engineering at SANS Technology Institute
English, Tamil
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Github Skills (12)
cybersecurity10
python10
back-end-development10
emulation9
rest-api8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
security-automation8
file-management7
git-repository6
github-repos6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mitre/caldera
Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
Automated Adversary Emulation Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 19 commits, 58 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Govardhen primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Caldera platform, focusing on data services, file management, and agent communication. They made significant changes to the `data_svc.py` file, implementing and refactoring components related to parser configuration and ability updates. Further contributions included adding and modifying agent profiles and related interactions, as well as fixing a bug related to the operation not being found on contact. Several commits focused on the introduction and modification of additional info sections.
security-automationadversarysecurity-testingred-teammitre-attack
mitre/training
Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
A CALDERA plugin
Contributions:3 reviews, 35 PRs, 146 pushes in 9 months
caldera-plugincalderaplugin
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