Summary
Pranau Kumar is a security engineer at Meta with 11 years of experience blending backend development, network security, and automation to harden large-scale systems. He holds a MS in Cybersecurity from Georgia Tech (4.00 GPA) and a BTech in Computer Science from VIT, combining rigorous academic training with hands-on consulting experience at Cisco. His background includes leading teaching efforts at Georgia Tech, which speaks to clear technical communication and mentorship in addition to technical delivery. At Cisco he moved from intern to Security Consulting Engineer, delivering customer-facing security solutions and optimizations that informed his pragmatic, risk-focused approach. Now based in San Francisco, he focuses on building scalable, auditable security tooling and automation that reduce operational burden while improving resilience. A detail that sets him apart is the blend of academic excellence and frontline consulting experience that enables him to translate complex security research into practical engineering outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, 4.00, Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, 4.00 at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 9.06, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 9.06 at Vellore Institute of Technology
English, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Spanish