Samik Roy
Microsoft MVP - Security at Kindle Direct Publishing
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolSamik Roy is a Microsoft MVP in Security and a cloud security architect with nine years of experience designing and implementing large-scale Azure security and SIEM solutions from Bengaluru. He specializes in Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, and Azure-native integrations—contributing backend and DevOps work to the widely used Azure Sentinel repo, including API connectors, Key Vault integrations, and CI/CD automation. A published author and instructor on KQL with courses on Udemy and a KQL book, he translates deep technical know‑how into practical SOC use cases and runbooks. Samik has led ultra-scale SIEM migrations (Splunk to Sentinel), cost-optimized security deployments, and vulnerability assessments across enterprise environments. Beyond hands-on engineering, he actively speaks and contributes to the community, combining platform-level development with operational security playbooks that accelerate secure cloud adoption.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceBachelor's degree Computer Application, Bachelor's degree Computer Application at Cyber Research & Training Institute
English, Bengali, Hindi
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Github Skills (12)
cybersecurity10
apim10
data-connector10
data-connectors10
api10
python10
azure-keyvault9
powershell9
cicd8
csom6
sharepoint-online6
rest6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/Azure-Sentinel
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
Cloud-native SIEM for intelligent security analytics for your entire enterprise.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:34 reviews, 227 commits, 72 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Samik primarily focuses on the development of data connectors and integration with Azure services, particularly within the context of security information and event management (SIEM). Their contributions involve implementing API integrations, such as with the Lookout Risk API, including authentication, data retrieval, and storage within Azure Key Vault. Further, they modified PowerShell scripts for migrating logs to Azure Data Explorer and setting up CI/CD processes.
intelligentsecurity-analyticsanalyticssecuritykql
samikroy/samikroy
Sep 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:181 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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