Sowndharya Maheswaran
Senior Security Analyst at IBM - Working with Philip morris international
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolSowndharya Maheswaran is a Senior Security Analyst with a decade of experience and 7+ years focused on application security, consistently embedding DevSecOps practices into cloud-native SDLCs. She has driven measurable risk reduction—cutting critical vulnerabilities by 85% in three months and lowering system vulnerabilities by 30% during an enterprise AWS migration—while leading hundreds of cloud security audits and high-impact penetration tests. Skilled across SAST/DAST, API and container security, and tools like Fortify, Checkmarx, Burp Suite and Aqua, she also brings hands-on experience securing Salesforce and Snowflake environments. Known for translating complex risks into actionable remediation plans and building security-aware developer cultures, she’s currently exploring AI-driven threat detection for cloud platforms. Based in Chennai and open to relocation across Europe, UK and UAE, she combines technical depth with strong governance and incident response improvements that cut resolution times by 30%.
10 years of coding experience
Higher Secondary, Matriculation School, Higher Secondary, Matriculation School at Maxwell Matriculation SchoolBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Easwari Engineering College(SRM Group)
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Github Skills (12)
cocoapods6
objective-c6
asynchronous6
fbsdk6
cllocationmanager6
ios6
nspredicate6
swift6
uistackview6
parse3
chat-application2
chat2
Github contributions (5)
Sowndharya/StickeyHeaderiOS
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
Sowndharya/Discover-iOS
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
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