Sunny Rajasekaran
Senior Security Engineer, AWS Offensive Security at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Folsom, California, United States
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Top SchoolSunny Rajasekaran is a senior security engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in firmware, hardware, and software security across cloud and GPU ecosystems. Currently at AWS Offensive Security, he brings a proven record from Intel of securing graphics firmware, leading cross-functional teams, and shipping fixes for multiple high-profile CVEs. His background spans kernel and hypervisor defenses, EDR feature development, and automated fuzzing frameworks that uncovered critical hardware bugs. Sunny pairs deep research credentials—a PhD-level focus and published work on cloud VM introspection—with practical product delivery, from macOS kernel extensions to threat models for confidential compute. He is known for bridging academic rigor with engineering pragmatism, often acting as the technical escalation point during incidents. Based in Folsom, CA, he blends large-company security program leadership with hands-on offensive and defensive tooling experience.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science at Anna University ChennaiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at The George Washington UniversityCertification Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Certification Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford University
Tamil, English
Github Skills (41)
android-app9
linux8
ruby8
nodejs7
robotics7
ameritrade7
pdf7
docx7
android7
homebrew7
tdameritrade7
macos7
kotlin7
package-manager6
pandoc6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SunnyRaj/setup-home-env
May 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:38 pushes in 1 year 7 months
gwcloudlab/evade-4.7
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:45 pushes, 34 branches, 7 comments in 3 months
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