Vimal Shekar
Senior Security Researcher - Global Hunting, Oversight, And Strategic Triage
Greater Melbourne Area Australia
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Top SchoolVimal Shekar is a senior security researcher based in Melbourne with over a decade of experience focused on threat hunting, oversight, and strategic triage within Microsoft Defender and Windows security teams. He blends deep technical roots—from embedded systems and electronics to DevSecOps and escalation engineering—with hands-on product security research that informs global detection capabilities. At Microsoft he progressed through support, engineering, and research roles, now leading global hunting efforts while also co-founding Gizmoware, demonstrating entrepreneurial curiosity alongside enterprise impact. Known for a pragmatic, developer-minded approach (his GitHub bio: "Developer | Security Researcher | Forever a Noob"), he balances continuous learning with delivering operational protections at scale. His background in embedded systems and electronics gives him an uncommon edge in analyzing low-level and firmware-adjacent threats.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School Physics Chemistry Mathematics Electronics, High School Physics Chemistry Mathematics Electronics at Indian Academy Pre-University CollegeMaster's Degree Information Technology, Master's Degree Information Technology at Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological SciencesHigh School Schooling, High School Schooling at Evershine High SchoolMaster's Degree Embedded Systems Design, Master's Degree Embedded Systems Design at Manipal UniversityBachelor's Degree Electronics and Communication, Bachelor's Degree Electronics and Communication at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, English
Github Skills (55)
javascript10
console10
windows10
open-source10
command-line10
cmd10
internals9
windows-terminal9
performance-tuning9
process-monitor8
profiling8
benchmarking8
typescript8
windows-console8
debug8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
VimalShekar/MyPublicRepository
Aug 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 4 months
VimalShekar/vimalshekar.github.io
Jan 2018 - Nov 2022
Github pages
Contributions:128 commits, 2 PRs, 85 pushes in 4 years 10 months
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