Shivam Vaishampayan

Product Security Engineer & Software Architect

Education

Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad

Aug 2018 – May 2022

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

C++ Python Bash Go

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Terraform Kubernetes Docker Jenkins GitLab

Security Tools

HashiCorp Vault SonarQube Falco Tetragon HackerOne PingSafe

Core Expertise

Security Architecture Threat Modeling eBPF Security Infrastructure as Code

Professional Experience

Product Security Engineer

Sprinklr

May 2023 – Present
  • Conducted comprehensive Security Architecture Reviews for major products like Sprinklr Insights, Sprinklr Community, and Sprinklr Service
  • Designed and implemented an in-house Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) initiative from scratch
  • Led CNAPP (Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform) vendor evaluation and onboarding projects
  • Built automation pipelines using Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes for deployment processes and security controls
  • Implemented infrastructure security through RBAC, network segmentation, logging, and compliance policies

Core Platform & Product Security (SDE I)

Urban Company

Jan 2022 – May 2023
  • Developed Terraform modules for AWS VPC components and EKS clusters, migrating tools like ArgoCD, Jenkins, Kafka, Prometheus, and ELK
  • Implemented a unique encryption key per PII data per user project (Crypto Shredding)
  • Automated dependency updates and integrated security pipelines using SonarQube for 180+ repositories
  • Managed bug bounty programs through HackerOne and PingSafe, addressing issues such as dependency confusion, IDOR, and CSRF
  • Designed PoC setups of eBPF-based networking & security tools for observability and runtime security

Certifications

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OSCP

Offensive Security Certified Professional

2021

🎯

CRTE

Certified Red Team Expert

2020

Achievements & Recognition

🏅

UC Champion Award

Exceptional Performance Recognition

Urban Company Q3 2022

Rookie Rockstar Award

Delivering Ahead of Timelines

Urban Company Q1 2023
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CSAW ESC'20 World Finals

Top 5 Projects from India

NYU & IITK Global Recognition
🔥

Flare-On Challenge

Reverse Engineering Excellence

FireEye Global Rank #99
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CSAW CTF 2020

Cybersecurity Competition

NYU 2nd Rank Nationally
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Cyber Hack CTF

Digital Forensics Challenge

NFSU (GFSU) 2nd Rank

Best Hardware Hack

Innovation in Hardware Security

HackOut by Headout 1st Prize

Leadership

Lead Organizer

Hack In The North, IIIT-A

Aug 2020 – Aug 2021