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Hello, I'm Abhishek Vaidya
I engineer secure, production-ready systems.
Cybersecurity M.S. student with enterprise security experience on Boeing's HR platform at TCS — RBAC, API hardening, and secure CI/CD gates.
GPA 3.89 at UT Dallas (May 2027). CompTIA Security+ and ISC2 CC. TryHackMe Top 1%. 5× TCS award recipient; HIPAA manuscript in preparation with faculty.
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- ▹40+ REST endpoints — RBAC enforced across Boeing HR platform at TCS
- ▹6+ auth gaps closed — Role checks, scoped payloads, and permission-gated UI
- ▹120+ tickets closed — Jira & ServiceNow change packages ($5K–$30K each)
- ▹5× TCS award recipient — Star of the Month ×2, Best Team ×2, On-the-Spot
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▸ Profile
TryHackMe Top 1% · CompTIA Security+ · ISC2 CC
Focus
Full-stack product delivery
Focus
React / Next.js & API design
Focus
Cloud + CI/CD with security gates
Focus
RBAC, RLS & secure system design
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▸ Technical skills
Also experienced in engineering
Experience
Experience
Nov 2025 – Present
Current roleStudent Assistant Developer
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX
adopted team-wide by university staff
Inventory platform — Consolidated fragmented device datasets into one searchable system
- Implemented authentication and multi-role access control with Supabase, enforced server-side through PostgreSQL Row-Level Security (supervisor-only alert-list exports).
- Hardened the application with input validation across all user-facing forms and remediated over-permissive API endpoints application-wide.
Next.jsSupabasePostgreSQL RLSRBACInput validationFeb 2024 – May 2025
5× TCS Award RecipientFull Stack Developer
Tata Consultancy Services · Maharashtra, India
Client: The Boeing Company
SonarQube 90%+ gate — Security quality gate on every production branch in CI/CD
- Developed features across Boeing's core HR application (React, Spring Boot, SQL), implementing RBAC across 40+ REST endpoints — closing 6+ authorization gaps across frontend and backend.
- Redesigned legacy API endpoints to return minimal, role-scoped payloads; introduced lazy loading on data-heavy HR tables to reduce data exposure.
- Enforced a SonarQube quality gate (90%+ required) in CI/CD for every production branch, remediating vulnerabilities and hotspots before release.
ReactSpring BootSQLRBACSonarQubeJiraServiceNowMar 2022 – May 2022
Cybersecurity Virtual Intern
EduSkills Foundation (Palo Alto Networks Partner) · Remote
- Completed hands-on labs in network security, IDS/IPS, and vulnerability assessment.
- Monitored traffic with Wireshark and Snort, detecting 8 simulated intrusions via packet-level analysis.
Network SecurityIDS/IPSWiresharkSnortVulnerability Assessment
Education
Academic background
Aug 2025 – Expected May 2027 · GPA 3.89/4.0
In progressM.S., Cybersecurity, Technology and Policy
University of Texas at Dallas · Dallas, TX
- Coursework: Cyber Security Essentials, Data Security & Privacy, Digital Forensics & Incident Management, Conflict in Cyberspace.
- Founder, Pixelora — product studio building and shipping real-world client software.
CybersecurityDigital ForensicsData SecurityTechnology PolicyCompleted June 2023
B.E., Electronics and Communications
Visvesvaraya Technological University · Karnataka, India
- B.E. in Electronics and Communications — systems, protocols, and signal processing.
ElectronicsCommunicationsSignal Processing
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ExpandAzure Honeypot & Threat Detection Lab
Azure-hosted T-Pot honeypot capturing real attack traffic for threat intelligence analysis.
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ExpandMoviefy: AI-Powered Movie Discovery
Movie discovery app with behavior-based Gemini recommendations, trial modes, playlists, and social sharing.
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Studio
Pixelora
Credentials
Certifications
In progress
TryHackMe — Penetration Testing
TryHackMe
Currently working through this learning path
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Let’s talk
Prefer a direct line? Email me — abhishekcv.us@gmail.com