Achuth Chandra

About Achuth Chandra

Senior Security Engineer with nearly 5 years of experience transforming security operations from reactive firefighting into proactive strategic defense. I specialize in architecting resilient systems, automating threat response, and securing cloud-native environments.My approach is data-driven and results-oriented. I don\'t just implement tools; I optimize them to deliver measurable business value, reducing risk, slashing response times, and ensuring compliance across complex enterprise infrastructures.Key Impacts & Achievements- Risk Reduction: Eliminated 40% of critical vulnerabilities by leading continuous management lifecycles and cross-functional remediation sprints- Operational Efficiency: Reduced Mean-Time-To-Response (MTTR) by 60% by designing and automating SOAR playbooks using Splunk Phantom and Cortex XSOAR- Threat Mitigation: Cut incident volume by 20% through proactive threat hunting and fine-tuning SIEM correlation rules to detect advanced TTPs.Beyond the Console: I am deeply committed to the cybersecurity community. I am the Founder of WhatCyber.com (a threat intel aggregation platform), an OWASP Kerala Chapter Speaker, and an active Bug Bounty Hunter with responsible disclosures to institutions like Harvard and Cambridge.Core Technical Competencies:• Threat Detection & IR: Threat Hunting, Digital Forensics (Autopsy, FTK, Volatility), Root Cause Analysis, MITRE ATT & CK. • SIEM & SOAR: Splunk, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, InsightIDR, Splunk SOAR (Phantom), Cortex XSOAR. • DevSecOps & Cloud: Secure CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Container Security (Docker, K8s, Trivy), IaC (Terraform), AWS (GuardDuty, Config), Azure, GCP. • Vulnerability Management: Qualys, Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM. • IAM & Zero Trust: Azure AD, Okta, Auth0, SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC. • Endpoint Security: CrowdStrike Falcon, Palo Alto Cortex XDR.Education: Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity, University of Maryland.Always open to connecting with fellow professionals to discuss security automation, threat intelligence, or new challenges in the field.

Experience

1. Security Engineer

   Amazon

   Apr 2026 — Present · London, GB

Education

• Veda Vyasa Vidyalayam, Kozhikode

  10th

  2013

• University of Maryland

  Master of Engineering - MEng, Cybersecurity

• Veda Vyasa Vidyalayam

  12th

  2013 — 2015

• Mar Athanasius College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering