Akshay Kumar

About Akshay Kumar

As a passionate software engineer, I specialize in designing and building scalable, high-availability cloud security solutions that protect critical infrastructure. With a Master\'s in Computer Science from USC and hands-on experience across the US and India, I thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments.My expertise spans cloud security, threat detection, and large-scale distributed systems. At Amazon, I am adept at integrating AWS services (EMR, Kinesis, ECS, SQS) and optimizing platforms that process 20PB+ telemetry data daily, ensuring 99.99% uptime.My academic background, including courses in Security Systems, Applied Cryptography, and Databases, complements my industry experience at MathWorks and Amazon, empowering me to bridge theory with robust, real-world engineering.I\'m always eager to connect with fellow professionals who share a passion for security, cloud infrastructure, and building reliable, impactful systems. Let’s connect!

Experience

1. Software Engineer Ii

   Amazon

   Apr 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Built a web-based interface enabling security engineers and incident responders to create, test, and deploy suppressions to suppress noisy alerts. This reduced deployment time from 1.5 hours to 5 minutes, significantly improving operational efficiency. • Developed a web-based wizard that will allow security engineers to create, test, review, and deploy detection rules, reducing the development and deployment time from several days to just a few hours.

Education

• University of Southern California

  Masters, Computer Science

  2019 — 2021

• Deeksha Integrated

  1st and 2nd PUC

  2012 — 2014

• PES University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science

  2014 — 2018

Skills

• Matlab
• Sql
• Linux
• Php
• Javascript
• Java
• C
• Python