Anirudh Agrawal

Sre Implementer @F5

Responsible for companywide systems to be vulnerability free by implementing a comprehensive application security scanning process, including DAST and SAST, reducing the risk of vulnerabilities and improving overall security. Developed and maintained a suite of security scanning tools such as CheckMarx, Mend (WhiteSource), Gitlab (Security feature), and other application security tools, improving the accuracy and efficiency of security testing to perform comprehensive security testing, identifying, and resolving vulnerabilities before they could be exploited. Designed and implemented systems and processes for monitoring, alerting, and incident management, resulting in a 50% reduction in mean-time-to-detect (MTTD) and a 70% reduction in mean-time-to-resolve (MTTR). Worked closely with engineering teams to develop and maintain automation tools, infrastructure-as-code, and configuration management systems, improving deployment speed by 60% and reducing errors by 80%. Designed, developed, and deployed a high-traffic F5 Hackathon website using Azure Cloud webapps, achieving uptime and earning praise from the C-level executives of the company. Led projects with high visibility, regularly interacting with C-level executives and providing strategic guidance to ensure project success. Developed and maintained monitoring and alerting systems using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Elasticsearch, improving visibility and reducing the time to detect and resolve incidents by 60%. Automated manual processes using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes and Docker, improving deployment speed by 80% and reducing errors by 90%. Designed and deployed Distributed Cloud setup for various inhouse bot-security applications. Hands-on experience in setting up and enhancing the security using the Confidential Compute setup in various environments. Part of FAB (F5 Appreciates Blackness) community and owner of multiple Podcasts held in F5.