Avinash Gouda

About Avinash Gouda

Lead BeyondTrust Privileged Access Management (PAM) Engineer with 7+ years of experience driving end-to-end design, implementation, and operations of enterprise PAM solutions using BeyondTrust Password Safe and BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA). Proven ability to lead multiple concurrent PAM programs, from architecture and onboarding strategy to steady-state operations, upgrades, and disaster recovery.Extensive expertise in securing Windows and Linux/Unix environments, managing privileged, service, and application accounts, and designing break-glass and emergency access frameworks with strong governance and audit traceability. Led the creation of SOPs, runbooks, and operational documentation, ensuring consistent execution and compliance across teams.Delivered PAM solutions across Healthcare, Banking, and Automobile domains, aligning technical controls with regulatory, risk, and business requirements. Strong collaborator with InfoSec, IAM, Infrastructure, Application, and Audit stakeholders, and a mentor to L2/L3 engineers through training, reviews, and operational guidance.BeyondTrust Certified - Password Safe Administration, recognized for improving security posture, reducing operational risk, and driving continuous improvement in privileged access governance.

Experience

1. Senior Pam Engineer

   CGI

   Feb 2026 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Implementing BeyondTrust Password Safe and BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access for a leading engineering and project management firm in Canada to secure privileged access across enterprise infrastructure. Orchestrating server and account onboarding, RBAC configuration, password rotation, and secure remote vendor access with full session monitoring. Designing high availability, Disaster Recovery, patching, and failover processes to ensure operational resilience and compliance.

Education

• GITAM Deemed University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering