Punith Etikala

About Punith Etikala

Staff Security Engineer with 10+ years of experience securing cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments. Proven leader in architecting enterprise security strategies, managing M&A security onboarding, and enhancing resilience through DevSecOps, GenAI-powered automation, and incident response. Deep expertise in Netskope, CyberArk EPM, Island Enterprise Browser, Zscaler Internet Access, CrowdStrike, regulatory compliance (NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS), secure API/data pipelines, automation, and stakeholder alignment. Adept at enabling scalable security practices in dynamic engineering cultures.

Experience

1. Staff Security Engineer

   Intuit

   Aug 2024 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Architected and implemented enterprise-wide security strategies to protect digital infrastructure, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and industry best practices* Assessed and onboarded security technologies for protecting sensitive data across its lifecycle—in transit, at rest, and during processing—thereby improving threat resilience* Instituted secure data handling protocols and outbound flow controls for SaaS applications like Slack, Google Drive, and Salesforce to prevent data exfiltration* Designed and operationalized a granular data classification model (public, restricted, sensitive, highly sensitive, secret), strengthening governance and regulatory compliance* Driving innovation through GenAI-powered automation using prompt engineering, LLM frameworks, and rapid app development to scale security operations and engineering velocity* Operationalized LLM-based agents to reduce time-to-resolution and scale security workflows across engineering teams* Performed continuous security assessments, threat modeling, and red-teaming to uncover and mitigate system vulnerabilities* Directed the full incident response lifecycle—detection, containment, eradication, and recovery—to maintain operational continuity and regulatory integrity* Partnered with engineering and operations teams to automate repetitive tasks and embed security controls into DevOps workflows, improving scalability and efficiency* Led evaluation and proof-of-concept efforts for new technologies including data protection, threat intelligence, and posture management tools* Represented Intuit at industry security forums and working groups, contributing to public security discussions and forming strategic vendor alliances* Spearheaded the development and rollout of company-wide security awareness initiatives to elevate employee vigilance and reduce insider threats

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

  2007 — 2011

• St. Cloud State University

  Master of Science (MS), Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

  2014

Skills

• Tomcat
• Agile Methodologies
• Javascript
• Maven
• Spring Boot
• Html5
• Mysql
• Jdbc
• Microsoft Office
• Oracle
• Jquery
• Ajax
• Xml
• Mongo
• Ant
• Unix
• Html
• Java
• Ssrs
• Microservices
• Core Java
• Hadoop
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Docker
• Servlets
• Jsp
• Spring
• Eclipse
• Struts
• Intellij Idea
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Spring Framework
• Websphere Application Server
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Ssis
• Pl/Sql
• Databases
• Mongodb
• Ssas
• Angularjs