Ravi Teja Reddy Polu

Sr. Penetration Tester | Cyber Security Analyst | Cloud Security ( AWS, Azure, GCP) |SIEM | Vulnerability Assessment | Risk & Compliance | IAM

Role
Sr Penetration Tester at Fifth Third Bank
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Ravi Teja Reddy Polu

Cybersecurity professional with 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Incident…

Experience

  1. Sr Penetration Tester

    Fifth Third Bank

    Feb 2024 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

    Delivering advanced penetration testing, red team operations, and multi-cloud security to strengthen enterprise resilience and compliance:Performed end-to-end penetration testing (networks, web, wireless) with Metasploit, Nmap, Burp Suite, Hydra, and Aircrack-ng, uncovering privilege escalation paths, API flaws, and WPA2 vulnerabilities.Led red team simulations of APT tactics (DLL injection, process hollowing, living-off-the-land), exposing SIEM/EDR blind spots.Conducted multi-cloud security audits (AWS, Azure, GCP), identifying IAM misconfigurations, public exposure risks, and ensuring PCI-DSS, SOX, and FISMA compliance.Executed wireless assessments with Wireshark, Cobalt Strike, and CrowdStrike, detecting rogue access points and lateral movement vectors.Embedded secure SDLC practices into CI/CD pipelines (SAST/DAST with SonarQube, OWASP ZAP), reducing vulnerabilities pre-deployment by 20%.Designed phishing simulations and social engineering campaigns, lowering employee susceptibility to attacks by 30%.Automated exploit verification and vulnerability scans with custom Python/PowerShell scripts, improving efficiency by 25%. Ran adversary emulation exercises using MITRE ATT & CK, enhancing SIEM detection rules and coverage.Mentored development teams on secure coding, reducing OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities in applications by 20%.

Education

  • Osmania University

    Bachelor of Computer Science - B.sc

    2017 — 2020

  • Lindsey Wilson University

    Master's degree

    2024 — 2025

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