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Sanjit Paul

Senior Engineering Manager | Functionally Leading Director-level Scope |Cybersecurity & Cloud Security Scale | High-Performance Team Building | Ex-McAfee, Ex-FireEye, Ex-BMC Software, EX -TIBCO

Role
Senior Engineering Manager at Trellix
Location
Bengaluru, KA, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Sanjit Paul

Engineering Leader with 17+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise-grade Cybersecurity products at Trellix, McAfee, and FireEye. I specialize in leading high-performance engineering organizations through complex cloud transformations, architectural evolutions, and rapid scale.Currently, I serve as a Senior Engineering Manager at Trellix, where I operate with a Director-level scope—overseeing a multi-functional organization of 27 engineers across global regions. My focus is on bridging the gap between deep technical excellence in Distributed Systems and executive-level business strategy.Strategic Portfolio Execution: I lead the engineering execution for a high-impact portfolio of SaaS and AI-driven security solutions, including:Trellix Email Security (SaaS): Scaling the industry-leading gateway to handle global enterprise traffic.Intelligent Virtual Execution - Cloud (IVX Cloud): Directing the cloud-native evolution of sandboxing and threat detection.Trellix Data Loss Prevention (DLP) – SaaS: Driving the transition of data protection to a seamless SaaS model.Trellix AI Platform (Trellix Wise): Architecting the next generation of AI-powered security operations.Core Areas of Impact:Scaling Organizations: Proven track record in building teams from 0-to-1 and scaling departments to 30+ members while maintaining high velocity and low attrition.Cybersecurity Domain Expertise: Deep experience in Threat Intelligence, Endpoint Security, and Cloud Security suites that protect global Fortune 500 enterprises.Executive Leadership: Directing long-term product roadmaps, managing P&L/budgets, and collaborating with VPs and Stakeholders to align engineering output with ARR goals.I believe in a \"Culture First\" leadership style—fostering an environment of psychological safety, continuous mentorship, and ownership. By empowering engineers to solve \"impossible\" problems, we don\'t just ship code; we deliver world-class security.Keywords: Engineering Leadership, AI Platforms, LLM Integration, Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Cloud Security, AWS, Microservices, SDLC, Team Scaling, Cybersecurity, SaaS, Mentorship, Strategy

Experience

  1. Senior Engineering Manager

    Trellix

    Jul 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

  • West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

    B Tech

Skills

  • Operating Systems
  • Web Testing
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Mysql
  • Test Planning
  • Elasticsearch
  • Robot Framework
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Back-End Automation Testing
  • Test Cases
  • Agile Testing
  • Test Automation
  • Functional Testing
  • Jira
  • Selenium
  • Sql
  • Python
  • Scrum
  • Core Java
  • Testing
  • Quality Assurance
  • Databases
  • Unix
  • Selenium Webdriver
  • System Testing
  • Regression Testing

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