Sudhanshu Saxena

About Sudhanshu Saxena

I am a results-driven Cyber Security professional with 14+ years of experience into designing and implementing security solutions into multi-cloud platforms.As a Security Architect, I have gained an experience into developing and implementing security baseline standards for network, infrastructure, data, endpoints and applications. I am responsible to perform security risk assessment and identify risk mitigations to safeguard the infrastructure. Key Expertise:⋙ Azure and AWS Cloud Security⋙ Design, implement the security controls in cloud Automation using REST API\'s⋙ Exposure to Microsoft security solutions stack as below-Microsoft Defender for Cloud-Azure Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR)-Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for O365-Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps-Microsoft Purview DLP, Information Protection, Insider Risk Management⋙ Integration of third party tools (with unsupported data connectors) with Azure Sentinel SIEM through REST API\'s, ingesting CEF messages into Sentinel using Azure Monitor Agent for devices and appliances⋙ Azure monitoring- Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics⋙ Implementation of Zero trust security model across all layers in the Cloud⋙ Knowledge of cyber attack phases such as MITRE ATT & CK framework⋙ Experience in cloud deployments using IaC with Azure DevOps⋙ Knowledge of DevSecOps to implement security into CI/CD pipeline⋙ Working on Security Copilot to achieve automation and reduce SOC effort⋙ Experience in broad range of security capabilities, technologies and concepts like endpoint security, network security, data security, identity & access management, infrastructure security etc.⋙ Define, design, and implement systems and processes to secure cloud hosted infrastructure⋙ Industry leading standards such as NIST, PCI, ISO, Azure Security Benchmark⋙ Assessment of existing cloud implementations, identify security issues and implement fixes⋙ Azure compliance using Azure policy definition, initiatives and policy assignment⋙ Exposure to security solutions like Azure Firewall, WAF, SIEM, EDR, CASB, CSPM toolsEndpoint Security: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for EndpointCSPM: Azure Defender, Dome9 CloudGuard, PaloAlto Prisma Cloud etc.SIEM: Azure Sentinel⋙ Vulnerability Management solutions like Nessus, Qualys, Rapid7⋙ Firewall rule auditing using firewall analyzer⋙ Implementing security improvements by hardening of assets (e.g, VM, servers)⋙ Investigation of events and alerts generated from various log sources such as SIEM for incident response

Experience

1. Principal Consultant-cloud Security

   Infosys

   Sep 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

Education

• Sharda University

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Switching
• Information Security
• Hardware
• Ccna
• Itil V3 Foundations Certified
• Itil
• Checkpoint
• Information Security Management
• Ethical Hacking
• Palo Alto Ace
• Routing
• Networking
• Vulnerability Management
• Ospf
• Routing Protocols
• Vulnerability Scanning
• Routers
• Tcp/Ip
• Ccnp
• Firewalls
• Palo Alto Networks
• Mpls
• Gsm
• Security
• Cisco Asa
• Voip
• Ip
• Troubleshooting
• Wireless
• Network Security
• Wan
• Telecommunications
• Switches
• Cisco Routers
• Qualys