About Me

I am a Lecturer in Security Engineering at the University of Warwick, where I deliver undergraduate teaching in cyber security, software engineering, and secure systems. In my current role, I help build and teach the infrastructure that future security engineers learn on, with a strong emphasis on practical, engineering-led security education.

My professional background spans security engineering, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and large-scale operational systems, with close to a decade of experience across BT Group, Flipkart, and the University of Warwick’s Cyber Security Centre. My work has included enterprise software delivery, production infrastructure, secure platform operations, and hands-on teaching environments that connect theory to real-world systems.

Across industry roles, I have worked at the intersection of secure platform operations and engineering delivery. This has included supporting DNS services handling 10B+ queries per month, building privileged-access automation using HashiCorp Vault and SSH certificate-based access in DMZ environments, and designing TLS/SSL certificate lifecycle processes across 600+ certificates and 4,000+ domains. Earlier work also included application migration, CI/CD modernisation, systems design, and resilience engineering in regulated enterprise settings.

I hold an MSc in Cyber Security Engineering (First Class with Distinction) from the University of Warwick, aligned with NCSC and BCS accreditation frameworks. My master’s thesis focused on post-quantum cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies, including secure messaging and zero-knowledge–oriented approaches. I also hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, where I worked on the performance analysis of smart journal-bearing systems, an area relevant to semi-active control of bearing behaviour. The work used 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model hydrodynamically lubricated bearings with Bingham-type non-Newtonian fluids, including electro-rheological and magneto-rheological lubrication behaviour.

My work and interests focus on:

• Cloud native Secure SDLC and DevSecOps practices
• CI/CD and GitOps-based platform design
• Cloud and hybrid infrastructure migration
• DNS, PKI, and certificate lifecycle management at scale
• Post-quantum and applied cryptography
• Hands-on, engineering-led cyber security education

What connects my work across both industry and academia is a consistent focus on making systems more resilient, more secure, and easier to operate at scale. I am particularly interested in how sound engineering practice shapes modern security architecture, especially in areas such as secure-by-default infrastructure, platform governance, hybrid cloud security posture, and zero-trust-oriented design.