Ranjitha Manjunath

Experience

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  Meta System Co

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  Security Analyst

  • Conducted IT risk assessments and documented key controls.• Developed cybersecurity standards based on NIST frameworks and ensured their effective implementation tominimize vulnerabilities in IT assets.• Maintained assessment tools with up-to-date software and firmware, resulting in zero equipment failuresduring assessments.• Resolved security-related operational issues reported through internal ticketing systems, including faultisolation and resolution for security devices, and escalated responses when necessary.• Created and executed audit plans, including General Computer Controls testing for Information Security,Business Continuity Planning, and vendor management.• Configured multi-container Docker applications using Docker-Compose with YAML files.• Developed and maintained Jenkins jobs for executing shell scripts.• Managed the migration of Splunk clusters across AWS accounts, consolidating them into a single AWS accountand rehydrating the cluster within the AWS environment.• Utilized version control tools such as Subversion and GIT, and managed source code administration with SVN. Show less

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  New York Institute of Technology

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  Graduate Assistant
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  RMS

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2023

  Information Security Engineer III

  Acquired by Moody’s in Oct 2021.• Provided platform security engineering support and hardening for launch of RMS’s ML & AI-Based Intelligent Risk Platform (Software-as-a-Service), and for HostingPlus (Infrastructure-as-a-Service).• Increased operationalization and growth of fully automated secure image factory, a critical part of RMS’s DevSecOps program which allowed for developing and hardening about 73 images/month for productconsumption with approx. 90% security agent coverage on all endpoints, via code.• Developed, cascaded, and enforced engineering best practices using modern SDLC that enables CI/CD and favors build, automation, auditability, automated testing, deployment and operation, and policy as code.• Built and maintained playbooks and runbooks for the Secure Image Factory and vulnerability management programs.• Partnered with Product Security, Security Architecture, and SRE to expand the secure image factory to hardened container images. Show less

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  Moody's Corporation

  Oct 2023 - Dec 2024

  Cyber Security Engineer

  - Developed and managed monthly vulnerability metrics for the Executive Leadership committee, providing a comprehensive overview of vulnerability management across business divisions, which led to the reduction of over 50,000 vulnerabilities company-wide.- Onboarded all of RMS’ cloud assets into Moody’s Palo Alto Prisma Cloud CSPM and CWPP platform and achieved the reduction of vulnerabilities to below 20, per cloud asset.- Managed the remediation of vulnerabilities on over ten thousand endpoints in partnership with the patch management team.- Integrated all of RMS’s laptops, deployed Qualys agents to the endpoints, and reduced vulnerabilities to the tune of 35,000 per month across the company Show less

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  TikTok

  Dec 2024 - now

  Application Security and Vulnerability Management Analyst

  In this role, I’ll be working to identify, assess, and mitigate security risks to help ensure a safe and secure experience for TikTok’s global user base. I'm thrilled to be part of a company that is at the forefront of innovation and cybersecurity.