Dhwanit Pandya | Security Engineer

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Professional Journey

Work Experience

Dec 2025 - Present

Software Engineer

REN-ISAC, Indiana University

Developing robust security tools and information sharing platforms for the research and education community.

August 2025 - Present

Cybersecurity Research Fellow

Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR), Indiana University

Built a comprehensive AI security framework to accelerate SOC tool evaluation and risk assessment.
Conducted adversarial ML research to identify failure modes and guide evidence-backed AI adoption.
Co-delivered workshops on AI-assisted anomaly detection to improve community best practices.

July 2023 - April 2024

Cybersecurity Analyst, Technology Consulting

Ernst & Young (EY)

Strengthened enterprise security by remediating critical misconfigurations and optimizing defensive controls across network and endpoint layers.
Reduced pre-deployment risk through Trivy CI/CD integration and accelerated vulnerability management workflows via custom Python automation.

Academic Background

Education

August 2024 - May 2026

Master of Science, Computer Science

Indiana University BloomingtonGPA: 3.95/4

Relevant Coursework: Applied Algorithms, Applied Database Concepts, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Security for Networked Systems.

August 2019 - June 2023

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Telecommunication

Dwarkadas. J. Sanghvi College of EngineeringGPA: 3.84/4

Relevant Coursework: Computer Networks, Internet Engineering and Network Security, Big Data Analytics, DBMS, Data Encryption, Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms

Selected Work

Featured Projects

AI Security

PromptShield

Built a Context-Aware Prompt Injection Defense Tool using Zero Trust, Defense in Depth, and STRIDE methodologies.
Implemented multi-layer defense with regex static checks, DeBERTa semantic analysis, and a sanitization layer.
Integrated Azure-based logging with KQL monitoring and MITRE ATLAS framework mappings for advanced analytics.

LLMZero TrustDefense-in-DepthSTRIDEDeBERTaAzure KQLMITRE ATLAS

Software Supply Chain Security

AI Open-Source Dependency Guardian

Developed a vulnerability scanner for requirements.txt/package.json using NVD, OSV, and CVSS-based risk scoring.
Integrated Google Gemini API to generate business-aligned risk reports with impact mapping and rate limiting.
Designed a modular Planner-Executor-Memory architecture with auto-patching and Streamlit UI.

Agentic AIPythonGemini APINVD/OSV

1st Place

AI Automation

BackOps.AI

Led development of an AI assistant to automate backend DB operations, winning 1st place at Luddy Hackathon 2024.
Delivered 2× throughput improvement by integrating NLP models, real-time analytics, and audit logging.
Reduced dev time by 15% using FastAPI, ChatGPT-4, and SQLite to streamline workflows.

FastAPIChatGPT-4SQLiteServiceNow

Cloud Platform

CodeNexus

Designed a secure, scalable AWS backend (EC2, S3, SQS) supporting 50+ concurrent jobs.
Implemented isolated Docker execution for 5 languages to prevent cross-job interference.
Integrated static analysis tools (Bandit, Checkstyle) achieving 90% vulnerability detection precision.

AWSDockerFastAPIReactBandit

1st Place

IoT & Embedded Systems

Li-Fi Accident Prevention

Designed a system using Li-Fi technology for 200Gbps+ V2V communication and accident reporting.
Integrated Cloud Firestore and TensorFlow for real-time sensor data analysis and computer vision.
Secured 1st place at DJ SPARK 2022 for demonstrating real-world feasibility.

Li-FiTensorFlowReactJSFlask

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