🏢 IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation

IT Administrator & Software Developer
Dec 2023 – Present

Key Responsibilities & Impact

• Conducted internal security audits of production web applications and infrastructure.
  
  

• Identified misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, and proposed practical remediation strategies.
  
  

• Hardened Linux servers using:
  
  

  • Firewall rules
    
    

  • Secure SSH policies
    
    

  • File permission controls
    
    

  • System monitoring (auditd, fail2ban)
    
    

• Designed and deployed secure web applications featuring:
  
  

  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
    
    

  • Secure session management
    
    

  • Encrypted sensitive fields
    
    

  • Comprehensive audit logging
    
    

• Automated deployment, backups, and security checks using Python and Bash.
  
  

• Integrated and securely deployed Pocket HRMS, reducing manual administrative work by ~80%.