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Qualys Inc.

Qualys Inc. 🏢

Technical Account Manager, 2025 - Present

Pune, India

Technical Account Manager at Qualys supporting vulnerability management deployments across 200+ customer environments. Responsibilities include running technical health checks, validating asset discovery and authenticated scanning, and troubleshooting complex deployment issues. Used Qualys, proxy/firewall configuration, and DNS/authentication troubleshooting to help security teams maintain reliable exposure visibility.

Scoutflo

Scoutflo 🚀

Security Consultant, 2024 - 2025

Remote

Security Consultant helping build secure cloud and container infrastructure. Conducted vulnerability assessments for Docker and Kubernetes environments, integrated security testing into CI/CD pipelines, and worked with developers and DevOps teams to remediate cloud misconfigurations using Terraform, Docker, and security scanners.

Offensive Security Certified Professional

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) 🏅

I earned my OSCP certification in October 2024! It was a challenging journey, learned the art of Exploitation, Pivoting, Active Directory Attacks, and a lot more! It was an amazing learning experience and felt extremely rewarding. You can view my credentials here.

Citizens Bank

Citizens Bank 🏦

Senior Cyber Threat Defense Operations Specialist, 2023 - 2023

Providence, RI

Worked as a Senior Threat Defense Specialist at Citizens Bank in 2023. Day-to-day responsibilities involved analysing, mitigating, and triaging security alerts. I was responsible for providing technical guidance to L1 security analysts. Used a wide variety of tools including Crowdstrike, Splunk Enterprise Security, Qualys to name a few.

Northeastern University

Northeastern University 🎓

Masters of Science in Cybersecurity, 2021 - 2022

Boston, MA

Northeastern University has provided me with an incredible opportunity to pursue my passion for cybersecurity. The combination of its academic rigor and cultural values resonates deeply with me, allowing me to build a solid foundation in security principles. Through my studies in network security, software security, and risk management, I've gained a well-rounded understanding that positions me to make meaningful and impactful contributions to any organization.

 

I’m Hemal — a security engineer focused on penetration testing and application security. As an OSCP-certified professional with additional certifications in Security+ and eJPT, I delve deep into penetration testing and offensive security. This site serves as a glimpse into my journey, where I’ll regularly share write-ups for Hack The Box, TryHackMe, and various VulnHub boxes, with the hope that you find them helpful in your own cybersecurity pursuits. When I’m not immersed in cybersecurity, you can find me geeking out on a Counter-Strike server with friends or exploring other games. Beyond tech, I enjoy listening to music, cooking, sketching, and traveling. I’m also on a mission to stay more active—it's a work in progress!