# Ashwath H.

> MS CS @ RIT | Software Engineer @ American Technology Initiative | Senior Software Engineer@ CGI

Location: Rochester, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ashwathh

A Computer Science graduate with four years of experience as a Software Engineer, specializing in the Security domain, particularly in Application security, vulnerability management, penetration testing, and identity-related projects. I am particularly drawn to roles involving impactful projects in Software Engineering, Full-stack Development, Backend Development, Security Analytics & AI research, and Application Security.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ American Technology Initiative Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present | United States

### Member of Technical Team Intern @ Infinitus Systems, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
•	Partnered with development teams to integrate Snyk SAST into CircleCI pipelines with a fail-fast policy, enabling consistent early-stage blocking of critical vulnerabilities; drove a 30% reduction in exploitable issues in production releases.
•	Influenced DevSecOps practices by building automated Bash and PowerShell monitoring tools to validate NLP model artifacts across CI/CD, staging, and production layers; mitigated production data leakage risk by enforcing artifact consistency.
•	Automated secure token lifecycle for Google Secret Manager using resilient Golang, Python, and Shell scripting services, eliminating manual handling and improving auditability of sensitive credentials across cloud services.
•	Conducted application code reviews and worked closely with engineering teams to embed secure coding practices, improving AppSec awareness and reducing repeated security findings.

### Member of Technical Team Intern @ Infinitus Systems, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
•	Designed and deployed a real-time threat detection pipeline on GCP, combining BigQuery-based log analysis with custom ETL to automate weekly IOC reporting; directly supported SOC team threat investigations and response.
•	Evaluated and adopted Snyk (SAST) and Invicti (DAST) in CI/CD pipelines, introduced fail-fast security gates, and reduced build-stage vulnerabilities.
•	Developed a Python-based automation tool to integrate Snyk and Jira APIs, streamlining vulnerability management workflows; cut manual ticketing effort by 90% and improved time-to-remediation tracking.
•	Collaborated with infrastructure and Development teams to implement secure SDLC practices across core AI product stack.

### Senior Software Engineer @ CGI
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Worked as Forgerock IAM Developer

### Software Engineer @ CGI
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

### Associate Software Engineer @ CGI
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
• Developed automated testing solutions for legacy systems using the Robot Framework, significantly improving test coverage and reducing manual QA effort.
• Delivered responsive and user-friendly front-end interfaces for internal applications, enhancing usability and team productivity.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ashwath-s-halemane

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Last updated: 2026-04-01