Experience

Infrastructure, research, and cybersecurity education.

2019 - 2020

Assistant Network Engineer

Next IT Solutions / Mumbai

Installed and configured routers, switches, access points, endpoints, and office network devices. Troubleshot routing, connectivity, endpoint, and infrastructure issues while supporting camera and surveillance system setup and maintenance. Built practical networking, troubleshooting, and infrastructure deployment skills.

Approx. 2 years

Cybersecurity Research Assistant

Wireless Security and Traffic Analysis

Focused on wireless network security, SYN flood detection, traffic capture, dataset creation, and network attack analysis. Built virtualized environments for malicious and benign traffic generation using Wireshark, TShark, Nmap, hping3, VirtualBox, Linux, and Python.

Approx. 4 months

Teaching Assistant

Cybersecurity Labs

Helped students with cybersecurity labs, ethical hacking concepts, Python, Bash, C, and C++. Created Kali Linux and vulnerable-machine lab environments for hands-on learning.

2024 - 2025

TCoE Endowed Graduate Fellowship

University of New Haven

Received a 75% tuition award, $4,314.75 stipend per semester, and 20 hours/week academic employment structure.