Jayachandra Yanamandala

Motivated and results-driven professional transitioning into Cybersecurity and Security Analysis, specializing in Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing. Bringing over 20 years of experience in designing and developing automation tools, building infrastructures, software vulnerability analysis, testing, and release management. Proven ability to identify and mitigate security risks, now leveraging this expertise to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in software and infrastructure. Possesses recognized certifications, including CEH (v13) and Junior Penetration Tester. Strong aptitude for collaborative teamwork, dedicated to enhancing security posture and adding value to end-users. *SKILLS* - Current skills: System Penetration Testing, General Cybersecurity, Application Penetration Testing, and Entry level Red Team - Acquired hands-on experience in security monitoring, offensive and defensive tactics, incident handling, and threat analysis, by training on TryHackMe, EC-Council Aspen portal, HackerSchool, PicoCTF, and also setting up a Virtualbox vulnerable home lab for vulnerable apps. - Earned the “TryHackMe” Mage certificate in less than 3 weeks, earned three certifications: Junior Pentester, Cybersecurity 101, and Web Fundamentals. Completed 95 rooms with 16 badges, moved to top 6%. Continuously training in various rooms and modules offered by TryHackMe to be part of an Ethical Hacking Red Team. - Completed online course work, and hands-on training offered by EC-Council Apsen portal, HackerSchool (Hyderabad, India) for Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v13) and Certified Penetration Tester (CPENT) on 13 modules, including Wireless, IoT and Mobile penetration testing. - Developed proficiency in SIEM tools through detailed analysis of security logs using Splunk, tracking active network scans using Snort and analyzing network traffic on Wireshark. Implemented hardening techniques for some of the vulnerabilities. - Cloud Computing & Platforms – Linux, and Windows, Google Cloud Computing, AWS. Linux exploitations (Kali Linux), Windows exploitation leveraging common misconfigurations. Firewall setup in Windows and in Linux, using iptables and other system files. - Continuing education in cybersecurity skills to assist DevOp teams in mitigation as well as to recommend improvements in security vulnerabilities. Tools: Hands-on: Splunk, Snort, Metsaploit, Burpsuite, ZAP, Nessus, Hydra, John the Ripper, Shell-GPT, Shodan, Google Dorks, Nmap, Wireshark, Gobuster Programming: Proficiency in Python, PHP, Shell, Perl. moderate: PowerShell, JS, C, and C++