Curriculum Vitae

Dikshant Lather

Cloud Security Analyst 3 · CSPM Specialist · Solutions Architect · Gurugram / Delhi NCR, India

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Work Experience

Security Analyst 3

EY GDS (Global Delivery Services)
Cloud Security Team · Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) & Microsoft Defender for Cloud
August 2025 – Present
  • Leading cloud posture assessments across enterprise multi-subscription cloud footprints.
  • Operationalizing Microsoft Defender for Cloud to enforce continuous regulatory compliance (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001).
  • Developing automated remediation playbooks for cloud vulnerability management and configuration drift.
  • Pioneering security guardrails and threat modeling frameworks for emerging AI/ML workload pipelines.

Observability & Systems Specialist

Infoedge
Infrastructure Engineering · Observability, OpenTelemetry & Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
May 2022 – ~2025 (~3 Years)
  • Architected distributed tracing and telemetry collection pipelines using OpenTelemetry.
  • Engineered centralized monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation infrastructure across large-scale services.
  • Hardened operational telemetry pipelines with PII scrubbing and automated audit trails.
Exact end date and specific team metrics pending verification from uploaded LinkedIn profile.

Technical Competencies

Cloud Security 6 tools

Microsoft Defender for Cloud CSPM CWPP CIEM Azure Security Center AWS Security Hub

Identity & Governance 4 tools

Azure Entra ID (SC-300) Zero-Trust Architecture Privileged Identity Management (PIM) Conditional Access

Architecture & DevSecOps 5 tools

Azure Solutions Architecture (AZ-305) GitHub Advanced Security (GH-500) GitHub Actions (GH-300) Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Observability & SIEM 6 tools

OpenTelemetry (OTel) Azure Monitor Log Analytics Prometheus Grafana Distributed Tracing

AI/ML Security 4 tools

OWASP Top 10 for LLMs Prompt Injection Defense Model Pipeline Hardening Data Leakage Prevention

Industry Credentials

Holder of 14 professional certifications across Cloud Architecture, Security Architecture, DevOps, and Identity.

AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect Expert
SC-100 Cybersecurity Architect Expert
GH-500 GitHub Advanced Security
AZ-400 DevOps Engineer Expert
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Advisory Geographic Availability

Available for asynchronous and overlapping-hours consulting advisory across key global time zones:

  • Australia & New Zealand (AEST / NZST) Overlap Ready
  • Canada & USA (EST / PST) Overlap Ready
  • India (IST) Base Timezone
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