Cloud and Big Data Security Expert
I am a software engineer and computer security researcher working on big data and cloud computing security. Currently, I am working as Software Engineer (SRE) in the Google Cloud Filestore team. Previously, I led the research and software development efforts at DataSecTech. I also earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UT Dallas. My dissertation was on building secure cloud-based data analytics platforms utilizing trusted processors.
Google Inc, Seattle, WA
December 2022 - Present
Building the most reliable cloud filesystem
Data Security Technologies, Richardson, TX
January 2017 - December 2022
Co-founded the company to transition NoSQL and cloud security research into practice
Propose and implement an end-to-end secure collaborative patient record linkage system
Design and implement a fine-grained attribute-based access control policy enforcement system for big data frameworks (e.g., Spark and Hive)
Build a cluster orchestration system to construct multi-node secure Spark clusters seamlessly with SecureDL policy enforcement.
Create pipelines to deploy a cloud-native version of advanced code analysis for Spark jobs
Raised $1.25M in research grants from NSF (SBIR 1647681 and SBIR 1758628) and NIH (1R43LM013960-01) as Principal Investigator
Train and lead software developers to achieve improved delivery quality and productivity
Define best practices and quality requirements through hands-on development
Interview potential customers to find product-market fit and pitch DataSecTech to VCs.
Amazon Web Services, Seattle, WA
June 2016 - August 2016
Built effective and quantifiable mechanism to score search engine performance on a large dataset.
Evaluated and implemented search result improvements to increase the efficiency of the search engine.
Received a return offer as an SDE intern for Summer 2017
The University of Texas at Dallas, Computer Science Department, Richardson, TX
September 2012 - December 2016
Research focus: improve privacy in cloud computing environment leveraging encryption technologies.
Mentor and teach students on Cloud Security, Database Design, and several other Software Engineering (OOAD, ARE, SE, ST) courses
Administrate DSPL Lab clusters for privacy-preserving BigData mining experiments with Apache Spark and Hadoop
Therap Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh
September 2011 - July 2012
Design and develop Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant documentation software solution for developmental disabilities support providers.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, 2019
Grade: 3.9
Advisors: Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Dr. Latifur Khan
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Engineering, 2011
Advisor: Dr. Muhammad Masroor Ali