Software Engineer with knowledge of security. Experienced C, Python, C++, Java developer. Currently learning about DevOps, Cloud architecture, and Data Analytics. Beginner in FOSS development. To contact please mail at ksant@ncsu.edu or call at +1 609 535 2999.

Software Development Intern @ Responsible for development of Diagnostic software for Point-Of-Sale (POS) systems and I/O devices to help customers identify any failures in the components or devices. Single-handedly completed the development of Diagnostic software version 7.5. Worked on testing and fixing defects on the Diagnostic software version 7.4 during System Integration Test (SIT) phase. Successfully created an action plan for a team exercise involving a simulated real world scenario of a security breach at a store by working with different teams like legal, development, operations, and finance. From May 2015 to December 2015 (8 months) Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaResearch Scientist I @ Performed research and analysis of APTs(Advanced Persistent Threats) and authored generic,heuristic and environmental detections for them. Designed the architecture, database schema and built a distributed automation system using python to source suspicious URLs on Internet and harvest live malware samples from these URLs and classify them. Designed and implemented a project using python to provide automated elimination code to differentiate clean files from malware files based on different file properties and anomalies. From July 2012 to June 2014 (2 years) Associate Software Engineer @ Learned concepts of computer and network security and malware analysis, debugging. Responsible for providing proactive generic detection for various malwares. Built an Autorunsc like tool using C++ to list programs configured to run at start-up or login on windows. From July 2011 to June 2012 (1 year) Bengaluru Area, India

Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.48/4.0 @ North Carolina State University From 2014 to 2016 B.Tech, Computer Science, 7.61/10 @ National Institute of Technology Warangal From 2007 to 2011 Kaustubh Sant is skilled in: C, Algorithms, Data Structures, Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, Network Security, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Debugging, Data Analysis, Linux, SQL, Computer Security