Nikhil .

Senior Technical Lead @Wipro || CEH || Palo Alto || Akamai || WAF || CDN || DDOS

Delhi, India

About

Experienced Cyber Security Professional with 7+ years of expertise in Akamai Cloud Security, CDN, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and DOS/DDoS Mitigation. Specialized in securing enterprise and banking applications through Akamai Kona Site Defender, traffic analysis, security policy optimization, and application-layer attack mitigation. Strong hands-on experience in CDN onboarding, caching optimization, SSL deployment, web performance enhancement, and protecting mission-critical applications from OWASP Top 10 threats. Proven track record of managing and securing 500+ customer environments including Fortune 500 organizations. Skilled in Akamai security architecture, WAF tuning, edge delivery optimization, and cloud-based web security operations.

Experience

  • Senior Technical Lead at Wipro
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • IT SECURITY ANALYST II at FIS
    Feb 2022 - May 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Cyber Security Specialist at HCL Technologies
    May 2021 - Feb 2022 · 10 mos

    HCL Technologies Cyber Security Fusion Centre

  • Senior Cyber Security Admin at ACPL Systems Pvt. Ltd.
    Jul 2018 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos