Security Engineer · Detection as Code · AWS + Cloudflare

Chanakya Thotakura

Security & Full-Stack Engineer

I am Chanakya Thotakura, a software engineer working where security, AI and product meet. I build endpoint detection tooling, encrypted consumer applications, retrieval-backed copilots and the cloud infrastructure underneath them, in Python, TypeScript, React Native and Swift across AWS, GCP and Cloudflare. Based in Maryville, Missouri, completing an M.S. in Applied Computer Science at Northwest Missouri State University.

Selected work: ControlForge Security, a Python platform for EDR control assurance and Sigma-style detection; ManaSplit, an iOS expense and messaging app on the App Store; the Northwest Student Planner, an offline-capable planner with a citation-bound RAG copilot; and Visu-Net, an in-browser neural network visualiser.

Full showcase and case studies · GitHub · LinkedIn · chanikya1@icloud.com

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Security Engineer · AWS + Cloudflare · CrowdStrike validated · Detection as Code

Systems to product. Ship it.

Python automation with TypeScript and FastAPI, EDR control assurance for CrowdStrike, Defender and SentinelOne, plus Sigma-style detection for phishing hunting, insider fraud, impossible travel and edge signals, and verified-domain dark web and infostealer monitoring on AWS and Cloudflare. Evidence bounded triage that requires human review.

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Maryville, MO · Open to Security Engineer roles in banking · AWS · CrowdStrike · phishing · insider threat · dark web · edge detection
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Selected work

13 builds. AI, product, platform, mobile, cloud, infra. Each one: problem, approach, tradeoffs, outcome. No hand waving.

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Case studies

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Repository arcade

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Every cartridge is a repo I've built. Hit a build to read the case study; locked cabinets are private. From github.com/Chanikya5793.

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Notes & learnings

Opinions from the build. AI and RAG, architecture, perf, mobile. Written while shipping, not after.

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The path so far

Work, cloud, academic, and agency: the threads that built the engineer / analyst lane.

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Contact · Security Engineer in banking

Let's secure what ships.

Open to Security Engineer roles in banking and fintech, focused on AWS detection engineering, CrowdStrike operations, phishing and insider threat, plus dark web and edge monitoring. The fastest way to reach me:

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Security engineer on AWS and Cloudflare, CrowdStrike validated controls, dark web plus phishing plus insider threat detection, and edge detection with evidence grounded triage.

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