I'm a data-driven AI Engineer with 5+ years of experience in web application penetration testing, enterprise IAM, and AI/LLM red teaming. I thrive on building secure, scalable AI-powered solutions and automating complex security workflows. I've delivered end-to-end security testing and IAM engineering projects for diverse clients, including e-commerce and healthcare. My focus is on identifying risks like prompt injection and data leakage, implementing robust security controls, and enabling safe, compliant AI operations.

MAITREYI EKBOTE

I'm a data-driven AI Engineer with 5+ years of experience in web application penetration testing, enterprise IAM, and AI/LLM red teaming. I thrive on building secure, scalable AI-powered solutions and automating complex security workflows. I've delivered end-to-end security testing and IAM engineering projects for diverse clients, including e-commerce and healthcare. My focus is on identifying risks like prompt injection and data leakage, implementing robust security controls, and enabling safe, compliant AI operations.

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I’m a data-driven AI Engineer with 5+ years of experience in web application penetration testing, enterprise IAM, and AI/LLM red teaming. I thrive on building secure, scalable AI-powered solutions and automating complex security workflows.

I’ve delivered end-to-end security testing and IAM engineering projects for diverse clients, including e-commerce and healthcare. My focus is on identifying risks like prompt injection and data leakage, implementing robust security controls, and enabling safe, compliant AI operations.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

AI Engineer at Google (Mandiant Cybersecurity)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Remote AI Engineer. Project 1: Agentic AI / AI Chatbot Security. The client had a customer-facing LLM chat bot and over 200 AI Agents automating workflows. Performed prompt injection tests and guard-rail bypass techniques to reveal data leakage and policy violations. Built end-to-end ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory to ingest legacy ERP data into Azure SQL Database with schema validation and integrity checks; assessed sensitive data exposure and implemented input validation, output filtering, and guard rails to ensure safe AI operations.
Software Engineer at TrimLite
November 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025
Built automated pipelines to centralize fragmented data and accelerate reporting. Implemented end-to-end ETL workflows using Azure Data Factory to ingest data from legacy ERP systems into Azure SQL Database, processing 4.3M+ transactional records; implemented RBAC protections and created dashboards to monitor procurement and inventory metrics.
Security Consultant at Google (Mandiant)
June 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
Internal tooling for phishing simulations: Provisioned short-lived environments on demand using Terraform on GCP; automated server configuration with Ansible/Python; enabled consistent multi-environment provisioning with standardized naming and isolation to reduce setup time.
Solution Delivery Analyst (Security and IAM) at Deloitte
January 1, 2022 - July 1, 2023
Consolidated access across multiple enterprise apps; implemented SSO using Okta across 10+ apps with SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC; defined RBAC policies aligned to least privilege; implemented MFA policies to strengthen protection for sensitive operations; diagnosed and resolved authentication/config issues.

Education

MS in Information Management at University of Washington
September 1, 2023 - June 1, 2025
B.Tech Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022

Qualifications

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
January 11, 2030 - April 17, 2026
Hybrid Deep Learning Approach to Achieve Handwritten Alphanumeric Recognition
January 11, 2030 - April 17, 2026
Flood Surveillance Using Deep Learning
January 11, 2030 - April 17, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other