Tirumala Ashish Kumar Manne
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Tirumala Ashish Kumar Manne

Additional Info
Job title of nominated professional (or team name) | Principal Cloud Architect |
Company (where nominated professional or team is working) | Optum |
Website | https://www.optum.com/ |
Company size (employees) | 10,000 or more |
Country | United States |
Headquarters Region | North America |
Overview
As a Principal Cyber Security Cloud Engineer, I bring over 10 years of expertise in Cybersecurity, Hybrid Cloud, and Artificial Intelligence. Throughout my career, I have led the development of scalable, secure, and AI-powered cloud architectures that enhance enterprise security, performance, and compliance. With extensive experience in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, I have designed and implemented robust cybersecurity frameworks, hybrid cloud solutions, and AI-driven security measures that protect mission-critical applications and sensitive data.
My work spans end-to-end cloud architecture, AI-driven analytics, microservices, API security, and large-scale data migrations, ensuring compliance with industry standards and optimizing enterprise resilience against evolving cyber threats. Additionally, my contributions to predictive analytics, natural language processing (NLP), and machine learning workflows have strengthened organizations’ ability to proactively mitigate security risks and enhance decision-making.
Spearheaded the development of AI-based intrusion detection and prevention systems, enhancing cloud security posture and real-time threat mitigation. Engineered AI-driven predictive analytics to identify and neutralize vulnerabilities before exploitation, significantly reducing security incidents. Integrated machine learning models into cybersecurity workflows, improving fraud detection and anomaly recognition in cloud environments.
I actively collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and security teams to align cybersecurity strategies with organizational objectives. I am committed to mentoring teams, enforcing security best practices, and driving digital transformation initiatives that enable scalable, intelligent, and resilient cloud ecosystems.
Accomplishments
Revolutionizing AI-Driven Cybersecurity with Proven Impact: Developed and deployed AI-powered intrusion detection and prevention systems, reducing security breaches by 40% across cloud environments. Engineered AI-driven predictive analytics that identified 95% of potential threats before they could impact operations. Integrated machine learning-based threat detection models, decreasing false-positive security alerts by 60%, allowing security teams to focus on real threats.
Strengthening Cybersecurity Compliance & Risk Mitigation: Conducted enterprise-wide security audits, ensuring 100% compliance with NIST and CIS benchmarks, minimizing regulatory risks. Led cybersecurity initiatives that resulted in a 70% faster response time to cyber incidents, reducing potential damage and data breaches. Implemented zero-trust security frameworks across cloud platforms, reducing unauthorized access incidents by 45% and enhancing system resilience.
Architecting Secure and Scalable Cloud Infrastructures: Designed and implemented cloud-native security architectures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, optimizing cost, scalability, and performance while ensuring compliance with NIST, CIS, and FedRAMP standards. Led hybrid cloud integrations that seamlessly connect on-premise systems with cloud platforms, ensuring secure data processing, disaster recovery, and high availability. Developed zero-trust security frameworks, implementing OIDC, Heimdall token authentication, and privileged access management to safeguard critical applications.
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