Abhishek Srivastava

Abhishek Srivastava

Aspiring Data Scientist & Data Engineer passionate about leveraging financial technology, machine learning, and cybersecurity to drive innovation.

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About Me

I'm currently pursuing my Master of Science in Financial Technology at Nanyang Technological University Singapore, building upon my experience as a Data Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services. My passion lies in the intersection of data engineering, cybersecurity, and financial technology.

With a proven track record in identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities, I've been recognized by the Australian Government for responsible disclosure of critical security flaws. My technical expertise spans cloud computing, ETL pipelines, machine learning, and data integrity optimization.

Current Education

MSc in Fintech at NTU Singapore

Professional Experience

3+ years as Data Engineer at TCS

Cybersecurity

Hall of Fame recognition for vulnerability disclosure

Work Experience

Professional journey spanning fintech education, cybersecurity research, and data engineering

MSc Student in Financial Technology

Nanyang Technological University Singapore

July 2025 - July 2026 Singapore Current

Currently pursuing Master of Science in Financial Technology, focusing on NLP for finance, cloud-native data engineering, AI-driven automation, cybersecurity in financial systems, and financial data analytics.

Cybersecurity Engagements & Vulnerability Research

Self-employed

January 2024 - January 2025 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Recognized by Australian Government (IP Australia) with Hall of Fame acknowledgment for identifying and responsibly reporting Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Contributed to security of major platforms by reporting vulnerabilities to Nike and through HackerOne bug bounty program (6sense VDP)
Applied knowledge of common web vulnerabilities and responsible disclosure practices to proactively identify and report security flaws in live applications

Data Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

May 2022 - June 2025 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Talend AWS GCP Python SQL BigQuery

Pension Firm Client

Implemented secure ETL pipelines using Talend, ensuring data integrity and compliance through controlled data ingestion, transformation, and loading into SQL Server, including SCD Type 1 & 2 methodologies
Developed AWS Lambda functions for secure audit log collection and data transfer, enhancing security visibility and compliance by automating movement of sensitive audit data between S3 buckets
Configured and managed security logging and monitoring for cloud resources using AWS CloudFormation

Insurance Firm Client

Engineered secure data validation and transfer mechanisms using GCP Cloud Functions (Python) for real-time schema validation and automated file transfers between Google Cloud Storage buckets
Developed a BDD automation framework for their MLOps initiative, gaining hands-on experience with Vertex Notebooks and understanding the role of feature stores in machine learning workflows.
Received client appreciation for technical excellence and ownership in delivering a robust MLOps automation platform.
Built the entire automation solution independently from scratch, enabling seamless tracking of how data moves for data scientists between modeling, feature engineering, and deployment.

Engineer Intern

Tata Consultancy Services

March 2022 - May 2022 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Developed Infrastructure Security Validation Tool to automate assessment of infrastructure configurations against security baselines and best practices
Created Python-based automation for performance testing with security lens, identifying potential bottlenecks or vulnerabilities that could be exploited under load

Samsung Prism Developer

Samsung Electronics

May 2021 - November 2021 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Completed virtual internship on Explainable Reinforcement Learning (XRL), applying key concepts like Q-learning and Markov Decision Processes (MDPs)
Developed and implemented AI Reinforcement learning POC in Python
Received Certificate of Excellence for demonstrating successful completion and high level of technical proficiency

Samsung Prism Developer

Samsung Electronics

October 2020 - March 2021 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Developed cloud-native project on 5G Core: Efficient Cloud Native SFC via Network Service Mesh
Gained hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Istio service mesh to deploy Proof of Concept (POC) on Ubuntu environment
Received Certificate of Excellence for demonstrating successful completion and high level of technical proficiency

Intern

ANZ

June 2020 Remote
Analyzed, cleaned and transformed dataset using Python and Tableau to predict salary of bank customers using decision tree algorithm

Technical Skills

Data Engineering

Python SQL ETL AWS GCP Azure DevOps Github Talend Data Warehouse

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Deep Learning TensorFlow Keras PyTorch Neural Networks LSTM CNN

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Lambda CloudFormation S3 BigQuery Cloud Functions Kubernetes Istio

Cybersecurity

Vulnerability Assessment Web Security XSS Security Testing Ethical Hacking

Blockchain

Golang Solidity

Methodologies

Jira Agile Methodology BDD DevSecOps

Projects

Bitcoin HD Wallet

Nov 2025

Secure hierarchical deterministic Bitcoin wallet CLI built in Go.
Supports BIP39 mnemonic generation, BIP32/BIP44 key derivation, AES-256-GCM encryption, and encrypted backups—delivering military-grade security and crypto best practices. Fast wallet creation, secure storage, flexible CLI, and testnet/mainnet modes.

Go Cryptography BIP39/BIP32/BIP44 AES-256-GCM PBKDF2 CLI Security

Vehicle Claim Fraud Detection

Oct 2025

Complete machine learning workflow for detecting fraudulent vehicle insurance claims.
Uses advanced ML and deep learning approaches (Random Forest, XGBoost, TabNet) to address class imbalance and achieve high recall. Deploys feature engineering, threshold optimization, and interpretable model insights for robust results.

Python Pandas Scikit-learn PyTorch TabNet Class Imbalance Deep Learning

Credit Card Fraud Detection

Oct 2025

Machine learning solution for real-world credit card fraud detection.
Explores class imbalance handling, feature engineering, and multiple models (Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost) to achieve high fraud recall with low false positives. Includes robust evaluation and test validation.

Python Pandas Scikit-learn XGBoost Imbalanced Data SMOTE

Black-Scholes Estimator

Sep 2025

Interactive Streamlit web app for option pricing using the Black-Scholes model. Enter option parameters, visualize Greeks, and analyze trading strategies for financial derivatives.

Python Streamlit Pytorch Neural networks Black-Scholes Data Visualization

Time Series Analysis of the Straits Times Index (STI)

Aug 2025

Transformed non-stationary price series into stationary returns series using first differencing. Confirmed stationarity with Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test. Used seasonal decomposition to identify trend and analyzed ACF and PACF plots. Determined ARIMA(1, 0, 1) model as suitable foundation for forecasting STI's daily returns.

Python Pandas Statistics Time Series Analysis Matplotlib Statsmodels

LSTM-Based Stock Market Analysis

Feb 2022 - May 2022

Developed deep learning project to predict stock prices using Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network. Trained on historical stock data from Yahoo Finance with data preprocessing using MinMax scaling, built LSTM model with Keras and TensorFlow, evaluated performance using RMSE.

Python TensorFlow NumPy Matplotlib Streamlit Keras LSTM Deep Learning

Heart Rate and HRV Calculation from Video

May 2021

Built project to non-invasively calculate heart rate from facial video using computer vision and signal processing techniques. Leveraged OpenCV and dlib for facial landmark detection and used Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to extract pulse signals from color variations in skin.

OpenCV NumPy Matplotlib Independent Component Analysis Fourier Analysis Signal Processing

Smart House incorporating 3 systems

Apr 2019

Working model of a smart house nominated for Best project/working model by department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Technology. Integrated multiple IoT systems for home automation.

LDR Solar Power Laser IoT

Let's Connect

Ready to discuss opportunities in fintech, data science, and cybersecurity

I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities in financial technology, data engineering, and cybersecurity. Let's connect and explore how we can work together to drive innovation in the fintech space.