Curriculum vitae
Vikrant Sharma
Data Engineer & Machine Learning Engineer
I build systems that turn messy signals into decisions: data platforms, ML threat detection and security tooling that actually ships. Industry experience across Voxon Photonics, Nagarro, SecurDI. NASA Space Apps Global Finalist 2023. Open to internships now and graduate roles from August 2027.
Experience
Artificial Intelligence Engineer · Voxon Photonics
Aug 2026 to Present
Internship · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia · On-site
- Working on native AI integration in VoxelOS through UniSC's Master of ICT dissertation industry placement.
- Developing two pipelines for the internal Command Centre.
- Building Unreal Engine MetaHuman experiences with real-time facial expressions and voice-driven interaction.
Data Engineer · Nagarro
Dec 2024 to Feb 2025
Full-time · Udyog Vihar, Sector 18, Gurugram, Haryana · Remote
- Designed and optimised dimensional data models on AWS Redshift and Snowflake for enterprise analytics workloads.
- Built ETL pipelines that transformed high-volume transactional data into analyst-ready dimensional tables.
- Delivered iterative client work via Agile and Scrum, collaborating with cross-functional teams of data analysts and product owners.
Cyber Security Junior Analyst · SecurDI
May 2023 to Dec 2023
Internship · Remote
- Monitored SIEM platforms and triaged alerts to identify and escalate genuine security incidents.
- Authored incident response runbooks adopted by the wider security operations team.
- Performed OWASP Top 10 web application security testing for client engagements.
- Conducted ISO 27001 and NIST CSF compliance audits across multiple client environments.
Selected projects
StudentOps Data Platform
An end-to-end data platform that ingests six sources into a layered Postgres warehouse with dbt and Prefect, then serves a dashboard, a daily digest and a Claude assistant.
Python · Postgres · dbt · Prefect · Streamlit · Claude API
Hybrid ML Intrusion Detection
A real-time hybrid intrusion detection system that runs an ensemble of ML models over network traffic and maps every alert to MITRE ATT&CK.
Python · PyTorch · scikit-learn · Scapy · Streamlit · Docker
ThreatLens
A CVE triage service that pre-ranks vulnerabilities by what is actually exploitable against your assets.
FastAPI · NVD API · MITRE ATT&CK · Pydantic
Cosmic Keys
A planetary-data sonification engine that turns numbers into music, a NASA Space Apps Global Finalist project.
Python · Streamlit · NumPy · PIL
Technical skills
- Machine learning
- Python, PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost, SMOTE, Pandas, NumPy, anomaly detection
- Cybersecurity
- MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP Top 10, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SIEM, Suricata, Wireshark, incident response
- Data engineering
- SQL, AWS Redshift, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Apache Airflow, ETL, dimensional modelling
- Web, cloud and DevOps
- FastAPI, Flask, React, Astro, TypeScript, Docker, AWS, OCI, Cloudflare, GitHub Actions, Linux
Education
Master of Information and Communications Technology
Jul 2025 to Aug 2027
University of the Sunshine Coast, Adelaide Campus
Bachelor of Computer Applications
2021 to 2024
CHARUSAT, CMPICA
Certifications & awards
- AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate · Amazon Web Services · 2026
- OCI Data Science Professional · Oracle · 2025
- NASA Galactic Problem Solver · NASA Space Apps Challenge · 2023
- icSoftComp Intl. Conference · Springer and CHARUSAT · 2022
- TCS iON Career Edge · Tata Consultancy Services · 2023
- Backend Web Dev, Express and Node · DevTown, GDSC KIIT, AWS CB · 2023
- NASA Space Apps Challenge Global Finalist · Team Eklavya · 2023
Availability & work rights
International student (subclass 500): unlimited hours during course breaks, capped during trimester. Expected to be eligible for a post-study work visa (485) on graduation in August 2027, subject to meeting the stream requirements at the time.