Amit Vitekar - Security Consultant (Ethical Hacker)

Q: Where is Amit based?

Amit is based in Berlin, Germany .

Q: What languages does Amit speak?

Amit speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), German (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Amit have?

Amit has at least 6 years of experience. During this time, Amit has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month . Note that Amit may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Amit's latest experience?

Amit's most recent position is Security Consultant (Ethical Hacker) at Security Research Labs (SRLabs) .

Q: What companies has Amit worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Amit has worked for Security Research Labs (SRLabs) , Cyber Defence Services Ltd , and SecureThings AI Pvt Ltd .

Q: Which industries is Amit most experienced in?

Amit is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication , Automotive , and Information Technology (IT) . Amit also has some experience in Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Amit most experienced in?

Amit is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development (R&D) , Product Development , and Information Technology (IT) . Amit also has some experience in Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Amit worked in recently?

Amit has recently worked in industries like Automotive , Telecommunication , and Information Technology (IT) .

Q: Which business areas has Amit worked in recently?

Amit has recently worked in business areas like Research and Development (R&D) , Product Development , and Information Technology (IT) .

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Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Oct 2024

1 year 10 months

Berlin, Germany

Security Consultant (Ethical Hacker)

Security Research Labs (SRLabs)

Led telecom security testing team & SOC deployments across Tier-1 carriers; reduced critical vulnerabilities by 30%.
Conducted 5G/O-RAN fuzzing, penetration testing, and vulnerability research (basebands, RAN, core).
Designed testbeds for protocol fuzzing (AFL++, LibAFL) on 5G stacks.
delivered client workshops on secure telecom with AI assisted workflows.
Researched AI-driven SOC and penetration testing (LLMs for log triage, anomaly detection, adversarial monitoring).

Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

4 months

United Kingdom

Position Title

Cyber Defence Services Ltd

Built SDR pipelines (USRP, BladeRF) for Wi-Fi security.
Designed anomaly visualization dashboards for traffic classification.
Performed jamming and protocol manipulation attacks in controlled testbeds.

Jun 2019 - Jul 2021

2 years 2 months

Pune, India

Security Researcher

SecureThings AI Pvt Ltd

Conducted penetration testing of EV ECUs/TCUs; discovered high-severity 0-days in GSM/4G-LTE firmware.
Performed UART/JTAG-based firmware analysis and SDR protocol testing (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS).
Developed static analysis frameworks for embedded vulnerabilities.

Dec 2018 - Jul 2019

8 months

Pune, India

IoT Security Researcher

Payatu Labs

Identified vulnerabilities in IoT hubs, smart speakers, and firmware ecosystems.
Authored “Evil-Boot” PoC firmware, bypassing embedded security mechanisms.

Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

1 year 1 month

Pune, India

Embedded System Developer

IoTIoT.in (Smart6)

Developed router OS (OpenWRT-based) for media streaming, load balancing, and P2P networks.

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Telecommunication (3 years), Information Technology (2 years), Automotive (2 years), and Professional Services (0.5 years).

Telecommunication

Information Technology

Automotive

Professional Services

Business Areas Experience

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Experienced in Research and Development (4.5 years), Information Technology (3 years), Product Development (3 years), and Business Intelligence (0.5 years).

Research and Development

Information Technology

Product Development

Business Intelligence

Summary

AI-focused cybersecurity professional specializing in 5G Core/RAN, IoT, and embedded security, applying machine learning and LLM-based automation for vulnerability discovery, anomaly detection, and SOC workflow optimization. Experienced in AI-assisted fuzzing, telecom protocol analysis (GTP, SS7, O-RAN), and automated threat modeling aligned with GSMA, ENISA, and 3GPP standards.

Skills

Ai Security & Red-teaming:

Owasp Top 10 Llm Attacks: Adversarial Prompts, Backdoors & Poisoning, Prompt Injection, Jailbreaks, Data Extraction/privacy, Reconstruction, Denial Of Service, Escalation, Malicious Code Execution, Attack Automation.
Mitre Atlas Framework: Applied Across Reconnaissance ➜ Impact (Model Inference Abuse, Poisoning, Exfiltration, Adversarial Staging, Data Manipulation).
Tools: Bite (Iterative Trigger Injection For Textual Backdoors), Garak (Llm Vulnerability Scanner), Houyi (Successful Prompt Injection Framework), Dropbox/llm-security (Attack Scripts & Docs), Promptmap (Bulk Prompt Injection Testing), Rebuff (Llm Prompt Injection Detector).

Hardware And Telecom Security:

Gsm, Lte, 5g (Nsa/sa), O-ran, Ss7, Gtp, Interconnect Security.
Penetration Testing, Fuzzing (Afl++, Libafl), Vulnerability Analysis.
Software Defined Radios (Usrp, Bladerf, Hackrf), Uart/jtag Debugging, Firmware Analysis.

Infrastructure:

Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Openstack.

Languages

English

Advanced

German

Elementary

Education

National College of Ireland (NCI)

MSc Cybersecurity, Specializing in Cloud Security · Cybersecurity · Dublin, Ireland

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics and Telecommunication · Electronics and Telecommunication · Pune, India

Certifications & licenses

EU Blue Card

Profile

Created

November 2025

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Where is Amit based?

Amit is based in Berlin, Germany.

What languages does Amit speak?

Amit speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), German (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Amit have?

Amit has at least 6 years of experience. During this time, Amit has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month. Note that Amit may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Amit be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Amit would be well-suited for roles such as: Security Consultant (Ethical Hacker), Position Title, Security Researcher.

What is Amit's latest experience?

Amit's most recent position is Security Consultant (Ethical Hacker) at Security Research Labs (SRLabs).

What companies has Amit worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Amit has worked for Security Research Labs (SRLabs), Cyber Defence Services Ltd, and SecureThings AI Pvt Ltd.

Which industries is Amit most experienced in?

Amit is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Automotive, and Information Technology (IT). Amit also has some experience in Professional Services.

Which business areas is Amit most experienced in?

Amit is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development (R&D), Product Development, and Information Technology (IT). Amit also has some experience in Business Intelligence.

Which industries has Amit worked in recently?

Amit has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Telecommunication, and Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas has Amit worked in recently?

Amit has recently worked in business areas like Research and Development (R&D), Product Development, and Information Technology (IT).

What is Amit's education?

Amit holds a Master in Cybersecurity from National College of Ireland (NCI) and a Bachelor in Electronics and Telecommunication from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Does Amit have any certificates?

Amit has 1 certificate: EU Blue Card.

What is the availability of Amit?

Amit is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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