LLM Engineer · Cloud Security Engineer
MUNAGALA KARTHIK
// models in production · cloud secured one policy at a time.
karthik@novaguard:~$
karthik@novaguard:~$
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About Me
// MUNAGALA KARTHIK.EXE
~/about.txt — karthik@novaguard
$ cat about.txt
# -- WHO I AM ------------------------------------------------
name = "Munagala Karthik"
location = "Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India"
role = "LLM Engineer · Cloud Security Engineer @ NovaGuard"
background = "B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) → pivoted to Cloud
Security"
# -- WHAT I DO -----------------------------------------------
mission = "Think like an attacker. Engineer like a
defender."
focus = ["IAM policy design", "threat modelling", "cloud
automation"]
environments = ["AWS", "OCI", "multi-cloud"]
# -- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY ------------------------------------
>>>
I am an LLM Engineer and Cloud Security Engineer at NovaGuard,
shipping language models safely while specializing in IAM policy
design, threat modeling, and cloud automation. My core focus is
securing multi-cloud environments (AWS, OCI) with guardrails that
stand up to shadow IT and runaway AI service sprawl.
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# -- CURRENT OBJECTIVE ---------------------------------------
certification = "AWS Security Specialty (SCS-C02)" # in progress
goal = "Senior LLM & Cloud Security Engineer"
open_to = ["security consulting", "collaborations", "good
problems"]
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Technical Arsenal
AWS Services
Oracle Cloud (OCI)
Security Domains
Programming & Tools
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Field Experience
NovaGuard Tech
LLM Engineer · Cloud Security Engineer
Sep 2025 — Present · Full-time
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
novaguard.in
↗
- Diagnosed and resolved a critical AWS ECS failure (
pam-app-tunnel-preprod) — invalid encryption key in task definition revision:49— restoring production availability. - Built a Python / boto3
IAM Security Audit Scriptto identify over-privileged users, inactive access keys, and missing MFA enforcement across AWS accounts. - Worked with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) — hands-on with IAM, Quota Policies, Compartments, and Object Storage.
- Architected and deployed
Gather & Glow— a full serverless app on AWS using Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito (Google SSO + OTP), Stripe, API Gateway, and CloudFront.
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Deployments
NOVAGUARD
// AWS
IAM Security Audit Script
Python/boto3 tool scanning AWS accounts for over-privileged users, inactive access keys, and
missing MFA. Generates actionable security reports.
AWS IAMPythonboto3Audit
Private — On Request
NOVAGUARD
// AWS SERVERLESS
Gather & Glow
Full serverless event-booking web app on AWS — Lambda functions, DynamoDB, S3 storage, Cognito
auth (Google SSO + OTP), Stripe payments, API Gateway, and CloudFront CDN for global delivery.
LambdaDynamoDBCognitoCloudFrontStripePython
ACADEMIC
// ML
CKD Prediction — 96% Accuracy
Random Forest classification model predicting Chronic Kidney Disease on Kaggle dataset using
Scikit-learn and Flask, with an associated published literature survey.
PythonScikit-learnRandom ForestFlask
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Clearances & Training
IN PROGRESS
AWS Security Specialty
Amazon Web Services · SCS-C02
Target: Q4 2026
COMPLETED
AI and ML with Python
Bright Geeks Technologies
COMPLETED
AWS Cloud Fundamentals
Udemy · Stephane Maarek
COMPLETED
Web Development (HTML, CSS, JS)
edX · IBM
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Origin Story
03
B.Tech — CSE (AI & ML)
Siddartha Institute of Science & Technology, Puttur
2021 – 2025 · Board of JNTUA · Andhra Pradesh, India
02
Intermediate — MPC
Narayana Jr. College, Brahmadevam, Nellore
2019 – 2021 · BIEAP · Andhra Pradesh, India
01
Secondary School Certificate — SSC
Sri Chaitanya High School, Buchireddypalem, Nellore
2019 · BSEAP · Andhra Pradesh, India
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Interactive Terminal
karthik@munagalakarthik.com — bash — 80x24
$ cat welcome.txt
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Welcome to karthik@munagalakarthik.com ║
║ LLM Engineer · Cloud Security Engineer // NovaGuard Tech ║
║ Type a command below or click a suggestion. ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
║ Welcome to karthik@munagalakarthik.com ║
║ LLM Engineer · Cloud Security Engineer // NovaGuard Tech ║
║ Type a command below or click a suggestion. ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
$
// initialize contact
Let's Connect
Open to collaborations, security consulting, and good conversations.