S M Y Altamash
About S M Y Altamash
S M Y Altamash serves as the DevSecOps Lead at Bharti Airtel, where he has significantly improved security processes and developed a recommendation engine. With a background in computer science and extensive experience in DevOps, he has contributed to various projects and earned multiple awards for his innovative solutions.
Work at Airtel
Currently serving as the DevSecOps Lead at Bharti Airtel since 2022, S M Y Altamash has been instrumental in enhancing security and operational efficiency within the organization. He developed a generic framework that incorporates dynamic thresholds for SAST, SCA, and DAST checks, allowing for comprehensive vulnerability scanning across various codebases. His contributions include the creation of an in-house recommendation engine that integrates into runbooks, effectively reducing service downtime. Altamash also improved the Kafka posture across Airtel with assistance from the Confluent team and standardized data lake monitoring practices.
Previous Experience
Before joining Airtel, S M Y Altamash worked as a DevOps Engineer at EkStep Foundation from 2018 to 2021. His role involved significant contributions to the organization’s operational capabilities. Prior to that, he served as an Associate Solutions Architect at Opt IT Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd from 2017 to 2022. This experience provided him with a solid foundation in solutions architecture and operational strategies.
Education and Expertise
S M Y Altamash holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from Vemana Institute Of Technology, where he studied from 2013 to 2017. He also earned a Licentiate degree in Life and General Insurance from the Insurance Institute of India. His educational background is complemented by a Pre-University Certificate (PUC) from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College and primary education from Motherland English High School.
Achievements
S M Y Altamash has received multiple awards for his contributions to the field. He earned the Spirit of Collaboration Award for successfully integrating over 1,000 production pipelines into CI/CD processes. Additionally, he was awarded the Einstein Award for innovating a recommendation engine that significantly reduces service downtime. His second Einstein Award recognized his efforts in creating a shared library that streamlined processes within the organization.
Technical Contributions
Altamash has made significant technical contributions, including the development of a script that scanned over 17,000 repositories using Blackduck and Coverity during the onboarding phase. He also reduced the security module build time by 66%, which decreased the pipeline duration from 3-7 business days to less than a day. Furthermore, he trained over 10,000 developers to effectively use security tools and address issues in both open-source and custom code.