Karun Kumar Mittakola
About Karun Kumar Mittakola
Karun Kumar Mittakola is a Systems Analyst and Cyber Security professional currently working at Fannie Mae.
Current Role at Fannie Mae
Karun Kumar Mittakola currently works at Fannie Mae as a Systems Analyst / Cyber Security specialist. His role focuses on monitoring and securing IT infrastructure, protecting sensitive data, and ensuring the integrity of systems. His day-to-day responsibilities include troubleshooting issues, ensuring systems availability, and identifying opportunities to enhance cybersecurity measures. He plays a crucial role in maintaining the overall security posture of Fannie Mae.
Previous Experience at Vanguard
Before his current role, Mittakola served as a Systems Analyst / Cyber Security specialist at Vanguard from 2020 to 2022, working in Charlotte, North Carolina. His responsibilities included ensuring the protection of sensitive data and the integrity of IT systems. Prior to that, he worked as a Contractor - Information Security Analyst for Vanguard for three years from 2016 to 2019 in Malvern, PA, where he focused on information security analysis.
Experience at Equifax and Mindtree
Mittakola also has experience working with Equifax and Mindtree. At Equifax, he served as a Data Protection / Cyber Security Engineer from 2019 to 2020 in Alpharetta, GA. Simultaneously, he worked as a Technical Lead - Cyber Security Consultant at Mindtree during the same period. In these roles, he was responsible for leading initiatives related to data protection and cybersecurity engineering, ensuring robust security measures for sensitive information.
Technical and Educational Background
Mittakola holds a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Information Technology in Banking Technology from the University of Hyderabad, obtained in 2009. He also has a Bachelor's Degree and a Diploma in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from Vasavi College of Engineering and Govt. Polytechnic College, respectively. His academic background lays a strong foundation for his expertise in cybersecurity and systems analysis.
Projects and Initiatives
Throughout his career, Mittakola has led several significant projects. He spearheaded disaster recovery and systems failover efforts for SSO/security applications and performed performance testing for SSO/IAM applications in the cloud. Additionally, he onboarded application and infrastructure logs to Splunk Cloud, set up health monitoring dashboards, and configured Dynatrace for application performance monitoring. These initiatives have contributed to improving system performance and security.