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gandhan panchal

gandhan panchal

Cybersecurity Engineer

Kalyan / Thane, Maharashtra, India 2+ yrs exp 89 · Excellent

About

Cybersecurity Engineer with ~2 years' experience across SOC operations, EDR/XDR, cloud security posture management, DLP, and IAM/PAM. Progressed from fresher to L2 SOC lead at Galaxy Office Automation, taking end-to-end ownership of security platforms for enterprise clients across BFSI, defense, and healthcare, and converting unmanaged alert backlogs into SLA-driven operations. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.

Skills & Expertise (23)

Trend Micro Vision One Intermediate
8.0/10
2
Years Exp
Elastic SIEM Intermediate
8.0/10
2
Years Exp
CyberArk PAM Intermediate
8.0/10
2
Years Exp
Palo Alto Cortex XDR Intermediate
8.0/10
2
Years Exp
AWS EC2 Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
AWS VPC Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
AWS IAM Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
AWS S3 Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
Trend Micro Cloud One Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
AWS CloudFormation Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
AWS CloudTrail Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
Apex One Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
PowerShell Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
Burp Suite Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
Nmap Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
Kali Linux Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
Amass Intermediate
5.5/10
2
Years Exp
Subfinder Intermediate
5.5/10
2
Years Exp
Shodan Intermediate
5.5/10
2
Years Exp
Whois Intermediate
5.0/10
2
Years Exp
crt.sh Intermediate
5.0/10
2
Years Exp
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Intermediate
5.0/10
2
Years Exp

Work Experience

Senior Technical Associate — SOC (Professional Services)

Galaxy Office Automation Pvt. Ltd.

Jul 2024 - Present

L2 lead of a unified internal + client-facing SOC function across 4+ enterprise accounts spanning BFSI, defense, and healthcare. Closed a multi-year SOC alert backlog for India's largest IVF hospital chain - ~2,000 alerts (250 complex, 50 dark-web) - during a 1.5-month onsite deployment, running live remediation across Trend Micro Vision One and CyberArk PAM/IDAM alongside the handover. Maintained a zero-breach record across every client environment under direct handling by owning the XDR workbench queue end-to-end - alert triage, correlation, containment, and closure across Trend Micro Vision One, Check Point XDR, and Palo Alto Cortex XDR. Fine-tuned SIEM detection with vendors on Elastic SIEM, cutting alert noise by 70% and driving continuous false-positive reduction through formally approved risk assessments.

Education

BSc — Information Technology - B.N. Bandodkar College of Science

- 2023 · Afghanistan

HSC — Class 12 - B.K. Birla College

- 2020 · Afghanistan

SSC — Class 10 - GEIs Subhedar Wada High School

- 2018 · Afghanistan

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

· 2025

Check Point Certified Harmony Endpoint Specialist (CCES – R81.20)

· 2025

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 10/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 10/10
🛠️ Skills 20/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 9/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 5/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 89/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceSep 2026