Shashwati Padole

Cloud Security Analyst

Pune, Maharashtra 1+ yrs exp 83 · Excellent

About

Cloud Security and SOC professional with 1.5+ years of experience in cloud security operations, incident response, and enterprise security monitoring. Currently working as a Senior Associate, leading L2 cloud security investigations and managing Prisma Cloud across AWS environments. Experienced with Cortex XDR, Wazuh, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Cloudflare, and Palo Alto NGFW. Skilled in threat hunting, vulnerability management, security automation and improving detection capabilities through SIEM optimization and cloud security best practices.

Skills & Expertise (30)

Prisma Cloud Advanced

9.1/10

Years Exp

AWS Security Hub Advanced

8.8/10

Years Exp

GuardDuty Advanced

8.6/10

Years Exp

Cortex XDR Advanced

8.5/10

Years Exp

IAM Advanced

8.3/10

Years Exp

Threat Hunting Advanced

8.1/10

Years Exp

Python Intermediate

7.9/10

Years Exp

Terraform Intermediate

7.5/10

Years Exp

Docker Intermediate

7.3/10

Years Exp

Kubernetes Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

LINUX Intermediate

6.8/10

Years Exp

ISO 27001 Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

AWS Risk Assessment Bash Ansible GDPR HIPAA VPN Firewalls IP TCP DNS Cloudflare Palo Alto NGFW MITRE ATT&CK ELK Stack Wazuh CSPM Inspector

Work Experience

Senior Associate – Cloud Security & SOC

Lentra AI

Jul 2026 - Present

Promoted to Senior Associate in recognition of leadership in cloud security operations and incident response. Lead L2 cloud security investigations using Prisma Cloud, Cortex XDR, AWS Security Hub, and GuardDuty, handling multiple investigations per month. Coordinate incident response activities, escalations, and shift handovers across SOC operations. Drive threat hunting and detection engineering initiatives aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Develop security playbooks, SOPs, and investigation workflows to improve response consistency. Mentor a team of 6 junior analysts and support knowledge-sharing within the team. Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to remediate cloud security findings and strengthen security posture.

Network Security Intern

Reliance Industries

Present - Present

Assisted in monitoring network traffic and analyzing firewall/IDS logs to identify potential security threats. Supported vulnerability assessments and documented findings for internal network infrastructure.

Digital Forensics Intern

Cyber Crime Helpline LLP

Present - Present

Assisted in collecting and analyzing digital evidence for cybercrime investigation cases. Helped prepare investigation reports and case documentation under senior analyst supervision.

Software Developer Intern

FlipLocation Pvt. Ltd.

Present - Present

Contributed to the design, development, and testing of application features under senior developer guidance. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to debug issues, review code, and support release cycles.

Information Security Analyst

Lentra AI

Jan 2025 - Jun 2026

Served as the primary administrator for Prisma Cloud, managing CSPM and Cloud Workload Protection across AWS. Investigated endpoint and cloud security incidents using Cortex XDR and Prisma Cloud. Tuned Wazuh detection rules and improved alert quality through Python automation. Reduced false positives by 25% through detection engineering. Remediated more than 200 cloud vulnerabilities and critical security misconfigurations. Integrated Cloudflare security logs into monitoring workflows to improve visibility. Performed continuous cloud threat hunting and vulnerability management.