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Cyber Security Analyst with 2+ years of combined hands-on experience across SOC operations, incident response, endpoint security, vulnerability management, network security, and IT infrastructure. Experienced supporting a 10,000+ endpoint, 35,000+ employee, multi-region enterprise environment. Skilled in SIEM monitoring, EDR administration, threat hunting, incident triage and containment, root cause analysis, vulnerability remediation, firewall/NAC support, PAM, email security, and security operations improvement.
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SOC Analyst & IT Support
Western International Group
Sep 2025 - Present
Part of the Western International Group Global Information Security Team, responsible for company-wide security posture across a 10,000+ host environment supporting 30+ brands and 35,000+ employees, operating across GCC, India, UK, Turkey, China, and Africa. Act as Security Operations liaison between a third-party SOC monitoring vendor and internal regional IT teams, triaging incoming alerts as true positive or false positive. Correlate confirmed incidents with related activity and escalate to the relevant regional IT team for remediation, following up to closure. Independently execute direct containment actions as required to limit incident impact. Noticeably reduced repetitive false-positive escalations to regional IT teams through iterative detection rule tuning and alert threshold refinement. Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and reporting for critical security incidents. Evaluate external security advisories for organizational impact and drive recommended remediations. Use generative AI tools to summarize alerts and speed up triage and reporting.
Cyber Security Analyst Intern
CyberMSI
May 2025 - Jul 2025
Performed 24/7 SOC monitoring and incident response, covering investigation, triage, containment, and mitigation. Monitored and investigated alerts using Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, Microsoft XDR, Entra ID, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA). Performed alert investigation, log analysis, threat detection, and incident correlation to assess severity and impact. Performed direct response and containment actions using Microsoft security tools to mitigate confirmed threats. Investigated phishing, malicious email activity, suspicious endpoint activity, and authentication events using KQL and OSINT for threat hunting and investigation enrichment. Prepared incident reports aligned with SOC procedures and managed incident tickets in JIRA through investigation and remediation.
Cyber Security Analyst Intern
Redteam Hacker Academy
May 2024 - May 2025
Monitored and analyzed SIEM alerts, security events, system logs, and network traffic to identify suspicious activity and potential security threats. Performed threat hunting, log analysis, and phishing/spam investigations supporting security incident detection and analysis. Deployed and configured Wazuh Manager and agents for centralized security monitoring and threat detection. Created incident reports aligned with SOC procedures, documenting findings, investigation results, and recommended actions. Conducted vulnerability assessments, network scanning, enumeration, and basic penetration testing using Kali Linux, Nmap, Wireshark, Burp Suite, and Metasploit. Worked with Windows and Linux systems, including basic system administration, security configuration, and hardening.
Education
B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering - APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
2020 - 2024 · India
Certifications
Junior Cybersecurity Analyst Career Path
Cisco Networking Academy · 2025
Certified IT Infrastructure and Cyber SOC Analyst (CICSA)
RedTeam Hacker Academy · 2025
Endpoint Security
Cisco Networking Academy · 2025
Certified SOC Analyst
EC-Council · 2025
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