About
Aspiring SOC Analyst with hands-on home lab experience in security monitoring, log analysis, and alert investigation using Splunk SIEM. Skilled in analyzing Windows Security Logs and Sysmon Logs, investigating network activity, and validating IOCs using threat intelligence tools such as VirusTotal.
Skills & Expertise (14)
Work Experience
SOC Analyst Lab Experience
Home Lab
Present - Present
Monitored and triaged security alerts using Splunk SIEM, analyzing Windows Security Event Logs and Sysmon logs to investigate authentication activity, process execution, and potential privilege escalation. Investigated suspicious network activity by analyzing firewall, DNS, proxy, and network traffic logs to identify abnormal inbound and outbound connections. Analyzed Suricata IDS alerts to investigate port scanning activity, analyzing source IP activity and behavior and distinguishing true positives from false positives. Investigated phishing indicators by analyzing suspicious URLs, domains, and attachments and validating IPs, domains, and file hashes using threat intelligence platforms such as VirusTotal. Correlated events across SIEM alerts, Windows Logs, Sysmon Logs, IDS alerts, firewall Logs, DNS Logs, and proxy Logs, performing time-based log analysis to reconstruct attack timelines and map detected activities to MITRE ATT&CK techniques. Documented investigation findings and escalated confirmed or suspicious security incidents according to SOC procedures.
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Mother Teresa PG College, Hyderabad | Osmania University
- 2025 · Afghanistan
Bachelor of Science (MECS) - Saketa Degree College, Hyderabad | Osmania University
- 2023 · Afghanistan
