Suryakant Chinthapalli
Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
About
Security analyst with 5+ years of hands-on experience in Security Operations, Incident Response, Endpoint Security, Phishing Analysis, Threat Intelligence, and Network Security. Skilled in log monitoring and event analysis across SIEM platforms (Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel), with strong working knowledge of log formats from firewalls, IDS/IPS, EDR, WAF, proxies, routers, switches, operating systems, database servers, and antivirus solutions.
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Work Experience
Security Analyst
Genpact
Jun 2023 - Present
Work within a 24/7 Security Operations Center, monitoring SOC events and detecting/preventing intrusion attempts. Perform real-time monitoring of network security devices including IPS, firewalls, DLP, endpoint security, operating systems, email security, servers, and VPNs. Conduct in-depth analysis to identify root cause of incidents and perform malware analysis to determine file behavior. Analyze phishing emails reported by employees and classify them as phishing, spam, or legitimate. Run phishing simulation campaigns and employee security awareness training. Create and maintain reports in QRadar and Sentinel for stakeholder visibility. Perform vulnerability assessments and coordinate with patching teams and business units on remediation. Use antivirus and analysis tools to perform malware analysis and recommend complete removal from client environments. Conduct daily health checks of the SIEM platform to confirm all log sources are ingesting correctly. Differentiate false positives from true intrusion attempts and support remediation and prevention efforts. Support escalations and work closely with business units; provide tuning and filtering recommendations to engineering teams. Fulfill data requests from business units by analyzing daily, weekly, and monthly reports. Act on threat advisories and IOCs, identify threat actors using MITRE ATT&CK, and coordinate IOC blocking with relevant teams. Hunt for IOCs from threat advisories to identify suspicious communication attempts. Investigate alerts in SOC monitoring tools to identify abnormal behavior, suspicious activity, and traffic anomalies. Analyze network traffic and host activity across a wide range of technologies and platforms. Support incident response activities including host triage, retrieval, malware analysis, and end-user remediation. Recognize cyberattacks based on known signatures and distinguish false positives from genuine intrusions. Analyze malicious campaigns and evaluate the effectiveness of deployed security technologies. Collaborate with the Red Team during purple-team exercises to assess the effectiveness of threat simulations. Act as liaison between the SOC and other departments, fostering strong working relationships and information sharing. Monitor website uptime, performance, and availability via Pingdom. Monitor services via IZOOlogic to detect and mitigate online brand abuse.
Security Analyst
Arzoo
May 2022 - Jun 2023
Worked within a 24/7 Security Operations Center, monitoring SOC events and detecting/preventing intrusion attempts. Supported MNC clients directly, presenting SOC status reports and completing action items per client requests. Analyzed phishing emails reported by employees and classified them as phishing, spam, or legitimate. Ran phishing simulation campaigns and employee awareness training. Analyzed cloud logs including CloudTrail and VPC flow logs. Performed vulnerability assessments and coordinated with patching teams on remediation. Supported escalations and worked closely with stakeholders as required. Fulfilled customer and internal team data requests through daily, weekly, and monthly reporting. Investigated alerts in SOC monitoring tools to identify abnormal behavior and traffic anomalies. Distinguished false positives from true intrusion attempts to support remediation and prevention. Oversaw integration of data from multiple sources into unified systems, ensuring consistency and accessibility. Used data visualization platforms (Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint) to manage and analyze data effectively. Collaborated with finance, supply chain, and marketing teams to understand data requirements and deliver solutions. Maintained familiarity with data privacy laws and industry standards to ensure compliance. Identified and corrected inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and duplications in datasets. Maintained logs and records of data access and modifications for accountability. Monitored and enforced adherence to data-related regulations and standards.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration and Management - Vivekananda Institute of Management
- 2020 · Afghanistan
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