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Vijayashankar Balaji

Vijayashankar Balaji

Cyber Security Analyst

Chennai, TN 1+ yrs exp 83 · Excellent

About

CompTIA Security+ certified Cybersecurity Masters Graduate with 2-years of cumulative internship and academic experience on incident management, security monitoring and anomaly detection. Experience analyzing high-volume logs to detect patterns, building searches and playbooks, and communicating findings to stakeholders, demonstrating strong attention to detail. Supported security operations in regulated environments, including healthcare, and contributed to the creation and maintenance of incident response runbooks and SOC procedures.

Skills & Expertise (24)

CrowdStrike Falcon Intermediate
8.0/10
2
Years Exp
incident triage Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
Network Security Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
Python Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
SIEM Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
endpoint detection and response Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
Intrusion Detection Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
Log Analysis Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
NIST CSF Intermediate
5.5/10
2
Years Exp
Kali Linux Intermediate
5.0/10
2
Years Exp
WIRESHARK Intermediate
5.0/10
2
Years Exp
MITRE ATT&CK Intermediate
5.0/10
2
Years Exp
VirusTotal Intermediate
5.0/10
2
Years Exp
OpenCTI Beginner
4.5/10
2
Years Exp
Snort Beginner
4.0/10
2
Years Exp
Firewalls Beginner
4.0/10
2
Years Exp
macOS Beginner
3.0/10
2
Years Exp
Cyber Kill Chain Beginner
3.0/10
2
Years Exp
Autopsy Beginner
3.0/10
2
Years Exp
FTK Imager Beginner
3.0/10
2
Years Exp
Nmap MS Sentinel QRadar Bash

Work Experience

Junior Security Analyst

Nila Professional Services

Jan 2026 - Jun 2026

Performed continuous alert investigation and response on endpoints using Crowdstrike Falcon, assisting in identifying malware, suspicious process execution, privilege misuse, and abnormal endpoint behavior. Supported vulnerability and patch assessment activities, using Action 1, by identifying missing OS and third-party application patches across endpoints. Tuned Microsoft Sentinel analytics rule (KQL) across identity, endpoint, SaaS, cloud platform, host and network data sources, reducing noise/false positives improving alert quality.

Research Intern

Multicoreware

Apr 2025 - Sep 2025

Collaborated with cross-platform engineers to develop a lightweight intrusion detection system (IDS) using AI/ML techniques for real-time anomaly detection in in-vehicle CAN bus traffic. Generated and preprocessed synthetic CAN bus-traffic (normal and injected anomalies), engineering features such as payload patterns, ID frequency and timing to create training and testing datasets for the IDS model.

Cybersecurity Analyst Volunteer

Adaptable Security (DBA Cybertrust America)

Aug 2024 - Mar 2025

Served as part of an Agile Incident Response team, developing incident response playbooks and procedures for DLP and critical incidents, aligning industry best practices to enhance team awareness and reduce response time. Ensured data security as part of digital asset backup and recovery for critical non-profit data in Google workspace, maintaining compliance with data protection standards.

Cybersecurity Intern

Carilion Clinic

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Assisted senior analysts during incident response workflows, including alert triage, investigation support, and escalation based on impact and confidence level. Provided real-time support during security incidents, assisting with alert validation, investigation updates, and coordinated escalation with SOC teams.

Education

MS in Cybersecurity - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)

2022 - 2024 · Afghanistan

B.Tech. Information Technology - Anna University

2017 - 2021 · Afghanistan

Certifications

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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 8/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 0/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 83/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceJun 2026