Anand R Menon
SOC Operations Lead
Bengaluru
Summary
Enthusiastic SOC Operations Lead who has contributed to team success through hard work and attention. Strong customer-focused mindset to deliver the best solutions to clients while making sure the team is motivated and joyous.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Sr. SOC Analyst
Tecplix Technologies
07.2023 - Current
- Analyze security events and alerts to determine their potential impact on the organization's security posture, identifying emerging threats, and developing strategies to counteract them.
- Collaborate closely with L1 analysts, providing support and guidance during monitoring and incident response activities, coordinating efforts to investigate and mitigate security threats effectively.
- Manage and optimize security tools such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, and EDR solutions, ensuring their proper configuration, tuning, and maintenance to maximize efficacy in detecting and mitigating security threats.
- Communicate with clients to understand their security concerns and suggest relevant security architecture changes, tool coverage, prompt software updates etc.
SOC Operations Lead
CrossCipher Technologies
10.2021 - 07.2023
- Setup internal and customer Security Operation Centres from scratch and acted as the main point-of-contact for the customer escalations and service requests.
- Implemented, documented and fine-tuned leading cybersecurity solutions(SIEM/SOAR,EDR,XDR) giving utmost priority to the customers’ pain points.
- Provided comprehensive cybersecurity training to internal and customer teams.
- Spearheaded threat hunt and threat intelligence operations with exceptional focus on detecting and remediating in-the-wild security vulnerabilities and zero-day attacks.
Security Analyst
Ciber Digita Consultants LLP
11.2020 - 08.2021
- Monitor, triage and remediate alerts in leading SIEM, EDR solutions.
- Assist SIEM Engineering team in alert finetuning activities.
- Perform daily health-checks for ensuring the optimum security posture of customer environments.
- Conduct customer meetings and deliver periodical alert reports filled with extensive triage, remediation information and value-add suggestions.
ERP Consultant
UST
01.2016 - 10.2020
- Customised crucial setups and resolved issues in the Oracle
Apps ERP software while working on projects for major
clients. - Received multiple appreciations from clients and managers for resolving major issues in client setups.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Nehru College of Engineering And Research Centre
Kerala 04.2001 -
Skills
Tool Knowledge
Microsoft Sentinel, Stellar Cyber OpenXDR, Alienvault SIEM, CrowdStrike, Proofpoint, Wireshark
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
Timeline
Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst
08-2023
Sr. SOC Analyst
Tecplix Technologies
07.2023 - Current
Stellar Cyber Certified Associate
07-2022
Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
05-2022
SOC Operations Lead
CrossCipher Technologies
10.2021 - 07.2023
Security Analyst
Ciber Digita Consultants LLP
11.2020 - 08.2021
ERP Consultant
UST
01.2016 - 10.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Nehru College of Engineering And Research Centre
04.2001 -
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