Darshan Thakkar
Pune
Summary
Driven by a passion for cloud security and a global mindset, I spearheaded incident response and forensic investigations at SecurityHQ. My expertise in AWS, coupled with my ability to collaborate across cultures, has led to significant security enhancements. Proficient in cyber threat intelligence and possessing a keen eye for continuous improvement, my work has consistently advanced organizational security postures.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Subject Matter Expert: AWS
SecurityHQ
Pune
07.2021 - Current
- Lead incident response efforts and forensic investigations for cloud security breaches.
- Working with AWS, GCP, and Azure infrastructure.
- Global mindset for working with different cultures and backgrounds.
- Proactively hunt for potential malicious activity and incidents across multiple customers using advanced threat, network, and host-based tools.
- Industry research on security trends, with the goal of potential improvements in our own processes or tools.
- Drive monitoring of security events using a SIEM and other feeds, looking for significant events, and processing reports of unexpected network activity.
- Stay updated with emerging cloud security trends and technologies through continuous learning.
- Identification and tracking of security improvements identified during incidents, or as part of a review.
- Use threat intelligence to hunt for indications of compromise in log data, and utilize endpoint security tools.
- Investigate and uncover issues by analyzing security events and coordinating response activities.
- Hands-on experience with EDR tools like MDE, CrowdStrike, and Carbon Black.
- Perform threat hunting for malicious activity across the network and digital assets.
- Knowledge of proper forensic investigation techniques when working with compromised system images or files.
- Prepare reports and documents, case details, development, and outcome.
- Developed and enforced cloud security policies and best practices organization-wide.
- Optimize cloud security operations using data analytics and machine learning models.
Senior Security Specialist
SoftwareONE
Chennai
10.2020 - 07.2021
- Technical analysis of network activity, monitors, and evaluates network flow.
- Provide information regarding intrusion events, security incidents, and other threat indications, and warning information.
- Provide investigation findings to relevant business units to help improve the information security posture.
- Administered cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive data from cyber threats.
- Made recommendations to improve security procedures and systems.
- Implemented security software, programs and firewalls to minimize cybersecurity threats.
- Researched emerging cyber threats, viruses, malware and other malicious software programs.
Technical Lead
Concentrix
Pune
11.2017 - 10.2020
- Identified areas where improvements could be made in terms of system administration processes related to Office365 deployments.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of the latest versions of Office 365 products and services.
- Utilized advanced technical skills and expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and implement solutions.
- Monitored Exchange Online mailboxes for system performance and user experience.
- Ensured compliance with company policies regarding security access controls for Office 365 applications.
- Provided training sessions for staff members on how to use the different features of Office 365.
- Analyzed usage reports to identify potential security issues or trends.
- Managed user accounts in Active Directory and Azure AD Connector.
- Provided technical assistance and support to clients with Office 365 applications.
System Engineer
Infosys
Pune
06.2015 - 11.2016
- Performed troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of computer networks, like DS1, DS3, and IPVPN.
- Quickly learned and mastered proprietary applications.
- Demonstrated outstanding customer service skills.
- Created an end-to-end application using J2EE.
Education
Diploma - Big Data & Analytics
Imarticus Learning Institute
Mumbai, India01.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunications
K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
Mumbai, India01.2015
Higher School Certificate Examination -
Dr.D.Y.Patil Junior College
Kolhapur, India01.2011
Indian School Certificate Examination -
Seventh Day Adventist High School
Kolhapur, India01.2009
Skills
- Compliance with industry regulations (eg, GDPR, HIPAA)
- Cyber threat intelligence and research
- Security event and log analysis (eg, QRadar, Datadog, DNIF)
- Collaboration with development teams
- Continuous security improvement
- Knowledge of the latest security trends and technologies
- Cloud platform expertise (eg, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Cloud security architecture design
- Security assessments (eg, NIST, NCSC)
- Programming/Scripting Language (eg, Python, Bash)
- Security policy development and maintenance
- Endpoint security (eg MDE, Carbon Black, and SentinelOne
- Incident response and monitoring
- Digital Forensics
Certification
- Amazon Web Services Security Specialty, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 08/01/22, 08/01/25
- Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI), EC-Council, 06/01/24, 05/01/27
Timeline
Subject Matter Expert: AWS
SecurityHQ
07.2021 - Current
Senior Security Specialist
SoftwareONE
10.2020 - 07.2021
Technical Lead
Concentrix
11.2017 - 10.2020
System Engineer
Infosys
06.2015 - 11.2016
Diploma - Big Data & Analytics
Imarticus Learning Institute
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunications
K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
Higher School Certificate Examination -
Dr.D.Y.Patil Junior College
Indian School Certificate Examination -
Seventh Day Adventist High School
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