DHANUSH GOKUL P
Bengaluru
Summary
Results-driven Cybersecurity professional with 5 years of experience in Microsoft Security technologies and endpoint protection. Expertise in Microsoft Defender suite, threat detection, incident response, and security automation. Led enterprise endpoint migrations and developed custom threat detection queries, enhancing security posture and compliance. Holds Microsoft SC200 and SC-900 certifications and an M.Tech in Software Systems.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Wipro Limited
Bengaluru
12.2025 - Current
- Lead security incident response for endpoint breaches, reducing resolution time by 40% through streamlined SOPs and root cause analysis.
- Analyze threat trends and anomalies across enterprise endpoints using MDE, Intune, and SEPM data to identify attack vectors and recommend mitigations.
- Monitored CVEs, Microsoft security advisories, and threat intelligence feeds to proactively identify and mitigate emerging threats.
- Correlated threat reports and technical indicators from internal and external sources, reinforcing detection and response capabilities.
- Conducted security research and analysis on endpoint protection technologies, enhancing compliance and addressing systemic security issues.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate security measures into processes.
Cybersecurity Analyst
Wipro Limited
Bengaluru
07.2021 - 11.2025
- Led migration of approximately 10,000 endpoints from legacy Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, improving telemetry consistency and threat detection coverage.
- Implemented and managed Microsoft Defender Antivirus (MDAV) policies via Intune and GPO, ensuring real-time protection and compliance across enterprise endpoints.
- Led SEP to MDAV migration for assigned endpoint groups, validated detection parity, and resolved compatibility issues during rollout.
- Implemented Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps session control and DLP policies for SaaS governance and risky app usage monitoring.
- Hardened Microsoft Defender for Office 365 policies by strengthening anti-phishing, safe links, and safe attachments controls.
- Automated KPI and compliance reporting using PowerShell and GenAI-assisted scripting, reducing manual effort by ~70% and improving accuracy by 30%.
- Implemented BitLocker disk encryption policies enforcing AES-256 standards, with recovery key escrow in Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
- Developed custom KQL Advanced Hunting queries to detect suspicious process execution, privilege escalation attempts, lateral movement activity, and abnormal authentication behavior.
- Designed email security controls using Exchange Online Protection and Valimail, enforcing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to reduce phishing and spoofing.
Education
M.Tech - Software Systems
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)
Pilani 02.2022 - 12.2025
B.Sc - Information Technology
Arulmigu PalaniAndavar College of Arts and Culture
Tamil Nadu 06.2018 - 04.2021
Skills
- Microsoft Defender Suite
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
- Defender XDR
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus (MDAV)
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO)
- Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI)
- Cloud security management
- Threat detection
- Incident response
- Phishing investigation
- Detection logic development
- KQL Advanced Hunting
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Email Security
- Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
- Cloud App & Data Security
- MDCA session control
- BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)
- Conditional Access
- Intune
- Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)
- PowerShell
- Python
- AI-Driven Automation
- Security compliance
- Policy implementation
- Root cause analysis
- Endpoint & Platform Engineering
- SPF/DKIM/DMARC
- Valimail
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900), Completed
- Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200), Completed
- SC-401: Information Protection Administrator, In Progress
Awards
Best Functional Employee Award, Wipro, 2024
Personal Information
Available: Open to Remote / Hybrid / On-site
Projects
Multi-Layered AI Phishing & Email Threat Analyzer, Built a phishing detection system trained on 382,206 records (PhishTank, PhiUSIIL, SpamAssassin). Dual-model architecture: Random Forest URL classifier + LightGBM email analyzer with TF-IDF and SPF/DKIM/DMARC features. Achieved 98% accuracy and 0.95 F1-score via Stratified 5-Fold Cross-Validation., Python, Scikit-learn, LightGBM, Pandas, SHAP, Google Colab
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Hindi
Elementary
A2
Timeline
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Wipro Limited
12.2025 - Current
M.Tech - Software Systems
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)
02.2022 - 12.2025
Cybersecurity Analyst
Wipro Limited
07.2021 - 11.2025
B.Sc - Information Technology
Arulmigu PalaniAndavar College of Arts and Culture
06.2018 - 04.2021