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Dhaval Trivedi

Dhaval Trivedi

Hyderabad

Summary

Cybersecurity professional with over three years of experience in incident response, threat hunting, and SOC operations. Skilled in managing high-severity incidents, automating investigations, and optimizing SIEM and EDR platforms such as Elastic and CrowdStrike. Experienced in developing playbooks, SOPs, and threat-hunting procedures to strengthen detection and streamline response. Proficient in vulnerability assessment, scripting, and workflow automation with a strong focus on leveraging the MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat intelligence. Known for mentoring analysts, enhancing SOC efficiency, and improving overall security posture.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Security Operations Engineer

Copart India Center
08.2024 - Current
  • Handled high-severity incidents including compromises, phishing, and malware.
  • Automated SOC workflows to streamline investigations and cut false positives.
  • Served as SME for CrowdStrike EDR, enhancing detection and containment.
  • Performed RDP and access control audits to strengthen endpoint security.
  • Built and maintained incident response playbooks for faster, consistent response.
  • Conducted proactive threat hunting using threat intelligence.
  • Integrated logs into Cribl, simplifying log management and visibility.
  • Authored SOPs and investigation playbooks to standardize SOC operations.
  • Mentored analysts and ran cybersecurity awareness sessions.
  • Supported MITRE ATT&CK adoption and simulations to close detection gaps

Junior Security Operations Engineer

Copart India Center
02.2022 - 07.2024
  • Investigated and resolved incidents (phishing, account compromise, malware), improving mitigation by 25%.
  • Enhanced cloud security logging and SIEM correlation rules, improving detection fidelity.
  • Streamlined asset management by eliminating 4000+ duplicate assets.
  • Mentored SOC interns and new hires on IR processes and tools, building SOC capability.

Cybersecurity Intern

Copart India Center
02.2022 - 07.2022
  • Investigated SIEM/EDR alerts, reducing phishing-related incidents by 15%.
  • Monitored IDS, firewall, and DDoS alerts, applying industry-standard mitigation techniques.
  • Conducted vulnerability scans and supported penetration tests to identify internal risks.

Junior Web Developer

WebCodeGenie Technology
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Developed and maintained applications using Laravel & PHP.
  • Collaborated on UI/UX improvements and debugging for production deployments.

Education

Master’s in Computer Engineering - Cyber Security

Graduate School of Engineering & Technology – Gujarat Technological University
05-2022

Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering -

Atmiya Institute of Technology & Science
01-2020

Skills

  • Incident Response & Threat Hunting
  • SOC Operations & Automation
  • SIEM (Elastic, CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM )
  • EDR (CrowdStrike)
  • Firewalls ( Imperva , Fortinet)
  • Vulnerability Management (Nessus, Qualys)
  • Scripting & Automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash, Tines)

Certification

  • CompTIA Security+
  • CrowdStrike Falcon Incident Responder & Identity Module
  • Introduction to Threat Hunting – Security Blue Team

Languages

Gujarati (Native)
English (Fluent)
Hindi (Fluent)

PROJECTS

  • Developed and optimized Honeypot alerts, enhancing threat detection visibility.
  • Conducted CrowdStrike & RDP audits, strengthening endpoint visibility.
  • Supported MITRE ATT&CK simulations to proactively identify gaps.
  • Authored incident response and threat-hunting play books covering CrowdStrike detections and malware-specific scenarios.
  • Built SIEM dashboards and workflows to improve NG-SIEM visibility and analyst efficiency.
  • Created standardized SOPs for investigations and escalations, improving consistency across SOC operations.
  • Mentored and trained junior SOC members, improving onboarding and investigation quality.

Timeline

Security Operations Engineer

Copart India Center
08.2024 - Current

Junior Security Operations Engineer

Copart India Center
02.2022 - 07.2024

Cybersecurity Intern

Copart India Center
02.2022 - 07.2022

Junior Web Developer

WebCodeGenie Technology
01.2019 - 01.2020

Master’s in Computer Engineering - Cyber Security

Graduate School of Engineering & Technology – Gujarat Technological University

Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering -

Atmiya Institute of Technology & Science
Dhaval Trivedi