Girish M
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Senior SOC Analyst skilled in monitoring and responding to security incidents in large-scale environments. Proven track record in leveraging SIEM tools and threat intelligence for threat detection and investigation. Strong background in incident management, endpoint security, and continuous log monitoring in a 24x7 SOC. Adept at analyzing real-time security events with Splunk and Microsoft Azure Sentinel, including creating SOPs and runbooks for various alerts.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior SOC Analyst
Infosys
Bengaluru
08.2022 - Current
- Conducted real-time security monitoring, analysis, and triage of events using SIEM and EDR.
- Investigated and responded to incidents following defined playbooks and escalation protocols.
- Collaborated with threat intelligence and vulnerability management teams to enhance accuracy of alerts and optimize incident response.
- Utilized Splunk Enterprise to write effective queries, create alerts, generate reports, and maintain dashboards.
- Conducted endpoint log analysis and malware investigation using EDR and SOAR tools.
- Developed and maintained SOPs and security event handling documentation to support onboarding of new analysts and facilitate knowledge transfer within SOC.
- Drafted detailed shift handovers to ensure seamless transitions between SOC team members across shifts.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology(Cyber Security)
Hindustan Institute of Technology And Science
Chennai04-2022
High School Diploma -
Vijayam Junior College
Chittoor05-2018
Skills
- security monitoring
- incident response
- Security information and event management(SIEM)
- Splunk
- Microsoft sentinel
- Microsoft Defender
- log analysis
- malware analysis
- Mitre att&ck
- Zscaler deployment (ZIA,ZPA,ZDX)
- Jira/confluence
- SOC management
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Telugu
Proficient (C2)
C2
Tamil
Proficient (C2)
C2
kannada
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Accomplishments
- Received Rise insta awards from management for exceptional performance and recognized for significant contributions to project success
- Hall of fame(FY 24-25) for exceptional performance in SOC operations and incident triage
Certification
- Applied cybersecurity essentials from Purdue university
- Infosys certified security operations associate
- Infosys certified Zscaler associate
- Zscaler certified Digital Transformation Administrator
- Qualys certified Vulnerability management detection and response
- Google certified Associate cloud enginner
Timeline
Senior SOC Analyst
Infosys
08.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology(Cyber Security)
Hindustan Institute of Technology And Science
High School Diploma -
Vijayam Junior College