Hareesha U G
Summary
Information Security Professional with extensive experience in Security Operation Centers. Delivered impactful analysis and monitoring through expertise in SIEM tools, Azure Sentinel, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Focused on enhancing security operations by collaborating with cross-functional teams and utilizing KQL for incident response.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Cloud Security Analyst
Accenture
03.2022 - Current
- Security delivery analyst at Accenture solutions, Bangalore March 2022-Present.
- Monitored, analyzed, and responded to real-time security alerts and incidents triggered in Sentinel.
- Shifting security operational processes to utilize Azure cloud security solutions
- Azure Sentinel, Azure Firewall, Azure WAF, Virtual machines, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Microsoft Defender for Cloud tools to orchestrate, Zscaler and enhance security operations for the organization.
- Troubleshooting Azure firewall and WAF issues to allow the network traffic as per client's requirements.
- Implemented cloud security posture management to enhance security score from MDC recommendations, providing visibility into security state of assets and workloads while offering hardening guidance.
- Using Azure DevOps (CRM) creating User Story, Task, and Change Request creation to support Defender for Cloud Recommendations.
- Analyzing and actively working on phishing email and Malware analysis.
- Generated and presented regular reports to management and stakeholders, providing insights into security status, incident trends, and areas for improvement on a monthly and weekly basis.
- Collaborated with dependent teams to address security issues.
- Creating workbooks in Sentinel based project requirements.
- Creating analytical rules by writing KQL queries and fine tuning the rules to reduce the false positive alerts.
- Creating and updating the automation rules and Logic apps in sentinel.
Security Engineer
Atos (Paladion Networks)
09.2019 - 02.2022
- Generated daily, weekly, and monthly reports for performance tracking.
- Investigate incidents using Dashboard/Events/reports.
- Working on incidents and reviewing the alerts and doing detailed analysis on alerts.
- Working on assigned ticket queue and understanding and exceeding expectations on all tasked SLA commitments.
- Reported critical issues to team lead and management for prompt resolution.
- Developed customized dashboards based on specific project requirements.
- Monitor real-time security events on SIEM (LogRhythm, McAfee Nitro ESM) and Event Analysis and investigate and mitigate.
- Demonstrated knowledge of various cyber attack methods and techniques.
- Identified suspicious or malicious activities and reported them.
- Escalating issues to TL and management when necessary.
- Ensured integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications through technical enforcement of organizational security policies and monitoring of vulnerability scanning devices.
- Good understanding on different types of attacks.
- Monitoring and analysis of security events to determine intrusion and malicious events.
Education
B.E (Bachelor Of Engineering) -
DSCE, VTU university
BelgaumDiploma -
Sandur Polytechnic
YeshwanthNagarSSLC -
SGM High school of Karnataka State Board
Skills
- SIEM tools expertise
- SIEM reporting and rules
- Threat hunting
- EDR: Sentinel One
- Firewall: Azure Firewall Azure WAF
- Cloud Access Security
- Email security solutions
- Phishing analysis skills
- Ticketing tools experience
- Zero Trust Architecture
Personal Information
- Title: Cyber/Cloud Security Analyst.
- Date of Birth: 1995-06-01
- Gender: Male.
- Nationality: Indian.
- Marital Status: Single.
Certification
- AZ500 (Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate).
- ZIA (Zscaler Internet Access) and ZPA (Zscaler Private Access) administrator.
- Google Chronicle SIEM Fundamentals.
- Cloudflare Certification (Email security, Managed Security Architect)
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Languages Known: Kannada, English and Telugu.
Disclaimer
Thank you for your time. I look forward to speaking with you about my experience and passion for all aspects of mine. You can reach me at phone and email. Hareesha U G
Timeline
Cloud Security Analyst
Accenture
03.2022 - Current
Security Engineer
Atos (Paladion Networks)
09.2019 - 02.2022
B.E (Bachelor Of Engineering) -
DSCE, VTU university
Diploma -
Sandur Polytechnic
SSLC -
SGM High school of Karnataka State Board