MRUNAL CHAUDHARI
Pune
Summary
Security Analyst with 2+ years of experience in threat detection, security monitoring, and incident response. Strong expertise in SIEM implementation, cloud security, and vulnerability assessment. Excellent communication skills with ability to quickly adapt to new technologies. Currently expanding skills in penetration testing and application security while maintaining long-term interest in advancing cyber defense strategies with machine learning applications.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SOC Analyst
Indiacom Limited
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Implemented and operated SIEM solutions (Splunk, ELK) for automated log correlation and threat detection
- Developed incident response playbooks and conducted alert triage across multiple security platforms
- Performed threat hunting using advanced queries and correlation rules to identify potential breaches
- Strengthened firewall rules and IDS/IPS policies to mitigate unauthorized access attempts
- Built security dashboards to visualize and track security trends and incident response metrics
- Utilized CrowdStrike for endpoint monitoring, threat hunting, and basic forensic analysis, contributing to faster incident triage and containment
- Designed IAM policies and access controls for secure cloud infrastructure management
- Implemented security monitoring for cloud environments using AWS Security Hub and Microsoft Defender
- Conducted vulnerability assessments and security testing on cloud-based applications
- Automated security compliance checks and remediation workflows using infrastructure as code
- Familiar with OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and applied this knowledge during cloud application security reviews
- Impact: Improved threat detection accuracy by 35% and reduced cloud security misconfigurations by 40%
Data Scientist Intern
Innodatatics - GenAI
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Built a chatbot model for a food delivery app, improving customer query resolution speed by 35%
- Performed data collection, preprocessing, and ML model training to enhance predictive analytics
- Conducted data visualization and trend analysis for strategic decision-making
Project: AI-Driven Security Optimization in HPC
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Developed an ML-based threat detection system to analyze real-time security logs in HPC environments
- Integrated Grafana & Prometheus for security monitoring and anomaly detection visualization
- Implemented LDAP authentication & IAM for securing multi-user access in HPC clusters
- Automated incident response workflows using Python for faster threat mitigation
- Currently exploring security testing methodologies as part of expanding skillset in application security
- Impact: Reduced security breaches in HPC clusters by 30%, improving system reliability and security efficiency
Education
PG-DHPCSA - undefined
CDAC
01.2025
B.E - Computer Science
Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University
01.2019
Skills
- Splunk
- ELK Stack
- Microsoft Sentinel
- CrowdStrike
- Defender
- Wireshark
- NMAP
- Snort
- IDS/IPS
- AWS Security
- Azure Security Center
- Nessus
- OWASP ZAP
- Python
- Linux
- Windows Server
- IAM
- LDAP
- MFA implementation
- Git
- Jira
- Confluence
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- NIST frameworks
- Burp Suite
- API security testing
- Machine learning for security analytics
Certification
CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), SANS GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), CISSP
Languages
English
Hindi
Marathi
Timeline
Project: AI-Driven Security Optimization in HPC
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
01.2024 - 01.2025
SOC Analyst
Indiacom Limited
01.2021 - 01.2024
Data Scientist Intern
Innodatatics - GenAI
01.2020 - 01.2021
PG-DHPCSA - undefined
CDAC
B.E - Computer Science
Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University
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