Ninad Mishra
Vadgoan khurd
Summary
Expertise in network, systems, and security within diverse environments, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems. Proven ability to design and implement secure solutions that enhance business opportunities. Strong analytical skills applied to identify vulnerabilities and recommend effective security measures.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
SOC Lead
Tata Communication Limited
10.2023 - Current
- Managed multiple customers as SME in MSSP environment, delivering tailored solutions.
- Integrated devices including Windows, Linux, O365, and WAF from various vendors.
- Developed use cases aligned with customer requirements in LogRhythm.
- Fine-tuned alerts by removing duplicate rules and establishing whitelisting conditions.
- Generated and scheduled daily reports to ensure timely insights for stakeholders.
- Created and presented monthly reports during customer meetings for performance evaluation.
- Established SOAR connectivity and implemented automation playbooks for operational efficiency.
- Troubleshot log source issues to maintain consistent reporting to LR SIEM.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and SOC maturity (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK alignment, threat hunting).
- Provide assistance to customers in the audit by providing evidence and justification.
- Correcting parsers using regex in BAU activities.
SOC Analyst
Mindtree Pvt. Ltd
06.2021 - 11.2023
- Monitored customer network using ArcSight SIEM to detect security incidents.
- Analyzed real-time security incidents to distinguish true positives from false positives.
- Created tickets in ServiceNow, assigned tasks to respective teams, and ensured timely follow-up.
- Investigated malicious phishing emails, domains, and IPs using open-source tools for effective blocking.
- Integrated various devices, including Windows, Linux, and Cisco ASA firewall with ArcSight.
- Developed use cases such as correlation rules, dashboards, reports, and alerts on ESM console.
- Scheduled and generated reports from ESM to provide insight into network activity.
- Performed troubleshooting of connectors and resolved SIEM dashboard issues to ensure data availability.
SOC Analyst
Tech Mahindra
11.2022 - 10.2023
- Managed ArcSight SIEM and UEBA tools for comprehensive security monitoring.
- Performed device integration and onboarding of various devices with ArcSight Logger and ESM.
- Developed use cases on ESM, including correlation rules, channels, dashboards, and reports.
- Upgraded SIEM components to enhance system performance and reliability.
- Fine-tuned alerts by eliminating duplicate rules and implementing whitelisting conditions.
- Created and scheduled various reports for daily execution to ensure visibility.
- Troubleshot issues arising from daily operations while maintaining functional efficiency.
- Coordinated with OEM for resolution of tool-related challenges.
Anti-spam Analyst/R&D Software Engineer
Symantec Corporation/Broadcom
06.2015 - 12.2019
- Analyze email samples submitted by customers
- This includes analyzing email headers, domain details, URL and file analysis
- Create heuristics, signatures and other filters for spam, phish and malware using regular expressions
- Monitor honeypots to collect samples and handle customer FN cases
- Data analytics with Splunk to correlate scan logs and other data to identify threats
- Integrating devices with splunk and configuring it
- Investigate networks abused by spammers and botnets and maintain blacklists, whitelists and reputation data
- Spot attacks that try to use evasion techniques such as multiple redirects, shortened links, or time-based delays to bypass detection
- Automation suggestions for blocking mails.
SOC Analyst
Net Connect Private LTD
Pune
10.2015 - 12.2016
- Monitored network traffic using Arcsight ESM to identify potential threats.
- Provided on-site L1 support for incident management, ensuring service continuity.
- Fetched and analyzed logs from Arcsight Logger for security assessments.
- Maintained understanding of evolving internet threats to protect client networks.
- Analyzed FireEye alerts and dashboards, escalating issues as necessary.
- Utilized BMC Remedy for efficient incident and change management processes.
- Created, monitored, and reported on incidents, coordinating with relevant teams.
- Conducted weekly maintenance of Symantec Messaging Gateway, including rebooting and monitoring virus content.
Information Security Consultant.
CyberVault Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
11.2014 - 10.2015
- Conducted comprehensive penetration testing to identify technical vulnerabilities in computer systems.
- Manipulated vulnerable domains to assess potential exploitability.
- Identified critical measures to secure domains threatening sensitive organizational information.
- Presented actionable insights to develop solutions for mitigating network vulnerabilities.
Skills
- SIEM tools expertise
- Regular expressions proficiency
- URL analysis skills
- Security monitoring
- Log analysis
- Device integration
- Incident management
- Customer relationship management
- Threat detection
Accomplishments
- Certifications: EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Microsoft SC-200 certification
- SOC-certified expert from SIEM XPERT attended ArcSight training at SIEM XPERT IT Security Skill
Interests
Hobbies: , Watching movies & TV shows, listening Music and sports. I Hereby Declare That All the Facts Mentioned Above Are true to Best of My Knowledge.
Interests
Hobbies: , Watching movies & TV shows, listening Music and sports. I Hereby Declare That All the Facts Mentioned Above Are true to Best of My Knowledge.
Languages
English
First Language
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Marathi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
SOC Lead
Tata Communication Limited
10.2023 - Current
SOC Analyst
Tech Mahindra
11.2022 - 10.2023
SOC Analyst
Mindtree Pvt. Ltd
06.2021 - 11.2023
SOC Analyst
Net Connect Private LTD
10.2015 - 12.2016
Anti-spam Analyst/R&D Software Engineer
Symantec Corporation/Broadcom
06.2015 - 12.2019
Information Security Consultant.
CyberVault Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
11.2014 - 10.2015
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