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Pavan Kumar Mallepoola

Pavan Kumar Mallepoola

CyberSecurity Specialist (SOC)
Bengaluru

Summary

Having 6+ years of experience with security operations, incident response, and threat analysis. Utilizes advanced surveillance techniques and real-time monitoring tools to identify and mitigate risks. Knowledge of emergency protocols and crisis management, ensuring rapid and effective responses to security incidents.

Skills

Cyber Security

SIEM/SOAR

Splunk/Splunk ES/Sentinel

EDR/Cybereason/CrowdStrike

Antivirus/Malwarebytes/CylancePROTECT

ProofPoint/IronScale/MS Defender

AWS/GuardDuty/CloudTrail

Qualys/Vulnerability Management

Rapid7 InsightIDR/Cisco Meraki

Cisco Duo/Okta Admin/MS Azure/AD

Abnormal Security/Anomaly Threat Detection

Dark Trace/Wire Shark

Work History

SOC Specialist

LTIMindtree
2025.03 - 2026.07
  • Acted as SOC Shift Lead, managing incident queues and assigning cases based on priority, severity, and analyst availability.
  • Owned end-to-end incident handling within defined SLAs, ensuring timely resolution of security events.
  • Performed advanced SIEM log analysis to validate alerts, identify attack patterns, and confirm security incidents.
  • Conducted deep-dive investigations for accurate incident classification and breach impact assessment.
  • Led and tracked complex security investigations until closure, with complete evidence validation.
  • Executed proactive threat hunting based on emerging vulnerabilities, advisories, and adversary techniques.
  • Administered and fine-tuned SIEM (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel) and EDR (CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender) platforms.
  • Collaborated with clients and internal teams to contain threats and improve security posture.
  • Contributed to SOC policy, procedure, and SOP development, enhancing operational maturity and detection quality.

Senior Engineer

HTC Global Services
2024.12 - 2025.03
  • Conducted vulnerability assessments using Qualys to identify missing patches, outdated software, and issues across endpoints and servers.
  • SCCM allows administrators to create, distribute, and manage the installation of software across endpoints.
  • SCCM/Qualys ensures that all systems stay up-to-date with the latest software versions and patches, automatically pushing updates across the network.
  • Performed vulnerability remediation by deploying security patches and updates using SCCM/Qualys.
  • Validated remediation by re-scanning assets in Qualys, and confirming vulnerability closure.
  • Providing SOC operational support and performing L1/L2 level analysis of SOC alerts using SIEM/EDR/Antivirus..etc tools as a part of BAU operations.

Senior SOC Analyst

Microland
2023.11 - 2024.12
  • Provided 24/7 SOC operational support, performing L1/L2 alert analysis using Splunk ES, Splunk SOAR, and Securonix SIEM.
  • Investigated security alerts related to malware, phishing, anomalous activity, and policy violations.
  • Performed forensic and malware analysis to determine scope, impact, and threat legitimacy.
  • Analyzed user-reported phishing emails, including header, URL, and attachment inspection.
  • Acted as the primary on-call responder for critical P1/P2 incidents during rotational shifts.
  • Escalated high-severity and complex incidents to L3 teams, with complete investigation evidence.
  • Created incident documentation, investigation findings, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports.
  • Prepared and maintained SOC dashboards and operational reports aligned with client SLAs.
  • Coordinated with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely incident resolution and communication.

Analyst

HCLTech
2020.01 - 2023.11
  • Maintained continuous eyes-on-glass monitoring of SIEM, EDR, and cloud security consoles.
  • Evaluated incoming alerts to differentiate true positives from false positives, using basic analysis.
  • Documented alerts accurately in ticketing systems with the required technical details (IPs, hosts, users).
  • Analyzed user-reported phishing emails using header checks, URL inspection, and sandbox tools.
  • Executed initial containment actions as per SOPs, including password resets, and malware scans.
  • Collected preliminary investigation artifacts, and escalated high-severity cases within SLA.
  • Monitored security dashboards to identify suspicious patterns and early threat indicators.
  • Supported SOC operations by following standard response procedures and compliance requirements.

Trainee Engineer

Suneratech
2019.12 - 2020.01
  • L1 level IT Help Desk support for hardware, software, and OS issues.
  • Incident and request management using ServiceNow.
  • Microsoft 365 and Outlook troubleshooting, Active Directory user, and access management.

Education

B.Tech - Electrical And Electronics Engineering

KSRM College Of Engineering
Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
2001.04 -

Intermediate - MPC

AP Model School
Mulakalacheruvu, Andhra Pradesh
2015-03

SSC -

ZP High School
Kandukur, Andhra Pradesh
2013-05

Certification

CyberSecurity

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
Certificates
Pavan Kumar MallepoolaCyberSecurity Specialist (SOC)