Pratyasha Ray
Senior Security Analyst
Bhubaneswar,OR
Summary
Dedicated Cybersecurity Professional with 3.5 years of experience in vulnerability management and penetration testing. Skilled in Rapid7, Qualys, and Tenable for assessments. Expertise in security incident management using ServiceNow VR, ensuring compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS. Adept at risk mitigation and enhancing security posture against emerging threats.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
10
10
Certifications
5
5
Awards & Accomplishments
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT LEAD
MICHAELS
03.2023 - 03.2025
- Vulnerability Scanning and Reporting: Conducted regular vulnerability scans across the organization's IT infrastructure, including servers, workstations, networks, and applications.
- Deployed, configured, and optimized vulnerability scanners across cloud and on-prem environments for comprehensive security.
- Conducted health checks and troubleshooting, resolving capacity, versioning, and scan failure issues.
- Monitored scanner performance and logs, ensuring efficient scanning, minimal downtime, and accurate detection.
- Led Qualys to Rapid7 migration, ensuring seamless transition, data integrity, and tool optimization.
- Vulnerability Assessment and Prioritization: Support the process of assessing vulnerabilities based on risk levels, business impact, and exploitability.
- Designed dashboards in Rapid7 InsightVM for tracking remediation, patch updates, and vulnerability prioritization.
- Enhanced IAM security through audits, access management, and IBM security tools.
REMEDIATION CONSULTANT
KPMG
03.2023 - 07.2023
- Developed ServiceNow VR dashboards for real-time vulnerability tracking, remediation progress, and SLA compliance with automated reporting.
- Used Splunk queries to identify OS and application owners, streamlining triaging and assignment for faster remediation.
- Managed CRs and exceptions for critical patches, ensuring compliance with security policies and risk acceptance processes.
- Collaborated with teams to close high-risk vulnerabilities, meeting SLA and regulatory requirements.
- Handled SNOW VR tasks, including group creation, critical vulnerability triaging, managing exceptions, addressing false positives, and assisting asset owners with change requests.
SECURITY ANALYST
MORRISONS
11.2021 - 02.2023
- Performed vulnerability assessments for 30,000+ assets monthly using Qualys, ensuring 100% asset visibility and improved risk detection through automated discovery.
- Deployed and managed Qualys Cloud Agents across 500+ servers and containers, optimizing real-time tracking, scanner configuration, and updates.
- Implemented risk-based vulnerability prioritization, leveraging CVSS scores and exploitability trends, reducing critical vulnerabilities by 40%, and improving remediation timelines by 25%.
- Developed custom dashboards in Qualys & ServiceNow to track compliance, patch updates, and zero-day vulnerabilities, enhancing security posture and reporting accuracy.
Education
Bachelor of Technology -
College of Engineering and Technology (CET)
BhubaneswarAssociate of Science -
MBS Public School
Bhubaneswar 08.2015 - 06.2017
Skills
- Network Security
- Penetration testing
- Risk Management
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Threat and Risk Management
- Patch and Remediation Management
- Compliance and Standards
- Web application scanning
Certification
- Patch Management- Qualys
- CyberSecurity Asset Management- Qualys
- Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer – Google
- InsightVM – Rapid7
- Scanning Strategies and Best Practices – Qualys
- Cloud Agent – Qualys
- Vulnerability Management Detection Response – Qualys
- Vulnerability Management - Qualys
- Getting started with Python- Coursera
- Creating your first application using C++- Coursera
Timeline
VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT LEAD
MICHAELS
03.2023 - 03.2025
REMEDIATION CONSULTANT
KPMG
03.2023 - 07.2023
SECURITY ANALYST
MORRISONS
11.2021 - 02.2023
Associate of Science -
MBS Public School
08.2015 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Technology -
College of Engineering and Technology (CET)
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