SAKSHI VERMA
Vadodara
Summary
Experienced and accomplished SOC professional with over 4 + years of experience in cybersecurity operations and infrastructure. Demonstrated success in roles ranging from Associate SOC Engineer to SOC Engineer, and recently promoted to a probationary Team Lead position. Adept at leading incident response efforts, optimizing security operations, and mentoring junior team members to mitigate security risks effectively and uphold organizational security objectives.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Probationary Team Lead
Investis Digital
Vadodara
08.2023 - Current
- Promoted to probationary Team Lead, responsible for overseeing daily SOC operations, leading incident response efforts, and providing guidance to junior analysts.
- Collaborated with SOC management to develop and implement strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing threat detection capabilities and improving overall security posture.
- Conducted performance evaluations, provided feedback, and facilitated professional development opportunities to foster a high-performing and cohesive team environment.
- Played a key role in developing and refining incident response processes, procedures, and documentation to ensure alignment with industry best practices and organizational objectives.
- Created detailed project plans outlining goals, timelines, resources, and budgets to ensure alignment with company objectives.
- Influenced positive change within the organization through strategic thinking, innovation, problem-solving abilities, and consistent leadership style.
- Enhanced overall team performance by providing regular coaching, feedback, and skill development opportunities.
- Implemented process improvements that led to reduced turnaround times for critical tasks without compromising quality.
SOC Engineer
Investis Digital
Vadodara
03.2023 - 07.2023
- Promoted to SOC Engineer in March 2023 based on demonstrated proficiency, technical expertise, and contributions to security operations.
- Conducted proactive threat hunting, incident detection, and response activities using advanced SIEM tools such as Splunk, Site24x7, and firewalls like Imperva, Akamai etc.
- Led investigations into security incidents, performed root cause analysis, and implemented corrective measures to prevent recurrence and minimize risk exposure.
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to develop, implement, and maintain security controls, policies, and procedures in alignment with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Resolved critical layout issues during physical implementation, ensuring optimal performance of final silicon devices.
- Improved SoC performance by optimizing power, area, and timing through synthesis and place-and-route techniques.
- Supported customer integration efforts by addressing reported issues promptly and providing technical guidance as needed.
- Leveraged advanced low-power design techniques to optimize energy efficiency while maintaining high-performance targets across a variety of applications.
Associate Security Operations Center (SOC) Engineer
Investis Digital Pvt.Ltd
Vadodara
03.2020 - 02.2023
- Initiated career as an Associate SOC Engineer, gaining foundational experience in security monitoring, log analysis, and incident triage for 24/7 using the different monitoring tools and flagging abnormalities and suspicious activities while providing solutions to prevent or mitigate damage to the assets within the network
- Assisted senior analysts in investigating and resolving security incidents, demonstrating strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Contributed to the development and enhancement of SOC documentation, including standard operating procedures, incident response playbooks, and knowledge base articles.
- Experienced with procuring different types of SSL certificates on websites and servers, load balancer.
- Facilitating configuration, maintenance, incident management, and other requests (within documented SLA)
- Evaluate threat that could potentially breach the network
- Generate and present monthly reports and presentation of the cyber finding to the client
- Worked in 24x7 rotational shifts for tracking incidents and requests based on client's updates and result analysis
- Meticulously log client requests while acknowledging, analyzing and validating incidents received via multiple reporting mechanisms likes email, phone calls, etc
- Responsible for protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies via monitoring of vulnerability scanning devices
- Perform risk analysis to identify the appropriate security countermeasures along with investigate all suspicious activity
- Analyze security event data from the network (IDS, SIEM)
- Performing network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network problems, using strong TCP/IP networking skills
- Responding to inbound requests via phone and other electronic means for technical assistance with managed devices
- Documented actions using JIRA tracking system to effectively communicate information internally and to customers
- Recommendation network security standards to the senior management
- NOTABLE ATTAINMENT: Nominated for RISING Star (2020)
- Optimized RTL code for better synthesis results, resulting in improved area utilization and reduced gate count.
- Established effective communication channels between hardware and software teams to facilitate seamless integration of firmware onto custom-designed chips.
- Resolved critical layout issues during physical implementation, ensuring optimal performance of final silicon devices.
- Conducted thorough post-silicon validation to ensure that fabricated chips met stringent quality standards before releasing them to customers.
- Improved SoC performance by optimizing power, area, and timing through synthesis and place-and-route techniques.
Education
MCA -
Birla Institute of Technology
01.2020
BCA -
Birla Institute of Technology
01.2017
XIIth -
Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi
Xth -
Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi
Skills
Kibana
Akamai
SEIM
Symantec Endpoint
JIRA
Site24x7
AWS EC2 (only for monitoring)
Pingdom
Imperva
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Real time monitoring log Analysis
Risk Assessment
Security incident response
Network security
Network security
Web application Firewall
Coaching and Mentoring
Documentation And Reporting
Team Supervision
Giving Constructive Feedback
Certification
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), EC-Council, 2022
- CEHv11, EC council
- Cybersecurity Essentials Issued, Cisco
- Introduction to Cyber Attacks, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
- The Absolute Beginner Guide to cyber security Part 1 and 2, Udemy
- NIST Framework course for cyber risk management, Udemy
- SEO, Hubspot Academy
- Digital Forensics Essentials, Code Red by EC council
- Network Defence, Code Red by EC council
- Splunk 7.x Fundamentals, Elastic Search
Internship
VODAFONE CIRCLE OFFICE, Ranchi, 4 weeks, Exploring the functioning of telecommunication., OVERVIEW OF TELECOM THROUGH VODAFONE
Positions Of Responsibility
- General Secretory INETRACT SOCIETY-Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
- PG Coordinator-INETRACT SOCIETY-Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
- NSS Volunteer in Birla Institute Of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
Profile Snapshot
A strong reputation as a problem-solver, with the ability to think outside the box...
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 07/10/96
Languages
- English, Full Professional Proficiency
- Hindi, Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Projects
Aarambh - A New Beginning, Aarambh is a website that allows you to contribute money online. It's perfect for charity and similar endeavors. It focuses on giving clothing, food, education, and other basic requirements to those in need, such as children, widows, physically challenged persons, and the elderly. Apna basket.com (Online Shopping System), The proposed system's principal goal is to provide customers and sellers with an online shopping solution. It will automate some of an online store's basic functions.
Training
- Oracle Workforce Development Program in Advanced Java Programming For Web Development.
- IOT Workshop of Technex'19 by IIT Varanasi held in BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
- Participated in Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 held in IIT Kharagpur.
Timeline
Probationary Team Lead
Investis Digital
08.2023 - Current
SOC Engineer
Investis Digital
03.2023 - 07.2023
Associate Security Operations Center (SOC) Engineer
Investis Digital Pvt.Ltd
03.2020 - 02.2023
MCA -
Birla Institute of Technology
BCA -
Birla Institute of Technology
XIIth -
Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi
Xth -
Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi
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