Varshith Goud Burra
Hyderabad
Summary
Skilled IT Security Specialist with experience in developing and implementing security measures to protect computer systems, networks and data. Strengths include knowledge of data encryption, secure network infrastructures, threat/vulnerability analysis and intrusion detection. Proven track record in designing comprehensive security strategies that improve overall IT system defenses while minimizing risk and enhancing operational efficiency.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global IT Security Specialist
Kemin Industries
Remote
2023.04 - Current
- Incident response and business continuity.
- Analyzing MFA fraud alerts in Azure platform.
- Responsible for vulnerability management and remediation.
- Working with IT support in remediating top risky assets in particular region.
- Security assessment for internet exposed applications.
- Training employees on phishing emails.
- Training IT support team on Incident response and malware analysis.
- Responsible for email analysis though barracuda essentials and Microsoft defender. Restricting malicious mail ids by blocking them.
- Blocking malicious IPs/ domains in Infoblox and barracuda.
- Researching for zero day vulnerabilities and remediating them.
- Threat Intel through recorded future and various platforms and taking steps to hunt them in the environment.
- Checking for Microsoft monthly Patches and also checking if they are pushed regularly.
- Working on security score card and remediating risk on the organization.
- Checking whether the employees are completing mandatory security training.
- Auditing various applications for any security threats.
Cybersecurity Analyst
Ernst & Young LLP
Chennai
2021.04 - 2023.01
- Security Operation Center responsibilities.
- Handling tickets and dispatching within Security operation.
- Performing regular health checks as per the standard procedure.
- Experience in ArcSight, QRadar, Splunk, CyberStellar, SentinelOne, Rapid7.
- Also has experience in SOAR platform called "SIEMPLIFY".
- Experience in the risk protection platform called “Digital Shadows” and also threat intel Platform called “Recorded Future”
- Performing regular health checks for Source fire, Juniper, Palo alto, Check Point and Websense as per the SOP.
- Research security enhancements and make recommendations to management.
- Document security breaches and assess the damage they cause.
- Experience in Threat hunting and management and also in threat analysis.
- Vulnerability management using tools like Qualys and Rapid7.
- Responsible in preparing the Root cause analysis reports based on the analysis.
- Investigating and creating case for the security threats and forwarding it to Onsite SOC team for further investigation and action.
- Preparing documents & templates for escalations.
- Co-ordinating with business units to determine continuity requirements. Co-ordinating with internal teams such as windows, firewall to eradicate the threat.
- Maintaining customer relationship, ensure customer responsiveness, improve the customer satisfaction.
- Blocking hash values in SentinelOne upon research and investigation.
Information Security Analyst
Tata Communications
Pune
2019.06 - 2021.04
- Working in Offshore SOC team. Monitoring of SOC events, detecting and preventing the Intrusion attempts.
- ADD hoc report for various event sources customized reports and scheduled reports as per requirements.
- Collecting the logs of all the network devices and analyze the logs to find the suspicious activities.
- Investigate the security logs, mitigation strategies and responsible for preparing Generic Security incident report.
- Responsible in preparing the Root cause analysis reports based on the analysis.
- Performing Log analysis & analyzing the crucial alerts at immediate basis.
- Monitoring, analyzing and responding to infrastructure threats and vulnerabilities.
- Investigating and creating case for the security threats and forwarding it to Onsite SOC team for further investigation and action.
- Preparing documents & templates for escalations.
Filling the Daily health checklist. - Recognizing attacks based on their signatures
Monitoring and carrying out second level analysis incidents.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
St. Martins Engineering College (JNTUH)
Hyderabad2019-05
Skills
- Business continuity planning
- Security training and awareness
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Incident Response
- Vulnerability Management
- SentinelOne
- Rapid7
- Abnormal Security
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Certification
- EC Council Certified Security Operations Center Analyst
Timeline
Global IT Security Specialist
Kemin Industries
2023.04 - Current
Cybersecurity Analyst
Ernst & Young LLP
2021.04 - 2023.01
Information Security Analyst
Tata Communications
2019.06 - 2021.04
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
St. Martins Engineering College (JNTUH)
- EC Council Certified Security Operations Center Analyst
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