Venkata Sai Suraj Mantha
Hyderabad
Summary
Versatile SOC analyst with over 3 years of experience in cybersecurity, combining academic knowledge with practical industry skills. Detail-oriented professional focused on improving operational efficiency and minimizing security risks. Proven track record in investigating security alerts, ensuring rapid and precise responses, and maintaining high data quality. Holds Certified Cyberdefender and BTL1 certifications and committed to continuous learning and enhancing security operations.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Security Analyst 1
FortunaCysec
Hyderabad
07.2025 - Current
- Collaborated with fellow L2s and played a major role in creating SOPs.
- Brought down high-severity alerts from 3,000 a day to single digits, thus reducing alert fatigue on the team and triage quality by strategically fine-tuning them.
- Authored comprehensive SIEM documentation for a high-volume environment (3M+ daily events), categorizing alerts by severity, and recommending rule-based fine-tuning to optimize triage accuracy and reduce false positives.
- Leveraged Office 365 to detect, triage, and remediate threats across multiple countries, achieving a 30% reduction in response time and a 25% decrease in incident resolution time.
- Utilized the ConnectWise ticketing system to enhance client communication, boosting issue resolution efficiency by 20%, and maintaining 95% customer satisfaction on support tickets.
- Employed OSINT to inform data-driven decisions regarding alerts, improving threat detection accuracy by 15% and minimizing false positives by 10%.
Threat Detection and Response Analyst
Norm Cyber
Fareham
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Leveraged Fortinet platforms to detect and remediate threats, achieving 40% faster response times, and 25% quicker incident resolutions.
- Utilized Ivanti ticketing system to enhance client communication, improving issue resolution efficiency by 20% and maintaining 95% customer satisfaction.
- Assisted new employees in comprehending alerts, decreasing onboarding time by 40% and boosting team productivity.
- Employed OSINT to inform decisions on alerts, increasing threat detection accuracy by 15% and reducing false positives by 10%.
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
Cardiff University
Cardiff01-2023
Bachelor's of Technology - Computer Science And Engineering
GITAM University
Visakhapatanam04-2020
Skills
- Cyber threat intelligence
- Malware analysis
- Wazuh and Splunk
- ConnectWise and ProofPoint
- PowerShell scripting
- Network security
- Incident management
- ELK Stack and log analysis
- Qualys and FTK Imager
- Digital forensics
- Communication and collaboration
- Microsoft Office 365
Certification
- CCOA (IN VIEW)
- CompTIA Security+
- Blue Team Level 1
- Certified Cyber Defender
- DMARC and beyond: A definitive guide to email authentication
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Security Analyst 1
FortunaCysec
07.2025 - Current
Threat Detection and Response Analyst
Norm Cyber
01.2024 - 01.2025
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
Cardiff University
Bachelor's of Technology - Computer Science And Engineering
GITAM University
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