vishnu

SOC Analyst · Security Monitoring · SIEM · Threat Detection

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

@vishnu1

GitHub

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🎓 Bachelor of Computer Application at Mahatma Gandhi University · Graduated 2016

About

Cybersecurity professional transitioning into Security Operations with hands-on experience in simulated security monitoring, SIEM alert triage, phishing and IOC analysis, network traffic analysis, vulnerability assessment, and incident investigation. CompTIA Security+ certified and actively building practical skills through structured labs and hands-on training.

Experience

Cybersecurity Student Trainee - Hands-on Labs & Simulated Environments

Offenso Hackers Academy · Kochi

Jul 2025 – Apr 2026

Monitored and triaged security alerts in Splunk across simulated environments, analyzed phishing emails and malicious URLs, performed packet-level traffic analysis in Wireshark, extracted and validated IOCs using VirusTotal and threat intelligence, ran vulnerability scans with Nmap and web app tests with Burp Suite, investigated Windows and Linux logs, performed malware/file reputation analysis, validated OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, mapped attacker behavior to MITRE ATT&CK, and documented findings in simulated SOC workflows.
Senior Executive

Piramal Finance

May 2022 – Jun 2023

Maintained compliance with internal audit and regulatory requirements through accurate verification and secure handling of sensitive financial data.
Assistant Manager - Branch Operations

HDFC Bank

May 2021 – Feb 2022

Managed daily branch operations, secure handling of sensitive customer data, compliance verification, and escalation of operational discrepancies to the appropriate teams.
Assistant Manager

Bajaj Finance

Aug 2018 – Nov 2018

Monitored and managed NPA customer accounts, tracked overdue payments, and handled customer communication and follow-up in accordance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
Junior Executive – Operations

Axis Bank

Oct 2016 – Aug 2018

Supported backend operations for NPA accounts, including overdue account processing, SARFAESI-related documentation, compliance checks, and maintenance of accurate records in line with internal and regulatory requirements.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Application

Mahatma Gandhi University · Mahatma Gandhi University

Computer Application · Jun 2013 – Mar 2016

Skills

6 to 12 months

Alert triage Threat Detection Phishing analysis Security Monitoring Incident Escalation Incident investigation

<3 months

DNS VPN SIEM HTTP Python TCP/IP FastAPI IDS/IPS NIST CSF Firewalls Virustotal MITRE ATT&CK Risk Assessment Cyber Kill Chain Incident Response Event Correlation Data Loss Prevention Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Endpoint detection and response (EDR)

Tools / apps / platforms

6 to 12 months

Nmap Wireshark Burp Suite Splunk Enterprise Microsoft Sentinel

<3 months

Git Linux GitHub Microsoft Windows

Projects

FinShield — Cybersecurity Threat Detection & Investigation Platform

Python

Built a banking-focused cybersecurity detection platform for account takeover detection, behavioral analytics, security-event correlation, and risk-based threat detection. Implemented event ingestion, schema validation, normalization, IP threat intelligence, detection rules, signal correlation, explainable risk scoring, and SOC investigation outputs.
AI-Powered SOC Alert Triage System

Python, FastAPI, Threat Intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK, IOC Analysis, REST APIs, Git/GitHub

Built a FastAPI-based SOC alert triage engine that automates alert validation, risk scoring, prioritization, and response recommendations. Implemented IOC extraction, threat-intelligence enrichment, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and AI-assisted incident summaries, investigation steps, confidence scoring, false-positive assessment, and containment recommendations.

Courses & certifications

Offenso Hackers Academy - Offensive & Defensive Security Training · Offenso Hackers Academy · 2026
C-DAC Bootcamp - Windows Forensics Analysis · C-DAC · 2025
Python Full Stack Development

🏆 Achievements & awards

TryHackMe - Top 3% Global Ranking · 2026

Ranked in the top 3% globally on TryHackMe.

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