Professional Experience

IBM Bangalore, India — Cyber Security Analyst (Jan 2022 – Mar 2024)

• Primary Incident Responder for 40+ enterprise clients in SOC.
• Investigated 150+ incidents (malware, web threats, auth anomalies).
• Reduced false positives by 20–30% via PCR rule optimizations.
• Worked with QRadar, Azure Sentinel, Splunk, QROC, IBM Glass,ServiceNow ; handled critical escalations (<20 min RT).
• Provided mitigation guidance and coordinated rapid response with customer teams.
• Assigned to project malware signature analysis and categorized threats by attacker TTPs and malware families using MITRE Framework

Coursework

• Ethical Hacking (Jun 2025): Kali, Metasploit, Nessus, ZAP, Nikto, SQLMap, Burp, Angry IP
• Investigating Online Crime (Mar 2025): Maltego, WHOIS, VirusTotal, OSINT Framework
• Digital Forensics (Mar 2025): Autopsy, SleuthKit, Magnet AXIOM; endpoint investigations

Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham — MS in Cyber Security (GPA: 4.0/4.0)

Major in Cyber Crime Investigation

Graduated: Dec 2025

• Academic student leader supporting incoming MS students.
• Relevant: Cloud Security, Digital Forensics using Autopsy and Sleuthkit,Mobile forensics using Magnet Axiom,Computer Forensics,Investigating Online Crime using OSINT tools.