Hemanth Mallam
Katy
Summary
Results-driven SOC Analyst with expertise in threat detection and incident response. Proficient in triaging alerts and analyzing phishing campaigns using SIEM, EDR, and IDS/IPS tools. Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to investigate security incidents and enhance SOC processes. Dedicated to continuous learning to address evolving cyber threats.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Middleware Administrator
S-Square Systems
02.2023 - 06.2023
- Have experience installing WebLogic12c using GUI, Silent, Console mode.
- I have experience in Domain Creation, configuring Machines and Node Managers in WebLogic Development and production Environments.
- Created Cluster environment in WebLogic domain servers.
- Created Servers & Machines and created clusters and deployed applications.
- Involved in creating domains by using GUI, Command Line and WLST.
SOC Analyst
Deitya Infotech
07.2020 - 02.2023
- Investigated and prioritized security alerts from SIEM, EDR, and IDS/IPS tools, reducing false positives by 25% through refined tuning and analysis.
- Performed initial incident triage using ELK, Microsoft Sentinel, and Splunk, escalating critical threats to Tier 2/IR teams for rapid response.
- Ensured compliance with security policies, standards (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, etc.), and regulatory requirements.
- Analyzed phishing emails, examined headers/attachments, and identified malicious links using Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
- Monitored network and endpoint security tools (firewalls, Snort IDS/IPS) to detect and respond to anomalous activity.
- Implemented Microsoft Sentinel Automation Rules and Logic App Playbooks to auto-remediate threats and reduce incident triage time by 40%.
- Gained hands-on exposure to tools like Snort, Wireshark for threat analysis and network traffic inspection.
- Collaborated with IT, threat intelligence, and IR teams to contain and remediate incidents, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) and Utilized the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map and analyze adversary tactics and techniques, improving threat detection and incident response effectiveness.
- Documented incidents in Jira and updated SOC playbooks to standardize future response efforts.
Education
Master’s - Information System And Technology
University of North Texas
Denton, TXSkills
- Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk
- ELK stack
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Sentinel One
- Phishing investigation and malware detection
- Log analysis
- Wireshark and Snort IDS/IPS
- TCP/IP networking
- Firewall policies (PfSense)
- Incident triage and escalation
- Documentation management
Certification
CompTIA Security+ Certification
Projects
- Monitored Logs to Identify Anomalies, Investigate Suspicious Domains like DNS, HTTP, SSH, DHCP, FTP AND SMTP using Splunk SIEM Tool.
- Built the Cyber Home Lab from ZERO and Catch Attackers using Microsoft Sentinel.
- Completed a hands-on project focused on automating incident response using Microsoft Sentinel’s Automation Rules and Logic App Playbooks.
- Built a virtualized cybersecurity lab using pfSense, Kali Linux, and Ubuntu to simulate and mitigate a SYN flood DoS attack; configured firewall rules, DHCP scopes, and threat detection in a controlled network environment.
Timeline
Middleware Administrator
S-Square Systems
02.2023 - 06.2023
SOC Analyst
Deitya Infotech
07.2020 - 02.2023
Master’s - Information System And Technology
University of North Texas
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