ISHAN PATHAK
Kingsville,Texas
Summary
Six months as a SOC Analyst and two years in roles such as Onboarding Engineer, IT Security Support, and Enterprise Mobility Manager have cultivated a comprehensive understanding of compliance and security management. A master's degree further expanded expertise into OT security, enhancing proficiency in device management and monitoring, identity and access management, vulnerability assessment, email security, data loss prevention, web filtering, and compliance management.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
SOC Analyst
SafeAeon Inc.
03.2021 - 09.2023
- Enhanced security for 50+ companies using Microsoft Security Suite, SIEM, EDR, and Firewalls, significantly improving defense capabilities.
- Led Essential-8 and NIST compliance using Saner Now and Microsoft InTune, optimizing security for 1000+ endpoints and increasing device setup efficiency by 50%.
- Conducted anti-phishing training and implemented security policies for 40 employees and 50 clients, strengthening overall cyber hygiene.
- Managed SIEM and RMM tools like Datto, Ninja and Elastic, overseeing incident response and patch management across diverse time zones, enhancing operational resilience.
- Collaborated with Threat Intelligence to reduce true-positive incidents by 35%, through effective threat research and preventive measures.
Intern
Amazon Web Services
01.2020 - 07.2020
- Developed cloud infrastructure for medical company and crafted comprehensive AWS solution for GoGreen Insurance Company
- Which involved detailed analysis, selection of regions, configuration of VPCs and subnets, and implementation of robust security measures.
- Focus was on ensuring 24/7 availability of web servers and databases, maintaining compliance with CIA triad.
- Experience with AWS deepened understanding of cost reduction strategies and optimization of business efficiency.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, TX12.2025
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
GD Goenka University
Gurgaon, India09.2021
Skills
- SIEM: - Rapid7, Elastic, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel
- EDR: - SentineOne, Defender, Bitdefender, CrowdStrike, Blackberry Cylance, FortiEDR
- MDM: - Miradore, Microsoft Intune, NinjaRMM, Liongard
- IAM: - Entra ID, CISCO DUO, Azure Active Directory
- Email Security and Protection: - BitDam, Avanan, Exchange Online Protection
- Compliance and Data Governance: - Microsoft Purview
- Vulnerability Management and Assessment: Nessus, SanerNow
Projects
- Implementing SOC and Honeynet in Azure for which platforms and technology that were used: Azure Virtual Machines, Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM), Log Analytics Integrating Azure Virtual Machines, Microsoft Sentinel, and Log Analytics results in a robust, secure, and scalable IT infrastructure that delivers scalable computing for various applications, advanced threat detection and response, and comprehensive monitoring and analytics. This unified solution significantly enhances security, operational efficiency, and scalability in a cost-effective manner.
- Machine ROW-RO Water System, Gurgaon, 08/2018, 05/2019, Team of three aimed to automate surplus RO water management using an 8086 microprocessor. Created a secure device network to control residential water systems and prevent overflow. My role: Managed microprocessor settings and ensured network security against hacking attempts.
Training
- Cybersecurity Analyst IBM
- AWS Academy Cloud Architecting AWS
Timeline
SOC Analyst
SafeAeon Inc.
03.2021 - 09.2023
Intern
Amazon Web Services
01.2020 - 07.2020
Master of Science - Computer Science
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
GD Goenka University
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