Cybersecurity Analyst with Incident Response Expertise

Vedant Chavan

315-***-**** ************@*****.*** LinkedIn Houston, TX (Willing to relocate) EDUCATION

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Aug 2022 – May 2024

Master of Science in Cybersecurity, GPA: 3.5/4

Coursework: Computer Security, Internet Security, IoT Security and Privacy, Cryptography TECHNICAL SKILLS

Security Tools & Platforms: Splunk, SentinelOne, Nessus, Wireshark, Qualys, Azure Defender, AWS GuardDuty, CrowdStrike, Cisco Secure Firewall, ServiceNow, Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory Core Competencies: Security Monitoring & Incident Response, Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Management, Access Control, Firewall & Endpoint Administration, Log Analysis, Risk Mitigation, Network Security, Compliance (NIST, HIPAA, ISO 27001), Policy Enforcement & Documentation

Certifications: CompTIA Security+ CCNA Blue Team Level-1 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cybersecurity Associate Engineer, KGS Technologies – Alpharetta, GA Jun 2025 – Sep 2025

● Reduced incident escalation time by 40% by monitoring and triaging 300+ alerts monthly using Splunk and SentinelOne across hybrid enterprise systems.

● Strengthened compliance with NIST and HIPAA by implementing centralized log retention and encryption policies, saving approximately $4,500 in quarterly audit preparation costs.

● Conducted quarterly vulnerability assessments on 200+ critical endpoints using Nessus and Qualys, resolving 90% of critical issues within SLA.

● Collaborated with network and IT teams to isolate malicious activity and recover impacted assets, minimizing downtime during critical incidents by 30%.

Cybersecurity Research Analyst, Syracuse University – New York Aug 2024 – May 2025

● Improved detection accuracy by 22% through ML-assisted log correlation and anomaly analysis across diverse campus networks and cloud-hosted research systems.

● Designed Splunk dashboards for research labs to monitor threat events, reducing false positives by 35% and improving response efficiency.

● Performed simulated breach investigations for academic systems, identifying root causes and drafting incident response playbooks adopted by three research departments.

Systems Security Engineer, Technocrat Engineers – Mumbai, IND Aug 2020 – Jul 2022

● Managed firewall, VPN, and endpoint security configurations across 500+ systems, preventing 300+ intrusion attempts annually and reducing downtime costs by 200,000.

● Conducted quarterly vulnerability scans and network audits using Nessus and Wireshark, identifying 50+ high-risk issues and strengthening overall network resilience by 32%.

● Automated user access provisioning and patch deployment with PowerShell scripts, significantly improving operational efficiency by 45% organization-wide.

● Performed log analysis and incident triage for network anomalies, reducing false escalations by 20% and improving coordination between IT and security teams.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

IoT Malware Threat Detection and Classification (Python, ML) – Syracuse University Jan 2024 – May 2024

● Improved IoT malware detection accuracy by 22% over baseline methods by developing a machine learning classification model.

● Analyzed 4,000+ traffic samples to train and validate the model, ensuring reliable detection performance across diverse data sets. Image Steganography with RSA Encryption (Python, LSB) – Syracuse University Jan 2024 – May 2024

● Increased data protection by 50% by engineering a secure steganography system using RSA and LSB methods without compromising image integrity.

● Concealed 100+ messages within images in under 3 seconds, demonstrating both speed, reliability, and resilience of the encryption approach effectively.

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