SOC, CYBERSECURITY

PAKALA SHIVA SHANKER

SOC Analyst SIEM & Alert Monitoring Cloud Security

******************@*****.*** +91-868******* Hyderabad, India linkedin.com/in/pakala-shivashanker-b89aa9226 github.com/shivashanker8688

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

2025 Computer Science graduate and aspiring SOC Analyst with hands-on experience monitoring security alerts, triaging incidents, and analyzing logs across a SIEM platform (Wazuh), firewall (FortiGate NGFW), and multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) environment. Fortinet Certified Associate (FCA) with practical exposure to Windows Event Log analysis, incident escalation procedures, and least-privilege access enforcement. Seeking an L1 SOC Analyst role to monitor and triage security events, support incident response, and contribute to proactive cyber defense.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SOC & SIEM Operations: SIEM concepts, hands-on SIEM lab (Wazuh), security event & alert monitoring, log analysis, incident triage (L1), incident escalation, incident response basics Networking: TCP/IP, OSI model, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, NAT, subnetting, VLANs, common ports (22, 80, 443, 3389, 53) Firewall & Threat Detection: FortiGate NGFW, FortiOS, firewall policies, IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control Cloud Security: AWS IAM, Azure RBAC, AWS Security Groups, Azure NSG, least-privilege access, authentication log monitoring OS & Platforms: Windows (Event Viewer, Event ID analysis), Linux (basics) Security Concepts: Zero Trust, defense-in-depth, network segmentation, access control models, CIA triad Dev & Tools: Python, Flask, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Terraform, GitHub CERTIFICATIONS

• Fortinet Certified Associate (FCA) — Fortinet, 2025

• Fortinet Certified Fundamentals (FCF) — Fortinet, 2025

• Fortinet FortiOS 7.6 Professional — In Progress

• Palo Alto Cybersecurity Virtual Internship — Palo Alto Networks, 2023

• AI-ML Virtual Internship — Google (AICTE), 2024

• RDBMS PostgreSQL — IIT Bombay, 2022

KEY PROJECTS

Wazuh SIEM Home Lab — SOC Practical Training 2026

• Deployed Wazuh SIEM locally and in VMware, and connected a Windows system as a monitored agent

• Monitored and analyzed Windows security events — including Event ID 4624/4634 (successful logon/logoff), 4625 (failed logon), and 4720 (new user account creation) — via the Wazuh dashboard and Windows Event Viewer

• Simulated failed-logon and new-account-creation activity to practice alert identification, triage, and log correlation between two monitoring sources

Firewall & SOC Operations Lab (FortiGate NGFW) Jul 2025 – Nov 2025

• Configured FortiGate firewall policies, NAT rules, and security profiles from scratch in a simulated enterprise environment

• Enabled and tuned IPS, antivirus, and web filtering modules to detect and block simulated threat traffic

• Performed L1 alert triage on firewall logs, documented escalation procedures, and prepared incident reports Multi-Cloud Security Monitoring Project (AWS & Azure) Mar 2025 – Jun 2025

• Implemented AWS IAM roles and Azure RBAC policies to enforce least-privilege access across cloud infrastructure

• Configured security groups and Azure NSGs to restrict inbound/outbound traffic and reduce attack surface

• Monitored authentication and access logs to identify suspicious activity patterns and validate security controls

• Deployed cloud-native monitoring to track policy violations and generate audit-ready reports WORK EXPERIENCE

Internship — Java Full Stack Developer May 2024 – Jun 2024

• Developed internal applications with a focus on secure backend data handling and role-based access control

• Implemented socket-based communication protocols to ensure reliable and structured data exchange

• Designed and optimized MySQL databases with emphasis on data integrity, security, and normalization

• Followed structured SDLC practices in a team environment, including code reviews and deployment protocols EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering — Computer Science Jun 2025 CGPA: 8.01 / 10

Intermediate in Science (MPC) Jun 2021

CGPA: 8.33 / 10

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