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gagan vijay

@gaganvijay

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I investigate threats, triage incidents, and strengthen SOC operations through SIEM, EDR, and threat hunting.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to contribute my hands-on SOC, threat analysis, and incident response skills to a forward-thinking organization, strengthen its security posture, and grow into a senior security role while advancing my expertise in emerging technologies.

At Evolent, I monitor and investigate security alerts across CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender XDR, Elastic Security, and Zscaler environments.

I perform incident triage, root-cause analysis, IOC and IOA analysis, escalation, and threat hunting using endpoint, network, and security telemetry. I also support phishing investigations, abuse monitoring, containment, remediation, and 24x7 SOC operations while maintaining SLA compliance.

I develop SOPs and investigation playbooks to improve analyst efficiency, contributing to operational improvements that increased team productivity by approximately 30%.

I’ve also built a cybersecurity home lab using Kali Linux, pfSense, Windows Active Directory, Ubuntu with Wazuh, and Metasploitable to simulate enterprise security operations, attack scenarios, detection, and incident response.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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SOC Analyst

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Evolent

Jun 2024 - Present (2 years 3 months)

Monitor and investigate security alerts from CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender XDR, Elastic Security, and Zscaler. Perform incident triage, threat hunting, and develop SOPs, contributing to a 30% increase in team productivity.