Karthik Ranga
@karthikranga
Information security operations specialist focused on SOC and detection engineering.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am an Information Security Operations Specialist with 4+ years of hands-on experience in SIEM monitoring, threat detection, incident response, threat hunting and vulnerability management.
I have driven measurable improvements—boosting SIEM alert fidelity by 40%, reducing recurring incidents by 35%, and cutting mean incident response time by 25%—through detection engineering and automated playbooks.
I have founded and architected a cloud-native security SaaS platform, built phishing detection and classification systems using FastAPI and ML, and led Sentinel-based monitoring, playbooks, and endpoint hardening with CrowdStrike.
I am open to SOC L1/L2, Security Operations Analyst, Threat Detection and Incident Response roles and seek hybrid/remote opportunities where I can apply detection engineering, automation and hands-on incident response to reduce noise and accelerate analyst decisioning.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Founder & Security Architect
The Aegis
Jul 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)
Founded and architected a cloud-native security SaaS for WAAP, API security, and runtime threat detection, building phishing detection and NLP-based threat classification and OWASP Top 10 detections for real-time telemetry.
Security Lead
Depo App Company
Jul 2023 - Present (2 years 7 months)
Led security monitoring and incident response with Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike and Suricata, tuning correlation rules and playbooks to increase SIEM alert fidelity by 40% and reduce mean IR time by 25%.
Network Engineer
Emirates
Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 1 month)
Contributed to enterprise SAN, campus, and perimeter projects achieving 99.995% SAN uptime; reduced fabric alerts 27% and ISL congestion 18% after NX-OS upgrades and tuning, and upgraded perimeter firewall infrastructure for stability.
Senior Pentester
Crystalline Soft Technologies
Mar 2023 - Jul 2023 (4 months)
Executed 12 security assessments across networks, web apps, APIs and AWS, identifying and escalating high-severity findings and delivering formal remediation reports and retests for clients.
Network Engineer
ADP
May 2022 - Dec 2022 (7 months)
Designed and maintained enterprise network and firewall solutions (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto) and led AWS integration (VPC, Transit Gateway, site-to-site VPN), reducing hybrid link latency by 15%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
NTNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Master of Science, Cybersecurity
Master of Science in Cybersecurity with focus on SIEM monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management.
MCMahindra École Centrale
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Electrical Engineering covering core topics in electronics and electrical systems.
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