kireeti neil

I am a Senior Cyber Security Engineer with 5+ years securing enterprise environments across network, cloud, identity, and SOC operations. I focus on threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and aligning controls to frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and Zero Trust.

I have led Fortinet security infrastructure design and operations, built Python automation to analyze firewall policies and reduce manual review time by 40%, and authored detection rules and correlation logic to improve telemetry visibility. I regularly perform MITRE ATT&CK mapping, detection engineering, and threat hunting to improve alert fidelity and reduce false positives.

I bring hands-on cloud security experience with Azure and AWS, implementing identity and access controls, conditional access, and cloud monitoring while collaborating with DevOps to harden workloads. I automate workflows with PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, SOAR playbooks, and detection-as-code pipelines to accelerate response and improve accuracy.

I am a strong collaborator who communicates risk to technical and business stakeholders, mentors junior analysts, supports compliance readiness for ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and builds training and awareness programs to foster a cybersecurity-first culture.