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Niva Mohapatra

@nivamohapatra

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Senior cyber incident response analyst improving security operations and faster remediation.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead SOC incident response and threat hunting, modernize playbooks and tooling, and strengthen governance across compliance frameworks—while mentoring others and improving MTTR through measurable operations and automation.

I’m a Senior Analyst in cyber security incident response, where I lead a team of SOC analysts delivering incident response across endpoint, identity, email, network, and cloud. I act as primary L3 escalation for high-severity threats, combining hands-on investigation with clear, actionable communication to drive resolution.

I investigate 3,000+ alerts annually and have helped reduce MTTR by 30–40% through playbooks. I also build and operationalize dashboards and reporting—such as a Splunk Email Threat Response Dashboard—to improve investigation efficiency by 30% while strengthening SLA tracking and executive-ready summaries.

I bring a strong threat hunting and forensics practice—using KQL, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and KAPE for endpoint investigations (registry, file systems, and browser artifacts). I also drive security transformation and governance across SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, NIST, and FedRAMP, lead audit engagements, mentor junior analysts, and support emerging “agentic workflows” and AI tooling (including Claude) to modernize how the SOC operates.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Cyber Security Incident Response

Current

Dell Technologies

May 2022 - Present (4 years 2 months)

Led a team of 8 SOC analysts delivering incident response across endpoint, identity, email, network, and cloud, serving as primary L3 escalation for high-severity threats. Drove security and compliance transformation across SOC 1/2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, NIST, and FedRAMP, including audit engagement planning and control testing.

Incident Response SOC Operations KAPE Registry Forensics Browser Artifact Analysis SOC ISO 27001 PCI DSS NIST FedRAMP Identity and Access Management (IAM)ServiceNow RSA Archer Claude Executive Reporting Controls Testing

Cyber Security Engineering & Ops

Dell Technologies

Jul 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 10 months)

Monitored, triaged, and responded to security incidents across endpoint, identity, network, and cloud environments. Investigated alerts using SIEM/EDR and performed forensics, malware analysis, phishing/spam investigations, and network traffic analysis.