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Pooja Patel

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Cybersecurity Analyst at IBM who automated incident investigations with 20+ IBM SOAR playbooks.

United States
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At IBM, I triaged security alerts across endpoint, identity, email, cloud, and network layers, cutting the backlog by 38% and keeping response time under 18 minutes.

I led containment of phishing, malware, and credential compromise incidents, and built more than 20 IBM SOAR playbooks aligned to NIST incident response guidance. The playbooks cut investigation time by 42% per incident.

At CyberArk, I investigated incidents and reconstructed attacker timelines using Splunk and Sentinel. I also monitored AWS and Azure IAM activity, catching abnormal access and remediating misconfigurations before exploitation.

Earlier, as a Software Developer at Wipro, I engineered a patient management platform across three hospital networks. I also worked on AWS microservices and HIPAA controls, helping improve deployment time and clear external security audits without a critical finding.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

IBM logoIB

Cybersecurity Analyst

Jul 2025 - Sep 2026 (1 year 2 months)

Triaged alerts across endpoint, identity, email, cloud, and network layers using Sentinel, QRadar, Defender XDR, CrowdStrike, and Proofpoint, cutting backlog 38% and holding response time under 18 minutes. Led containment of 140+ phishing, malware, and credential compromise incidents, coordinating with SOC and infrastructure teams to lower mean time to containment 31%.

CyberArk logoCY

Cybersecurity Analyst

Jan 2024 - Jun 2025 (1 year 5 months)

Investigated 95+ incidents by correlating endpoint, firewall, identity, and application telemetry, achieving 97% analyst validation accuracy. Reconstructed attacker timelines for credential-based attacks using Splunk and Sentinel, shortening high severity investigation time 34%.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Rowan University logoRU

Rowan University

Master of Science, Cybersecurity

2023 - 2024

Master of Science in Cybersecurity from Rowan University, completed from January 2023 to December 2024.

Dharmsinh Desai University logoDU

Dharmsinh Desai University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2018 - 2022

Bachelor of Computer Science from Dharmsinh Desai University, completed from August 2018 to July 2022.

CompTIA logoCO

CompTIA

CompTIA Security+, Information Security

CompTIA Security+ certification.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft SC-200: Security Operations Analyst Associate, Security Operations

Microsoft SC-200: Security Operations Analyst Associate certification.

CompTIA logoCO

CompTIA

CompTIA CySA+, Cybersecurity Analysis

CompTIA CySA+ certification.

Splunk logoSP

Splunk

Splunk Core Certified User, Splunk

Splunk Core Certified User certification.

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