SAI MANIKANTA RAPAKA

I am a dedicated Cyber Security Analyst with 3.7 years of hands-on experience in Security Operations Center (SOC) environments, focusing on monitoring, detection, and incident response. I work extensively with SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, IBM QRadar) and EDR solutions such as CrowdStrike and Symantec.

My daily responsibilities include real-time event monitoring, rule creation and fine-tuning in SIEMs, log analysis across firewalls, IDS/IPS, servers and cloud sources, and escalating incidents according to SLAs using ServiceNow. I prepare operational dashboards, reports, SOPs and perform health checks of security tools to maintain optimal performance.

I have practical experience investigating phishing, malware, suspicious URLs and malicious IPs, performing deep packet and email analysis, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to remediate threats. I also advise on patching, control improvements and lead enhancements to SOC processes and detection coverage.

I continuously stay current with threat intelligence and community sources, document lessons learned to build use cases, and deliver measurable security improvements that protect confidentiality, integrity and availability for client environments.