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Salah Ashraf

@salahashraf

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SOC Analyst specialized in incident response, threat detection, and SIEM tuning.

Egypt

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What I'm looking for

I seek a security role focused on incident response, SIEM tuning, and detection engineering within a collaborative team that values continuous learning and measurable security improvements.

I am a SOC Analyst focused on incident investigation, detection engineering, and continual security improvement. I combine hands-on SOC operations with use-case development to reduce detection gaps and accelerate response.

At MDI I handled Tier 2 incident investigations, created and tuned SIEM detection rules, and coordinated cross-department remediation actions. I document incidents and recommend security enhancements to strengthen organizational posture.

My background includes Tier 1 monitoring and triage, vulnerability collaboration, and blue-team lab work—ELK deployment, Atomic Red Team testing, and simulated AD environments. I stay current through certifications, hands-on projects, and structured training.

I bring strong technical skills in SIEM, log analysis, forensics, and scripting (Python/PowerShell), and I seek to apply those skills to advance detection maturity and incident response capabilities in a security-focused team.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

SOC Analyst L2

Current

Misr Digital Innovation

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Analyze and resolve complex security incidents escalated from Level 1, develop and tune SIEM detection rules, and coordinate cross-department remediation to improve security posture and compliance.

SIEM Tuning Incident Response Threat Hunting Vulnerability Management Log Analysis QRadar Splunk

SOC Analyst L1

Misr Digital Innovation

Dec 2023 - Oct 2024 (10 months)

Monitored and analyzed security alerts from SIEM, firewalls and IDS/IPS, triaged alerts to identify false positives and escalated significant incidents to Tier II for further action.

SIEM Triage IDS Threat Intelligence Log Analysis Escalations Network Security Monitoring

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

New Cairo Academy

Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science

2018 - 2022

Grade: Excellent

Activities and societies: Graduation project: ERP for a healthcare center integrated with ML; internships: WE Innovate (Cyber Defense) and CyberTalents Blue Team Scholarship; hands-on projects including ELK stack deployment, simulated AD environments, and Atomic Red Team testing.

Completed a Bachelor of Computer Science with an overall grade of Excellent; graduation project developed an ERP for a healthcare center integrated with machine learning.