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Teja Parwatha

@tejaparwatha

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Information Security professional with expertise in cloud security.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role that fosters collaboration and innovation in security practices.

I am an Information Security professional with over 5 years of experience in protecting both cloud-hosted and on-premise systems. My expertise spans SOC operations, incident response, vulnerability management, and secure architecture across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and GCP environments. I have a proven track record of designing zero-trust network architectures and automating threat detection workflows, significantly enhancing security posture.

In my current role as an Information Security Analyst, I lead SOC operations for a SaaS platform, utilizing tools like Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk to monitor network traffic and application logs. My efforts have resulted in a 30% reduction in mean time to detect incidents. I am passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle, ensuring compliance with frameworks such as NIST 800-53 and SOC 2.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Information Security Analyst / SOC operations

Current

RICEFW Technologies

Jun 2024 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Led SOC operations for a SaaS platform hosted in Azure Government Cloud, utilizing Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk to monitor network traffic, host telemetry, and application logs. Architected secure Azure infrastructures, implementing zero-trust network segmentation, IP whitelisting, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies to mitigate OWASP Top 10 risks.

Azure Sentinel Splunk Azure SOC FedRAMP Tenable Nessus Microsoft Defender GitHub Actions)OWASP Top 10 Power Automate Jira Confluence SharePoint)KnowBe4 Snyk

Cyber Security Analyst

Genzeon Technologies

Jun 2021 - Present (4 years 2 months)

Hardened multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP) by designing IAM roles, security groups, firewall rules, and key management policies, reducing access anomalies by 30%. Performed penetration testing and vulnerability assessments on web applications using Burp Suite, Acunetix, Qualys, Nmap, and OpenVAS.

AWS Azure GCP EDR Burp suite Acunetix Qualys Nmap OpenVas OWASP Top 10

Security Operations Analyst

Amazon Development Center

Apr 2019 - Present (6 years 4 months)

Scanned and resolved numerous vulnerabilities using Qualys and Nessus, configuring VLANs, IDS/IPS (Snort, Suricata), and tcpdump under SOX controls. Developed threat hunting playbooks based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework and IOC data using MISP and AlienVault.

Qualys Nessus Snort Suricata Tcpdump MISP AlienVault Burp suite Acunetix Kali Linux PowerShell Ansible TCP IP DNS SIEM

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Central Michigan University

Master of Science, Information Systems (Cybersecurity)

Grade: 3.56

Pursued a Master of Science in Information Systems with a specialization in Cybersecurity. Achieved a GPA of 3.56, demonstrating strong academic performance in advanced security concepts.