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Thaobaan Lawal

@thaobaanlawal

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SOC Analyst and cybersecurity professional focused on threat detection and response.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on SOC or security role where I can lead threat detection and incident response, work with modern SIEM/XDR/EDR tools, support compliance, and continue developing cloud and enterprise security skills in a collaborative team.

I am a driven cybersecurity professional with hands-on experience in SOC operations, threat hunting, incident response, and security monitoring across enterprise environments. I have deployed and operated SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR, WAF and DAM solutions and supported compliance activities such as PCI DSS and ISO 27001.

My work history includes protecting financial and commercial environments by monitoring Active Directory, firewalls, databases, cloud assets, and remote access systems; conducting penetration testing and vulnerability management; and improving incident response and detection using tools like Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic Stack, Splunk, and endpoint/XDR platforms. I value collaboration, continuous learning, and linking security practices to business objectives.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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SOC Analyst

Current

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd.

Jul 2025 - Present (6 months)

Conducted infrastructure monitoring and real-time event analysis across AD, firewalls, databases, remote access, wireless and cloud assets using SIEM, SOAR and XDR, improving detection and incident response speed with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender.

SIEM SOAR XDR Incident Response Threat Detection Cloud Security Active Directory Malware Analysis

Cybersecurity Analyst

Cyberplural

Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 (3 months)

Performed threat hunting and data analysis to identify malicious activity, implemented access control and MFA integrations, and conducted breach investigations and risk analysis to reduce unauthorized access incidents.

Threat Hunting Data Analysis Access Control Vulnerability Assessment Risk Analysis

Cybersecurity Analyst

Platview Technologies Ltd

Jan 2024 - Nov 2024 (10 months)

Executed penetration tests and deployed on-premise Elastic SIEM, EDR and Imperva DAM/WAF, performing vulnerability management and investigations to detect, remediate and recover from breaches per NIST guidelines.