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Vandana Dhanalakoti

@vandanadhanalakoti

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SOC Analyst with 3.5+ years in threat detection, incident response, and SIEM tuning.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on SOC role where I can improve detection accuracy, lead incident response, and optimize SOC workflows within a collaborative security team.

I am a SOC Analyst with 3.5+ years of hands-on experience in real-time monitoring, threat detection, and incident response across enterprise and MSSP environments. I have strong expertise in Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Microsoft Defender, O365 security, and use KQL and MITRE ATT&CK to validate threats, tune detections, and reduce false positives.

I consistently handle 30–50 alerts per shift with high SLA compliance and document end-to-end incident lifecycles in ServiceNow. My background includes phishing analysis, identity threat investigations, malware analysis, threat intelligence workflows, and improving SOC operations through alert enrichment and detection rule optimization.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

SOC Analyst

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Nayagara Technologies Ltd.

Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Monitor and analyze real-time security logs in Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk, handling 30–50 alerts per shift with 98% SLA compliance and managing end-to-end incident lifecycle and RCA documentation.

Splunk Microsoft Defender ProofPoint ServiceNow Incident Response

Security Analyst

Banana Apps

Jan 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years 5 months)

Monitored SIEM events to identify threat patterns, reduced false positives through alert enrichment and IOC validation, and conducted phishing and sandbox analyses to escalate critical incidents.

SIEM Phishing Sandbox Threat Intelligence Alert Tuning Escalations

Sr. Associate

Wipro Limited

Dec 2018 - Oct 2020 (1 year 10 months)

Executed aerial surveys and geospatial data processing, improving accuracy of digitized charts by 15–20% through enhanced mapping and surveying calculations.

Geospatial analysis Aerial Survey Mapping Image Processing Data Quality GIS

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

DVR College of Engineering & Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science Engineering

2014 - 2018

Completed a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering from 2014 to 2018 at DVR College of Engineering & Technology, affiliated with JNTU Hyderabad.