CompTIA Security+ Certified | SOC Analyst L1
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
CompTIA Security+ certified cybersecurity analyst targeting a SOC Analyst L1 / Tier 1 role. Hands-on practice in security event monitoring, alert triage, log analysis, and incident documentation via a hybrid SOC home lab (Wazuh SIEM, Sysmon) and TryHackMe SOC simulations (Ranked Top 7%). Skilled in MITRE ATT&CK mapping, IOC hunting, phishing analysis, and network traffic investigation (Wireshark). B.Tech Computer Science background with prior software engineering experience; seeking to monitor real-time security events,
investigate and escalate incidents, and follow SOPs/playbooks on a SOC team.
Portfolio -> https://ishaantaneja.github.io/cybersec\_portfolio/
CERTIFICATIONS AND DIFFERENTIATORS
• CompTIA Security+
• Programming with DSA — IBM
• Linux Unhatched — Cisco — Linux fundamentals and command-line operations
• Global Recognition | Innovation Category — Bank of America — Recognized for engineering a secure
virtual banking prototype utilizing Unreal Engine
SKILLS
• SIEM & Monitoring: Splunk, Wazuh, security event monitoring, alert triage, log analysis
• EDR / Endpoint: CrowdStrike, Sysmon telemetry, Windows/Linux fundamentals
• Network & Traffic Analysis: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, OSI, DHCP, SSH, AD, LDAP, Routing, NAT, Firewalls, ACLs,
VPNs, Wireshark
• Threat Intel & Investigation: VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, Any.Run, Hybrid-Analysis, IOC hunting, MITRE ATT&CK,
Cyber Kill Chain
• Incident Response: Triaging, investigation, alerting, reporting, escalation, root cause analysis,
documentation
• Frameworks & Standards: NIST, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP Top 10
• Ticketing & Ops: Jira, case reports, SOP/playbook-oriented documentation
• Languages: Python, SQL, Bash, PowerShell, HTML
• OS & Cloud: Windows, Linux, GCP (Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL), VirtualBox, WSL2,
Docker
PROJECTS
SOC Home Lab — Threat Detection & Adversary Emulation | April 2026
• Designed a hybrid SOC environment using Wazuh SIEM deployed via Docker on WSL2 to monitor remote
Windows 11 bare-metal endpoints (lab).
• Engineered telemetry pipelines by integrating Sysmon to capture granular process creation and network
connection data for security event monitoring.
• Orchestrated end-to-end attack simulations, including SYN Floods via Metasploit and user enumeration, to
validate SIEM alerting logic and practice initial triage.
Mastercard Cybersecurity Analyst Job Simulation — Social Engineering | March 2026
• Designed phishing simulations using contextual masking and targeted social engineering tactics to test
organizational resilience (simulation).
• Analyzed simulation telemetry to identify human-element vulnerabilities, pinpointing a 75% risk factor in
HR and 38% in Marketing.
• Developed action-oriented technical training decks to harden high-risk departments against advanced
scam detection and credential harvesting.
TryHackMe Path — Guided Learning & SOC Analyst L1 Simulations | January 2026
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• Ranked Top 7% on TryHackMe; completed 50+ hours of labs covering Wireshark network traffic analysis,
real-time alert monitoring simulations, case reports, phishing analysis, cyber defence frameworks, and
networking fundamentals.
• Honed skills in log analysis, traffic monitoring, identifying IOCs, and documenting investigation findings.
EXPERIENCE
Freelancer (SME) — Codingal | January 2025 – Present | Remote
• Taught over 100 students globally, maintaining a 4.8/5 average instructor rating through engaging,
interactive instruction.
Full-stack Developer — Intern — EazyByts | September 2025 – October 2025 | Remote
• Engineered a MERN-stack fintech simulator with Socket.io for real-time market data ingestion.
• Built a high-concurrency event platform using Redux Toolkit and MongoDB, supporting 5k concurrent
users.
• Developed a full-stack portfolio with an integrated JWT-secured CMS for seamless CRUD operations.
Sr. Tech. Associate — Backend Developer — Bank of America | June 2022 – April 2023 | Hyderabad, India
• Developed FastAPI RESTful APIs and built a virtual banking prototype in Unreal Engine.
• Authored technical documentation ensuring adherence to OWASP standards.
Teacher Assistant — Coding Ninjas | September 2021 – January 2022 | Remote
• Assisted 200+ learners in mastering DSA with Python and SQL (avg rating 4.7/5).
• Conducted doubt resolution sessions and debugged student code for algorithmic problems.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering | August 2018 – May 2022 | Karnataka, India
Manipal Institute of Technology
VOLUNTEERING
Head of Public Relations — Manipal Information Security Team
• Responsible for enhancing the club’s brand reputation and cultivating strategic inter-club partnerships.
Cloud Engineering — Google Cloud Skills Boost
• Completed GCP labs covering Compute, Networking, IAM, and Docker; earned badges for cloud-native
development.
• Deployed serverless web apps using Cloud Run and Compute Engine, integrating Pub/Sub and Cloud
Storage.
Source: r/SecurityCareerAdvice · by /u/ishaantaneja