Nandeeswar Meka

SOC ANALYST 1

SOC Analyst with experience in monitoring and responding to security incidents, analyzing threats, and implementing security measures. Seeking to apply expertise in cybersecurity and incident response to safeguard organizational assets.

Hyderabad

Skills

Certifications

Work Experience

SOC Analyst 1

UST CyberProofHyderabad

Nov 2024 — Present

Performed 24×7 SOC monitoring and triage of 1K+ security alerts and incidents across SIEM, EDR, network, email, and identity security platforms.
Investigated phishing, malware, device code, suspicious authentication, and account compromise incidents by correlating security events and analyzing indicators of compromise (IOCs).
Executed IOC remediation by blocking malicious IP addresses, domains, and URLs across firewalls and web proxies to contain threats and prevent further malicious communication.
Analyzed and correlated security logs from multiple sources to identify anomalous activity, validate threats, and support incident response.
Performed initial incident analysis and escalated validated security events to L2/L3 teams in accordance with established response procedures.
Recommended 50+ detection fine-tuning requests to improve alert accuracy, reduce false positives, and strengthen detection coverage.

Skills

SIEM / SOAR: Microsoft Sentinel, GSOAREDR / XDR: SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrikeNetwork Security: FortiGate, Palo Alto, Zscaler, FortiManager, TufinVulnerability Management: QualysIdentity & Access: Microsoft Entra ID, IAM, MFA, SSO, Conditional Access, RBACBasic Cloud Skills: AWS EC2, VPC, IAM, Route 53, S3Security Frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, CIA TriadITSM: ServiceNow

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Computer Science & Engineering

Swarna Bharathi Institute of Science and Technology, Khammam

2020 — 2023

Polytechnic Diploma, Electronics and Communication Engineering

SES SN Murthy Polytechnic College

2017 — 2020

Certifications

CompTIA Security+

SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

Recognitions

Recognized twice as Employee of the Quarter and three times as Employee of the Month for outstanding performance and consistent contributions to SOC operations.