Anugrah Kizhakke Veedu
Kannur, Kerala, India
SOC Analyst & Security Engineer | MSc Cyber Security Graduate
Professional Summary
Detail-oriented Cybersecurity professional with an MSc in Cyber Security and hands-on experience turning noisy environments into monitored, hardened, and audit-ready systems. Proven ability to build proactive defenses and architect enterprise-grade security infrastructure. Proficient in deploying full IDS pipelines (pfSense, Suricata, ELK Stack), executing threat analysis mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and developing automated SOC triage tools. Seeking a SOC Analyst or Cybersecurity Analyst role to leverage strong infrastructure hardening, Python automation, and incident response capabilities.
Technical Skills
Cybersecurity Ops
Security Architecture
Systems & Administration
Secure Dev & AppSec
Professional Experience
Web Application Developer (Intern)
- Supervised day-to-day operations, log consistency, and system patch levels across internal evaluation servers and 3 isolated client-facing production hosting nodes.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to securely deploy patches across staging and production environments, maintaining critical web components using Python and the Django framework.
- Proactively identified and mitigated OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities prior to production release cycles, contributing to measurable reductions in attack surface exposure.
- Implemented secure cryptographic authentication protocols and database integrations to safeguard sensitive user data integrity for 1,000+ relational records.
Key Projects
SOC Automation & Enrichment Dashboard
- Engineered a custom Tier 1 SOC triage dashboard utilizing Python and Django to automate the enrichment of Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and reduce manual alert fatigue.
- Developed intelligent backend auto-routing logic and integrated RESTful APIs to extract and parse complex JSON threat intelligence for network reputation and multi-engine malware telemetry.
- Implemented strict environmental isolation and
.envsecret management to ensure API credentials remained securely excluded from version control. - Conducted rigorous True Positive and True Negative validation simulations against live malware hashes (e.g., WannaCry) and active scanner IPs to verify engine accuracy.
Intrusion Detection & Threat Monitoring System (IDS)
- Designed and deployed a production-simulating multi-layered IDS environment from scratch, integrating an open-source firewall, intrusion detection system, and real-time monitoring tools.
- Configured a pfSense virtual firewall with strict security rules to act as the primary defense barrier, alongside Suricata to continuously monitor traffic and identify malicious behavior.
- Engineered 15+ custom detection rules, reducing false-positive alerts by 20% while expanding defensive visibility against critical CVEs mapped to MITRE ATT&CK vectors.
- Built a centralized SIEM pipeline using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana to aggregate multi-source security logs, reducing manual log review time by 30%.
TrippyGo – Secure Full-Stack Web Application
- Engineered a full-stack application with a security-first approach, implementing robust cryptographic session management and strict input validation to systematically eliminate SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities.
- Applied MVC architecture principles and developed automated maintenance scripts to ensure secure database handling with zero deployment downtime in simulated production environments.
Certifications & Training
Fortinet Certified Associate (FCA) in Cybersecurity
- Validation ID: 9668149803AK
Fortinet Certified Fundamentals (FCF) in Cybersecurity
- Validation ID: 7103587775AK
Elastic Ecosystem and Technical Essentials
- Validation ID: LP1357
Linux Fundamentals
Upcoming Certifications (Expected October 2026)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Certified IT Infrastructure & Cyber SOC Analyst (CICSA)