Cybersecurity Analyst & Penetration Tester

Cybersecurity graduate seeking Information Security Analyst, Cyber Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, or SOC Analyst roles. Possesses hands-on experience in information security, penetration testing, and SOC operations, including Splunk SIEM monitoring, threat hunting, vulnerability assessment, digital forensics, and incident response fundamentals. Ranked in the top 1% on TryHackMe with 13 certifications and placed 2nd in IBM ICE DAY 2025 CTF. Impact includes building real-time threat detection systems, DDoS mitigation solutions, developing secure cloud applications with authentication, encryption, and access control, an IBM academic internship building Tejas Raksha (a zero-day web scanner for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities), and freelance cloud security work involving AES-256-GCM and Argon2id file encryption, MFA/SSO/RBAC, WebAuthn/TOTP, and secure healthcare workflows.