Security Engineer

Priya Patel

Cybersecurity professional with experience in Security Operations, Detection Engineering, SIEM, EDR, SOAR and Incident Response. Passionate about building automated security solutions, improving detection quality and strengthening organisational cyber resilience.

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About Me

I am a Security Engineer specialising in Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Security Automation and Security Operations. Over the past few years I have worked on enterprise security platforms including CrowdStrike NG-SIEM, Falcon EDR and Cortex XSOAR, helping organisations investigate security incidents, improve detection capabilities and automate repetitive SOC workflows.

My interests include Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, Malware Analysis, SOC Engineering, Threat Modelling, Risk Assessment and Security Automation. I enjoy transforming manual security processes into reliable, scalable workflows that reduce analyst effort while improving detection accuracy.

Professional Highlights

30+ Incidents Investigated Monthly 11+ Detection Rules Optimised 20% Faster Security Triaging CrowdStrike NG-SIEM Falcon EDR Cortex XSOAR Threat Hunting Incident Response

Professional Experience

Security Analyst

Ernst & Young (EY GDS) April 2025 – Present

Working within enterprise Security Operations supporting incident investigation, detection engineering and response activities.

Investigate more than 30 security incidents every month across enterprise environments.
Analyse SIEM alerts and validate malicious activity using CrowdStrike Falcon.
Perform endpoint containment including isolation and IOC blocking.
Fine-tune CrowdStrike detection rules to improve detection quality and reduce false positives.
Investigate suspicious PowerShell execution, privilege escalation and lateral movement behaviour.
Perform malware triage and extract Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).
Create SOC documentation and incident response procedures.
Mentor junior analysts and interns on SOC investigations and incident response.

Graduate Trainee – Security Engineer

Indian Telephone Industries (ITI Ltd.) March 2023 – September 2023

Worked within the Security Engineering team focusing on SOAR automation and SOC engineering.

Developed Cortex XSOAR playbooks for automated investigation.
Integrated third-party security products using APIs and connectors.
Automated phishing investigations and IOC enrichment.
Improved SOC efficiency by reducing manual analyst effort.
Collaborated with senior analysts on security automation initiatives.

Technical Skills

SIEM & Detection Engineering

Experienced in enterprise SIEM monitoring, alert triaging, detection engineering and behavioural analytics.

CrowdStrike NG-SIEM Splunk Detection Rules Correlation Logic Behaviour Analytics Alert Tuning

Endpoint Detection & Response

Hands-on experience investigating endpoint threats, malicious execution, privilege escalation and lateral movement.

CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Isolation IOC Blocking Threat Hunting Malware Analysis Incident Response

Security Automation

Developing automated SOC workflows that reduce analyst effort and accelerate investigations.

Cortex XSOAR Playbooks REST APIs Automation Third-party Integration Python

Security Tools

Proofpoint VirusTotal Wireshark Nmap OpenVAS MITRE ATT&CK OSINT CVSS CVE OWASP Threat Dragon

Featured Project

Cybersecurity Risk Assessment & Threat Modelling

Completed as a Research Intern at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, this project focused on performing a complete cybersecurity assessment for an e-commerce platform.

Project Highlights

Performed end-to-end risk assessment for business processes and system architecture.
Identified trust boundaries and critical assets.
Conducted attacker profiling and abuse-case analysis.
Mapped vulnerabilities using CVE and CVSS.
Applied the FAIR framework to quantify cyber risk.
Produced prioritised risk statements for decision makers.

FAIR MITRE ATT&CK Threat Modelling OpenVAS OSINT OWASP Threat Dragon

Certifications

SIEM 100

CrowdStrike University

Falcon Administrator

CrowdStrike University

Certified Network Security Practitioner (CNSP)

The SecOps Group

Certified Cyber Security Practitioner

NPTEL

Achievements

Achiever Extraordinaire

Recognised by EY Global Delivery Services for outstanding performance.

Smart India Hackathon 2023

Semi-Finalist under the Ministry of Education.

GATE 2025

Ranked in the Top 8% of approximately 170,000 candidates in Computer Science.

NCC

Lance Corporal and C Certificate Holder.

Education

Master of Technology

Cyber Security Engineering

Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology 2023 – 2025

Bachelor of Technology

Electrical Engineering

Government Engineering College, Jabalpur 2018 – 2022

Leadership & Activities

Leadership

M.Tech Placement Representative.
Coordinated placement drives and student engagement.
Mentored interns during SOC operations.

Community & Volunteering

Conducted Information Security Awareness programmes.
Delivered phishing awareness and PII protection sessions.
NSS Volunteer.
Regional Science Congress Representative.

Currently Working With

I enjoy solving modern detection engineering and SOC automation challenges. My current focus is on improving enterprise detection capabilities, reducing analyst fatigue through automation, and strengthening incident response using cloud-native security platforms.

CrowdStrike NG-SIEM Falcon EDR Cortex XSOAR Detection Engineering Threat Hunting Incident Response Security Automation Python MITRE ATT&CK Cloud Security

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in discussing cybersecurity, security engineering, SOC operations, detection engineering, research, and new opportunities.

Email

patelpriya0800@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/priya-patel-820b74177

GitHub

github.com/patelpriya0800

Resume

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