Headline

Cyber Security Leader | Leading SOC & Proactive Threat Hunting Teams | AI-Driven Cyber Defense & GRC

About

"Strategically-minded Cybersecurity Leader with over 12 years of experience in building and managing high-performance security teams. Currently overseeing Security Engineering, SOC Operations, and Proactive Threat Hunting departments.My leadership philosophy centers on 'Intelligence-Led Defense.' By integrating GRC frameworks with real-time SOC monitoring and offensive-mindset threat hunting, I ensure a comprehensive security posture that is both compliant and resilient. I am a strong advocate for the AI-Augmented SOC, leveraging machine learning to automate repetitive compliance tasks and empower my teams to focus on high-value hunt missions. I bridge the gap between technical complexity and executive decision-making, ensuring security serves as a robust foundation for business growth."

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

codex

geminicli

mcp

openai

perplexity

Work experience

Cyber Security Leader at Procore Technologies, Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Lead Procore's Cyber Fusion Center (SOC), owning end-to-end security alert triage, incident response, and detection operations across a globally distributed analyst team spanning US and India shifts.

Senior Manager Information Security at Teleperformance (TP), Feb 2023 - Nov 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Directed multiple security functions including SOC operations and SIEM administration for a large global BPO environment.

SOC Manager at Justdial, Oct 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Manager at Just Dial Limited, Oct 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Managed the SOC team with a focus on planning and implementing security controls across the enterprise.

Cyber Security Specialist at Banca Sella, Sep 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos, Managed the information security team for a banking group, spanning SOC, SIEM operations, and VAPT (vulnerability assessment and penetration testing).

Technical Lead at Nokia, Jul 2015 - Sep 2020 · 5 y 2 mo, Bengaluru

Planning Engineer at Ceragon Networks, Nov 2014 - Jul 2015 · 8 mo, Mumbai

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Information Security, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Indira Gandhi National Open University

B.Tech / B.E., Electronics & Communication, Himachal Pradesh University (HPU)