Career Break (Maternity Leave)

2025-05 -

Utilized maternity leave for professional upskilling, earning the EC‑Council Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA) certification and completing the TryHackMe Pre‑Security course. Deployed and configured a self‑hosted MISP platform via Docker, automating IOC/event modeling, MITRE ATT&CK galaxy mapping and feed ingestion using PyMISP. Strengthened foundational knowledge in threat intelligence, IOC analysis and ATT&CK framework.

Lead Engineer

HCL America Inc.

2024-10 - 2025-04

Performed validation engineering for Spectrum infusion pumps, executing functional and protocol‑based test cases. Analyzed device logs with PuTTY to detect anomalies and maintained detailed validation records in an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN). Ensured compliance with regulatory standards and contributed to product release readiness.

Threat Intelligence Analyst

TCS

2022-10 - 2024-09

Monitored client digital risk using Recorded Future Brand Intelligence, reviewing and validating hundreds of typosquatting domains to identify brand impersonation. Investigated IOCs (domains, IPs, URLs, email leaks) via VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, WHOIS/CERT and Have I Been Pwned. Triaged daily alerts, isolating ~10 high‑confidence true positives per client, reducing SOC noise. Produced actionable threat advisories with risk assessments and remediation recommendations. Onboarded four enterprise clients to Recorded Future, configuring watchlists and custom alert rules.

ServiceNow Security Operations Analyst

TCS

2022-07 - 2022-09

Integrated SIEM alerts with ServiceNow SecOps for centralized incident management. Created automated workflows for security incident response and configured security use cases and alert categorization. Assisted SOC teams with ticket management and alert tracking, improving response efficiency.

Cyber Security Engineer (Trainee)

TCS

2021-06 - 2022-06

Trained in SOC monitoring, threat detection and incident response processes. Gained hands‑on experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms, supporting enterprise security operations and learning incident handling best practices.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Humanitarian Technology Labs

2018-01 - 2020-12

Designed semi‑autonomous robotics projects including a maze robot, smart blind stick, object‑picking robot and quadruped robot. Simulated an IoT‑based network using Cisco Packet Tracer, contributing to research on humanitarian technology applications.