Location: Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India<br> Remote: Yes (India / APAC / global), open to Bangalore onsite<br> Willing to relocate: Yes<br> Technologies: Splunk (SIEM, SOAR), threat hunting, IDS/IPS, incident response, vulnerability assessment, DDoS mitigation, AWS Security (IAM, Secrets Manager), digital forensics, metadata extraction, Linux, Docker, Git, Python, Bash, Java, C, JavaScript, SQL, nmap, tcpdump, tshark, Nessus, CompTIA Network+<br> Résumé/CV: https://giri227.github.io/Giridharpai/<br> GitHub: https://github.com/Giri227<br> LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/giridharpai227/<br> Email: www.giridharpai@gmail.com<br> Junior Cybersecurity Analyst / SOC Analyst / Blue Team aspirant (BCA in Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, Digital Forensics, CGPA 9.15, Yenepoya University). IBM internship (2 months). TryHackMe Top 1% globally, 13+ THM certifications. 23+ certs total including AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Google Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics Essentials (EC-Council), CompTIA Network+. Skills: SOC operations, SIEM (Splunk), threat hunting, vulnerability scanning (Nessus), incident response, cloud security (AWS/Azure), digital forensics, secure application development. Built web security scanner (Tejas Raksha, IBM), file encryption platform (Manufacturing Vault), supply chain security (Kinetic Forge), financial transaction security (Vault Protocol), healthcare security (Obsidian Pulse), and multiple secure systems with MFA, OAuth, RBAC, AES-256-GCM, audit logging. Hackathons: CIDECODE (Consolation), IBM ICE DAY 2025 (2nd CTF, 2nd Runner-Up Hackathon), CODESPRINT (Top 7/65). OWASP Yenepoya member. Publications: "The Aggressive Defender" (threat hunting guide), "The Thin Digital Line" (India defense). Open to: Junior SOC Analyst, Cybersecurity Analyst, Information Security Analyst, Blue Team Analyst, Incident Response Analyst, Threat Hunter roles (full-time, contract, internship-to-hire).