VENKATA

About

Identity-focused Security Engineer with over 5 years of IT experience, specializing in Identity & Access Management, Microsoft security technologies, Security Operations and Incident Response. Strong hands-on experience across Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Active Directory, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Conditional Access, MFA, RBAC, Least Privilege, PAM, Zero Trust, BloodHound/SharpHound and identity attack-path analysis. Experienced supporting enterprise Microsoft environments, reducing privileged access, improving identity governance, conducting identity investigations and implementing security improvements across hybrid cloud environments.

Skills

• Microsoft Entra ID
• Active Directory
• Hybrid Identity
• Microsoft Entra Connect
• Microsoft 365
• Conditional Access
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Enterprise Applications
• Identity Governance

42 skills in total

Licenses & Certifications

• JumpCloud Advanced Certification

  JumpCloud

  Issued Jan 2026

Experience

• Security Operations Lead

  TMW Resilience

  Oct 2025 — Present

• Senior Incident Response Analyst

  Perfectech Cyber Solutions

  Mar 2025 — Aug 2025

• SOC Analyst – Incident Response

  DataTalksUK

  Jan 2023 — Feb 2025

4 experiences in total

Education

• Northumbria University, UK

  M.Sc. Cybersecurity

  Jan 2021 — Jan 2023

• Lovely Professional University, India

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering

  Jan 2014 — Jan 2018

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