Cybersecurity Professional

Awaise Choudhary

Security Operations | Vulnerability Management | System Administration

Cybersecurity Analyst with hands-on experience in vulnerability management and SOC operations. Conduct asset discovery scans, prioritize findings based on asset criticality and CVSS severity, and collaborate with infrastructure teams to drive remediation efforts. Validate fixes through verification testing and rescans to ensure effective risk reduction.

Exposure to SOC alert triage, investigating alerts, building context to determine true positives, and reducing alert noise to support efficient operations. Former System Administrator at a healthcare startup managing critical EHR infrastructure in a production environment.

01 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOC Analyst I (Vulnerability Management)

Layer Seven Security

Sept 2025 – Present
  • Execute continuous agent-based Tenable vulnerability scans across 300+ Windows and Linux assets, supporting post-patch validation and closure of critical and high-risk findings within SLA
  • Prioritize vulnerabilities using CVSS severity, asset criticality, and exposure context, ensuring remediation efforts target highest-risk systems
  • Collaborate with IT and infrastructure teams to verify patches, configuration changes, and software updates through system validation and rescans to ensure proper resolution before closure
  • Document vulnerability findings and remediation status in Jira, supporting SOC 2 and PCI DSS audit requirements
Tenable Vulnerability Management CVSS Jira SOC 2 PCI DSS

Cybersecurity Intern – SecOps

Layer Seven Security

Apr 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Conducted proactive threat hunting activities across 300 endpoints, identifying indicators of compromise and escalating validated findings
  • Developed and tested custom SIEM detection rules and dashboards in collaboration with senior analysts, improving SOC visibility into suspicious activity
  • Investigated and triaged security alerts in Microsoft Sentinel and Defender, documenting findings and escalating confirmed incidents with clear evidence and context
  • Supported firewall rule reviews, security configuration updates, and contributed to ransomware response exercises
Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Defender SIEM Threat Hunting Incident Response

Server Administrator – Security & Systems

Proline Consulting

Jun 2024 – Feb 2025
  • Administered user accounts, group memberships, and access permissions in Active Directory, enforcing least-privilege access and supporting onboarding/offboarding processes
  • Supported operating system and application patch deployments, verifying successful updates and helping reduce operational downtime and security exposure
  • Tracked incidents, service requests, and change activities using ServiceNow and Jira, ensuring proper categorization, escalation, and audit-ready records
  • Provided technical support for hardware, software, and network issues, resolving user tickets within defined SLA targets
Active Directory ServiceNow Jira Windows Server Patch Management

System Administrator & IT Staff

Medical Clinic / Healthcare Startup

2023 – 2024
  • Managed critical EHR infrastructure on single VPS hosting Protected Health Information (PHI) for clinical operations in production environment
  • Resolved critical performance issues reducing patient chart load times from 30+ seconds to 1-2 seconds through MongoDB database optimization
  • Maintained Node.js applications, Nginx web server, PM2 process management, and MongoDB databases supporting clinical workflows
  • Implemented security controls and ensured HIPAA compliance for healthcare data systems
Linux Node.js MongoDB Nginx PM2 HIPAA

02 FEATURED PROJECTS

Hands-on security implementations and technical demonstrations

LAB BUILDING

When Double NAT Broke My Home Lab

One of the quirks of running a home lab is that you often uncover problems you'd rarely notice on a simple home network. Recently, I ran into one of those...

03 SKILLS, CERTIFICATIONS & EDUCATION

Technical Skills

Security Operations

SIEM Operations
Vulnerability Management
Incident Response

Cloud & Infrastructure

Microsoft Azure
Linux Administration
MongoDB

Security Tools

Microsoft Sentinel
Tenable (Nessus)

Certifications

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA

Microsoft AZ-500

Azure Security

Microsoft SC-200

Security Operations

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

ISC² CC

In Progress

Education

Cybersecurity and Information Assurance – B.S.

Western Governors University

In Progress

04 GET IN TOUCH

Open to opportunities in cybersecurity and security operations