Karthik Chintha

About Karthik Chintha

L1 SOC Analyst with 3 years of experience working in 24×7 Security Operations Center environments, specializing in Splunk SIEM monitoring, alert triage, and email security incident response. Experienced in validating security alerts through log review, basic correlation, and contextual analysis to accurately distinguish true positives from false positives while meeting strict SLA requirements.Strong hands-on experience in email security and phishing investigations, including email header analysis (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), MIME analysis, and URL and attachment reputation checks. Proficient in using Mimecast for phishing investigation, quarantine management, and policy-based response actions against credential harvesting, malware delivery, spoofing, and business email compromise (BEC) attempts.Experienced with Cisco Umbrella for DNS-based threat analysis, malicious domain and URL investigation, and IOC blocking to help prevent further user exposure. Regularly perform IOC enrichment using internal tools and external threat intelligence sources to support accurate alert validation and investigation confidence.Handle incident documentation, escalation to L2 teams, and post-incident updates by providing clear evidence, basic impact details, and recommended containment actions. Collaborate closely with L1/L2 SOC analysts, IT, and messaging teams to support response activities, improve alert handling procedures, and reduce recurring false positives.Possess a solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, OSI, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS), supporting effective analysis of logs from SIEM, email gateways, proxies, and firewalls. Comfortable working with ticketing systems and maintaining accurate incident records to support audit readiness and operational consistency.Actively focused on developing L2-level skills, with interest in advanced detection techniques, threat hunting fundamentals, and continuous improvement of SOC processes and security monitoring effectiveness.

Experience

1. Security Operations Center Analyst

   Trenika Technologies Private Limited

   Feb 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Jb Institute Of Engineering and Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering