Kishore Poka

About Kishore Poka

Cybersecurity professional with 3+ years of experience in a 24x7 SOC environment, currently working as Technology Analyst (L2 SOC Analyst) at Infosys.Experienced in investigating and responding to security incidents across SIEM (ELK), CrowdStrike EDR, Microsoft Defender, Proofpoint, and Azure AD environments.Key focus areas:• Incident response and root cause analysis (RCA)• Phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) investigations• User-reported email threat analysis and header validation (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)• Log correlation across endpoint, firewall, proxy, and identity sources• Endpoint triage using CrowdStrike RTR and Microsoft Defender• Containment actions including host isolation, account disablement, and IOC blocking• Detection tuning and SIEM correlation improvementsActively strengthening skills in detection engineering and advanced threat analysis to enhance proactive defense capabilities.

Experience

1. Senior Systems Engineer

   Infosys

   Jan 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Experienced Senior Systems Engineer with a strong background in Security Operations Center (SOC) environments, combining deep technical expertise with a proactive approach to threat detection, incident response, and infrastructure security.With over 2 years in cybersecurity, I specialize in designing and managing secure, scalable IT infrastructures while collaborating closely with SOC teams to ensure 24/7 monitoring, log analysis, and rapid response to potential threats. I bring a hands-on approach to system hardening, SIEM configuration, endpoint protection, and vulnerability management.

Education

• Narayana Junior College - nellore

  Intermediate, MPC

  2018 — 2022

• Bapatla engineering college - Bapatla

  Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering

• Sri geetanjali english medium school

  10th