Praveen Kumar Penukonda
Threat Detection Analyst | Ex Tesla SecOps | Blue Team Level 1 Certified | Detection Engineering | Incident Response | Threat Intelligence
- Role
- Threat Detection Analyst at Kaseya
- Location
- Miami, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Praveen Kumar Penukonda
Cyber Security Analyst with an Master\'s in Cyber Security from Syracuse University, NY and 3 years of cumulative experience across SOC operations, threat intelligence, and incident response work flows. Skilled in conducting deep security investigation, automated detection workflows, enriching SIEM alerts with threat intel, and implementing response procedures using tools like Splunk, Suricata, TheHive, Shuffle SOAR, and MITRE ATT & CK frameworks.Proven ability to proactively identify and remediate threats across on-prem and cloud infrastructures by leveraging root cause and IOC analysis, log correlation, and implementing IaaC in detection workflows from EDR/XDR systems.Demonstrates a strong foundation in network protocols, threat hunting, malware analysis, and secure infrastructure practices using IaC, Sysmon, and Red Team simulation tools.I worked as a Threat Analyst Intern at Tesla, where I focused on external threat hunting and phishing analysis. I investigated targeted attacks against Tesla, analyzed phishing campaigns, and identified potential threat actors, helping to strengthen defenses against evolving threats.I also worked as a SOC Analyst at Syracuse University, where I handled real-world security incidents using Microsoft Defender, Elastic Search SIEM and Reflex SOAR tools. This role has given me hands-on experience in log analysis, alert triage, and security operations.Key Focus Areas- Security Operations | Incident Response | SIEM & SOAR- Network & Infrastructure Security - Cloud and On Prem
Experience
Threat Detection Analyst
Oct 2025 — Present · Miami, FL, US
Respond to security threats across the company infrastructure- Drive deeper security investigations to determine the impact and identify threat actor patterns (TTPs)- Working with IR and SOC to improve detection and response capabilities (rules, signatures, and threat modeling)
Education
Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering
2023
Syracuse University
Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity
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