Simon D Boal
Soc Analyst @Telefónica Tech
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WORK HISTORY
Soc Analyst @Telefónica Tech
Belfast, GB
Monitor and triage security alerts across enterprise environments, escalating threats according to SOC playbooks- Investigate suspicious events including anomalous sign-ins, endpoint alerts, and phishing indicators- Review Windows Event Logs, Sysmon, identity logs, and application audit data- Document findings in ServiceNow and collaborate with senior analysts for deeper analysis- Contribute to tuning detection rules and improving team workflows.
EDUCATION
Belfast Metropolitan College
Further Education, Computing
The University of Salford
BA Honours degree
ABOUT SIMON D BOAL
I’m a Security Operations (SOC) Analyst with a background in 24/7 technical support, incident handling, cloud fundamentals, and AI/Python projects.I currently work at Telefónica Tech, stepping into an L1 SOC Analyst role where I focus on monitoring, alert triage, and early-stage investigations. Before this, I spent several years as a Technical Services Analyst resolving incidents, supporting enterprise environments, and documenting fixes for others.Outside my core role, I build projects that strengthen my security skills- An AWS-based VM homelab to practice cloud fundamentals- A Python + multi-model project (Improved LLM Tutor) comparing GPT-4o-mini and Llama3.2- Continuous labs in log analysis, SIEM fundamentals, and threat detection.What I enjoy most- Turning noisy alerts into clear, actionable cases- Investigating Windows Event Logs and Sysmon data- Writing clean documentation- Leveraging Python and AI tools to accelerate Analysis.Focus areas- SOC operations (alert triage, log analysis, incident workflows)- SIEM fundamentals (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk)- Cloud security (Azure / AWS)- Python automation for investigation supportIf you’re hiring for Security Operations or want to collaborate on defensive cybersecurity or AI-in security projects, I’d be happy to connect.
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