Vivek Kumar
Detection Engineering | Threat Detection & Research | Threat Hunting | Cloud Security | SOAR | AI & Cyber Security | EDR | XDR | Microsoft Sentinel | Cloud SOC | CHFI | CEH
- Role
- Senior Security Detection Engineer at Microsoft
- Location
- Hyderabad, TG, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vivek Kumar
Information Security Professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in the field of Information security, Security Information & Event Management (SIEM), SOAR, Cloud Security, Azure Security, Azure Sentinel, Blue Teaming, Purple Team, Threat Hunting, Threat Modeling, Detection Research & On-boarding, Detection Engineering, SOAR implementation, Incident Response and SOC environment. Currently working as a Senior Threat Detection Engineer at MICROSOFT, Hyderabad. Specialties:Threat Detection and ResponseDetection EngineeringThreat and Detection Research SOAR, EDR, XDRLead MSRC Cloud SOCBlue Team, Purple TeamCloud Security, Azure SecurityCloud Platform Abuse MitigationSOAR - Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response.Azure SentinelAzure LogicApps, WorkflowsMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC)Advance Threat HuntingRecent Threat Research, Attack Tool, Tactics and Techniques Research.IOC based, IOC less and Behavioral Threat HuntingDetection Research and On-boardingDetection Engineering and AnalyticsSIEM solutions - Splunk, ArcSight, Azure SentinelWindows Defender ATP (Advanced Threat Protection)Azure and Cloud Security - ASC, Azure Sentinel, AzSecPack, Microsoft Defender for CloudAzure DevOps, DevSecOpsKQL - Kusto Query LanguageNetwork based Threat HuntingMalware AnalysisSecurity Incident ResponseSecurity Investigation & Log AnalysisSecurity Framework- MITRE, Cyber Kill Chain.IT security operationsPhishingWAF (Web Application Firewall), CDN, Azure Cloud ProtectionOWASP Top 10 VulnerabilitiesWeb application SecurityHIDS, NIDS, HoneypotsSession Activity Monitoring (SAM)Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)Syslog-ngRUA (Restricted User Access) monitoring.Security Log analysis, correlation.Network SecuritySymantec MSS incident review and analysis.Incident management, Change managementDOS/DDOS, SQL Injection, Cross site Scripting, RFI, etc. attack protection.SSL/TLSTCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, SMTP, UDP, SSH, Telnet, etc protocols.Basic UNIX Shell Scripting.Ethical Hacking SkillsPython, C
Experience
Senior Security Detection Engineer
Aug 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN
Leading the complete design, development, and deployment of scalable, high-performance Detection Engineering pipelines, integrating Intelligent Enrichments, Advanced Attributions, Automated Investigation Queries, OSINT-driven Intelligence, and adaptive response playbooks. These capabilities significantly improved Threat Detection and Response, Analyst efficiency, and overall SOC effectiveness.Integration of Agentic AI into the Detection Pipeline to deliver AI-scale correlation, intelligence, attribution, and actionable insights, driving faster, smarter, and more autonomous threat detection and response.Strengthened the Code Signing Infrastructure security posture by leading the project end-to-end and delivering high-fidelity, production-grade detections that significantly enhanced threat visibility and resilience.
Education
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2010 — 2014
T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur
Intermediate (12th), MATH, PHY, CHE
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
M.Tech, Specialization in Cyber Security
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