name: Gaurav Ghandat
role: SOC Analyst | System Administrator
location: Nashik, Maharashtra, India
current_org: Bits and Bytes Services
clearance: Blue Team | Threat Hunter
mission: >
Analyzing security events, correlating logs, and
hunting adversaries across enterprise environments β
one alert at a time.
focus:
- Security Monitoring & SIEM (Splunk)
- Threat Detection & Incident Response
- Active Directory & Windows Server Hardening
- Linux Administration & Network Security
seeking: [SOC Analyst L1, Security Ops Analyst, Blue Team Analyst]
status: π’ ACTIVELY MONITORING |
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Security Operations
Infrastructure & Systems
Cloud & DevOps
Development & AI Tooling
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Full-stack SOC platform combining Streamlit + Groq LLM with log parsing, IOC extraction, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, NIST SP 800β61 playbook generation, RBAC + bcrypt auth, and automated PDF incident reporting.
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Dark SOC-console styled ML platform for phishing/fraud triage β fraud risk scoring engine, bulk CSV scanning, and full scan-history tracking built on scikit-learn.
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Flask + SQLAlchemy defensive tool that geolocates and heuristically classifies IPs (TOR/VPN/PROXY/HOSTING/RESIDENTIAL) with a REST API, risk scoring, RBAC, and multi-format export (CSV/Excel/PDF).
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Production backend polling 200+ devices via ICMP Β· SNMPv2c Β· WMI Β· SSH, feeding a live NOC dashboard in Power BI β deployed against a real network in Nashik.
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Production-grade scanner combining Streamlit and Groq LLM for automated vulnerability analysis and reporting.
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FastAPI + Streamlit CTF platform with JWT auth, a 3-tier Groq-powered AI hint engine, gamified badges/leaderboard, and 8 challenge categories.
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More recon in progress: SIEM + GNN-based threat detection Β· Quantum-resistant cryptography Β· Digital Forensics
| π Credential |
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| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Architect Associate |
| AIG's Shields Up: Cybersecurity Job Simulation |
| Threats to Websites |
| AWS APAC Solutions Architecture |
| CCNA Β· MCSA Β· RHCE Β· RHCSA |
| Microsoft β Intro to Computers, OS & Security |
timeline
title Incident Response Timeline β Career Edition
2021 : Started B.E. Computer Engineering @ SPPU
2024 : Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Internship (Edureka)
: Cybersecurity Internship (TopperRank) β XSS Β· SQLi Β· CSRF
2025 : B.E. Computer Engineering, SPPU
: AI Transformative Learning (TechSaksham) & Edunet Foundation
: System Administrator @ Bits and Bytes Services
2026 : Building AI + Cybersecurity tooling
: Targeting SOC Analyst / Security Engineer roles
