Atharva Kurlekar

Information Technology graduate with hands-on experience in SIEM monitoring, alert triage, incident investigation, and log analysis using Wazuh, ELK Stack, Splunk, Suricata, and Wireshark. Built SOC-focused projects involving IOC analysis, threat detection, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping. Seeking an entry-level SOC Analyst (L1) role.

SOC Analyst Intern at HackNovaSec (2026-05 – Present)

• Monitored security events using Wazuh and ELK Stack to identify, investigate, and triage suspicious activity.
• Assisted in incident detection and response for live SOC cases
• Analysed network traffic and security logs to investigate alerts and identify potential indicators of compromise (IOCs).
• Investigated security alerts, validated indicators of compromise (IOCs), and documented findings to support incident response activities.

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology – Siddhant College of Engineering (SPPU University) (2022-08 – 2026-08)

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) – St. Paul's Jr College of Science (2020-08 – 2022-05)

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) – St. Paul's School (2019-08 – 2020-05)