Dhyey Kakadiya

Computer Engineering graduate with hands-on experience in security monitoring and log analysis. Deployed a fully functional Home SOC Lab using Splunk Enterprise, collecting, ingesting, and analyzing Windows and Linux security logs, building SPL-based detection rules for brute-force and authentication attacks, and creating operational dashboards. Applied the same skills in a real-world environment at Caffae.in, integrating Splunk Universal Forwarders across Django, PostgreSQL, and AWS infrastructure.

Familiar with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Cyber Kill Chain, and Incident Response Lifecycle. Actively completing the TryHackMe SOC Level 1 path. Seeking a SOC Analyst L1 role to contribute to threat detection, alert triage, and security monitoring operations.

Full Stack Developer & Splunk Engineer (Internship) - Caffae.in

(2024-12 - 2025-02)

• Deployed and configured Splunk Enterprise as a centralized SIEM within the development environment to monitor application, Linux system, and database security events.
• Configured Splunk Universal Forwarders to ingest logs from Django application servers, PostgreSQL databases, and AWS infrastructure, enabling cross-platform log correlation.
• Designed SPL queries to detect anomalous authentication events, application errors, and suspicious database access patterns across the platform.
• Developed and maintained backend services using Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL; contributed to API development and authentication workflows.

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering - Gyanmanjari Institute of Technology (Gujarat Technological University) (2022 - 2026)