Abdullah Farrukh

Cybersecurity professional with 1+ year of hands-on SOC/NOC experience in security monitoring, SIEM log analysis, alert triage, and incident response across 20+ enterprise nodes. Experienced in Microsoft 365 and Entra ID environments — including Outlook security, Windows endpoint management, and Azure fundamentals. Built and operated threat intelligence pipelines via AI-powered honeypot research.

Certified Ethical

Hacker (CEH) with working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, phishing investigation, and EDR platforms including Microsoft Defender.

Network & Security Operations Engineer - Probiz Solutions and Management Services - Lahore, Pakistan

(2025-05)

• Monitored 20+ network nodes via SNMP/Syslog-based alerting; triaged Tier-1 security events daily, escalating anomalous traffic patterns and connectivity faults per standard playbooks.
• Performed centralized log analysis using Splunk and Graylog — processed 500+ daily events with 10+ correlation rules for faster threat detection and reduced MTTR by 15%.
• Configured and maintained incident documentation for all alerts and response actions, ensuring audit-ready records aligned with SLA requirements.
• Conducted initial containment actions on verified incidents; identified suspicious lateral movement and access anomalies across LAN/WAN infrastructure.

BS - Computer Science - University of Central Punjab (2022 - 2026)

FSc - Pre-Engineering - Unique Group of Institutions (2020 - 2022)

Matriculation - Science - Beaconhouse School System (2018 - 2020)