Hassnain Siraj

Cybersecurity student with hands-on experience in security monitoring, SIEM operations, and log analysis. Built a fully functional home SOC lab featuring Elasticsearch, Kibana, Sysmon, and Wazuh EDR, performing threat hunting, incident response, and detection engineering with custom Sigma rules. Practiced network security, vulnerability management, and cyber threat intelligence through continuous lab exercises on TryHackMe and HackTheBox.

Seeking an entry-level SOC Analyst (L1) position to apply analytical skills in a 24/7 security operations environment.

Cyber Security Analyst at Personal Lab Project (2026-08 – Present)

• Deployed a 3-node SOC/SIEM environment using Docker Compose on VMware Workstation, simulating enterprise-scale traffic to test detection capabilities. Configured and managed Elasticsearch and Kibana to centralize logs from 3+ endpoints, reducing incident investigation time by an estimated 30%.
• Implemented Sysmon for EDR and network telemetry, creating 5+ custom alerts to monitor malicious endpoint activity.
• Developed and analyzed Detection Engineering metrics and Sigma Rules for proactive threat hunting.

Cybersecurity Student / Hands-on Lab Practitioner at Self-Directed Learning (2025-06 – 2026-07)

• Solved over 10+ defensive and offensive security rooms on TryHackMe and HackTheBox.
• Focused on network traffic analysis, Wireshark packet inspection, and Linux privilege escalation techniques.
• Conducted vulnerability assessments and utilized Burp Suite and OpenVAS for security evaluation.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Computer Science – University of Management and Technology (UMT) (2022 – 2026)

FSc pre-engineering in Pre-engineering – Meezan Youth Organization Karachi (2019 – 2021)