Independent Security Engineer

Securing systems, hunting threats, shipping detection.

I build open-source tooling and detection content that helps SOC teams move faster β€” without missing what matters.

shresth@soc:~
$ whoami
shresth.paul β€” detection Β· automation Β· DFIR
$ gh pr list --author @me --state all
merged …   open …   closed …
$ ls ./tools
onyx-intelligence  sigmaforge  vulnscan  manta
0Years in IT & security
0Open-source tools shipped
–Merged upstream PRs (live)
0Open source
Open-source contributions

Pull requests, live

Pulled straight from the GitHub API β€” status updates automatically. Interview and assignment PRs are filtered out.

Syncing…
Experience

Career timeline

  • 2023 β€” Present

    Senior Cybersecurity Analyst

    Enterprise Security Operations

    Leading threat hunting, incident response coordination, and automation frameworks.

  • 2022 β€” 2023

    Cybersecurity Analyst

    Security Engineering Team

    Managed SIEM operations, vulnerability assessments, and Linux security hardening.

  • 2020 β€” 2022

    IT Analyst L2

    IT Operations

    Advanced technical support and security monitoring, transitioning into cybersecurity.

  • 2018 β€” 2020

    System Support Specialist

    IT Infrastructure

    Built the foundation in enterprise IT operations and support.

Focus areas

What I do best

01

Threat Detection Engineering

Detection logic that catches real attacker behavior, not noise.

02

SIEM Automation

Pipelines that cut manual triage time and speed up response.

03

DFIR

Incidents investigated end-to-end, from first alert to root cause.

04

Security Tool Development

Open-source tools that make security operations faster for everyone.

Blog

Notes from the console

Live from Medium and Dev.to.