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Rahul Mullapudi

Cybersecurity Engineer

USA

🔴HODLing

Cybersecurity Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing, implementing, and operating enterprise-grade security controls across cloud and on-prem environments. Specialized in SIEM/SOAR engineering, threat detection, incident response, and cloud security posture management.

Skills

Azure Security (Azure Security Center, Defender, Policy)9/10
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint9/10
Microsoft Sentinel9/10
Zero Trust / NIST / ISO 27001 / CIS Benchmarks8/10
Azure Entra ID / Azure AD (IAM)8/10
Cisco Firepower / ASA / SecureX (8/10)CrowdStrike Falcon (8/10)KQL (Kusto Query Language) (8/10)Qualys / Nessus (Vulnerability Management) (8/10)SOAR Playbooks / Logic Apps (8/10)Splunk Enterprise Security (8/10)Terraform (IaC) (8/10)DevSecOps / CI-CD Security (7/10)PowerShell (7/10)Cortex XSOAR (7/10)Python (7/10)Bash (6/10)Docker / Kubernetes Security (6/10)Application Security (OWASP, Burp Suite, SAST/DAST) (6/10)AWS Security Hub / Prisma Cloud (6/10)

Work Experience

Cybersecurity Engineer

Microsoft

Feb 2025 — Present

Lead detection engineering and incident response for enterprise cloud workloads using Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Endpoint. Developed and tuned analytics rules, hunting queries, and correlation logic, reducing false positives by 35%. Designed automated SOAR playbooks (Logic Apps) to isolate endpoints, revoke sessions, and block malicious IPs—cutting manual triage time by 40%. Built threat-hunting pipelines using telemetry from Defender, CrowdStrike, and Azure logs. Deployed Terraform-based Azure hardening baselines aligned with CIS benchmarks, reducing misconfigurations by 50%. Conducted purple team exercises and penetration testing activities.

Cybersecurity Engineer

Cisco

Aug 2019 — Jun 2023

Implemented and managed enterprise perimeter and segmentation using Cisco Firepower, ASA, and SecureX. Integrated Cisco Umbrella telemetry into Splunk for centralized threat detection. Led vulnerability management and remediation using Qualys and Nessus, reducing high-severity findings by 45%. Developed and tuned IDS/IPS signatures; handled malware and ransomware incidents end-to-end. Designed secure remote access using AnyConnect and implemented Duo MFA for privileged access.

Education

Wilmington University

MSc · Information Systems

? – 2025

Acharya Nagarjuna University

BTech · Computer Science