Saahil Khanna

MSc Cybersecurity graduate with hands-on experience in security operations, vulnerability analysis, and incident response through various CTFs and MSc coursework. Skilled in monitoring and investigating threats using tools like Splunk, Wireshark, and Burp Suite. Familiar with both cloud-based environments and experienced in DevSecOps practices. Strong background in secure coding, web development, malware detection, and network protocol analysis. Currently working on research at Insight SFI and pursuing CompTIA Security+ certification.

Allowed to work for any company in Ireland for the next 18 months without sponsorship.

• Hands-on experience in triaging alerts, performing forensic analysis, and escalating threats through CTFs and MSc coursework. Tools include SIEM, EDR, XDR, Snort, Splunk, tcpdump, Wireshark, Nmap, Metasploit, Burp Suite, QRadar, Binwalk, Nessus, Volatility, Nexpose, WinDBG, XML.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, SSL, SMTP, and modern OS environments (Windows, Linux, Unix)., Skilled in log review, event correlation, and anomaly detection.
• Comfortable with SIEM tools, IaC tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and metrics-based reporting. Proficient in Java, Python, C, C++, Bash, SQL, React, and Go.
• Basic cloud knowledge (AWS), strong in automation, and scripting in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experienced in Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Qualitative Research, Data Visualization.

• Top 7 (7/92) teams, Zero Days CTF, 2024.
• 3rd Place, NUIG CompSoc CTF, 2024.
• Microsoft Career Essentials in Cybersecurity Certified.
• CompTIA Security+ Ongoing.

Available on request.