Saravanakumar R. Email and Phone Number

Seasoned Cyber Security Professional with 15 years of experience and over a decade of global onsite roles across the USA, Germany, Singapore, UAE, Qatar, and India. Currently as a Head of Cyber Defense Center at Mashreq, managing security experts across Technology, Engineering, Operations, and Security Incident Management, ensuring robust governance, risk control, and process refinement.Formerly as Cyber Security Manager at Microland, I spearheaded presales and delivery for the US region, orchestrating MSS SOC setups for over 30 clients in Banking & Finance, Telecom, Power & Energy, Health Sector, and Government Bodies. My technical proficiency encompasses SIEM (Azure Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, LogRhythm, ArcSight), SOAR (Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, IBM Resilient), EDR (Microsoft Defender, CarbonBlack, Crowdstrike), threat intelligence, threat hunting, and digital forensic investigation.At Digital 14 LLC - AbuDhabi, I led OT & IT projects, mastering SOAR (XSOAR, IBM Resilient), SIEM (Splunk, QRadar), and EDR (Microsoft Defender, CarbonBlack, Crowdstrike) technologies. During my tenure at Atos Paladion, UAE, I served as SOC Delivery Manager and Technical Architect, delivering new and migrating SOC projects for various sectors with a best-practice approach from Mitre Att&CK, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, and NIST standards.My earlier experiences include roles at Proficio Singapore, where I was an L3 SOC Analyst focusing on alert triaging, digital forensic investigation, malware analysis, threat hunting, and incident handling; UBS, as a SIEM Content Developer handling custom parser development and use case building; and Mercedes Benz R&D, overseeing ArcSight implementation for Global SOC setups.I excel in green and brownfield solution architecture, threat modeling, SOC setup (GSOC, MSSP, Capitative/Hybrid SOC), project planning, execution, BAU operations, and vendor management. My skills in scripting, SPL, KQL, Regex, and custom parser development are complemented by my experience in GRC, vulnerability management, IAM, DLP, DC solutions, and process automation leveraging AI and machine learning.With a proven track record in governance and risk control per PCI-DSS, NIST, GDPR, SOC2 Type 2, and other standards, I am dedicated to driving cyber security initiatives and fostering technology partnerships. My leadership extends to talent development, resource management, and strategic planning with C-level executives, ensuring the highest standards of cyber defense in an era of evolving threats.