Anil Vadlamani
Verified Expert in Engineering
Cybersecurity Engineer and Developer
Windsor, ON, Canada
Toptal member since May 12, 2026
Anil is a cybersecurity engineer with 8+ years of experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, SOC operations, and incident response. He is skilled in Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic, and CrowdStrike Falcon for anomaly detection, SIEM engineering, cloud and container security, CI/CD security monitoring, and threat investigations. Anil is experienced in building MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detections, reducing false positives, and correlating endpoint, identity, network, and cloud telemetry.
Portfolio
Experience
- Cybersecurity Operations - 8 years
- Enterprise Cybersecurity - 8 years
- Azure Cloud Security - 8 years
- Cybersecurity - 7 years
- Falcon EDR - 7 years
- Cyber Threat Hunting - 7 years
- Network Security - 6 years
- Splunk SOAR - 6 years
Work Experience
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
CGI
- Migrated 100+ SIEM detections from Elastic to Splunk ES, improving alert fidelity and threat visibility.
- Built and tuned detections across Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic, and CrowdStrike Falcon for threat detection.
- Conducted threat hunts across endpoint, identity, network, and cloud telemetry to detect suspicious activity.
- Reduced false positives using behavioral baselines, enrichment, and risk-based detection strategies.
- Investigated credential abuse, lateral movement, and suspicious endpoint activity using Falcon and SIEM data.
Cyber Security Engineer
Wipro Pari
- Performed vulnerability assessments using Qualys across enterprise and industrial environments to identify security gaps and support remediation efforts.
- Created customized scan profiles and reporting templates to streamline vulnerability tracking and remediation prioritization.
- Supported security monitoring and basic threat detection using Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel across IT and OT environments.
- Assisted in investigating security alerts and analyzing logs to identify suspicious activity and unauthorized access attempts.
- Monitored IT and OT network traffic to identify abnormal communication patterns and improve visibility into industrial security risks.
Cyber Security Engineer
Smart Reset Technology Corp.
- Developed custom YARA and SIGMA rules to improve threat detection accuracy and reduce false positives across enterprise systems.
- Automated security checks and log parsing using Bash, Python, and PowerShell, improving operational efficiency and reducing manual analysis effort.
- Implemented custom alerting logic across cloud-based systems to improve visibility into identity, authentication, and lateral movement activity.
- Simulated real-world attack scenarios to validate detection capabilities and improve resilience against advanced threats.
- Supported 24x7 incident response operations by investigating security alerts, analyzing telemetry, and coordinating with stakeholders during high-severity incidents.
- Leveraged Linux system logs, scripting, and endpoint telemetry analysis to strengthen threat detection and response workflows.
Cyber Security Executive
Tata Group
- Conducted vulnerability assessments using Qualys to identify security gaps across enterprise servers and support remediation efforts.
- Performed penetration testing using tools such as Metasploit and Nmap to identify weaknesses in internal systems and improve security posture.
- Managed and analyzed security logs in Splunk to support security monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident investigations.
- Created customized Qualys scan profiles and reporting templates to improve remediation tracking and stakeholder visibility.
- Monitored enterprise networks for security breaches and investigated vulnerabilities to strengthen operational security.
Project History
SIEM Migration & Detection Engineering Modernization
Risk-based Alerting (RBA) Implementation
Detection-as-Code (DAC) Initiative
Cloud Authentication & MFA Monitoring
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
University of Windsor - Windsor, Canada
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada - India
Certifications
AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
CompTIA
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA
CompTIA Network+
CompTIA
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-Council
Skills
Tools
Splunk SOAR, Elastic, NMap, Nessus, GitLab, Wireshark, Splunk, Sentinel, Git, GitLab CI/CD
Languages
Kusto Query Language (KQL), Regex, Python 3, Bash, Falcon, Python
Platforms
QualysGuard, Zscaler, Burp Suite, Databricks, CrowdStrike, Malware Information Sharing Platform (MISP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Linux, CrowdStrike Falcon
Frameworks
Windows PowerShell
Industry Expertise
Cybersecurity
Storage
MSSQLCE, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID
Paradigms
Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Automation, DevSecOps, Penetration Testing
Other
Threat Detection Content Engineering, Enterprise Cybersecurity, Azure Cloud Security, Network Security, Cybersecurity Operations, Cyber Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Falcon EDR, Palo Alto Networks, SPL, IOC/IOA Management, Threat Analytics, Threat Modeling, Incident Investigation, Vulnerability Management, Container Security, GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Security, MITRE ATT&CK, Microsoft Sentinel, ThreatConnect, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Search Processing Language (SPL), Splunk Enterprise Security, Risk-based Alerting, Detection Tuning, Alert Prioritization, Threat Detection and Response (TDR), Cloud Security, SIEM, Security, Industrial Security Monitoring, Log Analysis, sqlc, IT Security, Security Operations Centers (SOC), Identity Monitoring
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