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Priyank Jani
Priyank Jani Senior Consultant at EY

Priyank Jani is a highly skilled Cybersecurity professional who initially launched their career as a Firewall Tech Support Engineer following their CCNA certification and over a year's experience in Computer Networking. Jani navigated a challenging learning landscape encompassing Zeus Banking Trojan and Heartbleed issues, client consultation, and Next-Generation UTM troubleshooting, setting the stage for an advanced education in Cybersecurity. With support from their family and mentors, they embarked on a Master's journey in Computing Security at Rochester Institute of Technology in Fall 2016, displaying a keen interest in Privacy and Anonymity as well as excelling in Network Security. Concluding their studies in April 2019, Jani proceeded to enhance their expertise as a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst with Secureworks, where they gained proficiency through rigorous work and training within the Security Operations Center (SOC), leading to admirable resilience and a lifelong appetite for learning.

In their latest role as a Senior Consultant at EY, located in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, Priyank Jani has seamlessly transitioned their vast experience—having accumulated over seven years in Operations, Network/Endpoint Security, Analysis, and higher education—into providing top-tier IT Services and Consulting. They consistently apply an impressive array of skills such as Service-Level Agreement management, adept written and technical communication, and expert troubleshooting, which contribute to their overall effectiveness in the competitive IT sector. Moreover, Jani's tenure with Secureworks has been remarkable, delving deeply into Managed Detection and Response, Advanced Endpoint Threat Detection, and Incident Response Hotline Services, handling over 2,600 security incident tickets, and achieving above-average audit scores—a testament to their analytical prowess and operational acumen. Additionally, their educational merits include a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) and multiple cybersecurity certifications. This high-caliber professional, with over 3,471 LinkedIn connections, is evidently poised for continued growth and success in the realm of advanced technology roles.

More about this expert

Full name
Priyank Jani
Location
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Title
Senior Consultant
Company
EY
Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
LinkedIn Connections
3471
Summary
Priyank began as a Firewall Tech Support Engineer in 2014 post his CCNA and 1+ years of Computer Networking journey and worked through a steep learning curve (Zeus Banking Trojan, Heartbleed, routine client consulting, Next-generation UTM troubleshooting/configuration changes etc.) to realize his dream of pursuing a Cybersecurity education abroad. With the blessing of his parents and mentors, Priyank started his MS in Computing Security during the Fall semester of 2016 at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Especially interested in Privacy and Anonymity as well as showing great promise in Network Security, Priyank finished grad school in April of 2019 and started working as a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst with Secureworks, A Dell Technologies Company. 2.6 years of rigorous endpoint and network security analysis work/training with the SecureWorks SOC has enabled Priyank with great skills and humbled him as a Cybersecurity professional and an individual to forever learn and seek, be highly resilient, and have a not give up attitude. Priyank is looking for next-generation technology roles where he can leverage his solid 7+ years of past experience in Operations, Network/Endpoint Security, Analysis, and Higher-education which enable him to serve and be a forever learner/seeker.
Skills
Microsoft Defender Service-Level Agreements (SLA)

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.)
Attended in 2016 - 2019
Field of study: Computing Security
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Bachelor’s Degree
Attended in 2007 - 2012
Field of study: Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Positions

EY
United States
Senior Consultant
Nov 2022 - Present

Skills: Service-Level Agreements (SLA) · Written Communication · Troubleshooting · Technology Consulting · Technical Presentations · Customer Presentations · English · Teamwork · Data Analysis · Communication · Technical Communication
Secureworks
Greater Atlanta Area
Senior Analyst, IT Security at Secureworks
Jun 2019 - Nov 2021

As a Senior Analyst with Secureworks from June 2019 to November 2021, Priyank has worked extensively with Secureworks Counter Threat Platform (CTP) and evolved as a professional working with the Managed Detection and Response(MDR), Advanced Endpoint Threat Detection (AETD) as well as Incident Response Hotline Services.

Priyank has provided analysis and consulting to Secureworks client base over voice, email, and chat as well as written enrichment reports for security incident tickets involving network and endpoint security.

Secureworks initiated Priyank in Security Analysis and enabled him effectively to work approximately 2600 security incident tickets (CTP New, Queued, Manual Events; AETD Enrichments, MDR Enrichments for New, Queued tickets).

Priyank has received above-average audit scores(2.5-4) during training and on the floor as part of the Secureworks Security Analysis Team having worked Level 1,2 problems as well as escalating Level 3 problems to respective internal/on-call Teams after initial scoping. He has
also actively responded and participated in extempore Operational process changes as part of the Secureworks SOC at the intersection of Compliance and Incident Response Services.

Priyank also completed and achieved the eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester, eLearnSecurity Certified Incident Responder and SANS GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst during his tenure as a Senior Analyst with Secureworks.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
Teaching Assistant
Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

Graded, Tutored and helped students with coursework and lab work for Computer Systems Concepts in the Information Sciences and Technology department.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
Lab Assistant
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

Lab Assistant with the Information Sciences and Technology Department joining a dynamic team of individuals involved in Networks,Systems and Security Administration.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York Area
Volunteer - Department of Computing Security
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

Maintained the required standard in grades pertaining to being qualified as a full-time student. Active member of the new Tor lab responsible for studying 'The Onion Router' Network, building a virtual and private Tor Network, audit source code and cross-functioning with Software Engineering and Human Computer Interaction for developing the required platforms.
RIT Center for CyberSecurity
Rochester, New York Area
Student Worker
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

CPTC 2018 Black Team
Technolabs Solutions Private Ltd.
Ahmedabad Area, India
Embedded Systems Engineer
Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

• Developed an Electronic Voting Machine system in Embedded-C Platform which was implemented on 8051 Architecture and was designed with capabilities of being expanded to a live IoT System using Raspberry-Pi
• Modeled a Home-Automation System based on the Raspberry-Pi using Embedded Linux and Arduino
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to deliver well-tested and deploy-able models of projects with proof of concept.

Technolabs Solutions Private Ltd.
Ahmedabad Area, India
Project Trainee Engineer
Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

Trained effectively on Assembly language, documenting ,debugging, 8051 Platform, 80x86 Platform, ARM Platform and applied shell scripting, Embedded Linux and Embedded C