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Ayush S.
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Ayush S.

Microsoft CyberSecurity Expert | Defender XDR, Sentinel, M365 & Azure

10+ years of experience, 30+ enterprise clients served, 10,000+ cyber threats mitigated, and 99.99% uptime. I help companies secure environments, reduce alert noise, harden M365/AWS and Azure, and respond fast when incidents happen. Most clients come to me when they need to set up Microsoft security tools, or their setup is incomplete, manual, or not doing the job. They are dealing with too many alerts, weak identity controls, compliance pressure (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR), phishing risk, or an active incident, and they need someone who can actually fix it. Services I Offer: 1. Defender XDR Deployment & Tuning - setup and tuning for Defender for Endpoint, Identity, Office 365, and Cloud Apps, plus Intune, ASR rules, MDO Plan 2, KQL detections, Secure Score checks, and post-deployment support. 2. SOC Build & Managed Security - Microsoft Sentinel setup, connectors, analytics rules, hunting queries, Logic Apps playbooks, integrations, reporting, and incident response workflows. 3. M365 & Azure Hardening - CIS reviews, Secure Score analysis, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM/JIT, DKIM, DMARC, SPF, identity cleanup, and full implementation. 4. Threat Hunting - proactive hunts with KQL, MITRE ATT&CK mapped detections, threat intel investigations, phishing and BEC analysis, and clear findings your team can use. 5. Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) - malware analysis, IOC extraction, timeline reconstruction, root cause analysis, containment guidance, BEC investigations, and rapid triage. 6. Entra ID & Access Security - Entra ID reviews, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM/JIT, guest governance, dynamic groups, identity protection alerts, and clean documentation. 7. GoDaddy M365 De-federation - migration from GoDaddy federation to direct Microsoft control, including DNS work, user prep, licensing transfer, validation, and security baseline improvements. 8. Security Assessments, Validation & Remediation - targeted assessments, penetration testing support, remediation planning, and validation tied to real security improvements. My Certifications: 🏅 Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100) 🏅 Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) 🏅 Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) 🏅 Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) 🏅 Palo Alto Networks Systems Engineer (PSE) 🏅 Google Cloud Digital Leader 🏅 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional 🏅 ISC2 CISSP Candidate THE KIND OF WORK I HELP MOST WITH: 🔹 Defender XDR rollout, tuning, and alert noise reduction 🔹 Microsoft Sentinel and SIEM SOC builds and managed security operations 🔹 M365, Azure, and cloud security hardening tied to compliance needs 🔹 Threat hunting, phishing investigations, and custom KQL detections 🔹 DFIR, rapid triage, malware analysis, and post-incident cleanup 🔹 Entra ID, MFA, Conditional Access, and privileged access improvements 🔹 CrowdStrike Falcon and LogScale integration and monitoring 🔹 Security assessments and remediation tied to real implementation 🔹 Teams that want someone to actually do the work, not just hand over a PDF 📞 Reach out. The best way to get started is with a quick call.

🇦🇪Dubai, United Arab Emirates$50/hr100% JSS5.00 (6)Since Mar 2020

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.7k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#14,471 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#132 / 2,720
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.8k

Last 6 months: $16k

World#13,817 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#102 / 2,720
Total earnings
$138k

Billed in all: $145k

World#26,360 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#198 / 2,720
Per project
$5.3k

$2.7k in the last 6 months

World#32,848 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#189 / 2,720
Projects, last 6 months
6
17% fixed83% hourly
World#34,405 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#199 / 2,720
Projects in all
26

Across 29 contracts

28% fixed72% hourly
World#109,599 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#722 / 2,720

Earnings, last 30 days

$145k+$2.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$142k$144k$146kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 5% in Security Management

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