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Mingmar Lama

🛡️ soc_analyst_l2 🦊 pro_adhd.r 🗼 kathmandu_np

// 01 An Independent Security Researcher — or so what I like to refer myself as — with signs of ADHD. Background in Networking and Cyber Security with prior experience at one of Nepal's major MSSPs, researching, deploying, testing and validating security products from Fortinet, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Forcepoint, F5 and a never-ending list of vendors — all in the name of internet safety.

// 02 Currently working as SOC Analyst L2 at one of the top Australian MSSPs, with hands-on experience across SIEM/SOAR, EDR & XDR platforms — including CrowdStrike, Rapid7, Trend Micro, Darktrace, Microsoft Defender, and Google SecOps — monitoring, investigating, and collaborating with analysts and engineers to detect, respond to, and mitigate security incidents.

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▸Technical Skills

⚔️ Security Operations 🐧 Linux 🌐 Networking ☁️ Cloud (AWS) 🏮 Virtualization 🐍 Python

▸Character Stats

🤝 Team Leadership 🎭 Communication ⏱️ Time Management 🎯 Project Coordination

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▸Experience

🛡️ Stickman Consulting Pty LtdSOC Analyst L2 · Promoted from L1

Mar 2024 – Present

• Monitor, analyze, and resolve complex security alerts across multi-client environments using enterprise SIEM and SOAR toolsets.
• Lead investigation and remediation of escalated incidents; produce structured post-incident reports for client stakeholders.
• Execute and continuously improve work instruction playbooks and runbook automation workflows to reduce MTTR.
• Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments, communicating risk findings to client teams.
• Research emerging threat vectors and recommend proactive improvements to client security posture.

🏯 Vairav Technology Security Pvt LtdAssociate Security Research Analyst · Intern → Trainee → Associate

Jan 2023 – Mar 2024

• Researched, deployed, and administered next-generation security products from Fortinet, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Forcepoint, and F5 in cloud environments.
• Designed and executed offensive test-case mechanisms to validate product security rigidity against real-world attack scenarios.
• Tested, analyzed, and validated NGFW solutions; documented findings in structured, actionable reports for senior stakeholders.

🦄 Vibe Coder

2024 – Present

• Manual code analysis and development along side AI.
• Code logic correction (Current AI models don't do justice most of the times).
• Notable projects: Developed JIRA tickets automation, Powerpoint slide/report automation, Unity game development, Mobile App Development and many more.

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▸Volunteering

🎓 Islington CollegeStudent Academic Representative

Sept 2022 – Apr 2024

• Provided academic support to fellow students and represented the student body at college-level forums.
• Delivered weekly structured feedback on course delivery and college activities to faculty and management.
• Represented the college at external events and conferences.

🛡️ Cyber Defender ClubCore Team Lead

Dec 2021 – Dec 2022

• Helped members resolve technical problems and provided support on security-related topics.
• Managed and administered the club's social media handles and created content.
• Organized and facilitated internal club sessions and knowledge-sharing events.
• Served as troubleshooter and co-organizer for Conquest Week's CTF event; mentored Team NMAP at the event organized by CyberOps and Cyber Defender Club.

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▸Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Networking and IT SecurityLondon Metropolitan University · Islington College, Kathmandu

Sep 2021 – May 2024

Awarded: First Class Honours — 81.5% Classification Average · Degree conferred 17 October 2024

YEAR 1 · 2021/22

• Cyber Security Fundamentals
• Introduction to Networks
• Introduction to Information Systems
• Fundamentals of Computing
• Programming

YEAR 2 · 2022/23

• Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials
• Operating Systems
• Security in Computing
• Risk, Crisis and Security Management
• Cloud Computing and Internet of Things
• Professional Issues, Ethics and Computer Law

YEAR 3 · 2023/24

• Digital Investigation and E-Discovery
• Ethical Hacking
• Work Related Learning II
• Final Year Project
• Enterprise Networking Security and Automation

+2 in Management (Grade XI & XII)Arunima Secondary School, Bauddha · National Examinations Board (NEB)

2018 – 2020

Cumulative GPA: 2.90

• Compulsory English · Compulsory Nepali · Economics · Principle of Accounting
• Computer Science (Theory & Practical) · Business Mathematics

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▸Projects

🚨 AIRCAAutomated Incident Response for Cyber Anomalies

May 2024

• Developed automated light-weighted containerized SOAR like platform to detect and prevent different cyber threats seen in endpoint machines with integrated CTI.

tools:Docker · Python · MITRE ATT&CK

🔥 Advanced Cloud Firewalls (ACFW)

Nov 2023

• Deployed and Configured various leading network security vendors' next-gen firewall products in the cloud and tested it's security rigidness against different attacks.

⚔️ C2 Automation with Cobalt Strike

May 2023

• Developed aggressor scripts with a main python script that would send payloads generated by using various APT group profiles to the victims/beacons and have them call back to the main C2 / TeamServer and perform the specified operations.

👨‍💻🎶 Jekyll Blogging Template Customization

2025 - Present

• Customized jekyll blogging website to make it mine. PS: This website is a customized version that is one of the Jekyll's popular template.

🏮 Unity Game Development

Dec 2024

• Ventured into Unity game development and created an Automated Agent Delivery System using algorithms such as A* and Ant Colony Optimization. It was a fun and creative way to apply my technical skills.

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▸Certifications