Thu Ya
Security Operations Center Architect
Watford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolThu Ya is a Security Operations Center Architect with nearly a decade of hands-on experience designing and operationalizing SOCs, SIEM, SOAR, EDR and NDR integrations across cloud, hybrid and on-prem environments. She has led incident response teams, built SOCs from the ground up, and taught applied cybersecurity topics such as malware analysis and adversary emulation, bridging industry practice with curriculum development. Known for reducing dwell time through detection engineering, playbook optimization and metrics-driven roadmaps (MTTD/MTTR), she pairs technical depth with clear executive communication. Her regional consulting work across Southeast Asia and experience with a broad toolset—from Splunk, Sentinel and QRadar to CrowdStrike and Cortex XSOAR—shows practical adaptability across vendors and environments. Beyond hands-on engineering, Thu mentors teams and continually updates her skillset, blending academic instruction with real-world incident forensics and threat intelligence. An offbeat sense of humor surfaces in her GitHub bio, hinting at a curious, personable approach to serious security problems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Information Technology at Government technology university (GTU)Dip in IT Information Technology, Dip in IT Information Technology at Government Technology University (Thanlyin)
English, Myanmar
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Github Skills (44)
godot10
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iobroker10
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home-assistant10
zigbee10
game-development10
application-management9
sicp9
python8
resolver8
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Source-Academy-Game/cadet-frontend
Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
Frontend of Source Academy (React, Redux, Saga, Blueprint)
Contributions:7 PRs, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 6 months
frontendreactredux
athuyaoo/tp
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:72 pushes, 41 branches in 1 month
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