Cybersecurity Analyst

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst — Sentinel Defense Labs

Atlanta, GA | August 2023 – Present

• Evaluated 450+ critical system vulnerabilities using Nessus, prioritizing high-risk exposures to decrease average time-to-remediation from 18 days to 12 days.
• Mitigated 142 security incidents as Lead Incident Responder, utilizing Wireshark and Splunk to isolate threats and reduce average containment time by 38%.
• Orchestrated the migration of security log ingestion to Microsoft Sentinel across 12 cloud-native applications, reducing monthly licensing costs by $14,500.
• Architected a simulated phishing program using GoPhish targeting 1,200+ employees, which lowered the successful click rate from 14.5% to 1.8% over 9 months.
• Strengthened endpoint security posture by deploying CrowdStrike Falcon to 3,500 workstations, reducing threat detection-to-response times by 24 seconds.

Cybersecurity Analyst — Vanguard Retail Networks

Charlotte, NC | June 2020 – July 2023

• Configured 85 custom alert rules within QRadar SIEM, filtering out false positives to reduce daily security alert noise by 45% for a 6-person SOC team.
• Executed monthly internal vulnerability scans across 42 subnets using Qualys, resolving 1,800+ legacy operating system security bugs with the IT admin team.
• Drafted 18 security policy documents aligned with NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), leading to a SOC 2 Type II compliance audit passed with zero findings.
• Investigated 1,200+ phishing reports using PhishMe, automating email analysis to decrease average response time per ticket from 15 minutes to 4 minutes.
• Audited access privileges for 850 active directory users using SailPoint, identifying and deprovisioning 45 stale accounts to enforce least-privilege access.

SIEM, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Threat Intelligence, Penetration Testing, Cloud Security, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Compliance, Splunk, QRadar, Nessus, Qualys, Wireshark, CrowdStrike Falcon, AWS, Azure, Active Directory

Enterprise SIEM Migration

Role: Lead Security Analyst

Tools: Splunk, AWS CloudTrail, Syslog-ng

Directed the migration of 400+ log sources to a centralized Splunk cloud SIEM, improving real-time security event visibility and saving $45,000 annually.

Automated Phishing Response

Role: Cybersecurity Analyst

Tools: Python, PhishMe, Jira Service Desk

Developed a Python-based automated response script that analyzed incoming email reports, reducing average response time for 900+ monthly alerts by 75%.

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) (2024)
• CompTIA Security+ (2020)
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) (2022)

• Languages: English (Native)
• Affiliations: Member of Atlanta ISSA Chapter (2021-Present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice