Cybersecurity Engineer

Cybersecurity Engineer — CloudGuard Networks

Seattle, WA | November 2023 – Present

• Managed and optimized Splunk SIEM alert rules across 1,200 enterprise endpoints, reducing false-positive alerts by 42% and saving security operations teams 12 hours of triage work per week.
• Designed and implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA) protocols and role-based access control (RBAC) for 4,500 users, reducing credential-related security incidents by 64% within 6 months.
• Directed quarterly vulnerability assessments and penetration tests on AWS environments, identifying and patching 18 critical security vulnerabilities to maintain SOC 2 compliance.
• Led incident response operations for a ransomware attempt, isolating affected segments in 18 minutes to prevent data exfiltration and secure 4.2 TB of sensitive customer databases.

Associate Security Engineer — Sentinel Data Solutions

Portland, OR | June 2021 – October 2023

• Deployed and configured Cisco firewalls and Palo Alto networks across 3 regional office branches, improving network reliability and reducing external scan intrusions by 35%.
• Collaborated with a team of 4 network engineers to audit legacy database configurations, securing 150+ SQL servers and reducing security audit findings by 78% year-over-year.
• Created and maintained automated vulnerability scanning scripts using Python and Nessus, cutting manual scanning hours by 55% while boosting detection rates of legacy operating system bugs.
• Conducted monthly phishing simulation campaigns and security awareness training sessions for 850 employees, reducing organization-wide email click-through rates from 14% to 1.8%.

Firewall administration, SIEM implementation, Vulnerability assessment, Threat vectors mitigation, Incident response planning, IAM administration, Cloud environment security, SOC 2 compliance, ISO 27001 auditing, Splunk, Wireshark, Nessus, Nmap, Terraform, AWS Security Hub, Cisco ASA, Python scripting

Cloud Infrastructure Hardening

Role: Lead Security Engineer

Tools: AWS IAM, Terraform, AWS Config, CloudTrail

Spearheaded a 6-month security overhaul of the AWS platform, migrating 40+ legacy workloads to secure subnets and reducing vulnerability exposure by 82%.

SIEM Orchestration Deployment

Role: Security Analyst

Tools: Splunk, Python, Nessus, Linux

Designed automated correlation alerts for phishing response, reducing the average detection-to-containment cycle from 4 hours to 12 minutes.

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) (2025)
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) (2023)
• CompTIA Security+ (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Tech support volunteer at regional non-profit organizations (2022-present)
• Availability: 3 weeks notice