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Hey there! I'm a cybersecurity grad student in Los Angeles, where I've been working as a security analyst dealing with everything from SOC operations to incident response. Currently wrapping up my master's at NYU while building secure cloud systems and keeping web services protected. Excited to bring my security expertise to an innovative team tackling complex challenges.
Skills
- Programming & Operating Systems: Python, Bash, SQL, Linux, Windows
- Security: Incident Response, Wireshark, Burp Suite, Nmap, Wazuh SIEM, SentinelOne EDR
- Cloud: AWS (IAM, Lambda, CloudTrail, DynamoDB, Athena) GCP (Cloud Run, Cloud Build)
- Data Analytics & Reporting: (PowerBI, SQL, NoSQL, Grafana)
- DevOps & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform
- Data Analytics & Reporting: Elasticsearch, Grafana, QuickSight
- Machine Learning: Tensorflow, Object Detection, Classfication
Certifications
- CompTIA Security+
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Education
- M.S. in Cybersecurity - New York University (Expected Fall 2025, NSA Cyber Operations Designation)
- B.A. in Computer Science, B.A. in Political Science - George Washington University (2015)
Hobbies and Interests
- Linux Malware Threat Detection: Published an in-depth analysis of the Ebury backdoor, highlighting investigative techniques to detect malware and confirm infection on Linux servers. Demonstrated expertise in identifying IoCs, analyzing suspicious processes, and using detection scripts. Read more
- NYU OSIRIS Lab Member: Participating in CTF competitions and bug bounties, focusing on threat analysis and vulnerability exploitation. Learn more
Work Experience
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Cybersecurity Engineer - Careful Security
- Incident Response: Led investigations on critical SIEM alerts involving unauthorized access, specifically handling administrative access issues and OAuth misconfigurations, reducing unauthorized access incidents by 29%.
- Cloud Security: Monitored AWS CloudTrail to detect and respond to DDoS attacks and password spraying attempts, implementing threat mitigation actions.
- SOC Analysis: Conducted triage and tuning of SIEM rules, reducing false positives and enabling focused analysis on legitimate threats, which led to a 67% reduction in daily alert volumes.
- Data Privacy Compliance: Automated scans across network drives to detect unencrypted PII, supporting ISO 27001 compliance by identifying and remediating 500+ instances of improperly stored customer data.
- Client & Compliance Management: Delivered weekly client reports covering incident response and threat management to ensure adherence to ISO 27001 security standards.
- Cloud Data Pipeline Development: Developed end-to-end data pipelines on AWS using Glue, Lambda, and Athena to catalog and analyze data using secure, efficient processing methods.
- Threat Detection Development: Trained machine learning models for disease diagnosis in collaboration with medical professionals, leveraging object detection and classification with an AUC score of 0.88.
- Cloud Infrastructure Optimization: Migrated applications from Kubernetes to serverless platforms (Google Cloud Run), reducing operational overhead, cutting infrastructure costs, and enhancing scalability.
- Server Administration: Provisioned and secured Linux servers, implementing regular updates and maintenance to ensure site reliability and security.
- Production & Release Coordination: Managed global game launches for thirteen titles, worked closely with the QA department to submit new builds to Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, and ensured timely releases across digital marketplaces.
- Tool Development: Developed self-serve tools for stakeholders to download digital product records for planning and created a system to verify language translations in store descriptions, reducing publisher errors by over 15%.
- Website Development: Revamped websites built with WordPress, Django, and Squarespace, collaborating closely with stakeholders and developers to implement and debug new features using HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript.
June 2023 - June 2024
Technical Consultant - Accessibilities
May 2020 - June 2023
Submission Technician - Activision Inc
June 2018 - May 2020
Web Developer - Freelance
July 2016 - March 2018