CAREER OBJECTIVE

Self-taught Cybersecurity Professional with strong interest in Threat Hunting, IR Automation, and Detection as Code. Proven expertise in Incident Response, and leveraging script language for task automation. Performing proactive investigation and detection through PowerShell, KQL, and security tools such as SIEM, Firewall, IDS/IPS and EDR.

EDUCATION

Certifications

  • CompTIA CySA+
  • Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1)
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA Network+

Bachelor Degree

Applied Technology at BYU Idaho | Remote | January 2021 - Present

EXPERIENCE

Information Security Analyst

HAPO Community Credit Union | Apr. 2023 - Currently

  • Monitor 100% of the security alerts presented in the SIEM platform on a daily basis to gather intelligence and create incidents, presenting the complete information to the Risk Management team on weekly meetings.
  • Analyze WAF logs, as well as logs pushed from the email gateway, network firewall and EDR to the SIEM system in order to identify anomalous traffic from all platforms, reducing the attack surface by 25% daily.
  • Investigate an average of 50 phishing emails per week on Microsoft Exchange 365, ensuring users won’t interact with malicious links and attachments, keeping the credit union 40% safer from cyberattacks.
  • Run threat metrics reports on the network firewall, WAF, and Tenable vulnerability scanner on a weekly basis, to identify and prioritize most significant risks by measuring the impact of each potential threat on the business, reducing the likelihood of future attacks by 30%.
  • Integrate cutover plan from Proofpoint email gateway to Microsoft Exchange 365, and prevent PII leakage by analyzing documents attached on about 50 emails every week.

IT Support Technician

Westinghouse | Jan. 2022 - Apr. 2023

  • Integrated over 5 IT related projects such as real-time broadcast panel, and computer network maintenance, assuring a smooth operation.
  • Provided tech support for 20 endpoints and Active Directory user accounts, contributing directly to a functional work environment.
  • Configured and installed an average of 10 workstations per month, resolving different tickets and reporting them on Service Now.

IT Help Desk

TecnoSeg | Jun. 2020 - Jan. 2022

  • Provided weekly support for a total of 85 Windows users across 9 businesses over remote access, contributing to a well functional workplace and improving customer satisfaction.
  • Managed Active Directory users, groups, and workstations on a daily basis, establishing a natural work flow.
  • Maintained constant communication over Teams, assisting on systems installation and troubleshooting.

SERVICE PROJECTS

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (2012 - 2014)

  • Managed discussions in classes every week, improving leadership ability
  • Met 150+ people from different social economic classes per month, improving presentation capacity
  • Trained 10+ native Americans on Portuguese language, largely contributing for English pronunciation