Cybersecurity Analyst Resume HoUstoN, TX - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

A resourceful cybersecurity analyst with definitive leadership qualities equipped with strong critical thinking and decision - making skills.
Highly trained and knowledgeable in implementing effective security strategies that are compliant with government regulations.
Mission focused with more than 4 years of experience working to alleviate data compromises, cyber threats, vulnerability assessment, and security policy creation expertise.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, HoUstoN, TX

Cybersecurity Analyst

Responsibilities:

Responsible for developing and maintaining incident response protocols to mitigate damage and liability during security breaches.
Conduct security audit to identify vulnerabilities.
Work in firewall setup and configuration as well as gap analysis of firewall rules.
Installed SolarWinds suite to monitor and managed all network devices, Catalyst Switches, Checkpoint Firewalls.
Utilizes information from SolarWinds NetFlow traffic to identify network bandwidth hogs, determine bandwidth bottlenecks, and optimize network performance.
Responsible for updating and managing ACLs on Cisco ASAs per business unit request.
Setup NCM to take periodic snapshots of network device configuration and backup devices on a set schedule.
Responsible for implementing security policies and firewall rules for new SEIM and SYSLOG applications.
Responsible for implementing firewall rules across multiple context Cisco ASAs and Palo Alto Firewalls.
Responsible for migrating Cisco firewalls to Palo Alto (Panorama) environment.
Responsible for updating and utilizing established NIST framework for securing data access for multiple clients across the enterprise data center

Confidential, Kansas, TX

Intrusion Detection Analyst

Responsibilities:

Implementing and maintaining windows infrastructure.
Develop and maintain security baselines for windows and unix operating systems.
Fulfill network security monitoring/intrusion detection functions
Support, monitor, test, and troubleshoot hardware and software IA problems pertaining to the network environment.
Knowledge of law security, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, administration of servers, workstations, and other IT devices, defensive boundary devices and provide advice on remediation.
Working knowledge/experience with ISO 27001, NIST.
Created SQL Scripts to auto-generate tickets in the incident response application Event-Grid.
Part of migration team setting up network security for building move.
Daily responsibilities included monitoring, supporting and troubleshooting LAN/WAN and SCADA network.
Responsible for creating, maintaining, and proving compliance rulesets.

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT Security Analysts

Responsibilities:

Developing threat and vulnerability management policies and manage SEM (Security Event Management) system.
Serving as the main point of contact for investigating and resolving security-related issues.
Responsible for incident response and incident handling.
Experience with firewalls, access control, and data encryption.
Weekly client calls.
Attend daily/weekly meetings and interact regularly with management, customers and incumbents to constantly improve voice engineering services.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Soc- Tier 1

Responsibilities:

Responsible for monitoring the network using SolarWinds NPM.
Responsible for responding to network/security system outage alerts by following established protocols.
Responsible for creating service tickets when circuits go down and escalating to appropriate teams.
Providing timely and detailed documentation in ticket system/worked in call rotation.
Collaborating with network providers, vendors, and clients daily; Opening tickets and performing follow-up with internal/external organizations regarding client related issues.
Coordinating Soc standup calls.