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Los Angeles, California, United States

As an Analyst Team Lead at Darktrace, I have the privilege of working at the forefront of cyber defense technology. My role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities aimed at optimizing customer experiences, providing intelligence to teams and customers and lead of the highly skilled teams in the company while fostering a positive team culture.* Customer Success Collaboration: Partner closely with customer success teams to provide expert consultancy, ensuring that customers achieve maximum value from Darktrace's AI-driven security solutions.* Model Development and Tuning: Develop and fine-tune custom models tailored to meet the unique security needs of each client, enhancing the effectiveness and accuracy of threat detection and response.* Team Culture: Nurture a highly positive and collaborative culture within the analyst team, encouraging continuous learning and professional development.* SOC Team Support: Provide ongoing support to the Security Operations Center (SOC) team, handling complex security incidents and strategic advice on improving operational efficiency.* Strategic Customer Engagement: Work with strategic customers to understand their security challenges, deliver tailored solutions, and drive long-term partnerships.* Report Writing: Author detailed and actionable reports for customers, highlighting security incidents, analysis findings, and recommended actions to enhance their cybersecurity posture.* Incident Analysis: Conduct thorough incident analysis to identify the root causes of security breaches and develop strategies to prevent future occurrences.* Platform Development: Collaborate with development teams to innovate and enhance Darktrace's platform, ensuring it stays ahead of emerging cyber threats.* Technology Improvement: Continuously work on improving our AI-driven technology to deliver even better protection for our customers. Engage in research and development to stay at the forefront of cybersecurity advancements.

Remote/Brazil

As a dedicated Team Lead and Senior Cyber Specialist, I have consistently guided my team to achieve outstanding results, surpassing goals, and exceeding metrics. Through my leadership, we have successfully closed numerous significant deals, generating over BRL 40 million in revenue over the past couple years. To accomplish this, I focus on fostering the professional growth of my team members, nurturing their soft and technical skills. By adhering to efficient processes and leveraging well-defined playbooks, we optimize our time and maximize productivity. Additionally, I prioritize the well-being of my team, ensuring a supportive and positive work environment.Together, these strategies have empowered my team to consistently deliver exceptional outcomes, driving substantial revenue growth and establishing a reputation for excellence in our field.

Remote/Brazil

Played a pivotal role in driving remarkable regional growth by delivering highly customized Proof of Concepts to clients. Leveraging my extensive CyberSec background and technical expertise, I adeptly utilized my ability to assess the room, actively listen, and effectively communicate with diverse audiences.This strategic approach led to the successful closure of major deals across multiple industry verticals. Additionally, during the challenging period of the pandemic, I provided critical support to numerous clients, enabling them to detect and effectively respond to the surge in cyber attacks.By combining my technical proficiency, astute understanding of client needs, and proactive assistance, I have consistently contributed to both revenue growth and strengthened cyber defenses for organizations.

São Paulo, Brazil & Bogotá, Colombia

As the Cyber Security Leader for LATAM, I successfully collaborated with multiple teams including Operations, Sales, Delivery, and Internal Security. In my role, I spearheaded the development of an Offensive Security Portfolio for the newly established Security Business Unit. This involved designing product offerings such as Penetration Tests, Vulnerability Management, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, and Cyber Security Assessments. To ensure seamless delivery, I focused on building delivery capabilities through team building, planning, and training initiatives.To enhance Cyber Security both internally and for clients, I produced and implemented robust processes and procedures based on recognized frameworks encompassing Offensive and Defensive security practices.Additionally, I led the Cyber SOC Team, emphasizing automation and continuous improvement. Through this approach, we consistently delivered precise detections, valuable threat intelligence, proactive alerts, and effective incident response services to prestigious clients in sectors like banking and healthcare.Maintaining a hands-on approach, I actively participated in the delivery of Offensive Security products, including Penetration Tests and Vulnerability Management, catering to diverse business verticals.The outcomes of these efforts significantly contributed to the remarkable growth achieved by the Security Business Unit, solidifying its reputation in the market.

Remote

As a member of the Offensive Security team, my primary responsibility involves strategizing and conducting Penetration Tests on web applications and network infrastructure. By doing so, I aim to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses that could be exploited by malicious actors.Upon completing the tests, I meticulously document the findings and generate comprehensive reports. These reports serve as valuable resources for the Development Teams, providing them with actionable insights and proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to validate and rectify any identified issues. This collaborative approach ensures that security concerns are effectively addressed within the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (S-SDLC).By actively engaging with the Development Teams and offering them the necessary support and guidance, we work together to fortify the overall security posture of the applications and infrastructure, safeguarding against potential threats and enhancing the resilience of the systems.

Goiânia Area, Brazil

Managed a program of Information Security/Cyber Security projects to identify and evaluate systems and assets and develop a Business Continuity plan.Designed and implemented security processes such as vulnerability assessment/managing, risk identification, Penetration Testing program (conducting penetration tests in this large, complex and heterogeneous environment with more than 350 servers and 180 web sites/applications). Reduced cost of these activities by 75%. Developed a methodology and a tool to manage vulnerabilities and identify risks that drastically reduced the time and the effort needed to deliver information to the management level for the decision making. Key achievements and activities:• Penetration Tests • Web Applications security (Penetration tests and Vulnerability Assessment)• Red Team activities• Vulnerability Assessment and Management• Patch management improvement• Risk identification time reduction by 80%• Systems Hardening and Vulnerabilities fixing support • Incident Response, Malware Analysis and Forensic Investigations• Managed and successfully delivered security projects e.g. Host IPS, Network Access Protection (NAP), Network IDS, etc...• Security Architecture aiming new technologies such as New Generation Firewalls• Security Compliance and Assurance• IDS implementation and tuning• Security Dashboard Implementation

Goiânia Area, Brazil

This is a State Health Insurance Institute which had a serious concern about information security. I have identified security gaps and contributed to improve security by implementing various processes. This is a large and spread environment with several remote branches.Key Achievements and activities:• Reviewed the Endpoint protection tool configuration and improved the overall security, also improved the management of remote branches security solutions• Improved the network OS install solution and the OS base image in order to avoid security flaws and speed up the process• Improved the existing Security Dashboard adding new views and KPIs.• Deployed and tuned the Network IDS with custom alerts and a GUI to be displayed on the security Dashboard.• Idealized and started a security awareness campaign• Implemented Host IPS solution• Vulnerability Management• Penetration tests of infrastructure and web applications• Malware analysis• Incident Response

Goiânia Area, Brazil

Reduced the attack surface and security flaws of various companies, industries and organizations through security assessments and deployment of appropriate security technologies to correct the found points. Worked as a security consultant for clients.Key achievements and activities:• Customers IT Network architecture review and optimization for security improvement and deploy of security tools such as a Firewalls projects for large and distributed Healthcare Industry.• Managed security tools implementation projects and implemented tools, such as Firewalls, DLP, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam and Host IPS in complex industrial scenarios.• Security tools support for large companies and industries, some of them with 15.000+ employees, such as JBS Foods.• Designed and optimized internal configuration and implementation guidelines.

Vitória Area, Brazil

Network and security administration, processes review and improvement for best results. - Designed and implemented company´s network infrastructure. - Deployed and configured security solutions such as firewall and Endpoint protection. - Reviewed and improved some IT and business processes, such as production and logistics processes. - Also helped in some stages of product and business development.

Brazil

Security consulting for small, medium and large business and industries, conducting security assessments, network and security architecture, implementation and configuration of network and security solutions.

Goiânia Area, Brazil

Network and security administration, processes review and improvement for best results. - Improved some IT processes and reduced some processes time by 60%. - Developed tools for automation and optimization of various tasks, such as unattended OS installations, scripts for software deployment, etc... - Endpoint and network security management.

Giac - Web Applications Penetration Tester

Master Of Business Administration, Project Management

Activities and Societies: Class representative. Project Management Executive MBA based on PMI methodology.

Bachelor'S Degree, Systems And Networking Management / Computer And Information Systems Security

Activities and Societies: Leader of group works. Class representative.