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New York, Ny, Us

• Spearheaded the company’s most extensive Azure Sentinel deployment, orchestrating over 40 tiered workspaces, resulting in enhanced customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.• Led the engineering efforts to ensure data and analytic rules successfully worked as intended when logs were split to child-workspaces.• Strategically aligned logs across the tenant, proactively reducing cross-functional workload and streamlining data management processes.• Optimized the engineering queue with Service Now to help ensure timely response of tickets. • Innovated a one-click script for ADX schema deployment, cutting down operational tasks by 90% and significantly accelerating project timelines.

New York, Ny, Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Redesigned the inflow process for transferring Sentinel incidents into Service Now• Created additional use cases and rules for Sentinel with KQL to align the current offerings with MITRE tactics and techniques.• Worked one-on-one with customers to have custom parsers for log sources not yet supported by Azure Sentinel to normalize alternative data sources.• Managed Logic Apps to streamline the process of updating watchlists to monitor high-security accounts and critical assets. • Employed Sentinel’s SOAR capabilities for auto-enrichment of incident data via Microsoft Defender tools, facilitating a more efficient and proactive incident investigation workflow.

Arcadia, Wi, Us

• Pioneered the adoption of industry standard SIEM solutions, integrating Azure Sentinel and IBM QRadar to fortify cybersecurity infrastructure.• Conducted comprehensive vulnerability assessments using Insight VM, Nexpose, and Metasploit Pro, identifying and mitigating potential threats.• Collaborated with Darktrace and ExtraHop IDS to proactively address security risks.• Developed robust Endpoint Protection Policies with Microsoft Defender ATP, enhancing system security.• Optimized firewall management for Palo Alto and Meraki, closing security loopholes and preventing breaches.• Integrated Open-Source Threat Intelligence with Palo Alto’s MineMeld, leveraging community knowledge for enhanced threat detection.• Established secure remote access platforms with SecureLink and third-party vendors, ensuring safe and reliable off-site connectivity.• Initiated targeted phishing campaigns with Metasploit Pro to educate employees.

Arcadia, Wi, Us

Bachelor’S Degree, Cyber Security + Minor In Mit

Master Of Science - Ms, Cyber Security