Professional Summary
Senior cybersecurity engineer with over 7 years of experience designing and implementing enterprise-grade security solutions. Passionate about automation, security architecture, and mentoring. Proven ability to reduce risk and drive operational improvements through thoughtful, team-aligned security practices.
Professional Experience
Security Architecture and Engineering Team Lead
Konica Minolta (All Covered) — Oct 2024 – Present
- Designed and deployed SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response), reducing alert fatigue by 20%.
- Launched a profitable Dark Web Monitoring service, aligning it with existing offerings.
- Conducted proactive threat hunting and implemented threat intelligence pipelines.
- Automated operational tasks with Python, improving efficiency by 50%.
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Konica Minolta (All Covered) — Aug 2022 – Oct 2024
- Led Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) deployments across diverse clients.
- Mentored analysts and built playbooks for effective incident response.
- Distinguished threats in SentinelOne, increasing response precision.
- Developed business cases for scaling the security team.
Incident Response Consultant
ConnectWise — Sep 2021 – Aug 2022
- Led partner incidents as Incident Commander, coordinating global teams.
- Utilized SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), EDR, and custom tooling for investigations.
- Architected Amazon Web Services (AWS) response stack; reduced ingestion latency by 75%.
- Developed IR playbooks that cut recovery time by 35%.
Information Security Engineer
ConnectWise — May 2018 – Sep 2021
- Reduced vendor risk with Python automation and NIST-aligned assessments.
- Built multi-cloud DLP simulations in AWS and presented to clients.
- Developed Capture The Flag (CTF) experiences for educational engagement.
Managed Data Security Analyst
Sienna Group — Jan 2017 – May 2018
- Supported managed DLP software and resolved customer-side configuration issues.
Technical Skills
- Security Tools: SentinelOne, Bitdefender, threat intelligence platforms, SOAR
- Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, macOS
- Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell
- Cloud & Virtualization: Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMware, VirtualBox
- Frameworks: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), CIS Benchmarks
- Automation: REST APIs, Excel scripting, orchestration platforms
Education
University of South Florida
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science — May 2018
Certifications
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) — ISC2, August 2024