Michael Fuentes

Security Architect

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