Cyber Security Engineer
📍 United States
Cyber Security Engineer with 5 years of hands-on experience across SOC operations, SIEM/SOAR engineering, Email Security, IAM, GRC, vulnerability management, incident response, and cloud security. Expert in Splunk, Google Chronicle, Azure Sentinel, and IBM QRadar, with deep SOAR automation experience. Strong background securing hybrid and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Salary
USD 75,000 – 79,986
Conn's HomePlus
Sept 2025 — Present
Architected and implemented security policies aligned with PCI DSS. Led reconfiguration of SIEM and antivirus platforms. Managed SOC operations with Rapid7 IDR, achieving 25% improvement in threat detection. Directed vulnerability management program reducing high-risk vulnerabilities by 40%. Implemented endpoint protection achieving 40% reduction in malware incidents. Integrated Sophos with SIEM, managed FortiGate firewalls, and supported CISO in post-merger security strategy. Enhanced observability by centralizing logs from AWS/GCP.
Valley Bank
Jul 2024 — Sept 2025
Monitored and investigated security alerts across SIEM, EDR/XDR, SaaS, cloud, and network platforms. Deployed and optimized Splunk SIEM integrating 85% of log sources and creating 60+ use cases. Migrated MFA from RSA SecurID to DUO for 2,500 users. Tuned detection logic using MITRE ATT&CK mappings. Managed EDR/MDR solutions including SentinelOne, Sophos, and Defender ATP. Integrated security scanning into CI/CD pipelines and delivered SOAR training to SOC teams.
AXA Insurance
May 2020 — Jul 2023
Maintained and optimized SIEM/log analysis solutions. Monitored security systems detecting and responding to incidents. Proactively hunted threats analyzing malware and phishing. Investigated cloud-native threats including IAM misconfigurations. Led disaster-recovery/business-continuity planning for critical security infrastructure. Collaborated with DevOps to embed security controls using Terraform. Trained SOC analysts in Splunk usage. Developed KPIs to evaluate security operations effectiveness.