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Adnan Ahmed

Cyber Security Analyst

๐Ÿ“ New York, NY

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Cyber Security Analyst with 3+ years of experience specializing in DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure protection, and threat intelligence. Mitigated 120+ zero-day malware threats on financial networks, reduced remediation time by 70% through automation, and secured 5,000+ employee identities via SailPoint IdentityIQ integration.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 60,000 โ€“ 70,000

Skills

Incident Response9/10
AWS Security8/10
CrowdStrike Falcon EDR8/10
MITRE ATT&CK Framework8/10
Python (Security Automation)8/10
Splunk SIEM (8/10)Threat Intelligence & Hunting (8/10)GCP Security (7/10)Vulnerability Assessment / Penetration Testing (7/10)ELK Stack (7/10)GitOps / ArgoCD (7/10)Kubernetes Security (7/10)Tenable Nessus (7/10)Terraform (7/10)SailPoint IdentityIQ (7/10)SonarQube / SAST (7/10)Burp Suite Professional (7/10)Azure Security Center (6/10)PowerShell (6/10)Bash (6/10)

Work Experience

Cyber Security Analyst

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Feb 2024 โ€” Present

Orchestrated automated threat detection playbooks using Python and Splunk SIEM, saving SOC 25 hours/week. Identified and contained 120+ zero-day malware threats via CrowdStrike Falcon EDR. Reduced MTTR for critical flaws from 7 days to 48 hours using Tenable Nessus on AWS. Fortified DLP protocols with Symantec, averting ~$500K in compliance penalties. Spearheaded SailPoint IdentityIQ integration securing 5,000+ employee identities. Earned #1 incident handler recognition within a 12-person regional security team. Architected secure GitOps/ArgoCD container baselines, resolving 45 high-severity gaps. Blocked 15,000+ malicious messages monthly via Proofpoint refinements.

Cyber Security Analyst

Uber

Jan 2023 โ€” Jan 2024

Resolved 85 critical OAuth vulnerabilities across microservices using Burp Suite Professional. Overhauled IAM permissions in GCP with Terraform, reducing unauthorized access alert latency to under 5 minutes. Integrated SonarQube SAST with OWASP Mobile Top 10 standards for 40+ secure code releases. Detected GPS coordinate spoofing via ELK Stack, saving $1.2M annually. Hardened Kubernetes clusters with Aqua Security, saving 15 hours/week in manual reviews. Ranked #1 incident analyst in a team of 15 for fastest resolution times.

Education

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

BAS ยท Computer Science and Information Security

2023 โ€“ 2024

CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College

AAS ยท Computer Information Systems

2021 โ€“ 2023