Cybersecurity Engineer
📍 Jersey City, NJ
Results-driven Cybersecurity Engineer with 4+ years of experience at Goldman Sachs and Optum/UnitedHealth Group, specializing in threat detection, incident response, SIEM engineering, and cloud security across AWS and Azure. Holds CompTIA Security+ and MS Cybersecurity from Yeshiva University.
Salary
USD 80,000 – 140,000
Goldman Sachs
Jul 2024 — Present
Engineered 40+ Splunk ES correlation rules aligned to MITRE ATT&CK, achieving 99.1% CrowdStrike Falcon EDR coverage across 10,000+ endpoints. Improved CIS benchmark compliance from 58% to 91% by remediating 200+ AWS misconfigurations. Built 15+ Palo Alto XSOAR playbooks reducing analyst manual effort by 35 hrs/month. Authored 20+ SOX, PCI-DSS, GLBA, and FINRA control narratives with zero high-severity audit findings.
Optum (UnitedHealth Group)
Jan 2022 — Dec 2023
Deployed Microsoft Sentinel SIEM with 55+ custom analytics rules, boosting threat detection efficiency by 40%. Maintained 98.5% CrowdStrike Falcon EDR coverage across 5,000+ endpoints. Triaged 3,200+ vulnerabilities using Tenable Nessus and Qualys, driving critical patch closure from 55% to 92%. Deployed CyberArk PAM for 70+ admin accounts and contributed to ISO 27001 and HIPAA assessments with zero major findings.
MSc · Cybersecurity