Cybersecurity Engineer (SOC & Cloud Security)
Menlo Park, CA
Cybersecurity Engineer with 3+ years in SOC operations, threat detection, and cloud security. Skilled in SIEM (Splunk, QRadar), EDR (CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender), and cloud security (AWS, Azure). Reduced incident response time by 30%, cut data exposure incidents by 25%, and accelerated vulnerability remediation by 40%, aligned with NIST CSF and ISO 27001.
Meta
Jul 2024 — Present
Engineered automated Splunk dashboards for KRI monitoring, reducing manual reporting by 15 hrs/month. Implemented DLP policies reducing data exposure by 25% across 2+ petabytes. Conducted risk assessments for 10+ tools ensuring NIST compliance. Accelerated incident response by 30%. Classified 50+ data assets, developed insider threat alerting, remediated 20+ misconfigured AWS assets, and delivered security training to 200+ employees reducing phishing click-through by 40%.
Cognizant
Mar 2022 — Dec 2023
Configured firewall and IDS/IPS rules blocking 500+ threats/month. Ran vulnerability assessments on 200+ systems achieving 40% faster remediation. Triaged 150+ alerts/month via QRadar. Authored 5 incident response playbooks. Managed access for 300+ users via Active Directory and Okta. Supported ISO 27001 audit preparation, performed OWASP code reviews, and managed EDR across 500+ endpoints.
MSc · Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
BTech · Mechanical Engineering