Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
Resume:
Waliu Hammed
************@*****.***
SUMMARY:
5+ years of professional experience in Business Administration, IT, and Cybersecurity.
Knowledge of TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP, and Security protocols.
Exposure to AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
Excellent Interpersonal Skills, Technical Support, Help Desk, with strong Customer Orientation Service.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS, Red hat Linux, and UNIX
Language: PowerShell, SQL, and Python Training
Skills: Security Controls, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Cybersecurity, Network
Security, Information Security, Risk Assessment, Intrusion Detection.
Tools: AlienVault, Carbon Black, Firepower Management Center, OpenNMS (Network Management Systems),
SonicWall, Wireshark, Deep Security, Trend Micro Apex One, Firewall, Windows Intrusion
Detection/Prevention Software (IDS/IPS), Kali Linux, VMware, Active Directory, Cisco Routers/Switches,
Jira, Aha, Jenkins, and Bitbucket.
EDUCATION:
AAS – Information Systems Cybersecurity - 3.786 GPA
Collin College, Plano, Texas. August, 2020
B.Sc. – Business Management - 3.20 GPA
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina. December, 2016
CERTIFICATIONS:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Trend Micro: Deep Security and ApexOne
TRAINING AND RELATED COURSE WORK:
CCNA Routing and Switching, Network +, Operating System Security, Windows Server 2016 Installation, Storage, and Computing, Windows Server 2016 Networking, Business Analysis, DevOps Training in setting up CI/CD pipelines.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
February 2020 – July, 2020
Goliath Solutions Group, LLC - McKinney, Texas
Position: Security Operations Center Analyst
Duties:
Experience in a security operations center and/or system administration role
Analyzes incoming security incidents, performs deep packet inspection, and provides first responder actions to Fraud Response teams.
Provide accurate & priority driven analysis to detect, analyze, respond to, and track security threats and vulnerabilities.
Collaborates with director, managers, and other technical personnel to ensure mitigation of risks to the company and to ensure continuity and communication across teams.
Remain informed and improve awareness of Information Security news and developments in different sectors.
Develop and maintain documentation, processes, procedures, and reports to improve the quality, consistency, effectiveness, and efficiency of SOC operations.
Keep accurate and concise records for all cases.
Coordinate with Business Units and Technology teams to assist with incident response, remediation, and recovery efforts.
Activities range in complexity from simple approvals (allowing safe software to be installed) to complex event analysis (reverse engineering malicious software or identifying traffic patterns for cyber-attacks) and custom rule creation.
April 2020 – June, 2020
Trend Micro - Irving, Texas
Position: Cloud/Cybersecurity Intern
Duties:
Extensive in class training of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Linux, Networking, and Trend Micro solutions.
Knowledge of network monitoring, analysis, troubleshooting, and configuration control technologies.
Windows and UNIX/Linux command line scripting experience and programming knowledge.
Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of network threats, attacks, attack vectors, and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).
Learned the sales cycle by shadowing various seller roles, including account managers, pre-sales systems engineers, and post-sales systems engineers.
Final project presentation to a panel of Trend Micro leaders and partners in which my team and I addressed a customer’s challenges with Trend’s Micro deep security product with the aim of selling our security solutions to the customer.
Proactively made touch calls to customers of Trend Micro Deep Security to confirm satisfied usage and provide solutions to any issues as necessary.
November 2015 – October 2019
Apogee Physicians Group - Dallas, Texas
Position: Information Coordinator (MPIC)
Duties:
Managed open coding tickets, identify appropriate resolutions, and delegate workloads as necessary.
Provided necessary resources and trainings to the end users that need additional education on software.
Experienced in Requirement elicitation and gathering for new projects.
Resolved various electronic medical record system administrative issues and coding related tickets.
Participated in technical design review to ensure that requirements are met.
Evaluating, advising, and coordinating operations related to general business management.
Application of knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, policies, and processes related to the company.
PROJECTS:
Cybersecurity: Government Agency suffered WannaCry ransomware Attack.
I worked together in a team in which we created and developed a cybersecurity incidence response and security solution to mitigate WannaCry attacks on a Government agency that have 600 Windows 2003 physical servers, 140 Windows VMs on both VMware and Hyper-V, 700 computers all in air gapped datacenter.
We created the cybersecurity program by incorporating various frameworks, NIST compliance instilling a technology audit program, adhering to the Laws, Rules, and Regulations specific to the industry, building Quality Assurance and Quality Control programs, and establishing Governance Routines.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:
Phi Theta Kappa
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
American College of Healthcare Executives
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