Cybersecurity Engineer: SIEM, Incident Response, AI Security

JAMAL SHUFORD

Katy, TX ***** 817-***-**** ************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Cybersecurity Engineer with 9 years of experience spanning SIEM engineering, incident response, red team assessments, DevSecOps, AI security governance, and GRC/compliance. CISSP, CCSP, CEH, and GMOB certified. Author of a third-party assessment framework adopted statewide by the Texas Department of Information Resources for the TX-RAMP program.

CYBER SECURITY EXPERIENCE

Cyber Security Engineer I & II — Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) June 2017 – May 2026

• Developed and maintained incident response playbooks using CrowdStrike, LogRhythm, Varonis, Skyhigh CASB, Imperva WAF, and Palo Alto Firewall.

• Configured and optimized a SIEM platform to meet HIPAA, MNPI, and PII logging requirements mandated by state and federal regulations.

• Appointed AI Security "Champion," providing governance oversight on AI use cases, secure development practices, and Azure AI Foundry infrastructure.

• Authored a third-party vendor assessment framework for evaluating technical security controls and data-handling practices; adopted statewide for the TX-RAMP program.

• Established and led a DevSecOps program with in-house development teams to integrate security across the SDLC.

• Performed red team assessments on internal applications using BurpSuite/ZAP and Linux toolsets.

• Led agency-wide phishing campaigns and security awareness training; built AI-driven tabletop incident response simulations using Microsoft Copilot.

• Engineered a Python/Bash port-scanning tool to baseline environments and detect unauthorized service usage.

EDUCATION

M.S., Cybersecurity and Information Assurance — Western Governors University, Apr 2021

B.B.A., Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Methods — Texas State University, Dec 2017

CERTIFICATIONS

CISSP (2019) • CCSP (2018) • CEH (2018) • GMOB (2019) • SANS AI & ML for Cyber Security Professionals (2025) • SANS Cloud Security Architecture (2024)

AWARDS

• Developed a Third-Party Assessment Form adopted by the Texas Department of Information Resources for the TX-RAMP Certification program.

• 1st place, department-wide forensics/incident response tabletop exercise, assessed by the State Auditor's Office (Sysinternals, Wireshark).

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