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Skills
Security Operations & Monitoring
SIEM (Splunk, Security Onion)
Log and network traffic analysis
Intrusion detection (IDS)
Alert triage
Incident response and documentation
Root cause analysis
MITRE ATT&CK
Threat research
Vulnerability Assessment & Testing
Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Hydra, Wireshark, Burp Suite
Manual testing
OWASP Top 10
Risk and exploitability rating
Remediation recommendations
Networking & Infrastructure
TCP/IP, routing, LAN/WAN, DNS/DHCP
pfSense and firewalls
Network security
High availability
Disaster recovery planning
Identity & Access Management
Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, LDAP, Kerberos, FreeRADIUS
Group Policy
RBAC
Least privilege
Access reviews
Cloud & Systems
AWS (VPC, EC2, Security Groups, NACLs)
Windows Server
Ubuntu and Kali Linux
VMware
macOS
Governance, Risk & Compliance
ISO 27001/27002
COBIT and NIST (coursework)
IT general controls (ITGC)
Control testing
Risk assessment
Business impact analysis
Compliance documentation
Scripting & Tools
Python, Bash, PowerShell, SQL
Git/GitHub
Agile/SDLC
MS Office
Soft skills shown in your experience bullets
Technical documentation and reporting
Stakeholder communication
Attention to detail
Time management
Self-directed learning
About
Cyber security professional with graduate-level education in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence and 2+ years of enterprise IT experience at Cognizant. Hands-on experience through applied labs and TryHackMe in SIEM monitoring (Splunk, Security Onion), network traffic analysis (Wireshark), vulnerability assessment (Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit), incident investigation, and identity & access management (Active Directory, LDAP, Group Policy). Maps adversary activity to MITRE ATT&CK, documents findings with risk ratings and remediation guidance, and communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable across Windows, Linux, and AWS, with Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting for automation. Actively pursuing CompTIA Security+.
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