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Adedolapo Ajayi

Clinton,MD

Summary

A Cybersecurity/Threat and Vulnerability Management Analyst with 7 years of hands-on experience working with industry-leading tools (Qualys, Tenable.sc, Rapid7, Tenable.io, Wiz, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, Azure Sentinel & Monitor, ServiceNow, and Splunk) to perform end-to-end vulnerability management. Experienced in asset discovery, device and web application scan configuration and setup, vulnerability assessments, risk management, system hardening, compliance/audit, PCI compliance scans, and mitigation activities.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Vulnerability Management Analyst

Utility Quest
04.2021 - Current
  • Assist the IT and Cyber teams with identifying and remedying vulnerabilities across our traditional on-premises, data center, and corporate network environments
  • · Conduct regular vulnerability assessments using automated scanning tools to identify security weaknesses, out-of-date versions, and vulnerable systems across our corporate, data center, and multi-cloud environments such as AWS, AZURE, and GCP.
  • Create security use cases that is utilized as hunt queries using KQL in Azure Sentinel
  • · Collaborate with engineering and Quality Assurance (QA) teams to ensure proper Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices and minimize vulnerable software release through our deployment pipeline.
  • · Created dashboards for both operational and executive reports in Qualys and Tenable.sc.
  • · Determine overall Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) priority when threat activity is identified; report incidents that may cause immediate and/or ongoing impact to the environment.
  • · Use EC2 connector to integrate AWS EC2 containers for real-time cloud visibility.
  • · Configure and deploy Qualys Appliances in several environments such as Dev, Test, and Prod

Vulnerability Management Analyst

USIC
08.2016 - 02.2021
  • Determine overall Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) priority when threat activity is identified; report incidents that may cause immediate and/or ongoing impact to the environment.
  • Reported the vulnerability immediately upon discovery of a critical vulnerability and recommended remedial steps within SLA following discovery.
  • Submitted a written report that identifies vulnerability gaps, recommends remedial steps to bring the environment up to COBIT 5 standards, and formally presents findings to Entity Management.
  • Used Service Now and Microsoft DevOps board to intake and track vulnerabilities from vendors such as zero days, third-party research tools (Hackers One), Internal pen test team, Nessus scan results, and CrowdStrike – spotlight.
  • Used Nessus scan results, CrowdStrike, and CMDB (Configuration Management Database) for asset validation after applying the vulnerability patch.
  • Provided technical support for vulnerability management projects.

Education

Cybersecurity Bootcamp - Cybersecurity

Evolve Academy
Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

OOU
Lagos, Nigeria

Clearance

Clearable

Skills

  • Vulnerability Management & Security Operations
  • Led VM automation integrating Qualys, Tenable, and ServiceNow
  • Built False Positive and Risk Exception workflows within ServiceNow VR module
  • Performed Security compliance assessments using STIG/CIS standards
  • Used Nessus, Qualys, Nexpose, Netsparker, and Burp Suite for vulnerability scans and analysis
  • Conducted Credentialed and non-credentialed scans across AWS, Azure, GCP assets
  • Created and maintained Dashboards, custom templates, and executive reports in Tenable and Qualys
  • Performed remediation and CVE triaging for Zero-day vulnerabilities
  • Cloud Security & SIEM
  • Managed security operations in Azure, including Encryption, network protection, and IAM
  • Extensive use of Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM deployment and configuration
  • Monitored cloud containers, EC2 instances, and AWS Buckets for vulnerabilities
  • ServiceNow CMDB & Automation
  • Improved CI lookup rules and Automated ticketing processes in ServiceNow VR
  • Created and tracked RFI/RFC tickets; trained teams on remediation workflows
  • Collaborated on Asset discovery and data enrichment using CMDB tools
  • Scripting & Reporting
  • Executed PowerShell scripts to extract/analyze scan results
  • Generated Ad hoc and scheduled reports for vulnerability metrics and leadership insights
  • Operating Environments
  • Hands-on with Windows, RHEL/CentOS, VMWare VSphere

Timeline

Sr Vulnerability Management Analyst

Utility Quest
04.2021 - Current

Vulnerability Management Analyst

USIC
08.2016 - 02.2021

Cybersecurity Bootcamp - Cybersecurity

Evolve Academy

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

OOU

Clearance

Clearable

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