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Duncan Barnes

San Jose,CA

Summary

Cybersecurity professional with expertise in leading cross-departmental risk initiatives and supporting enterprise-wide BIA/BCP efforts. Demonstrated success in managing security awareness campaigns and incident response in high-pressure environments. Skilled in facilitating collaboration between engineering, operations, and management to implement secure and resilient solutions.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Information Security Engineer and Analyst

Fremont Bank
Livermore, CA
10.2024 - Current
  • Conducted over 30 risk assessments for internal teams and vendors to support SOC 1 and SOC 2 compliance.
  • Triaged 50 to 75 Vectra AI alerts weekly, escalating threats and minimizing false positives through behavioral analysis.
  • Managed KnowBe4 awareness campaigns for more than 500 employees, enhancing phishing test click rates and training completion.
  • Responded to 10 to 20 monthly incidents using Microsoft Defender and QRadar, correlating data with Prometheus and Symantec Blue Coat logs.
  • Blocked over 50 monthly malicious IPs with APS Vision, containing threats, and strengthening endpoint protection.
  • Led Business Impact Analyses (BIA) and maintained Business Continuity Plans (BCP) across all departments utilizing Riskonnect.

Software Engineering Intern

IAmI Authentications
Remote
08.2023 - 11.2023
  • Assisted in setup and configuration of test environments for two software development teams.
  • Contributed over 500 lines of Python and React.js code for feature development and integration.
  • Participated in over 10 code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.
  • Investigated and resolved more than five application issues, enhancing stability and performance.

Project Management Intern

Thales Group
San Jose, CA
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Utilized Jira and Confluence to develop and manage documentation for five concurrent projects.
  • Compiled weekly financial reports and spreadsheets for two active projects, assisting project managers.
  • Coordinated daily operations for two senior project managers, managing over ten assignments weekly.
  • Developed comprehensive project plans and presented them to scrum master and team of five engineers.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA
12-2024

Skills

  • Programming Languages: Java, Python, C, Flutter, React, HTML/CSS, SQL, Tensorflow
  • Operating Systems: MacOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, Kali Linux
  • Applications: Microsoft Azure, Google Workspace, GitHub, AutoCAD
  • Project Management: Jira, Confluence, Asana, Trello, Microsoft Projects

Projects

Sign Language Augmented Reality AI Software

  • Collaborated with a team of 4 to develop a HoloLens 2 application that reads and displays hand symbols to users
  • Implemented TensorFlow as the deep learning framework for training the AI model.

Social Media App

  • Led a team of 5 in designing a video-based platform for iOS and Android, connecting students to employers and recruiters based on student individuality and enabling project posting
  • Competed in two business plan competitions and placed 2nd and 3rd place

Interactive Campus Buildings App

  • Engineered an interactive campus map app using Flutter, Firebase, and Google Maps API, enabling users to navigate to classrooms and report security issues

Timeline

Information Security Engineer and Analyst

Fremont Bank
10.2024 - Current

Software Engineering Intern

IAmI Authentications
08.2023 - 11.2023

Project Management Intern

Thales Group
05.2022 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

California Baptist University