Farooq Hussaini
Huntley,IL
Summary
Results-driven Cybersecurity Automation Engineer at Freddie Mac, specializing in SOAR and automation process design. Achieved a 90% time savings for teams through innovative automation solutions. Skilled in incident response and collaboration, enhancing operational efficiency and cross-team workflows while mentoring junior staff to elevate overall performance.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cybersecurity Automation Engineer
Freddie Mac
05.2023 - Current
- Developed and managed 25+ automated cybersecurity reports for leadership, providing visible metrics related to incident investigation and triage
- Integrated playbooks and commands to automate actions, leading to highly effective results
- Completed over 400 JIRA tickets related to SOAR, ensuring timely resolution and improving cross-team workflow
- Created automation commands used by CSIRT, CSOC, and other teams, saving over 90% of their time
- Collaborated with teams to create 50+ automation enhancements, improving case management and investigative workflows
- Conducted deep-dive investigations with cybersecurity teams, increasing knowledge and enhancing processes
- Developed scheduled automation streams to deliver timely information, boosting operational efficiency
Cybersecurity Analyst
Discover Financial Services
02.2022 - 05.2023
- Conducted log analysis and investigated alerts detected by the SIEM event queue, maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture
- Utilized automation tools to investigate and triage phishing emails, identifying and addressing true positives
- Analyzed cybersecurity incidents caused by phishing and network anomalies, reinforcing business protection
- Mentored interns and new hires, improving operational efficiency within the SOC
- Used incident reporting tools to escalate true positives with detailed analysis, enabling effective resolution
- Enhanced alert filtering and automated processes to improve productivity within the SOC
- Created 20+ JIRA items, providing solutions to enhance alert logic for 30+ SOC analysts
Cybersecurity Operations Intern
Discover Financial Services
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Worked with Threat Intelligence to gather and present findings on top ransomware groups, increasing awareness of their attack techniques
- Monitored and responded to alerts and phishing emails, creating tickets for true positive incidents
- Developed strategies to automate the ticketing process, reducing artifact identification time by 80%
Cybersecurity Intern
Discover Financial Services
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Collaborated on a third-party Business Partner Security Assessment, evaluating data-sharing risks from vendors
- Analyzed 15,000+ DLP incidents to enhance security policies, protecting Discover's network
- Worked with the team to develop and present a program overview, gathering feedback for DLP improvements
- Sent out 8 pre-notifications to managers, ensuring sensitive files were stored in approved locations
Cybersecurity Engineering Intern
CNA Insurance
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Engineered, maintained, and enhanced a Threat Management Portal (TMP) for incident response research using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Reduced incident response research time by over 90% by displaying OSINT information on file hashes, IP addresses, and URLs in under 5 seconds
- Collaborated with the Director of Incident Response to create prototypes for the TMP's user interface
- Presented the TMP project to leadership, receiving positive feedback
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
DePaul University
Chicago, IL03.2023
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity, Computer Science
DePaul University
Chicago, IL11.2021
Skills
- Incident response
- Security Risk Assessments
- NIST
- SOAR, playbook development, playbook integration
- Automation process design
- Phishing investigation
- Splunk, ProofPoint, SentinelOne
- Kali Linux, Metasploit
- Wireshark
- LogicHub, SwimLane
- CyberArk
- Python / SQL
- HTML, CSS, Javascript
- Jira
- VMware, VirtualBox
- PuTTY
Certification
Splunk 7.x Fundamentals Part 1, 09/01/21
Timeline
Cybersecurity Automation Engineer
Freddie Mac
05.2023 - Current
Cybersecurity Analyst
Discover Financial Services
02.2022 - 05.2023
Cybersecurity Operations Intern
Discover Financial Services
06.2021 - 08.2021
Cybersecurity Intern
Discover Financial Services
06.2020 - 08.2020
Cybersecurity Engineering Intern
CNA Insurance
06.2019 - 08.2019
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity, Computer Science
DePaul University
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