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Jah-El Press

Chicago,Illinois

Summary

Im a seasoned Cyber Security professional, with a passion for technology, who during Covid began learning about trading with a keen focus on options trading. Over the next few years I studied and developed an analytic and systematic way to trade options. Combining my technical expertise from cyber security provided a seamless transition to the critical thinking and risk management needed to be a successful trader. With the right company behind me I believe I can help maximize profits for not only myself but for your firm as well.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Financial Options Trader

JNP Securities
09.2023 - Current
  • Demonstrated adaptability in a fast-paced environment, adjusting strategies based on shifting market conditions.
  • Navigated complex financial options contracts, exercising keen attention to detail to minimize errors and maximize returns.
  • Continuously refined personal approach to option trading, learning from past experiences to drive future success.
  • Generated consistent returns by applying rigorous analytical techniques and leveraging industry expertise.

Senior Information Security Analyst /Technical Project Manager

Tempus
01.2022 - 09.2023
  • Developed project charters, outlines, and timeframes for SIEM migration, using jira and asana.
  • Introduced information security project intake process, to enhance coordination among tech organization, leading to quicker TAT from conceptualization to implementation.
  • Conducted internal risk assessments, and developed high level metrics in order to calculate and quantify risk.
  • Mentored junior analysts on proper security processes to maintain overall security compliance.
  • Partnered with Enterprise and Laboratory System Teams by introducing security program management duties to best align with security governance, standards and control frameworks

Information Security Analyst

Tempus Labs
03.2020 - 03.2021
  • Implemented company wide EDR(tanium/crowdstrike) tools to monitor, report, and alert on vulnerability, compliance, and asset management.
  • Maintained and improved Vulnerability Management posture by routine reporting to internal stakeholders and assisting with scheduled patching.
  • Develop and administer phishing and security awareness training to 2000+ employees
  • Monitor all network and computer systems to prevent detect and investigate security threats via siem and EDR tools.
  • Assist with incident management response and analysis from tier 1-3 following industry best practices

Cyber Threat Analyst/Engineer

Trustwave Holdings Inc.
05.2018 - 03.2020
  • Integral member of the Global Threat Team and SOC: identified, analyzed, remediated, and debriefed multiple security threats to fortune 500, financial, and government clients
  • Assisted in threat hunts, to identify IOC's, and prevent malicious software from compromising clients data, by utilizing endpoint protection such as Carbon Black and Cybereason
  • Configured, and managed Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Internal Vulnerability Scanners (IVS), and Intrusion Protection Systems (IPS) platforms
  • Trained new employees on how to use Trustwave's proprietary systems, as well as increasing their knowledge base on SIEM’s and EDR tools

Education

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

University Of Florida
Gainesville, FL
2011

Skills

  • Windows Server 2012/2016, Linux (Ubuntu, Kali), MacOS
  • Python, Powershell
  • Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, LucidChart, Salesforce
  • NIST, ISO-27000, CIS, SOC2,
  • AWS(EC2/workspaces), GCP, Docker, Terraform, Okta
  • SIEM: Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Qradar, Palo Alto, LogRhythym, Chronicle
  • EDR: Carbon Black, CybeRreason, Tanium, Crowdstrike
  • AV: Windows Defender, Symantec
  • Computer Forensics, Incident Response, Volatility,
  • Wireshark, Nessus, Burp Suite, Nmap, tcpdump, Metasploit, SQLmap IPTables, IDPS, OWASP Top 10
  • Red team/Blue Team, Maltego, Threat Modeling, Threat Intelligence, OSINT, Social Engineering, OWASP, Risk Assessment, DLP,
  • Trading Psychology Management
  • Trading platform mastery
  • Options Expiration Management

Certification

  • CompTIA Security+
  • Evolve Security Certified Professional
  • Cyber Security Threat Hunter Level-1
  • CAPM (Certified Associate Project Management)
  • CISSP(2023)

Timeline

Financial Options Trader

JNP Securities
09.2023 - Current

Senior Information Security Analyst /Technical Project Manager

Tempus
01.2022 - 09.2023

Information Security Analyst

Tempus Labs
03.2020 - 03.2021

Cyber Threat Analyst/Engineer

Trustwave Holdings Inc.
05.2018 - 03.2020

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

University Of Florida
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