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
Chicago, IL
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
Chicago, IL
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, FL2011
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