John Vasquez
Dallas,TX
Summary
Skilled Information Security Analyst with expertise in risk management, unauthorized access, viruses, and a wide range of vulnerabilities and threats. Well-versed in direct and remote analysis with strong critical thinking, communication, and people skills. Able to thrive in fast-paced and challenging environments where accuracy and efficiency matter.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sr. Information Security Analyst
McKesson
10.2021 - Current
- Network Security: Collaborated on projects integrating Palo Alto firewalls with Azure cloud services, ensuring secure and seamless cloud connectivity
- Developed and implemented network security policies using Palo Alto's advanced features, such as threat prevention and URL filtering
- Worked closely with Azure teams to deploy Azure Firewall for protecting cloud applications and data, aligning with the company's cloud-first strategy
- Cloud Security Expertise: Integral member of the Cloud Security Engineering team, responsible for identifying and mitigating security risks across Azure, GCP, and AWS
- Ensured a security-by-design infrastructure and operationalized cloud security posture management and container security tools
- Automation & Scripting: Developed automated processes for remediating cloud security risks across Azure, GCP, and AWS using Prisma Cloud
- Authored Python scripts for periodic configuration fetches from Prisma Cloud, ensuring alignment with organizational security standards
- Utilized RQL (Resource Query Language) for advanced querying and analysis of network traffic data within Palo Alto firewalls, enabling detailed security monitoring and threat detection
- Policy Implementation: Enabled security 'deny' policies in Azure and GCP at the organizational level, mitigating critical perimeter risks
- Mapped internal IT security controls to industry frameworks such as NIST 800-53, HITRUST, CSA CCM, ISO 27001, and GDPR
- Collaboration: Collaborated with SOC, Security Architecture, and DevOps teams to create a comprehensive Cloud Incident Response Playbook.
Sr. Cloud Support Engineer
Trend Micro Inc.
04.2021 - 10.2021
- Network Security: Assisted clients in integrating Palo Alto firewalls with their Azure cloud environments, enhancing overall security architecture
- Developed knowledge base articles and training materials on best practices for deploying and managing Azure Firewall
- Problem Solving: Owned internal and developer escalations, driving points of friction to resolution
- Proactively identified and addressed potential solutions to emerging problems
- Knowledge Sharing: Conducted team brown bags, provided feedback for improvements, and contributed to the creation and curation of knowledge-base articles
- Scripting & Automation: Designed Python scripts to automate common troubleshooting steps, achieving a 30% reduction in average ticket resolution time
- Developed a Python-based dashboard for monitoring and analyzing support ticket trends, optimizing support operations.
Azure Support Engineer
Microsoft
04.2020 - 05.2021
- Responsible for the customer support experience with Microsoft
- Specialized in troubleshooting and optimizing Azure Firewall configurations for enterprise customers
- Delivered guidance and support for deploying network security solutions in Azure, including the implementation of Azure Firewall
- Own, troubleshoot and solve customer technical issues, using collaboration, troubleshooting best practices and transparency within and across teams (e.g
- Swarming)
- Identify cases that require escalation (either technically or strategically)
- Create and maintain incident management requests to product group/engineering group
- Contribute to case deflection initiatives, automation, and other digital self-help assets to improve customer/ engineer experience.
Software Engineer
NCR
09.2018 - 04.2020
- Responsible for software development using the .NET Framework and coding in C# for a solo customer facing Application
- Produce documented architectures, workflows, and logical processes
- Support and maintain existing corporate software applications
- Collaborate with management, business analysts, developers, and system owners in the testing of software applications
- Plan and execute project and support tasks based on established timelines
- Perform risk assessment and mitigation activities
- Attend team meetings to communicate project status as well as discuss new ideas and any issues
- Implement the organization's change management process across all affected areas
- Manage and implement tier III production support issues
- Created stored procedures for our E Importer importing tool for Point of Sale systems
- Created files, views, tables and data sets to support Sales Operations and Analytics teams.
Education
Bachelors in Computer Science -
Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, TX 08.2016 - 05.2019
Skills
Prisma Cloud/Wiz/Burpsuite
AWS, AZURE, GCP
Python/Javascript/Typescript
POSTMAN/API/JSON/YAML
Docker/Kubernetes
C#/Net
Linux
RQL/Terraform
Timeline
Sr. Information Security Analyst
McKesson
10.2021 - Current
Sr. Cloud Support Engineer
Trend Micro Inc.
04.2021 - 10.2021
Azure Support Engineer
Microsoft
04.2020 - 05.2021
Software Engineer
NCR
09.2018 - 04.2020
Bachelors in Computer Science -
Dallas Baptist University
08.2016 - 05.2019