Leroy Owusu-Sakyi
Santa Monica,CA
Summary
Highly ambitious security engineer with experience leading projects and providing technical solutions through high-quality service and support. Seeking a role with increased responsibilities that will stimulate growth and encourage leadership.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Security Engineer
Cornerstone OnDemand
Santa Monica, CA
01.2019 - Current
- Performed threat modeling and security reviews on cloud accounts, architecture, and services to identify risks and implement mitigating controls that aligned with overall business objectives
- Implemented and managed a continuous compliance monitoring program through automated security scans of cloud infrastructure that was based on CIS benchmarks and high risk use cases (Dome9)
- Lead vulnerability management, Intrusion Detection and automation projects that dealt with cross-domain collaboration and end to end security process development
- Improved security logging and alerting by conducting a enterprise wide gap analysis and management of various systems, then developed a logging policy based on my analysis to influence change
- Dramatically streamlined the review of FedRAMP vulnerability management findings from Tenable scans by creating JIRA Dashboards, ticket automation, and cross team notifications focused on SLA transparency
- Guided SOC analysts and helped develop new team members
- Reduced false positive alerts by 60% by tuning rule sets and security detection tools
- Developed mitigation plans, SOP's and run books for incident response guidance to help external teams become successful
Tier III Network Security Engineer
B&D Consulting Inc.
Forte Meade, MD
06.2018 - 01.2019
- Designed, tested, and configured network security systems and tools, then developed DoD network security implementation plans for Tier II engineers
- Technically administration of Firewalls, Mail guards, DLPs , Proxy Servers PKI and other security appliances
- Configured, maintained, troubleshot Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, Windows, Symantec and Bluecoat servers, switches, routers and/or appliances
- Configured, maintained, and Actively troubleshot PKI Authentication and Identity Access management solutions
- Utilized Network Protocols such as BGP, TCP/IP, HTTPS, LDAPS ect
Cyber Security Analyst At US Department Of State
ZP Solutions
Belttsville, MD
2 2017 - 06.2018
- Conducted cyber security incident response and monitoring for a 24x7x365 cabinet level federal agency as a rotating shift lead
- Performed lead responsibilities, including SOC shift briefings, aligning team with goals and process streamlining with upper management
- Identified, documented and resolved suspicious incidents using SIEM and analysis tools (Splunk, CISCO and Palo Alto Firewalls, Bromium, IDS/IPS, RSA, Wireshark)
- Conducted forensic and malware analysis using open source and closed source tools. (CRITs, FireEye, Virus Total)
- Analyzed network logging and alerting systems in order to anticipate and prevent malicious activities
- Collaborated with management in automating work-flows and streamlining processes in order to meet the SLA
Security Specialist & Office Manager
True Care Health
Elkridge, MD
04.2011 - 04.2018
- Identified, evaluated and remediated security risks then translated the value to business owner
- Educated employees on how to use technology securely and handle PII through security policies and training.
- Served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for IT solutions, and provided security guidance to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of personally identifiable information (PII) and private medical health records
Data Center Technician At U.S. Department Of State
ValidaTek, Inc.
Washingon, D.C.
5 2015 - 2 2017
- Monitored the Remedy ticket queue, conducted troubleshooting on virtual machines and triaged tickets according to SOPs.
- Closely Monitored the Department of State network and Handled classified information while providing a timely response to customer queries for network assistance
- Performed audits of Data Center devices and information in order to properly maintain knowledge base documentation
Help Desk Technician
Colliflower Inc.
Baltimore, MD
06.2014 - 06.2015
- Collaborated with vendors to diagnose and troubleshoot problems, as well as consult on architectural design and configuration changes
- Performed network administration for 23 stores while multitasking in a diverse and fast paced office environment
- Configured Firewalls, Routers, VoIP, VPN connections and workstation baselines and user accounts in order to maintain a secure working environment.
Software Quality Assurance Intern
General Dynamics IT
Towson, MD
5 2013 - 2 2014
- Actively participated in an SDLC and agile team environment that included daily scrums and 2-week sprints for effective software development communication and planning
- Tested Quality Assurance Software through for MedMeasures a Medical Management software.Presented fixes found in developmental software to programmers and stake holders to ensure the creation of a quality product
- Used SQL management studio to run queries to manipulate data in MySQL
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
2014
Skills
- Cloud Security (AWS & GCP)
- Cross-Domain Collaboration and Communication
- Vulnerability Management and Analysis
- Security Operations
- Security Reviews and Threat Modeling
- Security Logging and Alerting
- Process streamlining and Improvement
- Knowledge of Python
- Leadership through motivating and empowering Individuals
Certification
- CISSP
- AWS Solutions Architect, Associate and AWS Cloud Practitioner
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- CompTIA Security+ and Network+
- ITIL Foundations V3
Timeline
Security Engineer - Cornerstone OnDemand
01.2019 - Current
Tier III Network Security Engineer - B&D Consulting Inc.
06.2018 - 01.2019
Help Desk Technician - Colliflower Inc.
06.2014 - 06.2015
Security Specialist & Office Manager - True Care Health
04.2011 - 04.2018
Cyber Security Analyst At US Department Of State - ZP Solutions
2 2017 - 06.2018
Data Center Technician At U.S. Department Of State - ValidaTek, Inc.
5 2015 - 2 2017
Software Quality Assurance Intern - General Dynamics IT
5 2013 - 2 2014
Towson University - Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems