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Rasul Shabazz

Houston,USA

Summary

Senior Security Operations Center (SOC) & Engineering Manager with 12+ years of vast cybersecurity experience that encompasses government, healthcare, construction, hospitality, higher education and banking. Adept at leading 24x7 SOC teams, driving incident response, and engineering enterprise security solutions in regulated environments. Proven records in reducing incident response times, optimizing security toolsets, and ensuring compliance with industry NIST frameworks. Adept at building and mentoring high-performing teams, managing security budgets, and aligning security operations with business strategies and objectives. I serve you by identifying risks, prioritizing remediation, thus reducing unauthorized exposure of your proprietary data.

Senior management professional, bringing strategic leadership and operational excellence to drive organizational success. Skilled in project management, team collaboration, and process optimization with keen focus on achieving results. Adept at navigating complex challenges, fostering culture of accountability, and adapting to evolving business needs. Known for strong decision-making, effective communication, and building high-performing teams.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CYBERSECURITY (SOC) SENIOR MANAGER

Lennar Corporation
04.2022 - Current
  • Directed a 24x7 Security Operations Center, managing a team of eight analysts and engineers supporting multi-state operations: improved threat detection rates by 38% through SIEM and EDR optimization.
  • Reduced the average incident response time by 54% by implementing SOAR workflows and refining escalation protocols.
  • Established SOC KPIs and dashboards, enabling real-time performance tracking and continuous improvement. Delivered monthly security metrics and risk assessments to executive leadership, supporting informed decision-making and regulatory compliance.
  • Mentored and promoted five team members into senior roles, increasing retention and strengthening succession planning.
  • Led the migration of security monitoring to a hybrid cloud environment (AWS, Azure), enhancing visibility and reducing false positives by 31%. Implemented new SIEM and threat intelligence integrations, increasing detection of advanced persistent threats by 42%.
  • Led cross-functional risk management initiatives, integrating threat intelligence and automation to reduce incident response times by 54% and enhance the organization’s resilience to emerging cyber threats.

MANAGER SECURITY ASSURANCE (PENETRATION TESTER)

Marriott Vacation Worldwide
06.2019 - 04.2022
  • Led enterprise-wide penetration testing initiatives that uncovered and facilitated remediation of 95% of critical vulnerabilities within SLA, directly reducing the organization’s attack surface by 35% and improving third-party audit rankings to the top 5 of 35+ peer companies.
  • Implemented automated vulnerability validation workflows, saving 8-12 hours per month in manual testing effort and accelerating time-to-remediate for high-risk findings by 40%.
  • Achieved 100% PCI-DSS compliance and closed compliance gaps by 15% through targeted risk-based remediation and strategic collaboration with IT and business stakeholders.
  • Established mature penetration testing and red team capabilities that reduced incident response time by 32% across 50+ high-impact security events, while mentoring and developing high-performing security teams that achieved 100% audit pass rates and exceeded all compliance objectives.

SENIOR SOC TEAM LEADER

Lennar Corporation
11.2018 - 06.2019
  • Reduced successful phishing incidents by 47% within one year by integrating Proofpoint with Splunk ES and automating phishing alert triage, enabling rapid identification and containment of threats across M365 environments.
  • Decreased meantime to detect (MTTD) phishing attacks to under 10 minutes by leveraging Splunk SOAR playbooks and real-time threat intelligence, allowing the team to resolve phishing alerts 90% faster and minimize business disruption.
  • Enhanced SOC efficiency by automating investigation and remediation workflows for reported phishing emails, saving the team over 15 hours per month and freeing analysts to focus on advanced threat hunting and incident response.
  • Reduced incident response times by 28% through iterative purple team engagements, which streamlined communication, enhanced log analysis and validated the effectiveness of automated response playbooks.

CYBERSECURITY SOC TEAM LEAD

Department of Veteran's Affairs
10.2017 - 10.2018
  • Led and mentored a team of fifteen security analysts, enhancing incident response and team performance through training and rapid response exercises, and improving operational documentation.
  • Enabled a 40% improvement in SOC detection rates by facilitating real-time collaboration between red and blue teams during simulated attack scenarios, leading to the rapid deployment of new alerting rules and defensive measures.
  • Coordinated purple team exercises leveraging the MITRE ATT&CK framework, resulting in the identification and remediation of twenty-two previously undetected gaps in detection and response across email, identity, and endpoint security controls.
  • Provided a formal feedback loop for process and playbook updates. Empower team members to propose and lead improvements and recognize contributions in public forums.

SECURITY ENGINEER

Federal Home Loan Bank Chicago (FHLBC)
02.2015 - 10.2017
  • Led all security incidents ensuring full triage, mitigating the root cause and conducted lessons learned.
  • Spearheaded the vulnerability management program, maximizing Rapid7 Nexpose and Metasploit Pro to assess and enhance security controls, leading to a 30% reduction in external attack surface.
  • Enhanced security visibility for M365 and AWS environments by integrating CrowdStrike threat intelligence feeds, resulting in a 38% reduction in credential-based attacks and improving audit readiness for federal regulatory reviews.
  • Regularly updated response playbooks and facilitated post-incident analysis, improving organizational readiness and reducing future risks.

Education

MASTER OF SCIENCE - INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: SECURITY CONCENTRATION

Keller Graduate School of Management
Chicago, IL

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: SECURITY CONCENTRATION

University of Phoenix
Chicago, IL

Skills

  • Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Management, Security Operations Center, Incident Response, Cyber Fusion, Threat Detection, Security Engineering, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, IDS/IPS, Vulnerability Management, Penetration Testing, Cloud Security, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, Risk Assessment, Security Awareness, Compliance, Vendor Management, Team Leadership, Process Improvement, Security Architecture, Cybersecurity, Network Security, Automation, Continuous Security Monitoring, Security Metrics, Security Policy, Security Strategy, MITRE ATT&CK, Tabletop exercises, Adversary Attack Simulation exercises, Risk Management, and ServiceNow
  • Strategic planning
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Operations management
  • Cross-functional team coordination
  • Cross-functional communication
  • Talent development
  • Organizational improvement
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Team leadership
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Excellent communication

Certification

  • CERTIFIED INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGER (CISM)
  • GIAC CERTIFIED NETWORK FORENSICS ANALYST (GNFA) Sept 2025 CTF Coin Recipient
  • GIAC CERTIFIED INCIDENT HANDLER (GCIH) CTF Coin Recipient
  • GIAC CERTIFIED PENETRATION TESTER (GPEN)
  • GIAC CERTIFIED WEB APPLICATION PENETRATION TESTER (GWAPT)
  • GIAC CERTIFIED CONTINUOUS MONITORING (TRAINING) CTF Coin Recipient
  • GIAC CLOUD PENETRATION TESTER (TRAINING) CTF Coin Recipient
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE LIBRARY (ITIL) 4
  • SPLUNK FUNDAMENTALS LEVEL 1-2 & ADVANCED SEARCHING
  • UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN

Timeline

CYBERSECURITY (SOC) SENIOR MANAGER

Lennar Corporation
04.2022 - Current

MANAGER SECURITY ASSURANCE (PENETRATION TESTER)

Marriott Vacation Worldwide
06.2019 - 04.2022

SENIOR SOC TEAM LEADER

Lennar Corporation
11.2018 - 06.2019

CYBERSECURITY SOC TEAM LEAD

Department of Veteran's Affairs
10.2017 - 10.2018

SECURITY ENGINEER

Federal Home Loan Bank Chicago (FHLBC)
02.2015 - 10.2017

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: SECURITY CONCENTRATION

University of Phoenix

MASTER OF SCIENCE - INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: SECURITY CONCENTRATION

Keller Graduate School of Management

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