About Me
Senior Security Engineer with extensive AWS and Azure experience utilizing data engineering, automation, and infrastructure as code. Built scalable solutions to help secure enterprise. GSEC | GCIH | GCFE | AWS SAA/SCS | AZ-104
Experience
Nov 2022 - Present
Senior Security Engineer - Sagent
Aug 2020 - Nov 2022
Cloud Security Engineer - S&P Global (formerly IHS Markit)
- • Managed organizational deployment of WAF/DNSFW/Shield to more than 250 accounts in AWS
- • Ensured security best practices are in place during architectural reviews of a wide variety of application
- • Engineered different security solutions based on given requirements
- • Created and maintained automated pipelines to collect IOCs from threat intelligence platforms to be used in coordination with WAF/DNSFW/GuardDuty
- • Automated data collection pipelines for a centralized graph database and other business intelligence reports that focus on security
- • Deployed operational excellence monitoring solution to respond efficiently to job failure/outage
- • Responded to Log4Shell/Spring4Shell vulnerabilities by creating a pipeline to extract IP addresses with suspicious indicators from WAF logs and then feed the IPs to a centrally managed WAF block list
- • Became a point of contact for security queries and data quality
- • Ensured the success of one of the largest mergers of 2020 by assisting the integration of two large organizations and the divestiture of several branches
Dec 2019 - Aug 2020
IT Intern - Toshiba International Corporation
Jun 2019 - Oct 2019
Cybersecurity Intern - UiPath
- • Learned and became the sole Mimecast administrator within 2 weeks for a global company of 3,500 users
- • Administered Mimecast by tracking/monitoring email traffic, blocking/permitting senders, troubleshooting errors, creating/revising policies, and documenting changes
- • Collected/presented feedback from UAT through different phases of service implementation
- • Handled phishing reports by investigating email content, encouraging user behavior, and blocking senders
- • Analyzed NormShield Cyber Risk Scorecard to deliver vulnerability report regarding multiple risky assets
- • Provided user support on multiple channels (email/Slack/Jira/F2F) regarding cybersecurity issues
- • Participated in a series of workshops to create and revise enterprise policies that conform to ISO 27001 standard
Aug 2012 - Feb 2013
IT Intern - EY
Education
2020
SANS - ICMCP: Diversity Cyber Academy
GSEC | GCIH | GCFE
2017 - 2020
University of Houston
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Information Systems, 3.8
2013 - 2016
Houston Community College
Associate of Science (A.S.)
Languages Skills
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English100%
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Vietnamese100%
Certifications
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
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Microsoft Office Expert (Word)
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Microsoft Office Specialist (PowerPoint)
Knowledge
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AWS | Infrastructure as Code | Containerization
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Team Leadership | Agile Methodologies | IT Operations
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Bash | SQL | Python
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CI/CD | Scripting | Automation | Git
Honors
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SANS - ICMCP: Diversity Cyber Academy Scholarship (2020)
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Chevron Student Scholarship (2019)
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UH Dean’s List
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Paul G. Smith, Jr. Scholarship Endowment (2018)
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National Third Prize – MOSWC 2012
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National Consolation Prize – MOSWC 2011
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Outstanding Contribution to Student Activities – HSU 2011
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Outstanding Contribution to Youth Union – HCMC 2010
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