Cybersecurity Analyst CV Example
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5 years of experience monitoring security incidents, conducting vulnerability assessments, and supporting compliance initiatives.
Experience
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Sentinel Harbor, Full-time
2021-09-01 – Present
Washington, DC, US
Detection engineering and threat analysis — MITRE ATT&CK Splunk rules, phishing simulations, and EDR threat hunting.
- Led detection engineering and threat analysis for enterprise environments
- Developed MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detection rules in Splunk, increasing true-positive rates for credential abuse patterns.
- Coordinated phishing simulation and user training programs that lowered click-through rates by 41%.
- Performed threat hunting on EDR telemetry and uncovered stealth persistence via abused scheduled tasks.
Cybersecurity Analyst
Redline Security Ops, Full-time
2020-08-01 – 2021-08-01
Austin, TX, US
Security monitoring and incident triage — SOAR playbooks, cloud-misconfiguration remediation, and IOC enrichment.
- Monitored security events and executed incident triage workflows
- Built triage playbooks in SOAR for malware and impossible-travel alerts, reducing analyst response time.
- Mapped cloud misconfigurations in AWS accounts and partnered with platform teams on remediation.
- Maintained IOC enrichment pipelines using VirusTotal and MISP integrations.
Junior Cybersecurity Analyst
Blue Cedar Defense, Full-time
2019-07-01 – 2020-07-01
Krakow, Poland
SOC operations and baseline hardening — authentication investigations, CIS benchmark validation, and threat briefings.
- Supported SOC operations and baseline hardening initiatives
- Investigated suspicious authentication patterns with Azure AD and Okta logs during after-hours escalations.
- Contributed to endpoint hardening rollout by validating CIS benchmark settings.
- Generated weekly threat trend briefings for IT leadership and risk committees.
Education
Cybersecurity, Bachelor of Science
University of Maryland Global Campus
2017-09-01 – 2021-06-01
Bachelor's-level training in cybersecurity at University of Maryland Global Campus. Completed coursework in SIEM Tools, Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Management, capstone projects, and collaborative assignments that prepared for professional roles.
Skills
Certifications
CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA
2023-06-01
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
GCIH
2022-06-01
Languages
English (Native)
CV writing guide
- Show practical detection and response outcomes, not only policy knowledge.
- Demonstrate understanding of attacker techniques and defensive coverage gaps.
- Include examples of communication during incident escalation.
- CompTIA CySA+
- GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
- Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate