Security Engineer CV Example
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Abigail Ross
Security Engineer
8 years of experience designing security controls and implementing secure development practices across cloud environments.
Experience
Senior Security Engineer
ShieldPath Technologies, Full-time
2020-01-01 – Present
London, UK
Security controls in cloud-native development — SDLC threat modeling, secure CI templates, and mTLS/SPIFFE identity.
- Embedded security controls into cloud-native product development
- Implemented threat modeling workshops in SDLC gates, reducing critical design-time vulnerabilities in new services.
- Built secure-by-default CI templates with SAST, dependency scanning, and IaC policy checks.
- Created service-to-service mTLS rollout strategy using SPIFFE identities across Kubernetes workloads.
Security Engineer
Relay Fortress, Full-time
2017-12-01 – 2019-12-01
Berlin, Germany
Platform security tooling and remediation — secrets-detection bots, field-level encryption, and exception workflows.
- Developed platform security tooling and remediation workflows
- Designed secrets detection bots for pull requests to block accidental key exposure before merge.
- Implemented tokenization and field-level encryption for sensitive user attributes in event pipelines.
- Built vulnerability exception workflows with expiry enforcement to prevent permanent risk acceptance.
Junior Security Engineer
Ironclad Runtime, Full-time
2015-11-01 – 2017-11-01
Toronto, ON, CA
Security engineering and compliance automation — Terraform compliance modules, OWASP ASVS mapping, and SBOM automation.
- Supported security engineering and compliance automation efforts
- Authored reusable Terraform compliance modules for logging, retention, and encryption controls.
- Mapped OWASP ASVS requirements to engineering stories for quarterly release trains.
- Automated SBOM generation and license policy checks for containerized services.
Education
Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science
Texas A&M University
2014-09-01 – 2018-06-01
Bachelor's-level training in computer engineering at Texas A&M University. Completed coursework in Cloud Security, IAM, AWS Security, capstone projects, and collaborative assignments that prepared for professional roles.
Skills
Certifications
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
ISC2
2023-06-01
GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA)
GCSA
2022-06-01
Languages
English (Native)
CV writing guide
- Show how you integrate security into developer workflows with minimal friction.
- Demonstrate architecture-level risk reduction, not just scanner usage.
- Highlight secure design and cryptography fundamentals where relevant.
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)