Ryan Perez
Security Professional
About me
I enjoy working with technology; especially knowing how to break and fix so I can help out others.
Mangos are pretty neat too.
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Who I have worked with?
Senior Information Security Analyst
Wells Fargo
▪ Analyze vast datasets to detect, contain, and remediate varying threats.
▪ Perform full investigations from packet analysis to malware investigations to report on threats.
▪ Mentor and consult with team members on case work from SOAR workflows to EDR events to DDoS attacks and more.
▪ Deliver training on and thoroughly document cases, research, standards, and procedures.
Network Security Administrator
neteffect technologies (MSP)
▪ Lead as subject matter expert on security in a small team, implementing security controls to craft defense-in-depth for clients and carry out daily security operations.
▪ Conduct EDR deployments, email security migrations, as well as network and server installations and hardening to secure services.
▪ Author policies, procedures, and technical documentation for internal teams and end-users.
▪ Meet with clients to understand their needs enacting security controls and building out then tuning solutions.
Tier 2 Systems Analyst
ICX (MSP)
▪ Provide services including layered security through networking, virtualization, IAM, & system support leveraging industry-standard cloud, hybrid, and on-premises services.
▪ Continually improve on security postures through tasks like auditing Active Directory and adding MFA.
▪ Resolve cases and escalations ranging from routine security analysis to network troubleshooting & more.
▪ Collaborate and work independently to research, plan, and serve resolutions for complex technical issues.
Technical Support Analyst
Concentrix
▪ Deliver technical solutions to clients for issues related to security, privacy, hardware, software, connectivity, accounts, and more across primarily iOS and macOS systems.
▪ Consistently achieved outstanding levels of performance metrics such as customer satisfaction (>90%), issue resolution (>90%), productivity (>95%), handling time (<15 min. per call), accurate product knowledge, etc.
▪ Recognized for exceptionally detailed and organized documentation and professional decorum.
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS, ENGLISH
ST. ANDREWS UNIVERSITY
3.7 GPA, Dean’s List, Editor of University Literary Magazine, and Writers’ Forum Host
Academic and athletic scholarships - Men’s Varsity Lacrosse (2013 - 2016) & Captain (2015 - 2016).
Skills and Interests
Technical Skills
On-premise & Cloud Identity, Infrastructure, and Network Security; Incident Response, Digital Forensics & Malware Analysis, Backup and Disaster Recovery, Windows and Windows Server Admin, macOS, iOS, and Linux Admin.
On-premise & Cloud Identity, Infrastructure, and Network Security; Incident Response, Digital Forensics & Malware Analysis, Backup and Disaster Recovery, Windows and Windows Server Admin, macOS, iOS, and Linux Admin.
General Skills
Leadership, project management, excellent written and oral communication.
Leadership, project management, excellent written and oral communication.
Tools
XDR - CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ExtraHop, Corelight, Wazuh;
SIEM/SOAR - Splunk, ELK, Google Chronicle, Palo Alto XSOAR (Demisto), Microsoft Sentinel;
Network Security - Fortinet, Cisco, Palo Alto, SonicWall, Sophos, pfSense;
Other fun stuff - bash, powershell, python, javascript, wireshark, nmap.
XDR - CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ExtraHop, Corelight, Wazuh;
SIEM/SOAR - Splunk, ELK, Google Chronicle, Palo Alto XSOAR (Demisto), Microsoft Sentinel;
Network Security - Fortinet, Cisco, Palo Alto, SonicWall, Sophos, pfSense;
Other fun stuff - bash, powershell, python, javascript, wireshark, nmap.
Interests
CTF events, security conferences, climbing, cuisine, home lab, video games, learning, sports, reading, podcasts, mountain biking, mangos.
CTF events, security conferences, climbing, cuisine, home lab, video games, learning, sports, reading, podcasts, mountain biking, mangos.