SefiElbaz
Senior Security Engineer
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Experience

Senior Product Security Engineer, DNAnexus
Remote
July 2022 - Present
» Conduct security reviews + threat modeling for product specifications and advise on secure + scalable architecture
» Create, develop, and manage code assurance program for 200 engineers - policies, procedures, code standards, code reviews, penetration testing, and bug bounty
» Implement SAST, SCA, and secrets scanning across org and reduced vulnerabilities by 70%
» Architect and migrate enterprise applications to use single sign on (SSO) through Okta and AWS IAM Identity Center for 200+ end users
» Automate security processes and reporting using terraform + AWS Lambda
Security Engineer, Fastly
Remote
August 2021 - July 2022
1 year
» Mitigate cyber attacks in real time and perform analysis of past cyber attacks.
» Configure custom and advanced rules on Fastly Next Gen WAF according to customer needs
» Implement and help test rules to mitigate CVEs including CVE-2021-44228 (Log4j)
» Troubleshoot customer issues installing, configuring, and tuning WAF on a variety of environments (Linux, IIS, AWS, GCP, Azure, Apache, NGINX, Docker, K8s)
» Strong background in networking and familiarity with DoS/DDoS and OWASP Top 10 attacks
» Solve over 100 tickets every month with a customer satisfaction score of 100 and average response time of 1 minute
CyberSecurity Engineer, Lockheed Martin
Remote
January 2021 - August 2021
7 months
» Develop and produce RTIB (Red Team in a Box) to automate cyber and penetration testing
» Design hardware interface that enables team to test security across different protocols
» Cybersecurity R&D for specific client hardware and software configurations in our cyber lab
Electrical Engineer, Lockheed Martin
Grand Prairie, Texas
September 2018 - January 2021
2 years 4 months
» Program Cybersecurity for ER-GMLRS – ensure suppliers achieve compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements and secure testing lab against cyber threats
» Designed tactical harnesses for ER-GMLRS and Gray Wolf missiles
» Developed networking software for ER-GMLRS Ironbird
» Performed integration and testing for ER-GMLRS Ironbird and HWIL

Education

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington June 2019 - December 2020
1y 6 months
» GPA 3.9/4.0
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas August 2016 - May 2018
1y 9 months
» Honors:magna cum laude (GPA 3.85/4.0)

Skills

Language Python, JavaScript, Bash, SQL, Terraform (IaC), CloudFormation (IaC)
Software WireShark, Burp Suite, Metasploit, Postman, Nmap
Linux/Unix, Kali, MacOS, Windows, Git, Virtualization, Docker, AWS, Azure

Certifications

» Professional Engineer (PE)
» AWS Certified Security - Specialty
» AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
» Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
» (ISC)2 CISSP
» EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) [expired July 2024]
» Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - Routing & Switching [expired Jan 2022]