# Alexander Adjei-Quaye

Alexander Adjei-Quaye is a remote worker on Himalayas, IT Security Analyst II at Western Governors University, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@alexanderadjei-quaye

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SOC 3 Analyst at Western Governors University investigating incidents across 500–800 endpoints and reducing detection false positives by approximately 30%.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Salary expectations | 140k+ USD |
| Job categories | Security Operations Center Analyst, Incident Responder, Threat Hunter, Security Operations Analyst |
| Skills | Incident Response, SOC Operations, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, Endpoint Detection And Response, Malware Analysis, APT Investigation, MITRE ATT&CK, Incident Remediation, IOC Enrichment, Threat Intelligence Analysis, Identity And Access Management Security, Network Security, Persistence Detection and Remediation, Root Cause Analysis |

## About

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At Western Governors University, I investigate security incidents from detection and triage through containment, remediation, recovery validation, and closure. I manage Carbon Black Cloud operations across approximately 500–800 endpoints and reduced detection false positives by approximately 30% while maintaining actionable coverage.

I conduct MITRE ATT&CK-based threat hunts and APT profiling, and correlate endpoint, identity, network, email, and SIEM telemetry to reconstruct attack activity. I also led a cross-team red/blue exercise simulating an APT attack.

At Amazon, I investigated security events across network, host, and application logs and performed packet-level analysis using Wireshark. At Facebook, I investigated phishing, malware, and unauthorized access incidents and supported security audits against ISO 27001, NIST, and PCI frameworks.
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## Experience

### IT Security Analyst II (current)

[Western Governors University](https://himalayas.app/companies/western-governors-university). Dec 2021 - Present

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Serve as a primary investigator for security incidents, driving investigations from detection and triage through containment, remediation, recovery validation, and closure. Manage Carbon Black Cloud EDR operations across approximately 500–800 endpoints, including policy administration, prevention rule development, and endpoint investigation.
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Skills: Carbon-Black, EDR, Incident-Response, Threat-Hunting, MITRE-ATT&CK, Devo-SIEM, Microsoft-Defender-For-Endpoint, Entra-ID, Azure, Elastic, Cisco-Umbrella, Zscaler, IOC-Enrichment, Virus-Total, IPinfo, Recorded-Future, Playbook-Development, Mentorship

### SOC Analyst, Enterprise Protection Program

[Amazon GSOC, Amazon Dev Center U.S., Inc.](https://himalayas.app/companies/amazon). Sep 2019 - Nov 2021

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Monitored and investigated security events across network, host, and application logs using SIEM and IDS technologies to identify anomalous and potentially malicious activity. Correlated SIEM, IDS, endpoint, and network telemetry to identify attack patterns and potential root cause.
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Skills: SIEM, IDS, Wireshark, Network-Security, Incident-Response, Vulnerability-Management, Technical-Reporting

### Information Security Analyst

Facebook. Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

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Investigated phishing, malware, and unauthorized access incidents, analyzing attack vectors, affected users, indicators of compromise, and potential organizational impact. Supported escalation, containment, remediation, and vulnerability management activities in collaboration with IT and security teams.
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Skills: Phishing-Analysis, Malware-Analysis, Incident-Response, Vulnerability-Management, Security-Metrics, ISO-27001, NIST, PCI-DSS

## Education

### Zhejiang Normal University

Master of Science, Software Engineering

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Pursued a Master of Science in Software Engineering at Zhejiang Normal University.
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### Methodist University College Ghana

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

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Earned a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Methodist University College Ghana.
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## Tech stack

- Splunk
- Python
- PowerShell
- Snort
- Wireshark
- Mimecast
- Zscaler
- Cisco Umbrella
- RSA NetWitness
- Proofpoint
- VirusTotal
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure

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