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Daniel User

@danieluser17

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Security Engineer specializing in SOC, incident response, cloud security, and AI risk mitigation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on security engineering role focused on SOC/IR, cloud security, AI risk mitigation, collaborative remediation, and growth in detection/automation.

I am a Security Engineer with 6+ years of experience across SOC, CIRT, and Blue Team operations, focused on strengthening detection and response capabilities. I design and implement security controls across cloud and on-prem environments and build playbooks and detection content to reduce risk.

At Comscore I lead CSIRT and Blue Team operations, guided the AI security program with LLM red‑teaming and AI policy development, and automated TPRM reviews using AWS Bedrock. I drive enterprise hardening to CIS Benchmarks and collaborate with NetSec and DevOps to triage and remediate vulnerabilities.

Previously, I participated in SOC operations at Sentant, optimizing EDR platforms, managing WAF/MFA/PAM, and performing continuous control validation for global clients. As an IT Team Lead, I trained engineers, managed MDM deployments, and led cloud migrations while maintaining Linux and Windows security controls.

I hold an MS in Cyber Security and Information Assurance and multiple certifications including CISSP and CompTIA security credentials. I bring a practical, risk‑focused approach to security engineering and a track record of improving detection, response, and vendor risk workflows.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Security Engineer

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Comscore

Oct 2023 - Present (2 years)

Lead CSIRT and Blue Team operations including incident response and threat detection; guided the AI security program and automated TPRM reviews using AWS Bedrock, and drove enterprise hardening to CIS Benchmarks.

Incident Response SIEM EDR AWS Security Threat Detection Vulnerability Management

Systems Engineer

Sentant

Oct 2021 - Oct 2023 (2 years)

Participated in SOC operations and security support for global clients, managed WAF/MFA/PAM platforms, optimized EDR tools, and conducted access reviews to enforce MFA and controls.

SOC WAF PAM MFA CrowdStrike SentinelOne Crowdstrike

IT Team Lead

Znetworks

Jan 2018 - Oct 2021 (3 years 9 months)

Led systems administration and MDM deployments, trained engineers on security risk mitigation, managed cloud migrations and offboarding to protect client data, and maintained Linux/Windows security controls.

Systems Administration MDM Microsoft Intune Linux Windows Cloud Migration Data Protection

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Western Governors University

Master of Science, Cyber Security and Information Assurance

Master of Science in Cyber Security and Information Assurance with coursework in Security Management, Forensics and Network Intrusion, Security Software Design, and Secure Network Design.