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Miguel Chaves

@miguelchaves1

CISSP cybersecurity engineer specializing in SOC, incident response, and IAM.

Portugal
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What I'm looking for

I seek senior cybersecurity roles focusing on SOC leadership, incident response, and IAM/cloud security in organizations that value proactive risk reduction and cross-team collaboration.

I am a CISSP-certified cybersecurity engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience in threat detection, incident response, and securing large-scale enterprise environments. I have implemented security automation and identity management solutions that reduced incident response time by 30% and protected over 3,000 endpoints.

In senior SOC roles I have designed and operated security dashboards and tooling, led incident response and threat-hunting activities, and collaborated with cross-functional teams and leadership to align security operations with organizational goals. I have deployed and tuned SIEM, SOAR, EDR systems, and supported IAM and cloud security initiatives across AWS and Azure.

I am committed to fostering a security-first culture through proactive risk mitigation, awareness programs, and continuous improvement, and I bring practical experience consulting with security leadership and delivering measurable operational improvements.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

HU

Cybersecurity Engineer

Humn

Jun 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Executed daily SOC activities including email and endpoint security assessments, led cross-functional security workshops and awareness campaigns, and enhanced IAM via SSO and credential management improvements.

HP

Programming Teacher

Happy Code Portugal

Sep 2017 - Sep 2020 (3 years)

Taught programming to children and teens using the LET methodology to develop logic and problem-solving skills over a three-year period.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Faculty of Sciences — University of Lisbon logoFL

Faculty of Sciences — University of Lisbon

Master Degree in Information Security, Information Security

2018 - 2020

Completed a Master Degree in Information Security, focusing on advanced security topics and practical defensive controls.

ISEG — University of Lisbon logoIL

ISEG — University of Lisbon

Minor in Management, Management

2018 - 2018

Completed a minor in Management covering core management principles and business fundamentals.

Faculty of Sciences — University of Lisbon logoFL

Faculty of Sciences — University of Lisbon

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Information Technology

2014 - 2018

Completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology with foundational coursework in computing and IT systems.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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