Daniel omini Michael

Cyber Security Engineer with two years of hands-on SOC and security engineering experience, spanning multi-tool SIEM/EDR environments, live incident response on financial infrastructure, and self-directed AI-assisted security tooling. Comfortable owning an investigation end to end, from raw log correlation to a clear, evidence-backed narrative, and building automation that reduces manual analyst workload rather than just following existing playbooks.

Cyber Security Engineer (promoted from Cyber Security Analyst) at CyberSOC Africa (2024-12 – Present)

• Lead security operations, threat detection, incident response, and security engineering activities across SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and network security platforms.
• Own complex investigations end to end and provide technical guidance to junior analysts, supporting effective incident resolution and customer security outcomes.
• Deploy, configure, and manage SIEM and EDR/XDR tools to strengthen visibility across enterprise environments; create and fine-tune detection rules to reduce false positives and improve detection fidelity.
• Automate SIEM alert investigations and ingestion monitoring using Python and REST APIs, contributing to measurable improvements in MTTD and MTTR.
• Develop dashboards providing real-time threat visibility and operational compromise indicators; collaborate with engineering teams to resolve data ingestion and alerting issues.

Cyber Security Analyst at CyberSOC Africa (2024-06 – 2024-12)

• Monitored and analyzed network traffic and security alerts across SIEM, EDR, and threat intelligence platforms; investigated intrusion attempts and identified security incidents.
• Performed incident triage, documented findings, and provided updates throughout the incident lifecycle using QRadar, ArcSight, Rapid7, Wazuh, CrowdStrike, Trend Micro, Cynet, and Elastic.
• Produced reports and SOC performance insights including MTTD and MTTR trends; conducted proactive threat hunting using intelligence-driven hypotheses.

Cyber Security Analyst at PayInBits Convenience (2022-09 – 2023-03)

• Implemented secure cloud configurations using Azure Private Link, Network Security, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud aligned to NIST 800-53, reducing security incidents by 30%.
• Provided troubleshooting and support for Microsoft Active Directory, Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, and Azure Active Directory; resolved 20+ security incidents per week.
• Built a SOC lab in Microsoft Azure, configuring resource groups and virtual networks; deployed Microsoft Sentinel for security monitoring and created Defender watchlists to track attack sources.

Cyber Security Analyst (Remote) at CFSS Cyber & Forensics Security Solutions (2023-12 – 2024-01)

• Conducted steganography analysis, hiding and extracting data within image files, as part of applied digital forensics research.
• Demonstrated incident response and security engineering best practices to ensure safe and compliant research operations.

B.Sc. in Cybersecurity – Air Force Institute of Technology (2023-11)