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I Build and Defend

Over the past several years, I have been working and consulting for firms in the financial and energy sectors across Africa and the Middle East. My responsibilities included managing Security Operations teams, monitoring networks, and investigating computer fraud. I have handled security incidents of varying severities and categories, including ransomware and webshell attacks.

I have safeguarded critical systems and assisted clients in implementing robust security measures to defend against advanced persistent threats and respond effectively to security breaches. Additionally, I have deployed and successfully integrated projects such as EDR/NDR, email security, and forensic labs for prompt and proactive cyber defense of enterprise networks.

I also work as a freelance software engineer, developing web applications for clients using solid technologies.

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Experience

Senior OT SOC Analyst @Schneider Electric

Doha, Qatar | August 2023 - Present

Monitoring, triaging and response for ICS/OT security events across multiple sites within the country Utilized Security Orchestration, Automation and Response mechanisms for effective incident management Performing threat and vulnerability research across event data collected by systems and communicating risks, and effective escalations with site leads and management.

Manager, Information Security Operations @Fidelity Bank Ghana Ltd.

Accra, Ghana | Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

Directed, mentored, trained, and conducted performance reviews for all SOC team members Contributed to security design forums to enforce security-first standards and to harden public-facing systems Improved SOC 3 metrics in the area of MTTR, MTTD, log visibility reach. Provided technical and executive reports covering the operations of the unit and the threat landscape

Lead, Cyber Security Engineer @GCB Bank PLC

Accra, Ghana | Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

Identified potential risks by deploying and managing security tools such as Crowdstrike, M365 Defender, DarkTrace, malware sandbox. Deployed security-centric projects such as forensic and malware analysis lab for effective intrusion defense.

Threat Response & Forensic Specialist @Ecobank/Eprocess

Accra, Ghana | Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

Managed and high-impact incidents such as Phishing, Ransomware, crypto mining etc., end-to-end by conducting network, memory, and filesystem forensic analysis. Improved situational awareness of response teams by 95% by conducting threat simulations and building playbooks. Authored IR reports, highlighting intrusions and working towards remediations with SMEs

Cyber Security Analyst @Ecobank/Eprocess

Accra, Ghana | Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

Triaged and analyzed security logs using SIEM, AV, Firewall, IDS/IPS, EDR, and Cloud, consistently achieving all SLA goals. Utilized Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) to improve incident closure by 80%. Enhanced visibility of critical banking assets, logs, and sensor health states on detection systems by 97%.

Technical Support Engineer @Ecobank/Eprocess

Accra, Ghana | Jan 2011 - Jan 2017

Worked on various card payments management projects, such as PCIDSS, 3DSecure, web payment integration, EMV migration, transaction monitoring. Implemented effective fraud logic that minimized card fraud by 95%. Optimized support and monitoring workflow by building effective scripts.

Full Stack Engineer @Freelance/Contract

Remote | Jan 2015 - Present

Worked with clients on various web projects, designing, building and implementing new features as well as improving the functionality, security and performance of web applications.



Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Bluecrest College. Accra, Ghana | 2016-2020

Relevant courses included Data Structures and Algorithms, Computer Systems Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.



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