Monitoring Analyst Cover Letter

Please consider me for the monitoring analyst opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical administrative security support for all versions of Windows Operating Systems, Norton Anti-Virus, McAfee, Rapid7, and other software areas as required to provide support in IT operations.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Understanding of lending products from policy and P&L perspective
• A background in credit risk within a banking/consulting firm
• Should possess analytical and quantitative sills
• Experience with Information Security and Corporate Security tools such as SIEM, DLP, IDS, physical alarms notifications to the company hotline and mailbox
• Knowledge of network technologies such as DNS and load balancing
• Experience leading performance monitoring and follow through successful investigation, analysis, and root-cause identification and resolution of issues
• Experience work with various trading and compliance systems, including AIM, LVTS and CRD preferred
• Strong working knowledge of SharePoint sites

I would like to submit my application for the monitoring analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for 1st and 2nd level operational support for, but not limited to, O-I client hardware, operating systems, backups, antivirus/malware protection, security, and patching.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Knowledge of application performance management and web based technologies
• BMC suite of tools
• Knowledge of network technologies (protocols, design concepts, access control)
• A strong interest in technical fields such as Information Technology, System or Network Engineering, or hardware integration preferred
• Strong organizational, time management, planning skills, and strong interpersonal skills
• Recognizes that members and customers (internal & external) are the driving force behind every business activity
• Experience with a variety of industry leading network, infrastructure, and application delivery platforms and technologies
• Demonstrate core project management skills including communication plans, statuses, scope, charter, and risk management documents and negotiation and conflict resolution skills

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the monitoring analyst position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for forensic analysis of network packet captures, live memory and drive acquisitions, malware, as well as logs from various types of security sensors, applications, and operating systems.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Possess advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, Minitab, Statgraphics or similar programs
• Strong understanding of SAP and document management software as needed to perform responsibilities
• Experience with orthopedic product design
• Demonstrated experience using and administering log management tools such as ELK, Splunk
• Demonstrated experience using and administering APM tools such as AppDynamics, New Relic
• Demonstrated experience using and administering monitoring tools such as Nagios, AlertSite, Apica, Zenoss
• Demonstrated experience using and administering performance and capacity planning tools such as TeamQuest
• Proven customer focus, with a track record of being proactively oriented is

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the monitoring analyst position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for regularly scheduled and ad-hoc reporting of security configuration, anti-virus and vulnerability compliance levels for technology platforms enterprise wide.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience with Splunk queries, apps, and dashboards
• Experience standardizing Splunk agent deployment, configuration, and maintenance across a variety of platforms
• A broad knowledge of monitoring principles and practices
• A broad base of knowledge across multiple areas of IT
• Experience with performance and load testing tools such as LoadRunner, SOASTA CloudTest, Apache JMeter, Selenium, etc
• General knowledge of Microsoft Operating systems, especially Win 7/10 and Microsoft Office
• Possess keen interest in technology forensics, troubleshooting and problem solving
• Working knowledge of commonly used monitoring and diagnostic tools like Tivoli ITM, Splunk, Sitescope, Introscope, Foglight, Aternity, Netuitive, Tealeaf, Candle

In response to your job posting for monitoring analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for analysis of firewall, IDS, anti-virus and other network sensor produced events; present findings as input to SIRT.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• PMP/Agile certifications encouraged
• Educational background in data mining and statistical analysis
• Experience with a programming languages such as R, Python, SQL, C#, Java
• Experience with a statistical analysis tool like MatLab, MiniTab, SPSS, R
• Knowledge of use of HP Arcsight/Splunk /Balabit/ Huntsman
• Application Support monitoring analyst for large custom built application (Oracle / Java / Informatica)
• High volume real-time application, processing > 500m transactions per day
• Will work closely with leads to monitor the application and escalate production issues