Security Engineer Principal Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the security engineer principal opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for oversight to the end-to-end development of an IA system or system component (e.g., concept, requirements, design, development, implementation, and/or integration).

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Strong object-oriented design and coding skills (Java preferred and Spring) preferably on the Linux platform developing Systems software
• General Web-SSO, Shared Token and shared credential models
• Understanding of risks and controls across all layers of the OSI model
• Understanding of email security concepts such as DKIM, SPF, DMARC
• Threat detection engineering, malware analysis, penetration testing, or similar security experience
• Expert understanding of the tools, tactics, and motivation of cyber adversaries
• Experiencing rapidly prototyping, designing or building novel threat detection or intelligence systems
• Full-stack security knowledge

I am excited to be applying for the position of security engineer principal. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for input to IA process activities and related documentation such as systems concept of operations, system security design, implementation plans, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Hands on experience in driving end to end security for cloud product - SAST, DAST, IAST, OSS scanning, pen testing
• Expert in threat modeling and secure architecture review
• Presenting security risks to wide audience including senior management
• Experience designing and building security services in a SecDevOps cloud operations model
• Knowledge of compliance requirements for industry standard certifications like like PCI DSS, SOC2, HIPAA, FedRAMP
• Experience with LAN/WAN networking and security infrastructure (Firewalls, IDS/IPS, and VPNs)
• Familiarity with Cloud Management tools such as CloudHealth and ThreatStack
• Recognized security certifications are highly desirable (CISSP, CISA, GIAC, CEH and others)

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the security engineer principal position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for confidentiality, Integrity and Availability by identifying appropriate IA controls within accreditation packages and verify implementation is in accordance with DoD and Army IA standards.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Professional certifications to include CEH, CISSP, SANS GCIA, or CISM
• Experience with other SIEM technologies
• Experience with security products (e.g Crowdstrike, Threatstream)
• Expertise in investigating and quantifying long running trends in the enterprise environment
• Knowledge of working with analysis of security and user behavioral patterns within a corporate environment
• Experience working in a customer facing role, preferably financial services oriented, or internal experience at a financial services institution
• Serve as a technical security subject matter expert across multiple security domain areas, stays current with the latest security threats, raises awareness and communicates security risks within the company
• Stay abreast of current mobile and cloud technologies, security compliance requirements, standards and industry trends in order to help achieve the goals of the department

I would like to submit my application for the security engineer principal opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for iA engineering support as well as prepares/reviews IA documentation (i.e., System Security Authorization Agreement [SSAA] in accordance with prevailing community security guidance) and supports security test and evaluations (ST&E).

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Analyze, Define, Deploy, Incident Response Procedures and full security life cycle for the product in the face of constantly changing threat surface
• Provide Security Requirements, Recommendations and architectural Input to help build a secure architecture
• Solid experience in building security frameworks, platforms, or libraries
• Follow industry trends and standards - Define, Propose, Prototype Proof of concept implementations
• Experience in developing and deploying code to production cloud (AWS or others), associated development methodologies and automation workflow
• Experience in full product development lifecycle of large/complex products including directly working with partners and customers during requirements, architecture, design, test, deployment and support phases
• Iterative development and refactoring
• Have significant experience performing security design review of distributed systems and APIs

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the security engineer principal position.

Previously, I was responsible for iA system administration and technical computer support for DoD Collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and Special Access Program (SAP).

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Background in network services/microservices, Cloud security operations, content provider operation,or larger scale hosting
• SIEM or other security/log management platforms
• Malware defense on the network/host/email
• Email analysis
• Common TCP and UDP protocol
• Service Provider level knowledge of DOCSIS security architectures with CMTS, CMs and filters
• Experience in designing and implementing complex information security and network security architectures
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience in presenting technical issues to all levels of management, non-technical staff