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Cybersecurity Analyst resume example

Cybersecurity analyst resumes should show how you detect, respond to and prevent threats. Hiring managers look for SIEM and EDR tools, incident response numbers, frameworks such as NIST or ISO 27001, and certifications.

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Key skills for a cybersecurity analyst resume

  • SIEM monitoring (Splunk, Sentinel)
  • Incident response
  • Vulnerability management
  • Threat hunting
  • Security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001)
  • Cloud and network security

Hannah Schmidt

Cybersecurity Analyst

Summary

Cybersecurity analyst with 5 years of SOC and vulnerability management experience in finance and e-commerce. Triage 400 alerts a week in Splunk and Sentinel, cut mean time to respond from 4 hours to 45 minutes and led an ISO 27001 certification project.

Experience

Cybersecurity AnalystApr 2022 – Present
N26
  • Triaged 400 SIEM alerts per week and resolved 60 confirmed incidents
  • Reduced mean time to respond from 4 hours to 45 minutes with SOAR playbooks
  • Led the ISO 27001 project that passed certification with 0 major findings
  • Lowered critical vulnerabilities by 85% through a patch SLA program
SOC AnalystSep 2019 – Mar 2022
Zalando
  • Monitored 2,000 endpoints with CrowdStrike EDR on a 24/7 rota
  • Identified 3 phishing campaigns and blocked 12,000 malicious emails

Education

MSc in IT Security2017 – 2019
Ruhr University Bochum

Skills

  • Splunk
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • CrowdStrike EDR
  • Incident response
  • Vulnerability management
  • Threat hunting
  • ISO 27001
  • Python

Certifications

  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA CySA+

Languages

  • German
  • English

How to write a cybersecurity analyst resume

  1. Quantify detection and response: alerts triaged, mean time to respond, incidents closed.
  2. Name your tools and frameworks precisely; security ATS filters are very literal.
  3. Put certifications such as Security+, CySA+ or CISSP near the top.

ATS keywords for cybersecurity analyst jobs

Applicant tracking systems rank resumes by how well they match the job post. Use the keywords that appear in the posting you are applying for — these are the most common:

  • cybersecurity analyst
  • SIEM
  • Splunk
  • incident response
  • vulnerability management
  • threat hunting
  • NIST
  • ISO 27001
  • EDR
  • SOC

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