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Yesenia Yser
Steminist, strategist, and cyber security evangelist.
Yesenia is an impact driven servant leader with over a decade of experience building security organizations.
Resume
Experience
The Linux Foundation
2022 - 2023
Sr. Software Security Engineer
Working towards accelerating the Alpha-Omega project by improving the analysis and assertions results of the Omega ToolChain and enhancing the Triage-Portal for Vulnerability Research use of critical open source software projects.
Red Hat
2022
Principal Product Security Engineer
Software Supply Chain Security
Streamlined technical Supply Chain requirements, based on US Executive Order, industry standards, and ever changing threat landscape, through across organization collaboration, to align Supply Chain policies to the innovative open-source Red Hat development culture and unique ecosystems.
Strategized and designed the Product Security Supply Chain program, including hiring and onboarding 15 engineers, continuously mentoring across multiple work streams, while executing on ongoing security proposals to improve security posture and enhance the identification and visibility into the Red Hat Engineering Build pipeline
2020 - 2022
Senior Product Security Engineer
Software Supply Chain Security
Ultimate Software (UKG)
2020 - 2020
DevSecOps Engineer
Security Research & Architecture
Strategize improvement plans for establishing corporate policies and procedures for integrating security into the SDLC of product development. Analyze current process in place, such as CI/CD, DevOps, and user experience with security to identify opportunities for automation of the SAST program across the organization.
Oversaw the development of security controls into HCM products, Self-Service Security tools to improve employee access request and improved on in-house built SIEM to enhance triage and investigation processes. Served as a security evangelist within the company.
2017 - 2020
Security Engineer
Security Research & Development
2014 - 2017
Security Engineer
Security Operations
Collaboration on the in-house built SIEM by providing automation to improve triage workflows, customer resolution and reporting, detection triggers, and log ingestion. While providing on-call and call rotation support to triage and investigate security events triggered by automated alerts.
Collaborated to improve mobile application test for both iOS and Android, using Selenium and Appium, writing unit test in C#.
Sept - Nov 2014
Software Engineer Intern
Quality Assurance
Florida International University (FIU)
2017 - 2019
Field Team Engineer
Miami, FL
Provide administrative I.T. support under active directory over the phone, in person, or via Remote Desktop Support. Provide Desktop Security including user awareness, securing sensitive data, and troubleshooting McAfee encryption errors, and instructing user of FIU’s current policies
Navmar Applied Science Coporation
Jun - Aug 2013
Engineering Intern
Interim Security Clearance
Performed Pentest on OpenSim for vulnerabilities and reported to Air Force officers with weekly status report presentations
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Soft skills are vital for women to succeed
The ability to lead without authority, meaning “being able to drive change when you have no authority or say, trying to persuade [others] the reasoning and the impact the new change is going to have” is a key skill. And that skill goes with building relationships: “You can’t make those changes if people don’t trust you.”
- Yesenia Yser
Source: Soft skills are vital for women to succeed, says cybersecurity panel by Cybersecurity Expert, Howard Solomon, ITWorld Canada
Education
2015 - 2019
University of Central Florida
Masters of Science in Digital Forensics
Virtual - Orlando, FL
Internship Course:
* Forensic Analyst, Ultimate Software May - Aug 2018
The project required research and creating an initial proposal of multiple course of actions for a forensic workstation at Ultimate Software. The Forensic workstation proposal involved cost analysis and functionality of both hardware and software, commercial and open sourced tools.
2010 - 2014
Florida International University
Bachelors of Science in Computer Science
Miam, FL
Senior Project:
* FIU SCIS SeniorProject 2014 History Explorer
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Design and built an Android Application to guide users to create a historical route for sightseeing or tours. This application was to provide additional methods for tourist to sightsee and learn about the historical places, starting with South Florida.
A servant leader to the engineering and cyber security space, your cyber big sister and a brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt.
Community Service
2022 - Present
LatinasInCyber
Co-Founder & Advisory Board
Virtual - US
2019 - Present
#IamRemarkable Facilitator
Google Certified Facilitator
Virtual & In Person
2019 - Present
Martial Arts Kid's Coach
Mattix Jiu Jitsu Academy
Davie, FL
2018 - 2020
WomenInTech Sub-Committee Lead
Ultimate Software
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Professional skillset
Cyber Security Operations
Business Strategy Planning
Technical Leadership
Security Research & Solution Architecting
Teamwork & Collaboration
Global Security Leadership
Python / Django Framework
Software Supply Chain Security
DevSecOps
Computer Science
Leading without Authority
Agile Engineering
Languages
English (Proficient)
Spanish (Native - Intermediate)