Security Engineer · Detection & Response

Michael Odeh

Security Operations Engineer

I build and scale detection, incident response, security automation, and cloud security, with 6+ years across big tech, autonomous vehicles, and regulated healthcare.

65%MTTR reduction from a SOAR program with AI-assisted triage
45%of security alerts resolved automatically
50%better critical-vulnerability SLA adherence
150K+endpoints with security configurations deployed
About

Detection, response, and automation at scale

Security Engineer with 6+ years of experience building and scaling detection, IT security, incident response, security automation, and cloud security capabilities across big tech, autonomous vehicles, and regulated healthcare environments. Proven impact includes reducing MTTR by 65%, automatically resolving 45% of security alerts, improving vulnerability remediation SLA adherence by 50%, and deploying security controls across 150K+ endpoints. Deep hands-on experience with SIEM/SOAR, EDR/XDR, AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, Python, Terraform, vulnerability management, detection engineering, and 24/7 incident response.

Skills

Core expertise

Security Operations

  • Incident Response
  • Detection Engineering
  • Threat Hunting
  • SIEM/SOAR
  • Security Automation
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Log ingestion, parsing & normalization

SIEM / SOAR

  • Panther
  • Google Chronicle
  • Google SecOps
  • Azure Sentinel
  • Torq
  • Palo Alto XSOAR
  • Cribl

Endpoint / XDR

  • SentinelOne
  • CrowdStrike
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Sophos
  • Jamf
  • Intune
  • Entra ID

Cloud / Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • GuardDuty
  • CloudTrail
  • Security Hub
  • SCC
  • Kubernetes/EKS
  • Terraform
  • Linux

Engineering

  • Python
  • APIs
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • CI/CD
  • Automation
  • Runbooks/playbooks
  • Security metrics

Frameworks

  • NIST CSF
  • ISO 27001
  • SOC 2
  • PCI
  • HIPAA
  • HITRUST
  • FedRAMP
Projects

Selected work

Programs and initiatives I've built or led, and what they changed.

01

SOAR Program with AI-Assisted Triage

Built a SOAR program that integrates SIEM, EDR/XDR, and cloud security platforms with AI agents for alert triage and investigation, plus automated enrichment, containment, and remediation workflows.

Impact: 65% lower MTTR, 45% of alerts auto-resolved, 30% less manual response effort.
TorqPalo Alto XSOARPythonAI Agents
02

Cloud & Kubernetes Threat Visibility

Led ingestion and operationalization of AWS security telemetry (GuardDuty, CloudTrail, IAM, and EKS logs) in Panther, and rolled out SentinelOne and Microsoft Defender across 500+ cloud VMs.

Impact: Unified detection and real-time response across AWS and GCP.
PantherAWSEKSSentinelOne
03

Vulnerability Management & Auto-Patching

Built a vulnerability management program with authenticated scanning across servers and cloud, and automated dependency patching with Renovate across 2,000+ assets.

Impact: 40% less exposure to emerging CVEs, 50% better critical SLA adherence.
TenableSysdigRenovate
04

Automated GCP Security Reviews

Automated security reviews for GCP projects to enforce internal security requirements consistently and at scale.

Impact: 30% faster reviews with more consistent outcomes.
GCPPythonAutomation
05

Endpoint Security at Global Scale

Engineered and deployed security configurations across a global enterprise endpoint fleet and automated Linux hardening, including disk encryption and policy enforcement.

Impact: Security policy enforced across 150K+ endpoints.
Endpoint SecurityLinuxPython
06

Firewall Access Standardization

Led an initiative to standardize firewall-access requests across a large enterprise.

Impact: Processing time cut 60%, from five days to two.
Network SecurityProcess Improvement
Writeups

Notes from the field

Security writeups, detection ideas, and project deep-dives.

First writeups coming soon. Detection engineering notes and incident response deep-dives will live here.
Contact

Get in touch

Let's discuss cybersecurity opportunities, threat intelligence sharing, or collaboration on security projects.