Yazdan Soltani
Yazdan Soltani

Yazdan Soltani

AI/ML • Management: 3-5 years (6-15 people) • Los Angeles, USA • UTC-08:00 • In office, Partially remote, Fully remote • Relocation • Work permits: United States • Citizenship: United States • Available in 2 weeks • from $250k per year
Cybersecurity Engineer
Management: 3-5 years (6-15 people)
Python
PowerShell
Active 9 days ago
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Overview
Technical skills
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Roles

Overview

Security-focused engineer with experience across enterprise network and endpoint security, large-scale security deployments, and incident investigation support. Builds automation for security operations and configuration management, and works with SIEM analytics to improve monitoring and investigation workflows. Also develops AI-driven multi-agent security tooling for threat analysis and Zscaler troubleshooting.

Technical skills

Languages
2
Python
PowerShell
Cybersecurity
8
SIEM
Zscaler
Active Directory
Microsoft Sentinel
DLP
Microsoft Entra ID
MITRE ATT&CK
Wireshark
DevOps
6
Ansible
Azure
GitHub
Git
Splunk
Terraform
AI/ML
3
LLM
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
Other
10
RAG
CVE
Snort
Suricata
Zero Trust
IAM
Human-in-the-Loop
Multi-Agent Systems
Configuration Management
Red Teaming

Timeline

Security Engineer | Assistant Director • Head+
EY • Full-Time
Apr 2022 to Present 4 Years 6 Months Los Angeles In office
Designed and implemented enterprise network and endpoint security capabilities while coordinating with multiple security teams for complex upgrades. Delivered security programs including Zscaler Zero Trust rollout at large device/user scale, proxy migration for servers/users, and Kerberos authentication enablement across server fleets. Automated security operations and troubleshooting workflows to speed evidence collection and incident investigation. Built and improved SIEM queries and dashboards and automated security/configuration management using Ansible across large server sets.
Zscaler
Ansible
SIEM
Senior Network Security Administrator • Senior
Ventura County Office of Education • Full-Time
Jul 2019 to Apr 2022 2 Years 9 Months In office
Led large-scale modernization initiatives spanning data center migration, office buildouts, and network/security redesign. Managed operations and lifecycle responsibilities for LAN, WAN, wireless, and supporting server/security infrastructure to meet availability and security standards. Performed security risk assessments and implemented segmentation, access controls, and resilience improvements with mitigation recommendations to leadership. Mentored IT staff to drive adoption of standards and improve operational effectiveness and team capacity.
Network Security Engineer • Middle
Dallas Independent School District • Full-Time
Jul 2014 to Jul 2019 5 Years Dallas In office
Administered and maintained security systems and core LAN/WAN infrastructure supporting a large wireless/fiber network. Provided Tier 2/3 support for complex network and security issues, translating requirements into actionable fixes for stakeholders. Ensured compliance-related capabilities such as access control, logging, and content-control requirements across the network environment.