Kenza Abri
Senior Security Engineer | SOC & DFIR
Salary / Daily rate
Algerias, Aguadas, Caldas, Colombia
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior Security Engineer with expertise in SOC, CERT, and DFIR operations. Proficient in incident response, threat hunting, and security operations center implementation, with a strong track record of hardening Windows environments and automating security processes. Offering comprehensive cybersecurity services from alert triage to end-to-end SOC deployment, with specialized skills in SIEM, EDR, and Python/PowerShell automation.
Work experience
Confidential
Apr 2022 - Present
4 years 7 months
Algiers, Algeria
Senior Security Engineer
Jan 2024 - Present
2 years 10 months
Algiers, Algeria
- Triage, investigate, and respond to alerts and incidents - Develop and write Incident Response (IR) playbooks - Implement hardening measures for Windows Server and Windows Workstation environments - Deploy new Security Operation Centers (SOCs) for clients from end to end - Perform technical validation of detection rules - Conduct proactive threat hunting to identify potential risks - Improve Incident Response processes and enhance Security Operation Center (SOC) building
Cyber Security Engineer
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
1 year
Algiers, Algeria
- Documenting internal processes
SOC Analyst
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
10 months
Algiers, Algeria
- Analysis and processing of security events - Participate in improving detection rules (Rule tuning) - Automating redundant tasks - Investigation - Scripting and task automation - Parsing
Information Technology Security Engineer
El Djazair Information Technology (ELIT)
Oct 2019 - May 2022
2 years 8 months
Kouba, Algeria
IT Security Engineer at Elit. Job Missions : 1. Endpoint Security : - Protecting network devices from malicious threats and cyberattacks using Antivirus solution, EDR, SIEM and DLP - Detection and Investigation - Detection and identification of vulnerabilities and vulnerable hosts in the parc. 2. Integration, administration and troubleshooting of several security solutions: Data Loss Prevention, Endpoint Protection, Endpoint Detection and Response, TheHive. 3. Security audit of information systems: - Conduct compliance and vulnerability audits on hosting environments for Windows Environment (based on CIS benchmarks). 4. Scripting and automation of tasks (python and powershell).
Communication Assistant
Micro Club
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
8 months
Algiers, Algeria
Education
Université des Sciences et de la Technologie 'Houari Boumediène'
Master 2 (M2)
2017 - 2019
2 years 1 month
Université des Sciences et de la Technologie 'Houari Boumediène'
Licence
2014 - 2017
3 years 1 month