Maria E. Reyes
Cybersecurity leader bridging military discipline with enterprise security strategy
San Antonio, TX, US
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SUMMARY
Cybersecurity leader with Army cyber operations experience and private-sector healthcare security leadership. Experienced in incident response, SOC leadership, zero trust architecture, compliance, and executive communication.

SKILLS
Incident Response; Zero Trust Architecture; SIEM; Network Defense; Vulnerability Management; Python; AWS Security; Risk Management Framework; NIST 800-53; SOC 2; FedRAMP; Kubernetes; Terraform; CrowdStrike Falcon; Palo Alto Networks; Personnel Management; Executive Communication

EXPERIENCE
Meridian Health Systems | Director of Cybersecurity | 2023-03 - Present
Head of cybersecurity for a healthcare IT company handling PHI for 2M+ patients. Report to CISO. Built the security operations function and led the company through SOC 2 Type II and HITRUST certification.
- Built SOC team from 0 to 12 analysts, achieving 24/7 coverage within 6 months.
- Led HITRUST r2 certification, passing on first assessment with zero corrective actions.
- Reduced mean time to detect from 72 hours to under 4 hours through SIEM tuning and automated triage.
- Led response to a ransomware incident and restored critical clinical systems within 41 hours with zero patient-care impact.

Aegis Cyber Defense | Senior Incident Response Consultant | 2021-01 - 2023-02
Investigated breaches for Fortune 500 clients across healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing.
- Led incident response for 15+ engagements including nation-state intrusions and ransomware events affecting critical infrastructure.
- Developed automated forensic triage toolkit adopted by the broader IR team, reducing initial assessment time by 40%.

Tidewater Federal Services | Cybersecurity Analyst | 2018-09 - 2020-12
DoD contract supporting cyber threat analysis. First civilian role after Army separation.
- Performed threat analysis supporting DoD network defense operations, authoring 50+ threat intelligence reports.

United States Army | Cyber Operations Specialist (17C), Staff Sergeant (E-6) | 2016-01 - 2018-08
Led a 6-person cyber operations team conducting defensive cyber operations and vulnerability assessments for Army networks. Honorably discharged August 2018.
- Led defensive cyber operations team protecting a 15,000-node enterprise network.
- Trained and mentored 12 junior soldiers transitioning into the new 17C MOS career field.

United States Army | Signal Support Systems Specialist (25U) | 2010-08 - 2015-12
Maintained and operated signal systems supporting brigade-level communications.
- Maintained 99.7% uptime on tactical communications systems supporting a 3,500-soldier brigade.

EDUCATION
University of Texas at San Antonio | MS | Cybersecurity | 2019 - 2021
University of Maryland Global Campus | BS | Computer Networks and Cybersecurity | 2014 - 2018

CERTIFICATIONS
CISSP | (ISC)2
CISM | ISACA
CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA
AWS Certified Security - Specialty | Amazon Web Services