Cybersecurity Analyst Resume Example

Detection, response, and risk reduction with the tools to prove it

A cybersecurity analyst resume should tie SIEM alerts, incident response, and vulnerability management to outcomes — mean time to detect, incidents contained, audit findings closed. This example groups security tools clearly and quantifies impact so security recruiters and ATS keyword searches both surface your profile.

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ATS keywords for cybersecurity analyst resumes

Work the terms that match the job description naturally into your resume so it ranks well in applicant tracking systems.

cybersecurity analyst
SIEM
incident response
vulnerability management
SOC
threat hunting
NIST
firewall
penetration testing
security operations

Single-column, ATS-readable structure
Quantified, achievement-focused bullet points
Role-specific skills grouped for fast scanning

Ryan Patel

ryan.patel@email.com · +1 (703) 555-0140 · Arlington, VA · https://linkedin.com/in/ryanpatel · https://github.com/ryanpatel

Professional summary

Cybersecurity analyst with 5 years in a SOC environment. Experienced in Splunk, incident triage, and vulnerability remediation with a track record of cutting mean time to detect and containing threats before lateral movement.

Skills

Security

SIEM, Incident response, Threat hunting, Vulnerability management

Tools

Splunk, CrowdStrike, Nessus, Wireshark, Python

Professional experience

Cybersecurity Analyst II
Clearpath Defense — Arlington, VA
May 2021 – Present
- Reduced mean time to detect phishing campaigns from 4.2 hours to 55 minutes via new Splunk rules.
- Led containment for 35 priority incidents in 2025 with zero confirmed data exfiltration.
- Closed 180 critical Nessus findings in 90 days by partnering with IT on patch SLAs.
Security Operations Analyst
NovaTech Solutions — Reston, VA
Jul 2019 – Apr 2021
- Triaged 50+ daily alerts, escalating true positives with full packet captures and timelines.
- Authored 20 runbooks that cut handoff errors during after-hours incidents by half.