Kris Bajkowski

Experience

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  PC Smart Bar

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Computer Repair Technician

  Repaired computers as well as smartphones in a timely fashion with high quality results.

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  Best Buy

  Oct 2012 - Jan 2014

  Computer and Tablet Sales Associate

  Assisted customers with choosing the right product(s) to compliment their lifestyle and to make the right technology work for them.

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  Illinois State University

  Aug 2013 - May 2015

  Sales Associate - TechZone

  Assist students, faculty, and staff in picking out a computer to suit their needs. I'm also in charge of filling out departmental orders for technology related purchases, as well as training new employees on the processes at TechZone.

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  Discover Financial Services

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Business Analyst Intern

  Business Analyst for Team Orion in Business Technology.Some of my duties include:- Testing new software- Opening and following up on defects- HLD creation- Data Visualization

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  Discover Financial Services

  May 2015 - Nov 2022

  - Lead the agile adoption and transformation within the Cybersecurity organization- Build Jira Dashboards to drive visibility, metrics, and compliance to enterprise standards- Map Processes using IBM Blueworks Live- Coach two Product Owners/Delivery Teams through the agile way of working on an ongoing basis- Coach the Cybersecurity Organization regarding the agile way of working- Create automations using MS PowerAutomate- Act as a liaison between our development teams and Product Owners/Product managers- Ensure strong dependency planning/mapping when writing user stories/features in order to collaborate with the dependent teams early and often Show less As a Business Analyst at Discover working on a core call center application, I was involved in many different tasks including:- Brainstorming new ideas for our systems- Innovating new ways to improve processes- Requirements gathering and documentation- Defect research and resolution- AngularJS, HTML, and CSS front end coding- Test case planning and execution- Creating a Sharepoint site and maintaining it- Communicating between business partners and management - Presenting ideas and changes to colleagues and management- Being a point of contact for any questions regarding our systemsDuring my time at Discover, I've also gone outside of my scope of work and exposed myself to things such as:- Amazon Web Services Game Day to learn about scaling across multiple servers hosting an application / maintain high traffic flow without impacting application performance (my team placed 2nd in the competition)- Hadoop training to learn how it can be utilized for Big Data processing- IBM Clearcase and Rational Application Developer to learn more about the code behind our systems- Agile/Scrum classes- Learning and applying the capabilities of the new Office 365 cloud platform provided by Microsoft Show less

  • Senior Associate Cybersecurity Engineer

    Oct 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Lead Scrum Master - Cybersecurity

    Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Senior Associate - IT Campus Programs

    Jul 2018 - Oct 2019

  • IT Campus Programs

    May 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Business Analyst

    May 2015 - May 2017
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  Palo Alto Networks

  Nov 2022 - now

  - Automate security and non security related workflows using the XSOAR/XSIAM platforms- Develop Python automation scripts to customer specifications- Develop XQL queries to pull data to customer specifications- Develop custom integrations- Brainstorm new ideas for automations- Document playbooks, automations, and integrations- Administer/troubleshoot the XSOAR/XSIAM platforms- Review work of other content developers to ensure quality- Collaborate with various team members and stake holders to ensure we are automating the right things the right way- Train team members on XSOAR/XSIAM content development Show less - Automate security and non security related workflows using the XSOAR/XSIAM platforms- Develop Python automation scripts to customer specifications- Develop XQL queries to pull data to customer specifications- Develop custom integrations- Brainstorm new ideas for automations- Document playbooks, automations, and integrations- Administer/troubleshoot the XSOAR/XSIAM platforms- Review work of other content developers to ensure quality- Collaborate with various team members and stake holders to ensure we are automating the right things the right way- Train team members on XSOAR/XSIAM content development Show less

  • Senior XSOAR & XSIAM Resident Engineer

    Sept 2024 - now

  • XSOAR & XSIAM Resident Engineer

    Nov 2022 - Sept 2024