Sean Finch — Cybersecurity | Northeastern '27

Sean Finch Security Engineer Intern at Palo Alto Networks. B.S. Cybersecurity with a Music Minor at Northeastern University, graduating May 2027. Seeking new-grad cybersecurity roles starting Summer 2027. Experience

Palo Alto Networks — Security Engineer Intern (June 2026 – September 2026), Santa Clara, CA. Built Application Control Posture Check, an internal DAST tool that cut compliance review from 3 hours to a 5-minute automated scan across 16 NIST CSF controls; architected its RBAC system and shipped the risk dashboard data flow giving the CISO and Board live posture visibility.

Neuralink — Systems Engineer Intern, Security Operations (April 2026 – June 2026), Fremont, CA. Deployed Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel across 500+ endpoints and overhauled endpoint, identity, and cloud baselines, earning executive buy-in for a dedicated security team.

Audax Group — IT Operations Co-op, Security Operations (May 2025 – April 2026), Boston, MA. Ran Nessus vulnerability scans and hardened 700+ endpoints to CIS Benchmarks.

CENIC — Cybersecurity Intern (May 2024 – August 2024), La Mirada, CA. DDoS analysis on the CalREN network safeguarding 20M+ students across California K–20 schools.

Skills Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Tenable Nessus, Qualys, OpenVAS, Wazuh, Burp Suite, MITRE ATT&CK, CIS Benchmarks, NIST CSF, Okta, Entra ID, Intune, Terraform, GCP/BigQuery, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, PowerShell, Bash, SQL. Links

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Resume (PDF)