Piotr Szwajkowski

Security Engineer

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland16 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years of experience in security engineering.
Expert in automating large-scale security operations.
Proven track record in developing novel security solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in automation and network security.

Contact

piotr.szwajkowski@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Security Incident ResponseAutomationCloud ConfigurationDetection TechniquesNetwork SecuritySecurity AnalysisNetwork Design

Other Skills

AgileAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsApplication Programming Interfaces (API)Application SecurityBROIDSBashBusiness Process ImprovementCCNPCEHCloud ArchitectureComputer Incident ResponseConfluenceContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cyber Threat Hunting (CTH)

About

I’m a security engineer with 15+ years of experience designing and running everything from detection systems and incident response to automating large-scale security operations. I’ve built monitoring pipelines, hardened Linux infrastructure, and secured data center networks, always with a focus on speed, scalability, cost-effectiveness and automation. What drives me is building things that last: tools that solve problems faster, smarter, and more reliably than the off-the-shelf options. I’m certified, hands-on, and not afraid to code my own solutions when needed. If you’re passionate about pushing security forward and making operations truly resilient, let’s connect!

Experience

16 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Rippling

Staff Security Engineer

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · Remote (US) · Remote

Okta

Staff Security Engineer

Nov 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Warszawa, Woj. Mazowieckie, Polska · Remote

Develop and improve security detections
Perform threat hunting
Automate incident response and security operations
Develop Detection and Response CI/CD Pipeline (log ingestion + detection engineering)
Configure cloud-based environment (AWS, Azure, Snowflake)
Perform hands-on python development (detections, automation)
Respond to security incidents (part of the on-call rotation)
Perform threat hunting activities
Collaborate with other teams

Security Incident ResponseCyber Threat Hunting (CTH)AutomationCloud ConfigurationPython Development

Pepsico

Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Dec 2019 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Warszawa, Woj. Mazowieckie, Polska

Closely support and collaborate with other Global Security Fusion Center teams to identify requirements, develop playbooks on the SOAR and Resilient platforms, and test playbooks
Lead in the development of novel new detection techniques, automation of security detections and incident handling (perform hands-on Python development)
Leverage orchestration and other security tools and technologies to measure effectiveness and impact on mission systems
Integrate various products and tools to deliver guidance and best practice approaches tailored to customer needs
Apply information systems security concepts, data collection and analysis
Analyze various network and other information systems protocols to extract useful data
Provide deep technical expertise to enable internal customers at all levels
Provide guidance for improvements in platform and internal process

Detection TechniquesAutomationPython DevelopmentSOARSecurity Analysis

Alior bank s.a.

IT Security Monitoring Expert

Nov 2015 – Nov 2019 · 4 yrs · Warszawa, woj. mazowieckie, Polska

Monitor and maintain network security
Perform security analysis of banking malware
Handle security incidents (including cooperation with other Banks and organisations)
Perform threat hunting activities
Automate security detections with own written scripts (Perl, Bash, Python)
Design security infrastructure (Splunk, Zeek, Imperva, F5)
Implement security controls and alarms

Network SecuritySecurity AnalysisThreat HuntingAutomationSplunk

National centre for nuclear research

Network Security Team Leader

Oct 2009 – Oct 2015 · 6 yrs · Świerk

Lead a team of five engineers
Tune services for best performance, security and resilience (DNS, web server's, Databases(MySQL, PostgreSQL), mail servers (Postfix, Dovecot), VPN server (OpenVPN), directory server (OpenLDAP, Kerberos)
Automate tasks by tools and scripts, perform penetration testing
Monitor and maintain network availability and security with IDS (Snort, Bro), SIEM (Splunk, OSSEC, Syslog), Firewall (iptables)
Design, maintain and configure datacenter network (HP ProCurve, Juniper EX/MX platform,
Arista)
Design network architecture for datacenter storage solution based on NFS protocol
Document changes and design standards
Prepare tender documents and terms in the security, networking, system, virtualisation

Network SecurityAutomationPenetration TestingNetwork Design