Miguel Pato

Miguel Pato

Incident Response Engineer @ Cloudflare

About Me

Incident Response Engineer at Cloudflare, member of the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). Master's student in Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico, specializing in Cybersecurity. My background includes diverse experiences such as a Schuman Traineeship at the European Parliament, where I focused on cybersecurity policy and awareness, and a Cyber Security Specialist role at Vodafone, strengthening my expertise in GRC, data protection, and hands-on security tool management.

Work Experience

Cloudflare

· 1 yr 4 mos

Lisbon, Portugal

Incident Response Engineer

December 2025 – Present · Full-time

Member of Cloudflare's Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), providing 24x7 incident response coverage across global shifts. Triage, investigate, and respond to security incidents across Cloudflare's infrastructure. Act as Shift Lead, coordinating response efforts and managing cross-region handovers. Develop internal AI-powered tooling to augment analyst workflows for incident triage and investigation. Conduct log analysis and threat detection using SIEM platforms, EDR, and internal data sources.

Product Security Engineer

June 2025 – December 2025 · Internship

Improved automation tools for security reviews, developed a vulnerability scanner, conducted security reviews, and triaged HackerOne tickets.

Schuman Trainee | Cybersecurity Awareness

European Parliament

October 2024 – March 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Served in the Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support (SECPOL). Delivered presentations on cybersecurity best practices, researched AI-driven voice cloning threats, and demonstrated phishing risks to enhance organizational awareness.

Cyber Security Specialist

Vodafone

September 2023 – August 2024 | Lisbon, Portugal

Member of the Cyber Prevent Team. Managed Imperva WAFs, email security, and content-filtering. Conducted log analysis with Splunk, automated processes with Python, and collaborated with risk and IAM teams.

Summer Intern

EDP

July 2023 – August 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal

Internal Consultancy Project at EDP New R&D - Digital Energy, using Power Platforms (Power Automate, PowerBI, Power Apps).

Education

Master's in Computer Science

Instituto Superior Técnico

2023 - Present

Coursework: Cyber Forensics Security, Software Security, Computer Network and Systems Security, High Reliability Systems, Enterprise Architecture, IT Project Management, Information Systems Security and Management, Cybersecurity Law.

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon

2020 - 2023

Coursework: Software Development, Web Applications and Databases, Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures, Operating Systems, Cybersecurity.