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Germany

• Spearheading cybersecurity initiatives for over 50 clients in varied environments, fortifying security and elevating overall resilience
• Conducting thorough vulnerability assessments, prioritizing risks, and implementing bespoke mitigation strategies
• Collaborating on incident investigations using SIEM, ensuring swift resolutions for a diverse portfolio of clients, and engaging in impactful reporting
• Forging strategic partnerships with CIOs and executive stakeholders, delivering services to improve overall security posture

• Triaged customer requests, applied playbook driven solutions, and initiated potential incident investigations in a SIEM environment
• Assessed inbound security data and communications, dealt with straightforward tasks and escalated to Security Engineers as needed
• Gained strong comprehension on security infrastructures, vulnerabilities, remediation and mitigation processes, and policies

Utah, United States

Rexburg, Idaho, United States

• Imaged and deployed computers in offices, classrooms, and other designated areas on campus daily
• Improved Help Desk workflow by providing methods to fix 100+ Wi-Fi, email accounts, and OS issues weekly
• Boosted faculty and staff productivity by troubleshooting 3-5 network, software, and hardware incidents daily

• Deployed and administered 10+ Windows R2 and 2016 servers. Configured Mikrotik routers, and switches
• Secured networks by analyzing security threats and patching vulnerabilities on servers and 400+ clients
• Managed Active Directory, Group Policy objects, EAC Office 365, QuickBooks Admin, and G-Suite accounts
• Performed network maintenance by troubleshooting, TCP/IP, VoIP, and diagnosing 100+ computer/logs a month

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Provided clear, concise, and complete documentation of all work in a timely manner while taking 30+ calls a day
• Solved issues with accounts on websites, software, and mobile applications from 70+ countries
• Managed and configured outlook mailboxes and security groups through Microsoft Azure and Active Directory

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Searched for patterns or anomalies with indications of a complex cyber-attack including 0-day attacks
• Reviewed and created alerts based on OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
• Analyzed and documented 3 cases a week with security alerts, reported, and escalated to next support level

Greater Salt Lake City Area

· Assisted in developing 2 high-quality online courses.· Collaborated in creating 3-4 courses in 4 months.

Paraguay

· Taught English to university students and professors. (Selected as “The Best Elevate Teacher”)· Planned and led programs for students, teachers, and interns.· Managed budgets and revenue ledger of the company.. Kept a 8-10 weekly classes schedule.

Paraguay

· Assisted the CEO and Accounting department on administrative tasks.· Assisted Elevate English Teachers and students in class.· Recruited students and assisted the front desk.

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology

Activities and Societies: Cyber Security Association

Associate'S Degree, Cyber Security

Activities and Societies: Cyber Security Club

Associate'S Degree, Network Engineering

Ceritificate, Pathway, A