Benjamin S. Email & Phone Number

Leesburg, VA, US

My role includes:Incident ResponseDFIRThreat HuntingSplunk Content CreationDetection EngineeringSOC OperationsSIEM Engineering

Cambridge, MA, US

• Monitor PEGA’s AWS environments and cloud applications for security events to include vpc-flow, cloud trail, guard duty, and system event logs
• Analyze security events with multiple tools like Linux CLI(jq/grep/gawk), Splunk, Kibana, or Security Tool Dashboards
• Conduct forensic/security investigations on PEGA application cloud environments and organize SME support of the investigation
• Analyze customer cloud environments for any PEGA application exploits being used maliciously
• Build and tune Splunk notable events, correlation searches, RBA, and dashboards while utilizing baselining and statistical analysis for security events
• Create standard operating procedures(SOPs) and playbooks to improve CSOC response to security events

Reston, VA, US

• General SIEM monitoring, analysis, content development, and maintenance
• Compiled indicators of attack(IOA) and indicators of compromise(IOC) from Open-Source intelligence
• Analyzed malware for IOCs/IOAs, PE strings, and other malicious behavior
• Analyzed pcaps and netflow for suspicious activity
• Created detailed investigation analysis reports for internal SOC consumption and delivery to management
• Developed Splunk queries, tuned alerts, and tools for process automation

Reston, VA, US

• General SIEM monitoring, analysis, content development, and maintenance
• Conduct analysis of network traffic and host activity across a wide array of technologies and platforms
• Analyze network traffic, IDS/IPS/DLP events, packet capture, and FW logs
• Respond to cyber security incidents

Reston, VA, US

• Primary Duties:
• Review audit reports and penetration tests to coordinate efforts for vulnerability closure
• Evaluate and measure risk and impact to the environment from identified vulnerabilities
• Assess solutions that remediate the underlying problem causing the identified vulnerability
• Coordinate with contract IT operation experts to resolve identified vulnerabilities, and underlying problems
• Collect and organize artifacts from the remediation effort to close audit findings

Reston, VA, US

• Primary Duties:
• Provided technical support to DLA, and DOD employees and service members
• Documented all issues, and generated reports detailing common problems and errors
• Escalated issues, and service questions to appropriate departments
• Managed 40,000 user accounts, and Service Access Requests for DLA systems
• Trouble shot: network drives, network printers, desktop virtualization, and virtual private networks

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Sergeant (E-5), Senior Multi-Channel Transmissions Systems-Maintainer Primary Duties:
• Promote a climate of dignity, respect, and adherence to the requirements of the Sexual Harassment Assault Response Prevention (SHARP) program while fostering a positive Equal Opportunity and Equal Employment.
• Maintain functionality, and inventory, of all High Capacity Line of Sight Radio Shelters (HCLOS), cryptographic keys, and hardware
• Train and support junior enlisted soldiers assigned to the HCLOS team and cross-train signal soldiers on HCLOS operation and maintenance
• Advise Command about the HCLOS capabilities, and requirements for successful operation to include radio frequency requests and location surveysSpecialist (E-4), Transmission Systems Team Chief Primary Duties:
• Appointed Team Chief, Staff Sergeant (E-6), in a deployed environment while ranked as a Specialist (E-4)

Richmond, VA, US

• Worked on projects for the following government agencies:Virginia Department of Elections
• Engineered data models to measure registrar performance
• Analyzed existing voting data for errors
• Utilized JMP and created Excel functions for data analyticsVirginia Board of Workforce Development
• Analyzed and re-engineered an Oracle database to create a dashboard
• Created a Tableau dashboard for department leaders to analyze employment data in real timeVirginia Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services

Graduate Certificate, Incident Response

Master’S Degree, Information Systems

Postgraduate Degree, Information Systems

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History