Benjamin Holley Email & Phone Number

Memphis, TN, US

San Jose, California, US

Kirkland, WA, US

Foster City, California, US

Falls Church, VA, US

• I am the lead SIEM Engineer for the Defense Contract Management Agency’s cyber security mission. My responsibilities in this role include, but are not limited to, architecting and implementing a new SIEM deployment.
• Administration of the LogRhythm SIEM, providing advanced threat hunting and detection rules that allow team members to identify threats within the agency’s enterprise network
• Architecting and implementation of an updated and scalable deployment for DCMA’s SIEM solution to provide better operational capabilities for the cyber mission
• Assist the Network, Firewall, and IDS/IPS teams in troubleshooting issues and providing invaluable input and assistance with team projects with a diverse skillset I have developed over the last eight years
• Assist the threat hunting and incident response teams with identifying network threats and developing protocols and procedures to establish better ways to lower mean time to detections and resolutions
• Continuous research and studies in various industry topics to better provide the ability for DCMA to harden its posture across the DODIN

Reston, Virginia, US

• Served as the CANES Network and Integration Team Lead for all CANES installs on the East Coast, overseeing multiple projects, schedules, task assignments, reporting to Engility and Government Leadership/Contracts.
• Responsible for configuring, integrating, analyzing and documenting all network/storage/software datacenter solutions deployed to the Navy fleet
• Configured ESXi on Oracle Blade Servers and managed them with VMware vCenter Server, implementing VMware High Availability, VMware Update Manager, and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
• Configured a fully virtual server environment utilizing VMware vSphere suite of products deploying Microsoft Windows Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers, and several virtualized hardware products
• Configured Cisco ASA 5525 firewalls by implementing network ACL’s, OSPF routing, Firepower Service Module (NGIPS), and Firepower Management Center to provide network hardening and IDS/IPS protection at the border network
• Configured Cisco ISR 2900 and Cisco Catalyst 6500/3750’s for network routing utilizing OSPF, HSRP and VSS for core network redundancy, and 802.1X for port based authentication

Reston, Virginia, US

• I was part of a team of engineers implementing a new data center solution for the Department of the Navy. My role was as a Senior Network Engineer and I was tasked with the design, implementation, and security of the.
• Designed, planned, and implemented the SPAWAR data center production and OOB management network in preparation for data migrations from the old to new data center environment
• Secured two separate networks utilizing the Cisco FWSM in conjunction with Catalyst 6509’s
• Configured and managed Cisco ASA 55xx firewalls to secure DoD Navy data center networks
• Maintained IPSEC site-to-site VPN for SAN level replication to Disaster Recovery site.
• Collaborated with System Engineers for design of the data center virtualization of server resources. Helped deploy vSphere 5.5 and virtual network design utilizing HP BladeSystem C7000’s and HP FlexFabric 10Gb/24 port.

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• Lead a team of 5 network administrators at Forward Operating Bases within Afghanistan
• Provide complete support for Layer 2 and Layer 3 operations on networks at forward operating bases within Afghanistan capitalizing on Cisco networking equipment
• Implemented updated Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting procedures for secure access to networking equipment
• Configured and maintaines TACLANE devices
• Configured Cisco VoIP phones with Cisco Unified Call Manager
• Planned and implemented VLAN and IP subnet allocations

Maryville, Tennessee, US

• Assisted with a project to upgrade the entire enterprise network to an all Cisco switched network encompassing two Catalyst 6500, Nexus 5000 series switches, Nexus 2232’s, Catalyst 4500’s and 2960’s
• Successfully planned and implemented a project to deploy the IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (BigFix) software that allowed for the security patching, software deployment, and software license management solutions
• Maintained the users and groups within the Active Directory infrastructure for 10,000+ end users
• Configured and Maintained the Edgewave Iprism proxy server for the entire enterprise

Maryville, Tennessee, US

• Configured and maintained 300+ Check Point firewalls/edge devices for company branch offices nationwide.
• Provided technical and network support for 3500+ employees.
• Planned and implemented OS images for our 1000+ computers in company branch offices.
• Provided software support to 3500+ company employees for company proprietary software.

• Designed and installed Windows Server 2003/2008 business servers for several companies around the East Tennessee region.
• Worked with Microsoft Server suite to design Active Directory users, groups, and group policy.
• Performed hardware and software installations and provided high-level customer care, technical support, and training
• Created and implemented disaster recovery plans and procedures for customers, including offsite backup solutions.
• Assisted with the planning and implementation of a 60+ workstation upgrade project
• Designed and Installed a thin client solutions for customer needs

• Multi-faceted service and expertise with issues arising from hardware or software utilization
• Assisted students with resolving network issues on their computers while on campus
• Assisted users with technical computer problems
• Resolved password issues for domain users