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Winter Garden, FL, US

- Helped small businesses set up and reconfigure their network infrastructure during COVID, including setting up the wireless access points to reach outside dining areas to promote social distancing- Spearheaded the implementation of test-driven security practices within CI/CD pipelines, aligning with DevSecOps principles and ensuring seamless integration.

Milwaukee, WI, US

- Delivered endpoint security and monitoring for systems across diverse organizations.- Oversaw and managed a range of endpoint agents, including MS Defender, Crowdstrike, and Trend Micro.- Implemented robust cloud security protocols leveraging Microsoft Azure, ensuring compliance with industry standards as a cloud access security broker (CASB) and.

New York, NY, US

- Assessed vendors and products for security compliance using tools like SecurityScorecard, security risk matrix, and other websites to gather information to determine the risk to the business.- Managed and maintain internal vulnerabilities and compliance metrics. Continuously worked with 75+ business segments to ensure systems were maintaining consistent.

Burbank, CA, US

- Provided vulnerability management, patch management, and incident management to the various Disney Studios and partners including the following: Walt Disney animation, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, etc- Developed the STARVE methodology for the incident response that better fit with the dynamic workflow of the vastly different studios.- Used Qualys, Tanium.

Melbourne, Florida, US

- Managed over 30 programs and ensured all were in compliance with various frameworks (JSIG, NIST, FedRamp, RMF, etc). Also provided incident response and was the sole security person on the program roster.- Responded to various incidents (mainly spillages) all within 48 hours upon discovery.- Generated lessons learned and use case documentation to present.

Arlington, Virginia, US

- Provided Help Desk, Network, and Information Assurance services across the installation- Deployed Gold images across 15k machines within 30 days leading a team of six soldiers- Reduced ticket queue from over 1k work tickets to under 25 within 30 days by creating a dashboard to group types of requests and assigning them to my team, while also providing.