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Ruston, Louisiana, United States

· Utilized SIEM and network monitoring tools to identify attempted attacks, potential attack vectors, and how we could reduce probability of an attack via remediation and system hardening · Implemented open-source vulnerability scanning tools to identify and remediate critical and high-level vulnerabilities while maintaining 99% uptime yearly with little to no cost to the organization· Provided upper management with concise reports on threats, attempted breaches, and updates on ongoing security initiatives, further increasing the perceived importance of a security-oriented mindset · Created Incident Response team and protocols, maintaining 24/7/365 incident response availability

Ruston, Louisiana

· Helped lead day-to-day IT operations and acted as level 3 technician for jail administration, field technicians, call center agents, company administration, and sales force· Primary domain administrator for entire company, at one point rebuilding domain from ground up,implementing Azure AD Hybrid, and created off site failover servers for 100% domain uptime· Maintained required by law backups of phone call recordings for 3 years with mirroring between 500tbservers providing multiple redundancies in multiple locations· Configured Edge Routers, VPN utilizing LDAP for ease of sign on, and site to site rules that allows fieldtechs access to over 100 remote locations, and office workers network access in event of office closure

Ruston, Louisiana

Monroe, Louisiana Area

Bachelor'S Degree, Cybersecurity And Information Assurance, 3.0

Activities and Societies: Western Governors Cybersecurity Club, Order of the Sword and Shield National Honor Society

Education record

Activities and Societies: Division 1 Track and Field