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Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

- Leads multiple teams supporting various DoD and public sector customers. Facilitates budget request, training requests and expense reports for individual contributors- Prioritizes person-power requests and assigns best matching engineers to new and existing accounts- Staffs and facilitates new engagements and installations for non-traditional customers- Assists with account issues, troubleshooting and use cases for module up-sales- Leads working groups to identify solutions for product shortfalls and validates solutions in lab

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

I make miracles happen.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Works hand in hand with largest Active Directory customer to:- Triage inbound support cases, assist organizational personnel with day to day management of Tanium and respective modules - Resolve Tier 1 & 2 cases independently or with the help of team members, provides cradle-to-grave documentation for customers and generates after action report content on customers behalf - Identify and rapidly assign Tier 3 support cases to TAMs and platform Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)- Conduct health-checks on assigned accounts, provides daily system status and identifies way ahead to resolve issues- Contributes to and track activity, after action, root cause and daily status reports for Tanium Suite- Documents best practices and “Run Book” entries and co-develops site specific training- Works closely with Customer Success Managers on improving Tanium operational status within key accounts

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Works hand in hand with largest Active Directory customer to:- Triage inbound support cases, assist organizational personnel with day to day management of Tanium and respective modules - Resolve Tier 1 & 2 cases independently or with the help of team members, provides cradle-to-grave documentation for customers and generates after action report content on customers behalf - Identify and rapidly assign Tier 3 support cases to TAMs and platform Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)- Conduct health-checks on assigned accounts, provides daily system status and identifies way ahead to resolve issues- Contributes to and track activity, after action, root cause and daily status reports for Tanium Suite- Documents best practices and “Run Book” entries and co-develops site specific training- Works closely with Customer Success Managers on improving Tanium operational status within key accounts

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

- Served as technical lead for Active Directory (AD) operations section- Administered 16 Bilateral networks; performed AD management, monitoring and fault isolation- Performed in-place upgrades of domain controllers to server 2016- Secured multi-classification domains; hardened domain controllers (DCs) and audited activity- Supported 191 sites in 133 countries; provided secure communications for Defense Attaché Offices- Prepped legacy domains for centralized migration; upgraded DCs and raised functional forest level - Performed disaster recovery on faulty domain controllers; initiated metadata cleanup as dictated- Validated System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) alerts; determined and delegated fix actions- Managed DNS for multilevel forest; hardened DNS/resolved issues with enterprise name resolution- Monitored and maintained distributed files system (DFS) shares; created, managed and repaired links- Performed account management; applied and removed permissions based on approved criteria- Generated PKI requests, performed system maintenance and engineered disaster recovery solutions- Created and implemented custom group policy objects (GPO) for compliance with DISA STIGs- Initiated Active Directory Risk Assessments Program (ADRAP); ran Active Directory (AD) Security, AD Heath, GPO Security and exucuted AD Restore assessments; implemented corrective actions- Authored step-by-step procedures for process implementation; developed white papers for leadership awareness

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

- Instructed 18 month IT Associate Degree program encompassing the Computer Network Systems Technician (CNST) course; administered and secured local college network- Instructed and certified in the following disciplines: -- CompTIA A+ Certified Technician (A+ Essentials) -- CompTIA A+ Certified Technician (Practical Application) -- CompTIA Network+ Certified Professional -- CompTIA Security+ Certified Professional- Instructed in the following disciplines: -- Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT) -- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) - 741 (Networking with Windows Server 2016)- Instructed PowerShell course incorporating Active Directory and remote server management

Peterson Afb, Colorado

- Defended large spectrum of networks from adversarial attack through DoD and industry standard approved monitoring and scanning tools (Retina, ACAS, McAfee and Palo Alto firewall, etc.)- Authored cyberspace defense training; adopted Air Force-wide and implemented at schoolhouse- Negotiated crucial funds to establish $800,000 local training environment and simulator lab from higher headquarters; instituted as standard framework/funding requisite for cyber divisions- Implemented countermeasures to defend against DNS poisoning, URL spoofing, phishing e-mail - Deployed wide range of PowerShell scripts to actively identify and mitigate persistent threats- Led multi-agency defense team; finalized cyber threat guide; established as Air Force doctrine - Master Defensive Cyber Operations trainer/certifier; eliminated two year shortfall of non-qualified personnel; tutored personnel in-house; saved company $140,000 in travel/formal training expenses - Directed cyber team response to Advanced Persistent Threats; facilitated emergency response - Responded to national security threats and coordinated actions with NSA through AFCYBER operations cell; identified likely adversary injection points and employed course of actions

Peterson Afb, Colorado

- Supervised 15 member team in daily problem resolution of $3.5 Billion global enterprise network suite; maintained 360+ domain controllers at 130 sites across the world - Managed Active Directory containing over 4.5 million objects; second largest domain in the world- Expertly implemented Group Policy changes for over 350,000 users/600,000 computer objects - Performed replication status checks/corrected anomalies/errors; reduced replication errors 300%- Upgraded legacy domain functional levels; demoted retired domains and performed data cleanup- Managed DHCP core services at 140 sites; engineered high availability/load balancing solution - Engineered PowerShell scripts to enact on-the-fly security/policy changes; zero negative impact - Performed automated patching via Microsoft WSUS; augmented imperfect primary patching suite

Papa Ab, Hungary

- Administered the Papa AB USAF network to include user account management, Cisco VPN and security patching of client systems and incident response procedures- Managed National Support Element office providing critical support functions at new NATO base - Managed 29 additional duties to include: Contacting Officer Representative (COR), Emissions Security (EMSEC) Manager, Controlled Area Monitor (CAM), Information Assurance Officer (AIO), Unit Security Manager (USM), COMSEC Responsible Officer (CRO)

Tyndall Afb, Florida

- Managed 36 member network control center team -- Configured/maintained Active Directory (Server 2008 R2) -- File & backup services (Server 2008, FSRM, CommVault, HP EVA) -- Microsoft Exchange services (Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2010) -- Active Directory Integrated DNS and DHCP services -- Installed Microsoft WSUS patching solution for multi-enclave network, to include NIPRNET and SIPRNET (Identified as SME by higher headquarters inspectors)- Responded to security incidents, performed security audits and investigates network insecurities -- Scanned network with Retina security suite and mitigated vulnerabilities according to DISA STIGs- Finalized maintenance and $600,000 upgrade budget for classified network- Drafted and implemented network policies and procedures, accredited multi-classification networks

Keesler Afb, Mississippi

- Managed Exchange 2000 and 2007-- Fielded implementation of Exchange 2007; led training command in upgrade success -- Ensured cluster of Exchange database/servers -- Performed system health checks -- Mounted failed Exchange stores -- Sanitized Exchange stores (Deleted suspect messages and cleared white space)

Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Korea

- Co-lead 9 member Joint Forces security division- Responsible for securing and monitoring $50M Global Command and Control System, 800 workstations and 2500+ user accounts- Authored security doctrines and operating procedures for GCCS domain users/administrators- Provided IT support to General Officers during theater-wide war planning exercises

Fairchild Afb, Wa

- Supervised 4 member Network Security section - Defended network boundary, monitored Internet traffic and secured internal network resources through management and configuration of Sidewinder firewalls, BlueCoat proxies and Cisco routers - Deployed to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iraq during OPERATION’S ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) and IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) -- Co-Lead for 9 member team dropped into Iraq during beginning stages of OIF -- Established first Air Force communications network in Iraq supporting forward air strike and search and rescue squadrons

Keflavik Ab, Iceland

- Monitored internal/external network equipment for security violations and exploit attempts- Configured Sidewinder firewall rule sets to allow/deny traffic- Monitored BlueCoat proxy logs for malicious and unauthorized web traffic- Configured Cisco Router ACLs to allow/deny authorized/unauthorized protocols

Little Rock Afb, Arkansas

Messaging Technician (Little Rock AFB, Arkansas)- Provided support of base official messaging center and AUTODIN legacy messaging system- Served as alternate Certification Authority in support of Defense Messaging System- Assisted COMSEC Manager in day to day administration of 22 organizational COMSEC Account and Nuclear Controlled Material - Served as Wing COMPUSEC Manager; compiled metrics and up channeled to higher headquarters

Spangdahlem Ab, Germany