David Merida, M.S. Email & Phone Number

Easton, PA, US

Assumed the role of Weapons and Tactics officer for the 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron. Responsibilities will include incorporating novel tactics, techniques, and procedures into cyber operations and developing new capabilities for our own flyaway kit for state-level taskings.

Commissioned and became a 17S2B - Cyberspace Effects Officer.After commissioning, assumed the role of the Chief of Training where I oversaw, managed, and coordinated operations training for over 40 cyber warfare operators.

Pennsylvania

Awarded 7 level Cyber Warfare Operations Craftsman in February 2021.

Completed technical training to become a 1B431 - Cyber Warfare Operations apprentice. Progressing towards my 5 level certification and becoming increasingly involved in the cyberspace community at large.Awarded Airman of the Quarter in August of 2019.Awarded Distinguished Graduate of Cyber Vulnerability Assessment/Hunt course in April of 2020.

Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey

Federal employee of the United States Army.

Mcguire AFB

Enlisted August 26, 2016.Graduated Basic Military Training on January 20th, 2017 as an Honor Graduate.Graduated from Hydraulics Systems Apprentice course with Superior Performer award.Became a hydraulics systems journeyman, 2A635, progressing towards my 5 level certification.

Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

As a contractor for the US Army, I build, deploy and maintain virtual servers hosting various server operating systems. Also provide service for various project teams ranging from end user support to building server-based solutions, to working with stakeholders such as Government network personnel and project leads in developing an engineering.

Allentown, PA

Build, deploy, and maintain Windows 2003/2008 servers. This includes physical and virtualized servers. Part of a 24x7 on-call rotation that responds to any network infrastructure or system issues.Implement and maintain instances of Microsoft SQL Server. Troubleshoot SQL Server performance issues. When building new database servers, performed the initial.

Pennington, NJ

Built and deployed Windows 2003 servers for various groups and teams. This included both physical servers and virtual servers. Became familiar with creating server images with Veritas software.

Bethlehem, PA

Assisted in migrating branch offices to KNBT network when KNBT acquired First Federal of Hazleton. This involved migrating about 30 branch offices during off hours, then troubleshooting issues that may have appeared at these migrated branches. Migration included joining servers and desktops to the domain, configuring printers and print servers, and.

Master Of Science, Cybersecurity

Activities and Societies: SALUTE Honor Society Master of Science in Cybersecurity with a concentration on critical infrastructure.

Bachelor, Information Sciences And Technology

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association Council of Commonwealth Student Governments THON SGA Vice-President, 2006 - 2007