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Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Assisted end users, resellers, vendors, and internal sales teams with technical guidance.• Attended industry seminars and webinars to stay up-to-date on current threats and new technologies.• Built custom attack scenarios using known CVE and implement security best practices during live fire demonstrations.• Coordinated with other vendor architects to design, implement, and deliver multi-vendor demonstrations.• Designed, implemented, and supported multi-vendor networks in an on-premise lab.• Educated resellers and provide enablement training across all levels of an organization.• Facilitated online and in-person product training, proof of concept, and integration demonstrations.• Maintained all relevant vendor certifications.• Provided comprehensive vendor specific, sales focused training to non-technical resellers.• Secured continued product growth, compatibility, and infrastructure stability.• Utilized a storytelling methodology to explain how cyber attacks in the past could have been prevented, intertwining vendor products details to explain functionality across multi-disciplined audiences.

Mesa, Az

• Attended industry events as an agent of the AZCWR.• Attended weekly training presentations as a presenter and mentor for junior volunteers.• Collaborated with volunteers, federal, and state agencies to locate human traffickers, abductors, bail jumpers, and recover missing persons.• Developed and lead Open Source Intelligence training (OSINT), both in-person and online.• Documented donated equipment, re-imaged, and installed Ubuntu or Kali Linux on host devices.• Facilitated tours to new visitors and acted as a point of contact for inquiries.• Live streamed bWAPP web penetration framework walkthrough.• Participated in Scenario One incident response training with the State of Arizona.• Worked on advanced cyber security skills involving computer network attacks (CNA) via real-world training simulations and live operations.• Worked with and against real hackers at an increasing level of intensity.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Advised clients of actions taken or requested based on review of their applications and network traffic.• Analyzed applications executed on corporate networks for malicious activities using security incident event management (SIEM), online research, and log aggregation software.• Collaborated with other security analysts, management, and our clients to provide a consistent and comprehensive security solution.• Kept up to date with current vulnerabilities and exploits ensuring the security of monitored networks.• Performed threat hunting for anomalous traffic ensuring that malicious actors or applications are not operating inside a network, evading detection.• Provided real-time 24/7/365 monitoring of networks for incidents of compromise, probes/scans, and unwanted applications.

Tempe, Az

• Assisted system administrators with system optimization including data retention, expanding physical volumes for Linux and Windows in vSphere and approved upgrade paths.• Assisted with deployment and troubleshooting of Linux and Windows-based installation.• Deployed lab environments using customer configurations to replicate, identify, and implement fixes of advanced or escalated issues.• Discussed best practices regarding network security, optimization, and reporting with customers.• Identified and resolved connectivity problems between GMS and managed units.• Provided support via e-mail and phone for global management system (GMS) deployments and unified threat management (UTM) firewalls managed by GMS.• Troubleshoot and resolve database migration failures from MySQL to PostgreSQL.

Tempe, Az

• Analyzed syslog, SNMP, and packet captures providing an in-depth analysis of network vulnerabilities and misconfiguration. Following a full network analysis, I worked directly with the network administrator to implement a solution via WebEx.• Educated callers on best practices regarding network security and optimization of network devices beyond the SonicWALL UTM.• Provided support via phone and e-mail for unified threat management (UTM) deployments in small and medium-sized businesses.• Troubleshoot configuration issues with SonicWALL firewalls and other network devices including switches, routers, third-party firewalls, load balancers, SNMP, syslog, proxy servers, and VPN concentrators.

Home

• Assisted elementary school aged child with transportation to and from school.• Maintained 12 plus credit hours per semester.• Monitored homework and provided assistance as needed.• Networked with students, teachers, and field experts to gain hands-on real world security experience.• Provided day-to-day feeding, cleaning, and engagement activities for a toddler aged child.• Performed cooking duties across three meals and nightly dessert.• Volunteered with college Linux User Group meetings.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Took ownership of updating and digitizing the department dispatch manual, leading to greater dispatch efficiency and faster turn around time on service requests.• Responded to phone and e-mail requests from property tenants requesting building maintenance.• Attended Colliers' University and became the first employee in the department to earn their Real Estate Management Systems (REMS) Certified Assistant (RCA) certification.

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Associate’S Degree, Linux Networking Administration, 4.0

Activities and Societies: NISGTC grant participant, Linux Users GroupRedHat Academy training for RHCSA and RHCE on the new RedHat.

Associate’S Degree, Networking Technologies: Cisco, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Linux Users GroupCisco sponsored material providing reading, virtual and hands on training to prepare.