Jacob Grant Email & Phone Number

Greater Tampa Bay Area

Senior Consultant role with Mandiant’s (now part of Google Cloud) Global Government Team.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

SAIC - Supporting a United States Combatant Command*Lead cybersecurity infrastructure analysis and engineering activities, evaluating, engineering, andsupporting the development and implementation of cybersecurity architectures for the Department ofDefense (DoD).*Utilize strong subject-matter expertise and technical skills in cybersecurity technologies and bestpractices to evaluate technical capabilities and security postures, leveraging analysis findings torecommend, procure, and deploy solutions that improve the identification and mitigation of cyberthreats.*Conduct system security and vulnerability analyses to align enterprise IT standards and supportprocesses with immediate and evolving command requirements.*Drive the delivery of cybersecurity solutions according to corporate and regulatory governance,ensuring that systems are implemented according to multiple regulatory standards, including NIST.*Work as a Scrum Master throughout projects to design, engineer, and deploy system architectures,cybersecurity management tools, and network defense systems.*Communicate with customers regarding the performance and manageability of cybersecurityplatforms, gathering feedback used to expand DoD cybersecurity service offerings.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

SAIC - Supporting a United States Combatant Command*Managed all aspects of cybersecurity operations and services, including conducting adversarialemulation, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, incident response, computer/mobileforensics, insider threat (InT), and supporting red team / blue team activities focused on identifyingand eliminating advanced persistent threats.*Coordinated the work of engineering personnel responsible for computer network defense (CND),computer network attack (CNA) planning and analysis, as well as the evaluation and reverseengineering of computer network exploitation (CNE) activities.*Led operational and technical efforts to prevent existing and emerging persistent threats, identifypotential insider threats, and mitigate other advanced cyber threats.*Developed and deployed automated and manual tools and processes used to monitor and evaluatecybersecurity operations, detecting cyber threats via situational awareness and interpretation ofcybersecurity indicators.*Collaborated with law enforcement and counterintelligence agencies during investigations ofinternal and external cybersecurity-related incidents; identify and define threats to develop and enactcyberthreat elimination actions.*Supported in the development of a roadmap to transition from DIACAP certification andaccreditation program to the new DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) / NIST SP 800-53 program.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

SAIC - Supporting a United States Combatant Command*Managed the design, development, and implementation of a new top-level architecture (TLA) stackthat streamlined the deployment of firewall technologies, introduced multiple intrusion detection andprevention systems, and provided a security platform that enabled dynamic command and controlcapabilities.*Directed engineering efforts to ensure a global IT and cybersecurity enterprise that strategicallyaligned with the directives of multiple executive stakeholders, including command leadership,national leaders, and other coalition partners engaged in cybersecurity operations.*Analyzed IT hardware, software, networks, infrastructures, and architectures to identify andremediate vulnerabilities across business-critical systems.*Led the internal computer emergency response team (CERT) in charge of conducting forensic analysisof CND alerts, flow analysis, and interpretation of threat information gathered from incidents ofsecurity compromises, network intrusions, and malicious logic outbreaks.*Leveraged encryption technologies and tools for penetration testing and vulnerability assessment,firewall configuration and deployment, data communications security, network traffic analysis, andaccess management.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

LOCKHEED MARTIN - Supporting a United States Combatant Command*Delivered computer network defense (CND) services, providing multiple cybersecurity solutionsfocused on global information protection of DoD information systems and computer networks.

Tampa, Florida, United States

LOCKHEED MARTIN - Supporting a United States Combatant Command, Tampa, FLInformation Systems Security Analyst / Information Assurance Watch Officer (2005 - 2007)PARAMEDICS PLUS / SUNSTAR EMS / PINELLAS COUNTY EMS & FIRE ADMINISTRATION, Largo, FLInformation Technology Support Specialist (2004 - 2005)INDEPENDENT IT CONSULTANT, Tampa, FLNetwork Engineer (2003 - 2004)UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Various LocationsNetwork Engineer / IT Specialist / Staff Sergeant (E-5) (1997 - 2003)

Aas, Associate Of Applied Science In Electronic Systems Technology

Aas, Associate Of Applied Science In Avionics Systems Technology