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Sasebo, Japan

• Remediated CAT I vulnerabilities across multiple networks, leading to a 38% reduction in network vulnerabilities.• Manages firewalls, IDS/IPS software, DLP, and endpoint security solutions, enhancing organizational cybersecurity defenses and ensuring 100% compliance to organizational cybersecurity policies.• Analyzes network traffic and logs to proactively identify and remediate potential security threats.• Resolved critical issues on the top secret Windows Update server, enhancing update reliability across the network and lowering the percentage of workstations needing an update to 2%. • Coordinated and instituted a vulnerability scanning schedule, strengthening overall security posture and raising the amount of scans performed by 100%.• Adjusted GPO settings to enable nightly updates and instituted a weekly reboot schedule for workstations, significantly improving patch compliance.• Installed McAfee Point Products, ensuring full compliance with organizational cybersecurity policies. • Developed scripts to eliminate certain software components that triggered vulnerability alerts, optimizing network security operations and reducing the average vulnerability per asset.• Delivered security awareness training to over 1,000 employees, significantly increasing workforce security knowledge and compliance.

Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

• Maintained 7 domains with a focus on troubleshooting and repairing internet connectivity, achieving an uptime of 99.9%.• Managed network infrastructure for 2,000 users, optimizing configurations of routers, switches, and firewalls for improved performance and reliability.• Rebuilt the organization's vulnerability scanner, resolving a critical outage and restoring the ability to scan over 4000 assets.• Utilized VMware management tools to administer virtual servers throughout the organization.• Collaborated with leadership to manage expectations and provide updates on various case reports and outages, ensuring clear communication.• Resolved issues with the top secret mail server, reinstating email functionality for the Top Secret network.• Restored domain controller services on the top secret domain controller, improving network reliability. • Developed scripts to automate queries in Active Directory, reducing time spent on checks by over 50%.