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Santa Clara, California, Us

o Providing systems engineering on Palo Alto Networks products and services for federal civilian, defense, and intel community organizations, specializing as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Cortex XDR, Cortex XSOAR, Cortex Xpanse, and Cortex XSIAM. o Engaged in the sales process to demonstrate Cortex product capabilities and services for new and existing Palo Alto Networks customers.o Collaborated with solution architects to design complex systems, processes, and guidelines to meet and exceed requirements for endpoint analytics, network analytics, user behavior analytics, attack surface management, security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR), and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.o Designed and developed custom XSOAR playbooks and integrations utilizing python and the built-in playbook editor.o Spearheaded in-depth discussions on the theory and approach behind automating cybersecurity tasks and how to succeed in implementing technologies like SOAR, ASM, SIEM, and XDR in businesses and public-sector environments without disrupting existing structures and policies, along with how to update existing policies, guidelines, and procedures involving those products.o Performed within the top 5% of the organization's systems engineers and was inducted into the SE Elite for FY23.o Awarded both Presidents Club and Century Club inductions for FY23.o In FY25, the position’s title was changed to Federal Cortex Domain Consultant.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Co-Founder of SOC Ops Simplified, where I perform duties as a Writer and Researcher contributing to the SOC Ops Simplified Blog by creating content for Security Operations Centers to ingest and learn from, helping improve our community of SOC Professionals!

Falls Church, Va, Us

o Provided tier three security analytics, content engineering and development, purple team testing, incident response, and digital forensics capabilities.o Acted as the liaison between Subject Matter Experts (SME's) with various disciplines, management, and SOC analysts, translating complex topics into a digestible format to disseminate information in an effective manner. o Promoted SOC Development activities as an acting SOC Operations Lead for federal government clients. o Consulted and presented on Federal Cybersecurity Program Audits involving all levels of leadership; from operations management to CISO. Our program went on to achieving a Center of Excellence Status.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Provided Tier Two SOC Operations support, including security analytics, incident response, and malware analysis, for federal government and financial sector clients.

Reston, Virginia, Us

o Transitioned to Leidos under the new NOAA Cyber Security Center contract and performed tasks that fell within my previous position.

Reston, Virginia, Us

o Provided security analytics for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) SOC and the Department of Commerce Enterprise SOC.o Utilized a variety of premium and open source security tools and resources to triage security events. Worked beyond the capacity of a typical Level I analyst and provide more in-depth analysis, including basic dynamic malware analysis, and initiated incidents and advisories on events showing malicious or suspicious intent.o Made recommendations via technical advisories based on Threat and Vulnerability Management techniques, NIST guidelines, and the latest security research.o Worked to revitalize ESOC documentation, procedures, and resources for the training for new analysts in a high turnover environment with less-than-optimal staffing to dedicate to one-on-one training hours.o Worked to effectively integrate a new threat intelligence platform into the ESOC. I developed, curated, and maintained threat intelligence for the enterprise and provided support for the bureaus under the DoC. I wrote the Department of Commerce technical guide to introduce security and management teams of the bureaus to threat intelligence and support them to use the platform efficiently.o Worked with Tier 3 analysts to support SIEM Baselining tasks, such as data source auditing and content development.

Bridgeport, West Virginia, Us

o Duties expanded to staff management, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, Project Coordination, and Tier Two Troubleshooting support. o Developed new and optimized existing policies, response metrics, workflow, and training, resulting in improvements and streamlined effectiveness of the team.o Mentored new team members to provide capable training in a low-retention environment. o Spearheaded a software solution to expedite provisioning of customer premise equipment. o Nominated as a Company Top Performer in the Fourth Quarter of 2017

Bridgeport, West Virginia, Us

o Performed various tasks involving a variety of vendor products for telecommunication operations, including troubleshooting, networking, systems administration, customer support, sales, account administration, billing, and supervising.o Worked with managed services to support AVG Cloud Antivirus solutions for customers.

Charleston, West Virginia, Us

o Participated in ten successful field training exercises and provided direction and support for Battery, Battalion, and Brigade Level Field Artillery missions with the 1st-201st Field Artillery Battalion and 197th Fires Brigade. o Managed cryptography and sensitive/classified information systems.o Established coordination for fire missions over Battery and Battalion level elements and achieved accurate and successful fire support, allowing our elements to maintain mission readiness.o Distinguished by the Battalion Command Sergeant Major for being capable to manage and maintain the Battalion AFATDS Systems and Network, a skill beyond the scope of my occupational requirements and rank.

During my time at RadioShack, I started as a Sales Associate. I contributed to the improvement of sales and keeping RadioShack a national brand, especially during the time of the bankruptcy. As a shift supervisor, I provided guidance and training to employees which contributed to the success of our store being chosen out of the few in our district to be left open after bankruptcy in 2011. I achieved top tier sales as a sales associate, being within the top twenty in sales within my District for two consecutive months in 2014. I chose to leave RadioShack for better employment opportunities at Citynet.

Roswell, Georgia, Us

As a Physical Security Associate, my duties included basic security tasks at Mylan Pharmaceuticals in Morgantown, WV, which included entry control onto client property, documenting visitors, conducting routine patrols on foot or in the company security vehicle, Closed Circuit TV feed monitoring, radio communications, and documenting specific events or emergencies. Left due to conflicting work and college schedules, and I had relocated.

As a traffic Control Coordinator, I was tasked with controlling traffic along Oil Rig and Gas Well sites across Doddridge County, WV and Richie County, WV; to ensure all vehicles traveled the road safely, document all visitors to the site, communicate with other stations along roads via Civilian-Band (CB) Radio, and to stop traffic if necessary. Left due to vehicular issues; a personal vehicle with a CB radio system was required, thus having no vehicle made me ineligible to work.

Master Of Science - Ms, Cybersecurity

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cybersecurity

General Equivalency Diploma (Ged)

Some Coursework, Doctor Of Science - Dsc, Cybersecurity

Some Coursework, Computer Science, Concentration In Computer Security