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Redmond, Washington, US

• Managed uninterrupted 24x7x365 security monitoring to Department of Defense (DoD), federal customers operating in Microsoft’s federal environment
• Developed projects, increased federal environment security posture, formalized repeatable processes, procedures in accordance with federal policies, regulations
• Briefed executive leadership on federal environment security posture, increased awareness, facilitated informed decision making on training purchases, security tool improvement, alert suppression, case load, analyst.
• Conducted weekly quality assurance reviews with analysts, increased productivity and efficiency by reducing Mean Time to Acknowledge (MTTA) and Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR) security cases by 25%

• Reviewed thousands of documents, conducted four independent comprehensive assessments, provided Security Assessment Report (SAR) recommendations to authorizing official, provided security, scalability for customers’.
• Managed security reviews, identified significant security flaws, provided justification for denial to operate to authorizing official, mitigated risk of exposure, exploitation
• Collaborated with key stakeholders, developed enterprise continuity of operations, cybersecurity strategy, mission assurance, incident response program, in accordance with federal laws, regulations

Washington, DC, US

• Planned, coordinated, managed Nation-State Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Hunt operations, supported forces in various locations throughout Middle East, briefed key stakeholders on operation execution, receiving 100%.
• Coordinated Splunk, RedSeal, PowerShell, SysAdmin, Network, and Security (SANS) Institute training, increased cyber threat hunt analysts’ effectiveness by adding new methodologies, skillsets to their repertoire
• Managed accountability of over $1M in security equipment, supported active network hunt operations globally, zero loss of accountability, resulted in 100% of equipment returned

Washington, DC, US

• Managed organization’s 500+ cybersecurity personnel workforce, achieved 100% workforce training compliance in accordance with DoD regulations, taught incident response to new analysts, increased capabilities by adding.
• Directed accountability, installation, operation of $2M project dedicated to communication capabilities of executive staff, increased operational efficiency, reduced equipment failure to zero, voided downtime for.
• Operated, maintained, secured, computing environment for 6500+ client machines, over 7000 users in two geographically separate locations, mitigated over 90k Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts the organizations.
• Managed organization’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) program, successfully assessed over 100 packages, ensured sub-organizations ability to deploy effectively within 72 hours

Washington, DC, US

• Appointed as a liaison to all U.S. Marine Corps organizations residing on the eastern coast of the United States for tactical and deployed networks, directly supporting Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Fortinet.
• Managed accountability, assembly, configuration, and delivery for $5M worth of new cybersecurity compliance tool suites, enhanced cybersecurity workforce capabilities globally
• Managed audit of 146 firewall suites globally, achieved 94% compliance rating, enabled zero downtime in operations, organization certified as Computer Network Defense Service Provider of USMC
• Managed the certification and accreditation for 146 firewall suites located in the United States, Middle East, and Japan.
• Installed, configured, and managed network monitoring and security strategies, using a Defense-In-Depth model which consisted of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention devices, access control lists, data leak.
• Implemented a change control board, minimized negative impacts to operational requirements, resulted in zero Shadow IT incidents

Washington, DC, US

• Responsible for the expedited processing of over 60 Certification and Accreditation packages to enable the organization to operate in garrison and tactical environments.
• Co-authored organizational contingency plan, provided viable solution for catastrophic or emergency situations
• Developed cybersecurity training and awareness program, managed 700+ cybersecurity personnel workforce, scheduled training, achieved 100% compliance in accordance with DoD regulations
• Managed the installation, configuration, and management of various firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, Intrusion Prevention Systems, and Virtual Private Network solutions.
• Responsible for security compliance of over 1,000 hosts throughout 23 separated locations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Cybersecurity Management And Policy

Master Of Business Administration - Mba