Mike Ferry Email & Phone Number

• Received federal government clearance to work directly with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Performed proof-of-concept research, testing, and creating technical documentation & project plans
• Created a virtual lab for open-source software testing and vulnerability analysis

• Performed extensive vendor review, proof-of-concept testing, planning, and design for SIEM/SOC product offering
• Assisted with facilitating annual PCI compliance assessment tasks, working directly with QSA and internal stakeholders
• Setup virtual & physical lab environments that included FortiGate, VMware VeloCloud, Cisco Meraki, Cylance, SentinelOne, and more

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Led a 24/7/365 Security Operations Center (SOC) team
• Primary contact & coordinator for Security Incident Response & Triage (ransomware, phishing, DDoS, etc.)
• Orchestrated & maintained company-wide Vulnerability Management & Security Awareness programs
• Hiring Manager for Security Operations, responsible for tech screening, interviewing, training, etc.
• Created, reviewed, and approved various documentation (policies, SOPs, technical runbooks, etc.)
• Designed & established executive dashboards and metrics in ServiceNow

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Responsible for Critical Vulnerability Response & Threat Intelligence
• Performed daily SIEM log reviews, correlation, and response
• Assisted with configuration & management of all security tools
• Aided Compliance with internal & external audits (PCI, HITRUST, SOCX, ISO 27001)
• Helped establish the Security Operations Center alongside CISO & Director of Security

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Provisioned, Configured, and Maintained network firewalls, switches, load balancers, and IDS/IPS modules
• Administered IPDB and handled network-related abuse reports
• Experience with Cisco ASAs, Cisco Nexus, Riverbed/Brocade, Cisco FirePower/FireSight, and more

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Customer Support for all Managed services and data center operations/colocation requests
• Monitoring & remediation of host & service alerts (Nagios & ScienceLogic EM7)
• Experience with Windows Server (IIS, AD, MSSQL), Linux (RHEL/CentOS, FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL)

Bethlehem, PA

• Dial-up support, RADIUS, Shared & Dedicated Windows/Linux administration (Plesk)
• Data Center Operations/Colocation (Cabling, Rack/Stack, Shipping & Receiving, etc.)
• Configured & performed troubleshooting on routers & firewalls (Cisco, ADTRAN, and Watchguard)