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Palm Desert, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Maintained the Security Operations Center and managed the MSSP and contractor projects.SOC Tools:• Crowdstrike EDR/Vulnerability Management• Splunk ES• Proofpoint• Azure AIP• Nessus / Tenable• Logstash• Okta & Azure IdPSOC operations reports and security posture for IT and Management Teams.Maintained Security Awareness Training program including Phishing Simulations and end user Training and Awareness.Performed daily security investigations and threat hunting.Assisted IT Operations with responding to security incidents, audit and compliance responses, preforming tabletop exercises, and developing systems designs that meet security compliance

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Managed a team of eight Systems Engineers supporting the corporate and research offices with a wide array of IT solutionsDevOps• Code Version Control Systems (Git/GitLab, Subversion, Mercurial, etc ) • Artifactory• JIRA• CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab/etc)• CPU/GPU Computer Clusters• Hadoop• KubernetesSecurity Operation Center & Tools• Endpoint configuration management (Ansible, BigFix, JAMF)• Privilege Access Management• IdP / MFA / SAML• Vulnerability Management (Nessus, Retina, Crowdstrike Spotlight, etc)• Gold Image ManagementData Center (6 datacenters in 4 geographic locations)• Power/Cooling/Environmental Control Monitoring• Servers, Switches, Storage Appliances• VMWare vCloud Enterprise w/ vRealize, vSAN, and NSX• Windows Active Directory and Azure/Office 365• IT Monitoring (Nagios and Solarwinds)• Database System Administration

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Supported multiple projects with servers, networking, & cybersecurityProject: Arctic Research Support and Logistics Services (ARSLS)• Designed, Installed, and maintained multiple wireless communication networks on the Greenland ice sheet• Conducted Cybersecurity Audits and finding mitigations on servers, workstations, and networked equipmentProject: Costal Surveillance System (CSS)• Conducted Cybersecurity Audits and finding recommendations for the CSS main networks• Setup Juniper routers/firewalls/VPN linksProject: Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition (FUSE)• Setup and maintained Hadoop processing clusters (on-site and in AWS)• Maintained the project AWS EC2, Databases, VPC, and IdP• Conducted Cybersecurity Audits and finding mitigations on project servers.Assisted corporate IT with Cybersecurity Incidents

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Managed a team of eight IT and Cybersecurity engineer to meet fielded project goals and deadlines• Design and implementation of project servers, workstations, and networks including CONUS, OCONUS, and Aircraft systems and networks• Design and administration of network switches, routers, firewalls, and network devices• Management of IT and IA project personnel• Perform security auditing, vulnerability mitigation, and systems installation in OCONUS secure facilities• Develop security maintenance protocols for project policies, systems, and facilities• Perform security audits and penetration testing on installations

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Design and implementation servers, networks, & security policies for research projects throughout the US. Main Research Projects included: CALO, XCTC, & Flextrain

Helena, Mt, Us

Master Of Science, Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

Bachelor Of Science, Information Technology Security