Raymond Edwards Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Tx, Us

San Antonio, Texas

Serves as an IT Cybersecurity Specialist functional expert on a Cyber Protection Team (CPT) to provide both operations and support roles conducting Defensive Cyber Operations and Cyber Vulnerability Assessments on United States Air Force (USAF) weapons and support systems by executing missions to enable hardening of systems and networks against exploitation, detecting unauthorized, malicious, or adversary activity, eliminating adversary presence, and assessing defensive capabilities by utilizing Cyber Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter (CVA/H) weapon system. Provide expertise and knowledge of security tools and techniques as needed to detect, track, and characterizes potential enemy presence on classified and unclassified systems and networks, and ICS/SCADA threat hunting. Experienced in using network monitoring, visualizing, and endpoint analysis tools such as Wireshark, Tcpdump, Bro, Snort, Suricata, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Endgame, Fast Incident Response (FIR), Sysinternals, Moloch, PowerShell, Rocketchat, NinjaQueen, Bluelight, WikiJS, & Hive. Leveraged a range of cybersecurity tools for network monitoring, endpoint analysis, and forensic investigation, including Wireshark, Tcpdump, Bro, Snort, Suricata, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Endgame, FIR (Fast Incident Response), Sysinternals, Moloch, PowerShell, Rocketchat, NinjaQueen, Bluelight, WikiJS, Hive, Malcom, IRIS, and Security Onion.

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Performs network and host-based digital forensics on Microsoft Windows based systems and other operating systems as necessary to validate tactical real-time data monitoring of alert, session, statistical, and full packet capture data on US BICES-X (Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System Extended) systems during contingency operations. Serves as a hunt and incident response subject matter expert (SME), on high-level incident response teams providing technical in-depth knowledge in monitoring and maintaining an active defense security posture by preventing, monitoring, detecting, examining alerts generated in Splunk, preforming triage, responding, and scope as it relates to cybersecurity threats using Elastic and Splunk SIEMs data across over 30 coalition countries

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Emulate advanced cyber threats by conducting simulated cyber-attack activities to identify and exploit potential vulnerabilities, delivering critical insights that strengthen the organization’s incident response strategy and resilience. Lead comprehensive penetration testing efforts to uncover and address security gaps, driving measurable improvements in system resilience and security controls. Collaborate across teams to design and execute realistic cyber threat scenarios, promoting a culture of continuous security enhancement and proactive defense leveraging tools like Cobalt Strike, Sliver, and Specter Insight. Develop and refine threat actor profiles, enhancing the precision and effectiveness of cybersecurity testing and preparedness. Create and deploy sophisticated attack methodologies inspired by real-world threats, proactively advancing defensive measures and reinforcing incident response capabilities.

Augusta, Georgia

Served as the Information Technology Manager for the U.S. Army Cyber Protection Brigade; manages the information technology (IT) and security programs for over 800 users across 5 enclaves; supervised the command and control of information systems and technologies which supported the United States Cyber Protection Brigade staff, 16 Cyber Protection Teams, 4 National Teams and the Cyber Readiness Inspection Activity; provides advice and technical expertise to the commander and staff for all IT and security programs; responsible for the morale, health and welfare for 5 Soldiers and 4 civilians; accountable for property valued in excess of $500,000.

Augusta, Georgia Area

Served as a Malware Analyst while assigned to Advanced Threat Analysis and Mitigation (ATAM) Cyber Fusion Center in support of US CYBERCOM with worldwide deployment capability; Performs static malware analysis and reverse engineering techniques to pull indicators of compromise from compromised systems; employed all source and intelligence products, forensic tools and techniques, and malware reverse engineering in order to equip Cyber Protection Teams with focused intelligence, unique signatures, anomaly detection tactics, and custom tools.

Augusta, Georgia Area

Expertise in defense of specific operating systems with special emphasis on the Microsoft Windows Operating System, UNIX/Linux based Operating Systems. Focused on Forensic Analyst, Data Administration, Server Administrator, and Software Engineer capabilities. Identify and mitigate operating system vulnerabilities and imbedded persistent threats. Understand, detect and emulate operating system adversary tactics, techniques and procedures. Conducted network and system vulnerability scans, assess the findings, then harden and/or reconfigure devices to mitigate weakness which greatly reduce the malicious attack surface. Actively monitor SIEM, HBSS, Packet Analysis, Intrusion Detection System / Intrusion Prevention System (IDS/IPS) for indicators of compromise or malicious activity. Established the System Security Plan, Incident Response Plan, Disaster Recovery Plan, and Continuity of Operations Plan which significantly improve security and emergency readiness.

Camp Zama, Japan

Served as the Network Operations Supervisor G6, United States Army Japan and I Corps (Forward)(USARJ & ICF); provided advice and technical assistance to commanders and subordinate units of higher, lower and adjacent headquarters, in both tactical and strategic environments, plans, directs, supervises and manages the installation, operation, maintenance of Signal activities in both exercise and operational environments within an integrated Army, Joint, and commercial telecommunications network; responsible for the readiness of all network equipment valued at over $4 million dollars.

Augusta, Georgia Area

Served as the Senior Technology Specialist for systems administration to the Command Group, US Army Signal Center of Excellence (USASIGCoE), responsible for safeguarding critical data and systems from unauthorized access, alteration, or compromise; ensures implementation of appropriate systems security polices, ensured the rigorous application of IS/IA polices, principles, and practices in the delivery of all Information Technology services; develops and implements programs to ensure that systems, networks, and data users are aware of understand, and adhere to systems security policies and procedures; initiate protective or corrective measures when a incident or vulnerability is discovered and ensure processes for authorized users to report all cybersecurity-related events and potential threat/vulnerabilities to the ISSO; remotely or locally install, configure, and manage approved software as requested by the customer; troubleshoot hardware and software problems around the installation.

Fort Hood, Tx And Camp Victory, Iraq

Served as the Information Systems Operator for III Corps G6 Enterprise Operations in direct support to III Corps Commanding General and his subordinate commands; responsible for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all information systems; responsible for section operations, administration, training, morale, welfare, and professional development of 39 Soldiers, 9 vehicles, and in excess of 7 million dollars of tactical communications equipment.

Fort Hood, Tx And Camp Victory, Iraq

Responsible for conducting Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) staff sections, Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) higher headquarters, subordinate Divisions and separate Brigades, Combined Land Component Command, and Central Command, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, and Army Reserve Command to provide telephone support and manage all terrestrial and satellite cellular phone procurement, distribution, and policy throughout the Iraq Theater of Operations valued in excess of $63 million.

Fort Hood, Tx

Responsible for all tactical voice and data communications planning for III Corps exercises and deployments; plans commercial and tactical telephone networks for III Corps staff elements and major subordinate commands at the Battle Simulation Center; coordinates with Corps elements to develop and publish tactical telephone directories; manages III Corps communications networks and provides technical guidance to division signal battalion representative.

Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Supervised the operation and maintenance of one Supernode Size Enhance (SNSE) and three remote switching center facilities, three backup generator systems, uninterrupted battery power supply, analog and digital trucking, main distribution frames and one vehicle exceeding $30,000,000; overseas the maintenance of over 1000 trunks, and circuits and approximately 5,000 subscriber lines; responsible for the health, morale and training of 6 Soldiers, and 2 Korean National employees.

Fort Lewis, Wa

Installed, initialized, operated, and performed field level maintenance on electronic nodal assemblages, combat net radios, and ancillary communications equipment. Use computers and software tools to perform system/network operations. Interpreted system and equipment error codes to correct system faults. Install, operate, maintain, perform Preventative Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) and performs unit level maintenance on all internal communications systems and COMSEC devices. Operate and perform PMCS on assigned vehicles. Install, operate and performs PMCS on power generators. Performed as network controller in Brigade Combat Team Network Operations (BCT NETOPS) section. Executed the installation, operation, PMCS and field level maintenance of the Integrated System Control (ISYSCON), Joint Network Management System (JNMS), Detailed Planning and Engineering Module (DPEMS) or any other associated network management systems.

Bachelor Of Information Technology, Internet Security

25D Cyber Network Defender, Enterprise Defender, Incident Handling, Incident Response, Intrusion Analysis And Windows Forensics

Education record

Education record

Cyber/Computer Forensics And Counterterrorism