Rodriguez is prudent IT Security Administrator in the .GOV sector. In this role, his focus is on the protection of HSD (highly sensitive data) and the IT infrastructure that processes, stores, and transmits it. A big part of his responsibility is keeping track of assets, vulnerabilities, and threats to the endpoints within his environment, by way of patch management, incident management, and risk management. He uses industry tools for threat hunting, vulnerability scoring, and risk assessment. Prior to this he spent 5+ years honing his IT Infrastructure skills as a jack of all trades and Computer Systems Administrator, in a highly important public service capacity. When the telework, trend began, he worked tirelessly researching, testing, and deploying solutions that would enable the environment that he managed, and the workforce that he trained and supported to seamlessly adapt to become a largely remote and now hybrid workforce with limited incidents. He has a proven track record optimizing resources while maintaining compliance in the highly scrutinized government and public sector space. His technical proficiency spans operating systems (Windows Servers & Desktops, Mac OS, IOS Linux Server, VMWare), cloud & security tools (KACE SMA, MEDC, Tenable, Splunk and Trend Micro). Rodriguez is passionate about giving back and developing others, so much so that he volunteers with several community outreach programs. He is youth baseball coach, mentor, community gardener, and always open to leverage his KSA that he has been blessed with to build capacity around him.💼 **Core Competencies: **- Asset Management | Identity & Access Management - Patch Management | Intrusion Detection- Risk Management | Risk Analysis- Policy Management | Training Management- System Configuration