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Oversee the security operations center for a publicly traded international manufacturing client with over 100 facilities and 15,000 employees. Safeguard critical infrastructure, ensuring uninterrupted operations and cyber resilience. Responsible for vulnerability management, operational procedures, and incident response.

Responsible for 24x7x365 security operations center, global hunt operations, proactive threat intelligence product, security automation, and incident response. Oversees vulnerability and configuration management of internationally deployed SaaS product suite. Interfaces with software engineering teams to ensure proper configuration of DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline. • Developed mentoring and training program for 30 employees leading to 5 inhouse promotions to specialized technical teams.• Received best practices from SOC2 Audit enabling $1,300,000 in annual recurring revenue.• Negotiated $300,000 in savings through well curated procurement process and business risk analysis.• Scaled operation velocity by 3.5x utilizing Agile and security automation enhancing productivity.• Automated biweekly metrics reporting via live dashboard for real time decision making.

Responsible for monitoring and analyzing security alerts, investigating potential threats and incidents, assessing vulnerabilities, recommending security improvements, and reviewing incident response procedures. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security risks are identified and mitigated successfully. Work with the Information Technology team to ensure patching aligns with policy requirements. Ensure secure configuration of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and IT systems.• Created robust alert lifecycle resulting in a 24% increase of alert precision.• Achieved FedRAMP Ready status for SaaS Product• Aligned AWS and Azure with industry benchmarks for real-time exposure monitoring.• Implemented DevSecOps providing automated real-time vulnerability visibility into build process • Utilized MITRE ATT&CK to create 200 automated hunt queries

Responsible for monitoring of secure forward deployed instance of product for production issues. Perform routine maintenance and updating. Perform initial troubleshooting and problem solving of production issue, and smoke tests. Serve as technical support for forward deployments of the product.• Developed python modules for in-house security configuration auditing system.• Created and maintained onboarding training program.• Coordinated with forward deployed engineers to update remote systems.

Responsible for assessing and evaluating network and host configurations utilizing Center of Internet Security Benchmarks and penetration testing for Linux and Windows operating systems. Work with site administrators and security personnel to develop security remediation plans to ensure information security.• Audited 70 classified and unclassified remote DoD sites monthly.• Educated remote systems engineers on secure system configuration.• Authored security and vulnerability reports • Received Top Secret Clearance

Worked full time during school breaks

Norwich University Center for Advanced Computing and Digital Forensics