Brian Ledbetter Email & Phone Number

Mobile, AL, US

Mclean, VA, US

• Providing knowledge and technical expertise to lead a team on two Foreign Military Sales (FMS) CDS cases the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) FMS CDS Program Office has with partner nations
• Continuously collaborating with partners, combatant commands, and other relevant external stakeholders to determine architectural and information exchange requirements for CDS capability that will sufficiently support.

Mclean, VA, US

Full-time remote telework as a subject matter expert in support of programs focused on national security

Mclean, VA, US

• Provided technical expertise to Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs within the U.S. Navy International C4I Integration Program Management Office (PMW 740)
• Assisted PMW 740 in developing a repository of processes and templates in preparation of compiling and submitting a Risk Management Framework (RMF) package to satisfy Foreign Military Sales (FMS) security policy.

Mclean, VA, US

• Supported Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) FMS and International Division (HBN) as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for FMS Cross Domain Solutions (FMS CDS)
• Collaborated with AFLCMC/HBN and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) FMS CDS PMOs to provide:o Information to programs/partner nations on current baseline FMS CDS capabilities and limitationso Engineering advisement on.
• Helped to define and assess a set of achievable goals for the FMS CDS Testbed at the MITRE Bedford Campus, designed to establish measurable performance capabilities of the FMS CDS devices recently certified as.

Mclean, VA, US

- Provided Systems Security Engineering (SSE) and Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) technical expertise to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) weapon system program office to support component development and test, performance assessment, risk mitigation, and accreditation efforts- Contributed to the update an RMF.

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Assumed ownership and custodial responsibilities of the Cross Domain Assurance Lab at SNL/NM, which involves the administration of:
• More than 50 physical devices, including servers, computers, and mass storage devices
• A vSphere cluster of 150+ VMs utilizing 20 datastores across 10 virtual networks and 14 virtual hosts
• A physical network with simulated high and low sides consisting of 2 Juniper hardware firewalls and a combination of 10 Cisco and NETGEAR managed layer-3 network switches

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Legal Technology Solutions Team
• Conducting digital forensic analysis of devices along with searches of filesystems, system logs, and application data to satisfy requests in matters of litigation, including e-Discovery and WFA investigations, in.
• Developing an automated process to update customized RHEL software on proprietary hardware, using a combination of techniques, including grub menu customization, init scripts, and a PXE boot server to host and transfer.
• Responsible for hardware and networking capabilities of all appliances, an integral part of the upgrades to the Tomahawk Strike Network Advanced Communications Architecture Ground System (TSN ACA-GS)
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining the services necessary (including DNSMASQ, NFS, TFTP, and DHCP) to PXE boot and run Raspberry Pi appliances entirely from a remote server
• Developing x86-based appliances to communicate with the cryptographic hardware that is replacing the software-based cryptography that was used for the early development and test cycles of the Nikita project

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Nikita Project
• Utilized Docker technology to create a secure on-demand network comprised of lightweight OS containers to be deployed and managed with minimal overheadECS Project
• Wrote a series of Python scripts to ensure the integrity of DHS Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) database, with respect to accuracy, consistency, and completeness of data regularly added to tables Nymi Band Project
• Tested the security of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals utilized by the Nymi Band, a wearable biometric device intended to make authentication processes more secure and efficientCIMS Project
• Designed a database schema and assisted in the creation of a database for a Chemical Inventory Management System (CIMS) to track sensitive chemical materials on SNL premisesSCEPTRE Project
• Installed minimega, SCEPTRE application environment, and all required dependencies onto a Ubuntu server, to be utilized as a virtual testbed to analyze potential threats to and identify vulnerabilities in critical.

Mobile, Alabama, US

Scholarship graduate from the University of South Alabama. Received an MS in Computer and Information Sciences, with a specialization in Information Systems and a focus in Information Assurance. I successfully defended my thesis in April 2017, which included building a tool set to collect and analyze data focused on Bluetooth vulnerabilities.

• Installed and deployed a Domain Controller running Windows Server 2012
• Set up and managed a new domain of over 50 devices, utilizing Active Directory and Group Policy Management
• Configured DHCP, DNS, FTP, Print, and Remote Desktop Services for the domain
• Installed and set up a SonicWALL TZ215 firewall. Learned to use and regulate the firewall Content Filtering Service, WAN/LAN Access Rules, and Application Control
• Created network shares and managed remote backup services
• Performed general maintenance on Windows PCs (XP, Vista, 7, 8)

Mobile, AL, US

• Set up new computers, printers, and projectors for faculty and staff
• Utilized Symantec Ghost to clone drive images to 50+ new PCs
• Performed system and application updates on 250+ machines within the scope of the department, working around Deep Freeze and user account restrictions with command line prompts and scripting techniques
• Installed/Reinstalled operating systems and software as needed (both Mac and Windows)
• Configured PC connections to the USA domain for faculty, staff and student lab machines
• Migrated 50+ faculty email accounts from Outlook/GroupWise to the new JagMail system (Google Apps with Gmail)

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer And Information Sciences, Information Systems Specialization, Information Assurance Track

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Technology, Digital Forensics Track