SUMMARY:

• With over 7 years of experience and expertise in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting network infrastructure and security.
• Proven record of evaluating system vulnerability in order to recommend security improvements as well as improve efficiency while aligning business processes with network design and infrastructure.
• Superior capacity to solve complex problems involving a wide variety of information systems, work independently on large - scale projects, and thrive under pressure in fast-pace environments while directing multiple projects from concept to implementation.

SKILLS:

• Microsoft Word, Visio, Excel, Access and Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
• Power point Systems Development Life Cycle
• SQL Security Life Cycle
• Networking ConfigServer Security & Firewall
• Tivoli
• Remedy Ticketing

EXPERIENCE:

Cyber Security Analyst

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure Security and its impact on Security Operations, vulnerabilities, reporting, analytic, and monitoring
• Manage network, intrusion detection and prevention systems
• Document computer security and emergency measures policies, procedures, and tests.
• Analyzed alerts from various sources within the enterprize and determine possible causes of such alerts.
• Confer with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes.
• Provided timely detection,identification, and alerts of possible anomalous activities, and misuse activities, and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities
• Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
• Modify computer security files to in corporate new software, correct errors, or change individual access status.
• Perform vulnerability testing, risk analysis and security assessments
• Monitor use of data files and regulate access to safeguard information in computer files.
• Monitor current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems.
• Review violations of computer security procedures and discuss procedures with violators to ensure violations are not repeated.
• Establish plans and protocols to protect digital files and information systems against unauthorized access, modification and/or destruction
• Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
• Identifies false-positives and false-negatives from alerting

Cyber Security Analyst

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Conduct gap analyses to determine the controls that require assessment in continuous monitoring phase Prepare and submit Security Assessment Plan (SAP) to Confidential for approval
• Hold kick-off meetings with Confidential and systems stakeholder prior to assessment engagements
• Assess security controls through document reviews, interviews and tests to ensure compliance with FISMA and NIST standards Researches, analyzes, identifies, assess, generate collection requirements, and produce intelligence reports and assessments on cyber threats from various threat adversaries and focused on their capabilities and intent to attack facility networks.
• Identify new security concepts, technology, and practices and introducing them to the organization and system environment.
• Maintain data and monitor security access
• Perform vulnerability testing, risk analysis and security assessments.
• Acts as the primary SOC resource with responsibility to coordinate and assist with all phases and personnel of the information security response life cycle.
• Developed and updated security plan, plan of action and milestone (POA&M) Monitored controls post authorization to ensure continuous compliance with the security requirements
• Managed vulnerabilities with the aid of Retina, Nessus and Confidential vulnerability scanners to detect potential risks on a single or multiple assets across the enterprize network Created reports detailing the identified vulnerabilities and the steps taken to remediate them.
• Maintain awareness of current security vulnerabilities of hospital IT infrastructure and propose plans to address them.

IT Security Administrator

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Responsibilities:

• Plan, implement and upgrade security measures and controls
• Developed security architectures, reviewing system designs for potential vulnerabilities and recommending security features and improvements. This position provides analytical and technical security recommendations to other team members and clients sited
• Provided Security support for Epic (EMR) Application.
• Supervised other team members and providing security training to other groups.
• Anticipate security alerts, incidents and disasters and reduce their likelihood
• Ability to recommend courses of action based on analysis of general and specific threats and use customer specific applications to produce time sensitive intelligence reports to military and intelligence personnel.
• Work with LAN, WAN and internet networks for providing security to the data being transmitted over these channels.
• Built, analyzed, and implemented Epic Security under guidance of more senior staff.

System Administrator

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.
• Implement web site security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption.
• Administer internet/intranet infrastructure, including components such as web, file transfer protocol (FTP), news and mail servers.
• Test backup or recovery plans regularly and resolve any problems.
• Implement updates, upgrades, and patches in a timely manner to limit loss of service.
• Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
• Install or configure web server software or hardware to ensure that directory structure is well-defined, logical, secure, and that files are named properly.
• Gather, analyze, or document user feedback to locate or resolve sources of problems.
• Document installation or configuration procedures to allow maintenance and repetition.
• Monitored all infrastructure, applications, services, network devices and connections along with customer transactions, using off the shelf and specific custom built tools from NOC
• Identify, standardize, and communicate levels of access and security.

Oracle DBA

Confidential, Beltsville , MD

Responsibilities:

• Install, use DBCA to create and DBUA to upgrade Oracle database and Oracle on WINDOWS servers
• Create databases, configuring them to meet developer and user requirements
• Use the range, list and hash partitioning keys to partitioning large tables Install client side of
• Oracle on developers and end-users PC and configuring them with network connections
• Use SSH and Remote Desktop to remotely administrating Oracle databases from Confidential & Confidential office
• Creating tables and views for developer and client needs
• Perform daily incremental backup and full weekly backup using Oracle backup utility RMAN.
• Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
• Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
• Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems such as the installation of new databases.
• Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.

Desktop Support

Confidential, Minnetonka, MN

Responsibilities:

• Analyze network data to determine network usage, disk space availability, or server function.
• Analyze and report computer network security breaches or attempted breaches.
• Configure and define parameters for installation or testing of local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), hubs, routers, switches, controllers, multiplexers, or related networking equipment
• Create or revise user instructions, procedures, or manuals.
• Evaluate local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) performance data to ensure sufficient availability or speed, to identify network problems, or for disaster recovery purposes.
• Install network software, including security or firewall software.
• Install and configure wireless networking equipment.
• Provide telephone support related to networking or connectivity issues.
• Provide telephone support related to networking or connectivity issues.
• Research hardware or software products to meet technical networking or security needs.
• Troubleshoot software and hardware failures and determine network problems.
• Diagnose and resolve incidents using documented procedures to perform responsibilities.
• Configure PCs and laptops, problem ticket resolutions and track problems using Remedy ticketing system.
• Integrate and test activities by migrating applications from development to operational environment.