SUMMARY:

• My goal is to leverage my extensive 18 years of IT professional history to deploy, maintain and protect companies from a variety of security threats. Maintaining the integrity of company data is vital to the continual growth and reputation of a company. My goal is to work with a thriving company and applying the focus of my broad technical skillset of risk mitigation and deployment of necessary controls to ensure that vulnerabilities, threats, controls and security related matter are proactively addressed. It is a personal objective that I remain up - to date on new security procedures and protocols while quickly adapting in an ever changing environment and protecting your company’s most valuable systems and data assets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CyberSecurity Analyst III

Confidential - Atlanta

• Developed GRC plans for Risk Assessment and other Security policies
• Created verifiable documents for future PCI DSS audits
• Developed SOP documentation for Internal SOC IR Process flow
• SME for McAfee Endpoint protection and Data Loss Prevention
• SME for Proofpoint email gateway
• SourceFire IDS/IPS
• Provided Senior level remediation support for SecureWorks incident alerts
• Responsible for advising Jr. Analyst on Threat identification, Incident Response
• Support day to day data security operations
• Reviewing various logs in SIEMs from a variety of log collectors

Information Security Analyst

Confidential. - Atlanta

• Responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the company’s information assets.
• Serve as the primary advisor on all security matters relating to vulnerabilities, threats, and controls
• Successfully ensured the complete planning, preparation, configuration, and rollout of over 5000 users endpoints for Security protection of client Firewall, Web Control, and Threat Prevention
• Respond and resolve Malware, Trojan, and other Vulnerability alerts on a daily basis
• Provide URL Content and Web Filtering for business internet connections
• Network Intrusion prevention using built in Snort analysis tools to Monitor traffic
• Monitor MPLS traffic and DMZ for malicious activity
• Provide deep content inspection for suspicious files
• Configured firewall products such as Fortigate for packet inspection
• Leveraged Damballa to Identify hidden infections in real time on live traffic and confirm device infection by APT or malware
• Used DLP Agent based application for Endpoint to track, monitor, block Sensitive data from leaving company
• Network component monitoring network traffic in Motion and at rest
• Policies created alerts on Specific set of rules around Personal Information
• Scanned for vulnerabilities within systems
• Compliance scanning plugins for PCI, SOX, and other systems
• Scans to map out attack paths through network based on vulnerabilities
• Provide security-consulting services to all departments and project teams requiring representatives from security
• Perform detailed analysis of syslogs (firewall, IDS/IPS and Windows, VPN) for patterns and anomalies related to APT’s
• Research new developments in IT security in order to recommend, develop and implement new security policies, standards, procedures and controls.
• Serve as the security project manager, developing project objectives, maintaining project schedules, and coordinating project activities.
• Define, establish and manage security risk metrics and track effectiveness.
• Perform vulnerability scans; identify exposure and risks, and report findings to management.
• Perform periodic reviews of process controls and technical controls to ensure continuous adherence to SOX compliance.

Network Administrator

Confidential ­­­­- Atlanta

• Responsible for ensuring that all company Network aspects remained operational and resolving any network or security related issues
• Duties included operating as the point of contact for any Active Directory Exchange admin needs as well and production deployment and Change Management
• Serve as the primary advisor on all security matters relating to vulnerabilities, threats, and controls
• Operated as a Unicenter Administrator, tasked with providing up to date performing monitoring of the Server environment.
• Supported code and database changes
• Completed multiple script writings for prod system roll outs, system updates, and threat protection procedures
• Assist in the ongoing development of the Company’s security architecture - identify areas of opportunity, research alternatives and recommend solutions
• Responsible for implementing security controls, perform maintenance and prevent, detect, analyze and respond to security incidents
• Monitor the security of critical systems (e.g., e-mail servers, database servers, web servers, etc.) and changes to highly sensitive computer security controls to ensure appropriate system administrative actions, investigate and report on noted irregularities
• Took on a project manager roll to assisted in the creation of high level project scoping and project plan building
• Developing project objectives with maintaining project schedules through the course of the project lifecycle
• Worked with the department project manager to coordinating security and network project related activities
• Duty Function Overview: Security related task surrounding vulnerability and threat defense, Perform server builds, Data Center Cabling, Fault Tolerance planning, Disk Management, AD File Security, Account and mailbox setup, Complete on-boarding process, VPN setup, User permissions administration

System Administrator

WebVanGroup - Atlanta GA

• Responsible for Exchange, and Active Directory administration along with Various network administrator task
• Serve as the primary advisor on all security matters relating to vulnerabilities, threats, and controls
• Perform periodic reviews of process controls and technical controls to ensure continuous
• Participate in strategy sessions with management and subject matter experts to develop effective and cost-efficient testing and remediation plans
• Completed Activity Directory management as a system admin
• Provided Network Design accompanied with performance monitoring
• Developed Fault Tolerance planning
• Performed VPN Setup, Disk Management, VPN Setup