SUMMARY

• Results driven, tech savvy and loyal professional who has more than 12 years of notable experience maintaining confidentiality and sustaining productivity in the workplace.
• Currently possesses TS/SCI with CI Poly Clearance. A versatile team leader who possesses CompTIA Security+, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), and EC - Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certifications and possesses a Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity Technology.
• Skilled with strong background knowledge of endpoint management and security tools such as Tanium. Remarkably cultivated with IT security posture compliancy (NIST Standards and DoD standards), security and access controls (NIST Standards), and IT systems security principles.
• Demonstrates technical acumen and functional understanding of network administration, network analysis, intelligence research tools, cyber analysis, mitigation processes, and reporting procedures.
• Recognized for the impeccable ability to prioritize and execute tasks in high-pressure situations, develop strategic solutions and boost team morale. Excels and adapts quickly to changing environment and establishes camaraderie among colleagues

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Cyber Threat Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintains responsibility for planning and directing the Army Cyber enterprise incident response operations.
• Analyzes indicators of compromise (IOCs) provided in threat reports from various DoD entities.
• Utilizes endpoint management and security tools such as Tanium and Gabriel Nimbus to conduct in-depth technical analysis to identify, assess, compile, and report cyber threats on Army-wide computer networks.
• Provides analysis during investigations, identifying adversarial activity and methods for future detection and prevention.
• Performs phases of cyber activity tracking, including identifying network reconnaissance, detecting the presence of unexpected behavior, identifying anomalous activity, and categorizing malicious activity.
• Applies senior functional experience and knowledge in Joint and Army Cyberspace operations planning in accordance with MDMP-based planning and execution to develop concepts of operations; concept plans; operation orders; execution orders; exercise directives; standard operating procedures; implementation plans; requirements definition and analysis; Cyberspace operation tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs); and other planning-related products as requested.
• Participates in Cyber defense exercise development, planning, and participation.
• Composes and presents reports on threat findings to leadership.

Confidential

Cyber Threat Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintained responsibility for planning and directing the Army Cyber enterprise incident response operations.
• Utilized endpoint management and security tools such as Tanium and Gabriel Nimbus to conduct in-depth technical analysis to identify, assess, compile, and report cyber threats on Army-wide computer networks.
• Provided analysis during investigations, identifying adversarial activity and methods for future detection and prevention.
• Performed phases of cyber activity tracking, including identifying network reconnaissance, detecting the presence of unexpected behavior, identifying anomalous activity, and categorizing malicious activity.
• Applied senior functional experience and knowledge in Joint and Army Cyberspace operations planning in accordance with MDMP-based planning and execution to develop concepts of operations; concept plans; operation orders; execution orders; exercise directives; standard operating procedures; implementation plans; requirements definition and analysis; Cyberspace operation tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs); and other planning-related products as requested.
• Participated in Cyber defense exercise development, planning, and participation.
• Composed and presents reports on threat findings to leadership.

Confidential

Cyber Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Served as a key advisor for staff to enable cyber and network security, technology, and technology implementation in support of Cyber data collection.
• Identified and improves technical workflow and performs technical troubleshooting of operational systems.
• Applied innovative expertise to implement cybersecurity strategies for classified collection and collection exploitation.
• Deployed Linux Operation Systems within VM Workstations that enables personnel to complete daily cyber operations.
• Monitored the security of hardware systems and software applications daily for anomalies.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Established the networking environment by maintaining system configuration, defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards by use of Cisco and Juniper routers.
• Maximized network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, and collaborating with network architects on network optimization in support of SIGINT operations.
• Secured network systems by enforcing policies and defining and monitoring access.
• Reported network operational statuses by gathering and prioritizing information.