TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Security Technologies: Retina Network Security Scanner Nmap Nessus Anti-Virus Tools McAfee, Symantec Symantec Endpoint Rootkit removal

Networking Technologies:LANs, WANs, VPNs, Routers, Firewalls, TCP/IP, IP address troubleshooting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Information Security Systems Engineer

• Confidential is committed to be a center of excellence and a source of cyber-security competitive advantage for federal, state, local governments, and the private sector.
• Responsible for identifying security implications of deploying or upgrading devices under testingand mitigating possible risks.Working at both Confidential Center in Confidential, directly assure the system maintains compliance with applicable federal and Department of Defense DoD guidance Security Technical Implementation Guide Confidential .
• Review test cases, participate in Rehearsal of Concept ROC drills, and assist Joint Interoperability Test Command JITC with presentations for meetings to the chain of command.
• Assist JITC with various Certification and Accreditation tasks for upcoming tasks within the DIACAP/NIST 800-39 framework.
• Conduct and manage risk assessments for DoD certification of third party firewall and IDS/IPS devices.
• Auditthird party security devices for STIG compliance and work directly with vendors to ensure discovered vulnerabilities are mitigated.
• Design test plans and procedures, conduct device scanning within the test, perform post-test analysis and create test report.
• Provide final written reports outlining the results of the test event as well as any potential risk identified during testing that are unable to be addressed by the vendor.
• Perform Information Assurance analysis and STIG checks of various hardware and software systems for inclusion on the DoD Approved Products List APL .
• Participated in Government Acceptance Testing GAT for the DoD Mobility Program and Host Based Security System HBSS .
• Provide project oversight and reported status to project managers.
• Attend regular meetings with the engineering staff to discuss security risks.

Confidential

Network Security Specialist II

• Confidential, headquartered in Confidential, was a market research firm, known for the Confidential.
• Responsible for the security, support and monitoring of critical systems. Single provider of on-site LAN/WAN administration.
• Secureddesktops and laptops with Windows system hardening and auditing logs for suspicious activity thus reducing downtime for executives and employees.
• Managed user accounts per request within Active Directory AD providing role-basedsecurity access.
• In charge of on-site physical security administration and support 70 people including c-level executives at the then corporate headquarters in New York City.
• Managed local oversight ofanti-virus, anti-phishing, malware detection and performed low level data recovery in the event of hardware/ software failure.
• Managed the addition and modification of physical access control per job and location for NYC and various off-site employees.
• Performed periodic audits within AD and physical security system to verify removal former employee access
• Monitored and troubleshoot system/server availability and utilized Wireshark to recognize real or potential service quality issues within a managed environment.
• Protected organization's value by keeping information confidential according to SOX, and other state and federal information security / privacy laws.
• Developed and documented supported procedures and acted as point of contact for client and management escalations.
• Traveled to remote office locations to assist in VOIP/network support, migration and move/add/changes
• Documented and tracked problem management tickets using Service Center.

Confidential

Assistant Systems Administrator Formerly Electronic Data Systems/Sabre Incorporated/Comat Software

• Confidential was an Confidential multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Confidential. As of Confidential began going to market as HP Enterprise Services, a name change which came one year after HP announced the acquisition of Confidential.
• Confidential is an Confidential privately held travel technology company. Confidential. have signed a Confidential billion outsourcing contract calling for Sabre to turn over management of its IT infrastructure as well as its outsourcing business for the travel industry.
• Provided 24/7 level II support to maintain a high level of attention to security issues including risk assessments, access rights, privileges, and confidentiality within federally regulated environment.
• Provided network administration, security, hardware software support to the American Airlines Systems Operations Control Centeron a mixed platform Wintel and Apple in a Federal Aviation Administration and Union regulated and secured environment.
• Duringthe 9/11 crisis situation, I was on the team who installed over 100 additional computers for government/corporate official investigations including the emergency installation of: hardware, software, data voice connections and any peripherals needed within the hallways, break rooms and any other space a cable could be pulled.
• Support provided within an ITIL framework based environment.
• Participated in risk assessments of the implementation of custom internally created software applications and mitigated or avoided risk as needed.
• Provided direct feedback to software programmers during beta testing and rollout phases to increase reduce/eliminate operations downtime.
• Supported and tested business operations continuity as well as disaster recovery plans for IT related disasters or extended downtime.
• Provided support in communication, escalation, and the prioritization of critical airline based high priority incidents and events.
• Due to the system critical nature of everyday operations, our team consistently met service level agreements, which included 5 minute response times and 1 hour restoration of any problem calls.
• Supported various redundancies on the network that was built-in to prevent the least amount of downtime.

Confidential

Lead Technician

• Served as a Lead Technician for the Confidential Airlines campus and the Confidential airport Quantum Deployment team to overseethe work of various technical teams involved in imaging and asset tagging installation of 10,000 new devices.
• Led and managed teams of up to 10 direct reports completing tasks such as: device removals, nightly reconciliation of discrepancies, and adding new devices, and relayed results to management the for morning status call.