About me

I am a Cybersecurity expert and Marine Corps veteran

Dedicated, highly motivated, dedicated, detail-oriented and conscientious individual having demonstrable and exceptional background in Marine Corps intelligence analysis and experience as a Network Security Engineer in various processes includingcyber security concepts which comprises intrusion detection, firewall principles, malicious software, methods of authentication and administrative support as well as its processes, management and approach, a competent, enthusiastic and positive individual who has apassion for providing top-notch network security. Dedicated team player having strong communication skills, Display a strong passion towards project completion with an unwavering commitment towards redefining and surpassing an organization’s set goal’s

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management
Targeting Analysis
Trends, Tactics, and Procedures Analysis
Counter-Narcotics Strategies
Tactical Questioning/Debriefing
OS experience (RHEL, Windows
Access control and identity managemen
Understanding of VPN/LAN and remote hos
Excellent Oral and written communications with clients
Malware and ransom ware incidents respons
Organized and calm under pressure
Strong knowledge of Administrative Procedure
OSI Model awareness
Strong leadership abilities
Vulnerability management

Intelligence, Surveillances, & Reconnaissance (ISR) coordination
Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) Analysis
All-source Intelligence Analysis
Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Analysis
Policy creation
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Suite
Splunk infrastructure developmen
Technical and analytical write
cybersecurity administration
Outstanding multi-tasker
Training & Development
Performance reviews
Workflow optimization
Incident Response

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nov 2019 – Present
Employment Duration

Lead Splunk Security Consultant

Aditum (Latin: “to access”) is professional services firm specializing in next-generation Analytics solutions based upon the Splunk platform. The company is quickly building one of North America’s largest and most accomplished Splunk professional services team with extensive experience across all of Splunk’s major use cases including IT Ops, Security, DevOps, Business Analytics and IoT.

Nov 2017 – Nov 2019

Title Sr. Splunk Professional Services Security Consultant

Delivering core and Enterprise Security (SIEM) implementation and security consulting services.

2014-Till Date

The Babcock and Wilcox CoNetwork Security Engineer (Splunk)Roles/Contribution

Carefully rollout and fully implement Cylance(anti-virus)to over 5000 endpoints in 6 different countries.
Monitor daily data loss protection, executed Splunk queries and reporting, and McAfeereporting to maintain a secure company network
Authored policies regarding information security
Developthe Vulnerability Management program at Babcock and Wilcox Co.
Responsible for identifying and remediating vulnerabilities at an enterprise level on over 1,200 servers with Nessus Vulnerability Scanner.
Highly skilled in Splunk to build, configure and maintain different environments and in-depth knowledge of log analysis generated by various operating system
Typicalfirst responder who oversaw determining if an incident had occurred and what it’s severity was.
Responsible for Triage to contain and eradicate threats (Ransomware, Malware, Data Loss, etc).
Managesecurity related helpdesktickets through Nimsoft and ControlDesk ticketing system
Responsible for web content filtering, tier one and two level triage, Splunk administration, and data loss protection throughSymantec’s and McAfee’s DLP.
Responsible for Splunkadministration consisting of establishing new indexers and heavy forwarders, aswell as bringing in new data fromlocal and cloud based applications. I Ingested logs, developed dashboards, built, installed, and configured multiple Heavy Forwarders, Universal Forwarders, and Indexersfor an international enterprise
Strong qualitative analysis skills to lend insight into highly ambiguous and sensitive business problems. In-depth understanding of processes and technology integration challenges
Trained security team members to use complex SPL search strings
Used XML, Advanced XML and Search Processing language (SPL) for creating Dashboards, views, alerts, reports and saved searches
Familiar in System Administration with Windows 2003-2008 Servers, Red Hat Linux Enterprise Servers, Solaris and IBM AIX servers

2009 -2014

Corporal of Marines/Security Manager United States Marine CorpsRoles/Contribution

Spearheaded thesection of over 10 Marines and ensurednecessarytrainingwere givenand requirements were met by each member.
Supervised daily activities of platoon members and evaluated their work performance
Instructed Marines on various military and intelligence subjects
Responsible for all physical, personnel, and facilities security.
Tasked with initiating and managing background investigations for all 1,200 Marines in 6th Marine Regiment.
Ensured compliance with all Marine Corps orders and directives for physical and personnel security.

2012-2014

Production and Analysis Team Lead/NCO USMC/AfghanistanRoles/Contribution

Operated as an All-Source Intelligence Functional Analyst, with a focus on Caches, Home Made Explosives (HME)/ Unknown Bulk Explosives (UBE), Booby-trapped buildings (BBIED), and Improvised Rocket Launchers (IRL.)
Oversaw a team responsible for all intelligence analysis in Helmand Province, AFG. Responsible for the overseeing all production and analysis at 6th Marine Regiment. Ensured that all requests for information (RFI) were fielded in a timely manner.

EDUCATION

(IN VIEW 2018)

American Military Universit

BA in Security Management with an emphasis on Information Security

2009

Bunn High School Bunn, N

High School Diploma

CERTIFICATION

2014

CompTIA Security Plus Certification Charlotte, NC

2011

Certified Combat Marksmanship Coach

Combat Marksmanship CoachesCourse Jacksonville, NC

2010

Certified Marine Corps Intelligence Analyst

NMITC (Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center) Virginia Beach, VA

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Received a meritorious mass for accomplishments as an intelligence analyst during a pre-deployment exercise prior to deploying with RCT6
Graduated in the top five of my intelligence analyst class at the Navy Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center
Received a certificate of accommodation for my performance during the RIP/TOA between 3rd BN 7th Marines and 1st BN 7th Marines. I helped to quickly and effectively facilitate a proper transition between the battalion
Received a certificate of accommodation for my efforts during the OEF deployment with RCT
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal awarded for leadership and performance during simulated combat operations in29 Palms, California
Good Conduct Medal awarded by the Marine Corps

SKILLS

Search Engine Optimization Proficiencies including:CPOF,C2PC, M3, Falcon View, Analyst Notebook, Palantir, Microsoft Office Suites, Google Earth, MarineLink, Intelink, SIPR Google, Pathfinder, SLAP, Snagit, JPAS, OPM,CIDNE,TIGR,QueryTree, DCGS-A,HOT-R, JWICs, CENTRIX,Splunk,Cylance, Symantec and Mcafee’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Mcafee’s ePo, Zscaler, Websense, Fortimail, Skyhigh, Nessus, AOK, Mcafee Email Gateway, Okta, Box, Nimsoft, Control Desk and other various related programs

Proficiencies in Cylance Administrator, McAfee ePO/DLP admin,IntelligenceAnalysis, Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Suites, Vulnerability Management, Splunk Administration, Policy creation at the enterprise level, Endpoint Security, Data Loss Prevention, Access control and identity management, Tier 1 and 2 level Triage, Trend Analysis, Technical Writing

Cyber Security Program Experience:Splunk, Cylance, Symantec and Mcafee’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Mcafee’s ePo, Zscaler, Websense, Fortimail, Skyhigh, Nessus, AOK, Mcafee Email Gateway, Okta, Box, Nimsof