I am an accomplished and results-driven Cyber Security Professional offering 5+ years of dedicated expertise across various organizations.
In 2019 I began my career as a SOC Analyst for the Alabama Office of Information Technology in their intern program. From there I quickly proved my technical knowledge and was promoted to Engineer where I took over as Splunk Administrator for our MSP environment. From there I took a job at the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles where I helped establish an initial Security Program through deploying Security Onion, and managing Cisco AMP and Meraki.
In 2022 I joined UAB Medicine as an Informational Security Engineer II where I took on increasing levels of responsibility that now include co-leading our SIEM migration, being the Administrator of our Flagship EDR solution, and serving as a threat-hunter on the Security Operations Team.
Work Experience
2022 – Today
Information Security Engineer II
UAB Medicine
- Standing up new SIEM infrastructure and data pipeline to increase organizational visibility into key log sources.
- Increasing Endpoint Security through effective management of and investigation with the organization’s EDR solution.
- Administered the organization’s web filter to ensure maximum security and minimal disruption to critical activity.
- Utilizing Python to automate EDR processes to improve response-times and security.
- Performed forensic analysis on machines using mainstream tools to aid in investigations.
2020 – 2022
Cyber Security Engineer
Bureau of Pardons and Paroles – Alabama
- Increased visibility into the organizations security posture through deployment and utilization of Nessus Professional.
- Deployed and utilized the Security Onion SIEM for threat hunting, leading to increased threat-awareness.
- Used Cisco’s AMP, Umbrella, and Meraki to monitor and investigate the network for threats.
- Deployed Splunk and integrated it with AD and Meraki syslog for a PoC.
2019 – 2020
Cyber Security Engineer
Office of Information Technology – Alabama
- I worked in conjunction with fellow team members to deploy and maintain the two biggest deployments to date of
Splunk Infrastructure for the organization. - Served customers by building Splunk dashboards to increase utility of their data.
- Improved the existing Splunk Installation through streamlining and standardizing processes.
- Restored Cisco’s Stealthwatch to an operational state single-handedly within only a couple days after the installation became corrupted; minimizing downtime and loss of visibility.
2019-2019
Cyber Security Analyst
Office of Information Technology – Alabama
- Monitored the Alabama State IT Network for potential threats using Cisco Stealthwatch.
- Created Splunk dashboards to aid in incident troubleshooting and resolution.
- Standardized common operations through the creation of SOP’s
Education
2020
M.S. Cyber Security and Information Assurance
Western Governors University
- Designed secure networks and ensured compliance with various applicable regulations.
- Audited a theoretical company’s network and proposed recommended security solutions to increase security and ensure compliance with the relevant standards and regulations.
- Designed a project to deploy and configure Splunk to fulfill auditing requirements and allow the company to achieve visibility to threat vectors in their environment.
2020
B.S. Cyber Security and Information Assurance
Western Governors University
- Completed industry recognized certifications as part of the program.
- Studied Systems, Network, and Cloud security.