System Administrator

• Jun 2023 - Present

Course Instructor

• Jul 2021 - Jul 2023

•Responsible for the delivery of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services curriculum, providing information systems technicians with real-world examples of system/network administration. •Delivered 750 hours of the newly implemented network administration curriculum covering virtualization, backup and disaster recovery, server administration, network infrastructure, and troubleshooting to 157 sailors. •Maintained training records for eight instructors and assisted five… Show more •Responsible for the delivery of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services curriculum, providing information systems technicians with real-world examples of system/network administration. •Delivered 750 hours of the newly implemented network administration curriculum covering virtualization, backup and disaster recovery, server administration, network infrastructure, and troubleshooting to 157 sailors. •Maintained training records for eight instructors and assisted five junior instructors in their qualification of the curriculum.

Information Systems Technician

• Sep 2016 - Jul 2023

• Provided installation, configuration, system hardening, and remediation of 73 Windows/Linux servers, hosted on VMware vSphere, ensuring minimal down time for classified and unclassified ship’s communication networks. (CANES, NIAPS, NTCSS, GCCS-M,) • Conducted network maintenance to include but not limited to backing up server data and network device configurations, monitoring resource usage, performing server log clean up, and replacing hardware. • Coordinated and led 14 personnel in… Show more • Provided installation, configuration, system hardening, and remediation of 73 Windows/Linux servers, hosted on VMware vSphere, ensuring minimal down time for classified and unclassified ship’s communication networks. (CANES, NIAPS, NTCSS, GCCS-M,) • Conducted network maintenance to include but not limited to backing up server data and network device configurations, monitoring resource usage, performing server log clean up, and replacing hardware. • Coordinated and led 14 personnel in the migration of 187 assets during three separate LAN migrations. • Coordinated the completion of over 1225 end user desktop and network helpdesk trouble tickets, supporting a domain of 400 users, ensuring end user productivity. • Trained 14 personnel in network administration, producing qualified network administrators to conduct maintenance and resolve trouble tickets. • Collaborated with systems engineers for IT systems restoral and upgrading via email, SOPs, and STIGs. • Collected reports from junior administrators on network/system status and briefed senior leadership on impact and restoral efforts.

Information Systems Security Officer

• Apr 2018 - Jul 2021

• Contributed to the repair and reconfiguration of the Nessus and Retina vulnerability scanner, allowing accurate vulnerability assessments of the network. Reconfigurations included designating the devices to be scanned, credentials utilized, scheduling, and type of reports produced. • Conducted daily ACAS/Retina scans and patch management to reduce network vulnerabilities. • Administered McAfee AntiVirus components such as VSE, HIPS, and DLP across 260 LAN devices via McAfee… Show more • Contributed to the repair and reconfiguration of the Nessus and Retina vulnerability scanner, allowing accurate vulnerability assessments of the network. Reconfigurations included designating the devices to be scanned, credentials utilized, scheduling, and type of reports produced. • Conducted daily ACAS/Retina scans and patch management to reduce network vulnerabilities. • Administered McAfee AntiVirus components such as VSE, HIPS, and DLP across 260 LAN devices via McAfee ePO. • Reviewed SIEM and HBSS IDS/IPS logs for malicious activity and responded to incidents in accordance with the incident response plan. • Ensured windows server update services (WSUS) was pulling new updates daily from the master repository and that the updates were pushed out to all servers and workstations. • Conducted over 40 hours of cyber awareness training for 400 personnel. • Maintained user identification records for the purpose of verifying the identities of individuals requesting access to Department of Defense (DOD) systems and information for 400 personnel. • Produced artifacts, evidence, and instructions to support various RMF related inspections. • Drafted and briefed daily reports of network and vulnerability statuses to senior leadership.