Christopher Finley
Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Engineering at Acuity International- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
Topline Score
Bio
Experience
-
Acuity International
-
United States
-
Professional Services
-
400 - 500 Employee
-
Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Engineering
-
May 2021 - Present
- Manage all aspects of international, multi-domain, multi-tenant Azure/VMWare Enterprise and Production Infrastructure - Manage all Cybersecurity Engineering including the selection, implementation, and management of software, hardware, and policies across the Enterprise to ensure robust cybersecurity posture, information security, and data privacy - Updated aging infrastructure, including the implementation of new NetApp storage, Cohesity backup, Tanium endpoint management, Checkmk monitoring, Code42 insider threat and Carbon Black endpoint security solutions - Manage and mentor of a team of eight engineers across multiple states and countries to meet corporate and customer SLAs - Manage vendor relationships, licensing requirements, renewals, and purchases throughout infrastructure Show less
-
-
-
Raytheon
-
United States
-
Defense and Space Manufacturing
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Manager, IT Infrastructure
-
Dec 2018 - May 2021
- Managed all aspects of Raytheon’s MSSP SOC infrastructure - Implemented policies, procedures, software, and services to successfully harden cybersecurity posture in Enterprise and Production environments - Oversaw production infrastructure life cycle: budgeting, planning, purchasing, installation/configuration, maintenance, monitoring, support, and retirement - Integrated SOC business program and achieved ATO by bringing infrastructure into compliance while maintaining customer SLAs - Updated aging infrastructure including the migration of all virtual infrastructure to Cisco UCS and HyperFlex - Managed team of three engineers to achieve ongoing corporate objectives Show less
-
-
-
Exostar
-
Software Development
-
100 - 200 Employee
-
Manager, Corporate IT
-
2017 - Dec 2018
- Managed all aspects of the corporate IT infrastructure while cultivating a team of three engineers- Maintained responsibility for all Systems Engineering duties from previous Systems Engineer position- Maintained vendor relationships, licensing requirements, renewals, and purchases throughout corporate infrastructure - Collaborated with leadership to create company-wide policies and procedures to affect and ensure a strong IT posture
-
-
Systems Engineer
-
2010 - 2017
- Maintained corporate and development infrastructure posture and stability through planned patching and management of UCS, ESX, vCenter, Tintri, Windows, Linux, etc- Configured and managed Sophos Enterprise AV throughout corporate and development environments- Managed both internal and external traffic using Palo Alto and Juniper Firewalls- Deployed, maintained, and utilized BigFix throughout corporate and development environments to facilitate endpoint management - Deployed, managed, maintained, and facilitated the ongoing troubleshooting of all virtual machines via VMWare vCenter- Managed VMware Horizon View implementation to facilitate VDI access- Responsible for implementation and administration of Code42 CrashPlan across all user endpoints- Managed Microsoft Exchange environment and Proofpoint email filter- Achieved full mobile device compliance with the implementation of AirWatch management system for corporate devices- Responsible for management of Active Directory, DNS, and Group Policy Show less
-
-
-
Exostar
-
Software Development
-
100 - 200 Employee
-
Test Automation Engineer
-
2003 - 2009
- Responsible for the creation and maintenance of all test automation tasks for all Exostar’s software offerings - Responsible for the performance engineering of all test and production environments including the development of load and stress test scenarios and the monitoring of resources to identify infrastructure bottlenecks - Developed all build acceptance, functional, and regression test suites - Responsible for the creation and maintenance of all test automation tasks for all Exostar’s software offerings - Responsible for the performance engineering of all test and production environments including the development of load and stress test scenarios and the monitoring of resources to identify infrastructure bottlenecks - Developed all build acceptance, functional, and regression test suites
-
-
-
Vastera Inc
-
United States
-
Information Technology & Services
-
Test Automation Engineer
-
2002 - 2003
-
-
-
TowerStreet
-
Herndon, VA
-
Quality Assurance Manager
-
1999 - 2001
-
-
-
AC&E
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Technical Services Manager
-
1998 - 1999
-
-
Technical Services Supervisor
-
1997 - 1998
-
-
Software Support Engineer
-
1995 - 1997
-
-
-
The Data Center
-
Falls Church, VA
-
Computer Operator
-
1993 - 1995
-
-
Education
-
Northern Virginia Community College
Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Information Technology