Daniel Acevedo

PSC ** Box ****

APO, AP *****

Phone: 718-***-****

E-mail: ac555u@r.postjobfree.com

Self-motivated Information Technology professional with a passion for excellence, demonstrated expertise in computer systems, network administration and information security. Proven management and leadership skillset, with the ability to compile complicated information from multiple and diverse organizations to create clear and concise goals and communicate expected outcomes through outstanding written and oral communication. Currently hold a Top Secret // SCI clearance.

●Troubleshooting

●Problem solving

●Firewall/Proxy SME

●Nessus experience

●RMF SME

●IDS/IPS

●Time/Workflow management

●Supervisory experience

●Tier 2 network SME

●Tier 3 network experience

●Risk Managment

System Security Plan

Analyzing, detecting, responding to Cyber events

●IT Program/Project management

Education & Training

University of Puerto Rico June 2007

Bachelor in Business and Administration

Major: Business Management & Marketing

Honors: Cum Laude

CompTIA Security+ Certified February, 2011

Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician June, 2016

Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching September, 2017

Certified Information Systems Security Professional March, 2017

* Pursuing Master’s Degree in Cyber Security in 2019

Professional Experience:

U.S. Air Force Information System Security Officer & Cyber Ops Manager (June 2015 –Present)

Tokyo, Japan

●Supervises 10 Information System Security Officers with day-to-day ops and management of DOD classified/unclassified systems supporting all military branches and foreign customers within entire Asia Pacific.

●Manages and implements NIST 800-53 risk management framework for a regional security center supporting 15+ sites, 50+ networks, 1,000 + users in 5+ countries.

●Engineers 70+ information system security plan (SSP) activities in support of regional priorities/requirements for U.S. and foreign nation customers.

●Performs data integrity containment and investigations on IA related security violations and incidents.

●Administers weekly system auditing, media reviews and hardware, software configuration management.

●Administers monthly vulnerability scans and creates scan reports to identify system security vulnerabilities, deficiencies and weaknesses.

Major Achievements

●Redesigned regional security center accreditation process, leveraged engineers to create collaboration tool which lead to the reduction of more than 180+ annual man hours.

●Subject matter expert for DOD security hardening overhaul, coordinated timelines and project actions with 6 organizations to successfully implement security standards and network architecture 30% ahead of scheduled deadline.

● Created and implemented first cyber training program for regional center, effectively helped integrate employees into operations increasing office production by 50%.

United States Air Force – Cyber Defense Operator (June 2014 – June 2015)

Hampton, VA

Led cyber operations supporting AFCYBER/ 24th Air Force in Cyberspace Security program to develop tactics, techniques and procedures to harden the AF network’s defensive posture.

●Conducted 129 cyber defense missions, maintained network vulnerability free and with a 99% uptime, where able to successfully eliminated 38,000+ vulnerabilities and threats.

●Directed 52 incident response projects which led to 600+ threats being detected and eliminated, lessons learned within these projects created new methodologies which cut investigation time from 40 days down to 72 hours.

United States Air Force - Boundary Protection Engineer & Supervisor (June 2013 – June 2014)

Hampton, VA

●Managed 10 Network Administrators in high tempo security operations center (SOC), during my supervision I was able to defend 121 facilities with zero security incidents and reduce tier II cyber incident ticketing queue from 1000+ to under 100.

●Managed firewall & proxy operations for $10 billion dollar AF network during network migration, created 100+ secure network links for next generation networking equipment and successfully mitigated 80,000+ security flaws.

●Selected as IDS/IPS instructor for organization, designed and taught network monitoring, security and analysis training course which ensured 100% qualification and readiness of technicians.

United States Air Force - Boundary Protection Technician (June 2011- June 2013)

Hampton, VA

Strong analytical skills; able to work with technicians from various engineering disciplines to troubleshoot complex network issues.

Outstanding technician with great troubleshooting ability with UNIX/LINUX command line.

Identified and repaired failed logistics server by correcting network routes, restored supply tracking and inventory functionalities for assets totaling in $ 548 million.

Analyzed root cause of organizational outage, corrected authentication isolation and restored connectivity for 50,000+ users.

As a tier II technician led the closure of over 300+ network incident tickets protecting a network valued in $479 million, 65% higher ticket closure compared to peers in the organization.

MediRec Inc. - Computer Systems Administrator (Jan 2008 – Jan 2011)

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Provided system administration support for UNIX and windows OS for employee’s workstations and client’s medical management solution tools.

Assessed system issues within desktops, hardware and software by running diagnostics tools and successfully patched or updated systems as necessary.

Created backup scheduling utilizing cron job or scheduled task in windows for disaster recovery of information.

Created and implemented patching procedures on all devices for company.

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