BENJAMIN PEEBLES
Navarre, FL *****
850-***-**** - ***************@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Cyber Security SOC analyst graduate with over 760 class room hours of Vulnerability scanning, Penetration Testing and Threat Assessments through Virtual Machines. DoD 8570 IAT Level II certified with SEC Clearance.
SKILLS
Conduct incident and event
investigation and complete data
analysis reporting
5+ years working within Information
technology roles, including procuring,
provisioning, installing software on
computers.
Install, troubleshoot, and support
software and hardware of all kinds, as
well as other network associated
peripherals necessary to support
business clients.
Detect, assess, and report network
vulnerabilities to manage system
configurations.
Maintain awareness of cyber laws,
regulations, safety, trends, threats, and
vulnerabilities
Troubleshoot operational systems and
collaborate with other organizational
entities responsible for enterprise
systems support.
Recommend technological
upgrades/modifications to Information
Systems Security architecture.
Worked with Microsoft Hyper V, and
Azure Cloud Storage
Implemented best practices for
mitigating vulnerabilities on a
network.
Translated technical end-user
problems into clear and actionable
resolutions.
WORK HISTORY
03/2024 to Current Tier 2 Technical Support Specialist Nationwide IT Services – Pensacola, FL
Led initiatives to update internal knowledge bases with relevant information on emerging technologies, trends, or tools that impacted the role of a Technical Support Specialist positively.
Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving complex technical issues and providing efficient solutions.
Assessed technical complexity of tickets to escalate to Tier 3 team. Performed technical troubleshooting and diagnosis, software installation and information gathering to keep infrastructure operational. Managed Active Directory Organizational Unit, adding deleting users, giving permissions, adding and deleting workstations.
Managed Lenel door access control system
10/2019 to 03/2024 Vehicle Maintenance Tech Support Supervisor United States Air Force, USAF – Hulrburt Field, Florida Oversaw computer program, including recommending, procuring and configuring computers and peripherals.
Set up equipment for employee use, performing or ensuring proper installation of cables, operating systems, or appropriate software. Read technical manuals, confer with users, or conduct computer diagnostics to investigate and resolve problems or to provide technical assistance and support. Deploy, configure and upgrade network software, such as enterprise antivirus or diagnostics programs.
Kept inventoried logs of equipment issued, conducted audits to ensure compliance and regulation.
Install, troubleshoot, and support software and hardware of all kinds, as well as other network associated peripherals necessary to support business clients. 10/2023 to 02/2024 SOC Analyst Trainee
SkillStorm – Remote Online School
Pen Tested multiple simulated networks utilizing Nessus, Nmap and Metasploit Developed project to backdoor attack an FTP server utilizing Metasploit Vulnerability scanned multiple simulated networks with Nessus and NMAP Compiled payloads on Metasploit to Ddos attack simulated networks Utilized Burp suite to evaluate simulated malware. 02/2004 to 10/2019 Vehicle Maintenance
United States Air Force – Hurlburt Field, Florida
20 years' experience following, leading, and managing industrial work center policies
Led 30+ people on technical tasks including vehicle computer diagnostics Managed $750 thousand dollar annual budget and over saw five Government Purchase Card holders
Developed spreadsheets and bullet points for leaderships oversight into daily activities
EDUCATION
Expected in 01/2027 Bachelor of Science: Cyber Security Western Governors University - Salt Lake City, UT
11/2023 CompTIA Security + Certified
Skill Storm
11/2023 Google IT Support Professional Certificate Google
11/2023 IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate IBM