Security Analyst

Santano Dessin

Orlando, FL 857-***-**** ********@*****.*** GPA 3.7

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Digital Forensics and Incident Response Graduation 12/2019

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, University of Mass. Boston Graduated 12/2009

EXPERIENCE

Cyber Security Analyst- PBDS - Orlando, FL.-730 9th St., Winter Garden- 3/2018 – Present

Provide SME level input for APS

Working in a SIEM environment

Provide SME level input support for SC Administrators and HBSS Support Admin’s.

Provide technical and operational leadership for cyber-security incident response.

Assist with triage, prioritization and response to cyber-security events and incidents.

Keep an active inventory of electronic components and images for preservation and backup

purposes.

Manage Active Directory to ensure end users have appropriate access to software and data.

Provide application training and support for end users.

Monitor malware, ensure anti-virus signatures and firewalls are up to date, isolate and repair

infected computers recover data.

Security Analyst – U.S Corrections - Melbourne, Fl 10/2017- 12/2018

● Utilize Cisco and Palo Alto NGFW technology to protect client sites in a worldwide environment

● Lead a team of Security Analysts to analyze data flows and perform network investigations

● Perform root cause analysis on security incidents

● Triage IDS/IPS/SIEM alerts, collect related data from various network analysis systems, review available open and closed source information on related threats & vulnerabilities, diagnose observed activity for likelihood of system infection, compromise or unintended/high-risk exposure.

● Prepare analysis reports detailing background on security risk, observables, analysis process & criteria, and conclusions.

● Analyze large volumes of network flow data for specific patterns/characteristics or general anomalies, to trend network activity and to correlate flow data with other types of data or reporting regarding enterprise-wide network activity.

● Leverage lightweight programming/scripting skills to automate data-parsing and simple analytics.

Tier 1 Systems Analyst – Florida Technical College – Orlando, Fl 09/2016 - 10/2017

●Utilize ConnectWise through Citrix ICA remote desktop to respond to support tickets & provide world class customer support for end user devices and Windows virtual servers

●Extensive experience managing all of Windows Server AD, EMC, RDM, and GP Editor

●Monitor statistics provided by network tools such as Okta, Nmap,and Cacti

●Support client configuration connection to our enterprise VPN and multiplexed services

●Configure, and deploy Cisco ASA nodes for a dedicated VPN connection to a VMware Datacenter

IT Service Technician – Smith Leadership Academy – Boston, MA. 1/2012 – 05/2016

Pilot/ Flying J Payment System Firmware Update Project

●Drive to various work sites to update the firmware of the card payment devices so that they were able to accept chip credit/ debit cards

●Adjust the sites network configuration on printers according to documentation

Verizon MPLS Conversion Project

●Responsibilities were equivalent to that of a L1 Network analyst

●Validate and test functionality of new Cisco devices in an enterprise WAN environment

●Provide “As-built” documentation to include device location, wiring diagrams, functional logic and or flow diagrams, final switch configuration

Marriott Hotel FOSSE Server Refresh Project

●Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and executing scripts to meet install goals

●Collaborate with Agency IT tech support, system solution designers, vendor developers and subject matter experts to complete server installation and configuration tasks

●Install, configure, and verify enterprise servers’ function within the clients designated site

●Follow ROE and SOP documentation for asset disposal, device testing checklist, document findings and call off site NOC for device configuration confirmation

Systems Admin. Intern – Somerville Police Department – Somerville, MA. 1/2009 – 2/2011

●Migrated the existing Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2011

●Created a local LAN DNS server with functioning services

●Managed user credentials and profiles in AD Users and Computers, creating user profiles and distributed folders for users in a domain

●Maintain Patch and Change Management documents after installing various office software for users

Technical Computer Skills

Languages: C++, Java, JSON, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, Git commands, and Python 2.7

Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server

Platforms: Windows 7, 8.1, 10, Ubuntu, Unix, Kali, Tails, Sift, REMnux, and Buscador

RELATED PROJECTS

●Maintain a personal network lab with GNS3 and PacketTracer to simulate Cisco routers, switches, and ASA nodes that run alongside multiple Microsoft Servers running in a VM enterprise environment

●Member of the Cybersecurity club at UCF, where I participated in numerous CTF and SECCDC events

●Experience with Linux systems as well; Currently working on a Raspberry Pi home VPN, Wi-Fi Pineapple, and various Kali Linux projects

●Create simple mobile applications with PHP, HTML, and Java linked with MySQL Databases and examples of both client-side and server-side validation

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