Security Threat System Administrator

JEAN J. B. NKAA

*** ***** ******, ******* *******, MD 20743 / Phone: 202-***-**** / Email: adplll@r.postjobfree.com

IT Security Analyst

IT professional with experience and technical knowledge in system administration, computer network security, project management, seeking an opportunity to proactively defend against evolving security threats in an enterprise environment

Certifications

TS Clearance, Security+, Linux+, Splunk Core Certified User, Microsoft (MCTS) Projects

Areas of Expertise

System Hardening

Application Security

Server Configuration

Network Monitoring

Linux Server

Security controls

Microsoft Project Server

Intrusion Detection System

TCP/IP

Access Control, NFS

Intrusion Prevention System

Risk Management Framework

Professional Experience

Akira Technologies Inc (Naval Support Activity Data Center) Mechanicsburg, PA March, 2020 - Present

Linux System Administrator

Maintain configuration management solution (Puppet) in a data center

Assist with storage and database management system for customers and follow up

Provide system administration tasks, configuration and troubleshooting of 100 + Linux servers

Perform on-call duties on a rotation basis with other system administrators as part of incident management

Monitor status of critical system and support change management team

Identified problem that directly affect the accomplishment of cyber program goals

Perform ongoing monitoring, analyze logs, threat, network traffic, identify potential IT incidents

Manage various security threat, regulate access control, evaluate system vulnerability including patching/hardening, update applications, manage and monitor system processes and review system security control in compliance with federal guidelines

Managed users, configured Host intrusion Prevention, prevented data loss and performed vulnerability scanning

Implement approved Changes Requests after Change Control Board (CCB) meeting related to IAM in the Linux labs

Reinforce IDM mechanism during pathing (maintenance window)

Assist user with key recovery in other to regain access to previously encrypted emails

Work with Certificate Authority Admin to update, delete Certificate

Assist user with password management, deploy and manage access control mechanism as well file permission

Conduct deployment of virtual machines

22nd Centuries Technologies Inc / FBI Vienna, Virginia April 2019 - August, 2019

Jr Linux System Administrator

Planned security architecture, conducted risk assessment to quantify impact and vulnerability

Assisted in intelligence projects

Supported investigations and researched for possible security violations both in Unix/Linux servers

Monitored packet level activities in the network. Troubleshoot Unix servers and handled audit

Added users to network, assigned and updated permission on the system

Create file system and monitored system performance

Metropol Tech, Inc, Laurel, Maryland September, 2015 – July, 2019

IT Specialist

Maintained system and verified that peripherals work properly, setup access, security policies for users

Answered end-users’ queries, troubleshoot and fixed reported problems by providing technical support

Participated in on-premise rollouts of new equipment, software updates and operating system upgrades

Gathered requirement for project, identified critical path which resulted in successful implementation with customer satisfaction

Education

Department of Defense: Cybersecurity & Public Key Infrastructure Training

Computer Sciences/Cyber security - Rochester Institute of Technology (RITx), New York

Cybersecurity - Academy of Computer Education, Greenbelt, MD

MBA/Project Management– Strayer University, Washington DC

Linux Professional Institute

Technical Skills

Public Key Infrastructure, Load balance, Sql queries, EC2, VMs, RMF, Compliance, Acas Scan,Wireshark, Linux hardware, tcpdump, Nmap, Nessus, Snort, Microsoft office, Microsoft Project

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