Senior Network Analyst

Cole J. McCormac - Senior Network Analyst - Active TS/SCI with CI

****.********@*****.*** 303-***-**** Fort Collins, CO

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A proven technical professional leader, trainer, mentor and results-oriented trailblazer throughout a 6 year Active-Duty Navy career in the Intelligence Community (IC). Expertise in computer network operations, defensive cyber operations planning and execution, intrusion detection, discovery and counter-infiltration triage (HUNT), vulnerability assessment, and assessing and defending cyber key terrain (KT-C). Builds high-performing teams, aggregates large amounts of technical data to brief high-level executives for operational decision making, and excels in solving complex time-sensitive problems and carrying multiple operational roles at once. A highly-sought-after analyst who fuses multiple disciplines of intelligence to provide high-impact results and is an effective and charismatic communicator who can translate highly technical information for non-technical audiences.

WORK EXPERIENCE - US Navy (Cryptologic Technician Networks) 2017 - 2023

U.S. Navy

Cyber Defense Activity 64 - 25 Cyber Protection Team

FEB2021 – MAY2023

Senior Network Analyst

Ft. Meade, MD

Conducted Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) in protection of Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN), U.S. Critical Infrastructure, and Key Resources in support of Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) and Joint Force Headquarters DoDIN (JHFQ-DoDIN).

Operated network security monitoring tools utilizing indicators of compromise and experience analyzing network protocol standards to identify malicious activity and eliminate false positives.

Assisted in the creation, deployment, and maintenance of four new tenant spaces in support of new and ongoing Cyberspace Operations Center (CSOC) mission sets.

oEfforts resulted in increased operation structure for CNMF mission sets.

As a Network Operations Center (NOC) analyst, assisted in the creation, deployment, and maintenance of four new virtual networks, supporting six forward deployed CNMF operations.

U.S. Navy

Navy Information Operations Command, Hawaii

FEB2018 - FEB2021

Basic Network Analyst Kunia, HI

Conducted Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) in protection of Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN), U.S. Critical Infrastructure, and Key Resources in support of Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) and Joint Force Headquarters DoDIN (JHFQ-DoDIN).

Operated network security monitoring tools utilizing indicators of compromise and experience analyzing network protocol standards to identify malicious activity and eliminate false positives.

Provided critical documentation and assisted in the development and creation of the standard operating procedure (SOP) for hardware used on deployment.

CIVILIAN EDUCATION

Front Range Community College Currently enrolled

Associate of Science Fort Collins, CO

MILITARY EDUCATION

Discovery and Counter Infiltration

AUG2020-OCT2020

Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC), Corry Station, Pensacola, FL

Intermediate Cyber Core JUL2019-AUG2019

IWTC, Corry Station, Pensacola, FL

Joint Cyber Analysis Course JUL2017-FEB2018

IWTC, Corry Station, Pensacola, FL

CERTIFICATIONS, SKILLS, & INTERESTS

Skills

oAdministration and operation of the following software: Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK), VMWare Workstation, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), switches, and routers.

oIncident response, intrusion detection, and timeline analysis.

oSecurity Information and Event Management with Splunk and ELK

oNetwork analysis with Splunk, ELK, and Wireshark.

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