United States Operations Officer

Andrew R. Rios 425-***-****

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Augusta, GA 30909 https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-rios-089a65180/ I am a motivated, organized and self-directed professional with exceptional follow through abilities, and a successful history of working to anticipate and defend against cyber threats and unauthorized access, and responding to security breaches when they do happen. I have the skills to identify problems and resolve them quickly and efficiently, while remaining focused. United States Army, 2D Battalion Cyber Protection Brigade(CPB) Battalion Operation NCO Fort Eisenhower, GA October 2023 to Present

Reporting to my Chief Operations Officer, I coordinate cyber defense operations with various government agencies and international partners. I manage a 20 person staff consisting of five sections supporting three companies consisting of over 500 Army personnel, civilians, and their families, testing systems and monitoring for malicious activity. If any suspicious activity was detected I coordinated teams to travel to those location, within the United States and internationally to resolve the situation. My duties include:

● Providing situational awareness and information dissemination and refine Standard Operating Procedures.

● Ensure that communication from senior leadership was delivered in a clear and concise form that fostered understanding at lower levels.

● Deliver training for eight Cyber Protection Teams and two National Mission Teams. There was an issue when we experienced a disruption with a tool kit that was monitoring external national security. I quickly assembled a team, travelled to the site and the problem was resolved within 48 hours. Because of my reputation as a person who gets things done, I have always met and exceeded expectations.

● Effectively established processes and specific tools to implement solutions.

● Consistently display expertise performing analysis and implementation of appropriate resolutions to resolve specific issues.

United States Army, 2D Battalion Cyber Protection Brigade(CPB) Mission Team NCOIC Fort Eisenhower, GA August 2022 to September 2023

I served as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of a National Cyber Protection Team. I qualified as a Senior Network Analyst within 6 months. Part of my responsibility was the care and well-being of over 40 soldiers and Department of Defense Army civilians that executed global Hunt Forward Operations.

● Ensured individual readiness and logistics requirements to supply rapidly deployable teams.

● Coordinated and executed all team training and participation in multinational training events.

● Maintained team cohesiveness and equipment while split globally to accomplish the forward mission.

● Managed property valued in excess of $2 million dollars. I demonstrated my ability to think strategically and act tactically when one of our international partners noticed malicious activity in their system, including infiltration, viruses and access to proprietary information. My team and I identified the perpetrators and developed a set of actions to protect the system. Their problem was resolved and they were so impressed with the results that a request was made for my team to assist with additional situations and I received personal commendation for my skills. Page 1 of 2

CORE COMPETENCIES

CAREER PROGRESSION

Andrew R. Rios Resume, continued

United States Army Cyber Command Cyber Operations NCO Ft. Gordon, GA/ Ft. Belvoir, VA October 2018 to August 2022 I provided situational awareness and information dissemination for the ARCYBER Commanding General and staff and processed all tasking, directives, and reports from echelon and higher. I worked on refining Standard Operating Procedures and ensured that all communication from senior leaders was provided in a clear and concise manner.

● Reviewed, revised, and published over 500 Operational Orders and over 1000 Daily Fragmentary Orders.

● Processed over 1200 inbound orders from numerous outside organizations.

● Served as the liaison for two cyber crisis action response teams.

● Helped Carnegie Melon University reduce physical equipment needs for a cyber capture the flag event by 50%.

● I played a key role in protecting valuable data, hardware, software, and networks from loss, or unauthorized access by fixing vulnerabilities.

● Monitor network traffic for security incidents and events, investigate incidents and respond to events quickly.

Detachment Hawaii of the 782nd Military Intelligence Battalion Cyber Analyst NCO Schofield Barracks, HI October 2015 to October 2018 United States Army Combat Medic

Ft. Campbell, KY 2009 to 2015

Western Governors University, Millcreek, Utah

Bachelor of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, 2024

(ISC)2 SSCP (Active)

EC-Council C EH Certified (Active)

Active Clearance: Top Secret, CI poly

Digital Network Exploitation Analysis (DNEA), and Target Digital Network Analysis (TDNA), (2016) ComptTIA

Certifications(Active): CySA+, Security+, Network+, A+, Project+ Army Cyber Common Technical Core Course, 2021

Chiron Technology Services, 2019

• CNO Capabilities Developer’s Course

• Cyber Operation Training Course (COTC)

• Basic Computer Network Exploitation Course

• Intermediate Cyber Operation Course

Joint Cyber Analytics Course, 2014

Axelos ITIL Foundations

CIW Site Development Associate

Defense Information System Agency (DISA) Joint Regional Security Stack Course(JRSS), 2019 Page 2 of 2

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