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Ian Gibson

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Summary

Masters in Cybersecurity | Active Top Secret Clearance | Security+

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Cyber Security Engineer

CACI International
08.2024 - Current
  • Manage and report on Kibana Dashboards, including vulnerabilities and recent breach attempts
  • Participate in large scale AWS Cloud operations
  • Develop ATOs
  • Work with a large team managing a very large cloud
  • Perform security assessments and mitigations
  • Participate in development of documentation and cyber tabletops
  • Present findings to senior leadership
  • Assist with RMF process

Cyber Security Vulnerability Analyst III

Acro Corportation
01.2024 - 04.2024
  • Create and monitor scans through Tenable Security Center
  • Manage credentials through CyberArk
  • Help lead a small team in vulnerability analysis for a large enterprise network
  • Assist in high side vulnerability analysis
  • Analyze new and developing CVE’s as they are released
  • Analyze API code to automate tasks
  • Troubleshoot network scans to ensure the right data is obtained
  • Deploy and configure new scanners on the network
  • Dig in to system logs to determine issues with scans or Tenable
  • Develop possible attack vectors to create scenarios to help engineers remedy any current vulnerabilities

Support Engineer III

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
06.2022 - 11.2023
  • Reported on support tickets to deal with a wide array of billing issues
  • SSIS and other SQL experience with large databases using dbeaver
  • Data access layer experience on large sets of data
  • Use Bash and Python to make changes to applications in production
  • Dealt with automation tools like Ansible
  • Perform 24/7 on-call duties to deal with a large magnitude of issues during billrun
  • Worked on high impact large projects
  • Work with multiple teams across the organization to come up with creative solutions
  • Work done in a SCIF to support high side operations
  • Dig into very complex issues, and come up with creative solutions
  • Used a wide array of AWS tools

Cybersecurity Analyst II

AUSGAR Technologies INC
09.2020 - 06.2022
  • Assess cybersecurity settings and security infrastructure
  • HBSS and ACAS experience 
  • Work with Confluence at a high level for all data reporting and analysis
  • Involved in the CMMC process
  • Assist sites with any configuration adjustments for compliance purposes
  • Analyze vulnerabilities found in STIGs and checklists for all devices on the network
  • JIRA experience
  • Research new assessment and validation processes
  • Deliver high level briefs during and at the end of an audit
  • Work in a team setting to conduct all areas of the audit
  • Stay up to date on current cyber threats
  • Analyze network architecture diagrams for discrepancies
  • Analyze and mitigate vulnerabilities across the network
  • Assure compliance with NIST and DISA guidelines

Cyber Test Engineer

AERMOR
01.2020 - 09.2020
  • Conduct Cybersecurity architecture (SUT or SoS) review and document review
  • Review system diagrams, cybersecurity architecture, and other documentation, analyze testability of requirements and identify the attack surface and attack vectors
  • Work closely with Program Office and development teams to stay current on system functionality
  • Review hardware and software capabilities and vulnerabilities as required to support testing
  • Apply analytical and problem solving skills to determine appropriate testing scenarios
  • Conduct Cybersecurity test planning site surveys
  • Coordinate with other program elements while conducting security testing
  • Deliver high level briefs to management and high ranking officials

OIS Support Administrator

AERMOR
09.2019 - 01.2020
  • Deploy and update products on naval ships
  • Provide support for ship force for HBSS and ACAS troubleshooting issues
  • Update policies applied to assets on ship
  • Applied firewall and HIPS exceptions for approved devices
  • Ensure accounts have proper permissions
  • Work with McAfee products

IT Support Specialist

ECPI University
04.2018 - 09.2019
  • Troubleshoot network and application issues
  • Answer tickets in the form of E-mail and phone call
  • Communicated with students and instructors while dealing with issues
  • Assisted users in person with IT issues
  • Manage Engine Help Desk Software
  • Active Directory
  • Microsoft Exchange Administration
  • Cisco Call Manager Administration
  • Citrix
  • Customer Service
  • Firewall Administration
  • Azure Administration


SOC Support Analyst

SLAIT Consulting
11.2018 - 02.2019
  • Monitored multiple client environments
  • Able to distinguish between a true alarm and a false positive
  • Worked daily with AlienVault SIEM
  • Worked collaboratively as a team to investigate threat alarms
  • Wrote reports and tickets on necessary alarms
  • Summarized and compiled daily reports

Alumni Support Administrator

ECPI University
08.2016 - 02.2018
  • Made sure that the site was updated with current jobs and events
  • Reviewed content posted on the site
  • Updated news articles and links on the main web page
  • Communicated with outside employers and posted relevant job opportunities
  • Troubleshoot common technical problems that users may be having

Education

Masters - Cybersecurity and Cyber Operations

ECPI University
Virginia Beach
05-2019

Bachelors in Computer Science - Network Security

ECPI University
Virginia Beach
01-2018

Skills

  • Corrective Actions
  • Cybersecurity
  • In-depth Analysis
  • Security Compliance
  • Cloud Technologies
  • Incident Response
  • Network Reconnaissance
  • Network Security
  • Vulnerability Analysis
  • Scripting
  • Penetration Testing
  • Problem Solving
  • Quickly grasp new concepts
  • Collaboration

Timeline

Cyber Security Engineer

CACI International
08.2024 - Current

Cyber Security Vulnerability Analyst III

Acro Corportation
01.2024 - 04.2024

Support Engineer III

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
06.2022 - 11.2023

Cybersecurity Analyst II

AUSGAR Technologies INC
09.2020 - 06.2022

Cyber Test Engineer

AERMOR
01.2020 - 09.2020

OIS Support Administrator

AERMOR
09.2019 - 01.2020

SOC Support Analyst

SLAIT Consulting
11.2018 - 02.2019

IT Support Specialist

ECPI University
04.2018 - 09.2019

Alumni Support Administrator

ECPI University
08.2016 - 02.2018

Masters - Cybersecurity and Cyber Operations

ECPI University

Bachelors in Computer Science - Network Security

ECPI University
Ian Gibson