Richard Clark
Centreville,VA
Summary
Cybersecurity professional with a background in systems administration, engineering, and IT operations. Excellent customer service, and information security skills. Known for being resourceful, professional, and mission focused. Ability to join an organization and quickly become an essential and strategic member contributing to the success of the company, its mission, and clients.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Systems Engineer/Incident Response Analyst
Onyx Technological Enterprises, LLC
02.2020 - 02.2024
- Spearhead IT operations and infrastructure, driving strategic planning and long-term initiatives to enhance business operations
- Assign tasks to team members and manage team performance to meet organizational goals and objectives
- Streamline recruitment processes to ensure quality candidate selection, contributing to a highly-skilled team
- Foster strategic partnerships with executives and potential joint ventures to expand business operations and drive growth
- Conducted real-time monitoring of on-premise and cloud environments, utilizing cutting-edge security tools to identify and mitigate potential threats
- Played a key role in incident response activities, swiftly containing security breaches, investigating root causes, and implementing proactive measures to prevent future incidents
- Performed threat hunting to identify advanced and persistent threats that may have gone unnoticed through regular monitoring
- Generated and delivered comprehensive security reports to stakeholders, providing valuable insights and recommendations for security improvements
- Developed and maintained security Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and documentation to ensure a consistent and effective response to security incidents
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement security best practices and enhance the overall security posture of the organization
Sr. System Administrator
One Federal Solution: Pentagon Force Protection Agency (DoD)
10.2016 - 09.2019
- Administered the management system, providing user support, running reports, and managing backups, restores, and database storage operations
- Supported Technical Analysis and Support Services for The Defense Pentagon Force Protection Agency, coordinating initiatives such as interactive assessments for PFPA users
- Designed and implemented digital standardized assessments for all PFPA PPD training divisions, resulting in improved training outcomes for 1000+ users
- Corresponded regularly with directorates for the PFPA Security Services Division (SSD) and Training Divisions, acting as a liaison for inter-directorate correspondences
- Implemented security measures, including patching, URL blocking, and system updates, to ensure compliance with government regulations
Sr. Systems Administrator
Robert Half: The Lewin Group
06.2016 - 09.2016
- Demonstrated leadership by overseeing the security patches process for virtual machines deployed on the network and creating space for patching
- Effectively used Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to update MD5 hashes and block URLs on the network
- Successfully scanned and deployed security patches using Shavlik, contributing to a more secure network
- Consistently monitored the activation of Avamar backup and restore application, ensuring reliable data backups
- Developed clear and concise documentation for configuring backup applications issued to the helpdesk, enabling effective communication and transfer of knowledge
Sr. System Administrator/Consultant
One Federal Solution
04.2014 - 05.2016
- Demonstrated strong management skills by effectively managing Active Directory, creating and configuring accounts
- Successfully assessed security threats after software deployments, contributing to a more secure IT environment
- Expertly managed Exchange 2007 mailboxes and distribution groups, ensuring efficient communication within the organization
- Offered exceptional technical support and customer service to remote client sites, ensuring client satisfaction
- Collaborated with government-employed users to grant them access to their OWA email accounts, ensuring their productivity
- Efficiently managed user accounts and provided share & security level permissions, enabling smooth access to resources
- Significantly improved the client's IT infrastructure by enhancing, strengthening, and extending their existing architecture through server migrations, grouping exchange accounts based on employee responsibilities, seeking innovative vendors, and implementing other IT best practices
Technical Project Consultant
Main Spring
12.2013 - 04.2014
- Demonstrated leadership skills by leading onsite client engagement meetings with senior management to address critical and complex issues, while providing innovative solutions
- Offered expert advice and guidance on project management to client management for the development, planning, design, procurement, implementation, and operation of their systems, contributing to successful project outcomes
- Successfully managed server migration, administration, configuration, integration, and deployment in the environment, ensuring optimal performance
- Skillfully designed, built, supported, and implemented VMware and ESXi Host for virtual server administration, maintenance, and support, enhancing system performance
- Proficiently administered Active Directory updates, patches, Group Policies (GPO), trusts, domains, DHCP, DNS, installations, routers, and firewalls, ensuring a secure and stable network infrastructure
IT Project Consultant
USI: John Deere
11.2012 - 11.2013
System Administrator (MIS)
Professional Staffing: Florida Hospital
09.2010 - 11.2012
System Administrator/Tech Refresh Technician
Volt: Lockheed Martin
01.2008 - 09.2010
Education
Certificate - Cybersecurity Engineering Program
Flatiron School
New York, NY02.2023
Bachelor of Science - undefined
ITT Tech
Lake Mary, FL05.2011
Skills
- Windows
- Unix/Linux
- MS Server 2008R2
- MS Server 2012R2
- MS Server 2016R2
- VMware
- COTS
- PaaS
- SaaS
- LAN/WAN
- DNS
- DHCP
- SSH
- SMTP
- LDAP
- FTP
- NIST
- STIG
- Active Directory
- Creating Domain Infrastructure
- Assigning Permissions
- Infrastructure Security
- System Administration
- Cloud Migration/Management
- DoS
- DDoS
- Nessus
- Nmap
- Recon-ng
- Vulnerability Scanning/Management
- Risk Management
- Incident Response
- NIST 800-53
- Splunk
- SIEM Training
- Network Monitoring
- Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems
- Python
- Social Engineering
- TCP/IP Model
- Port Scanning
- NAT Networks
- VLANS
- VPNs
- VMs
- Firewalls
- DNS Security
- Maintenance of Servers
- Maintenance of Desktops
- Platform support
- Infrastructure development
- Integration readiness analysis
- Diagnostic design
- Network infrastructure administration
- Project management
- Systems analysis
- Information security
- Cybersecurity
- Hardware and software installation
- Technical writing
Certification
CompTIA Security+, 01/24
Timeline
Systems Engineer/Incident Response Analyst
Onyx Technological Enterprises, LLC
02.2020 - 02.2024
Sr. System Administrator
One Federal Solution: Pentagon Force Protection Agency (DoD)
10.2016 - 09.2019
Sr. Systems Administrator
Robert Half: The Lewin Group
06.2016 - 09.2016
Sr. System Administrator/Consultant
One Federal Solution
04.2014 - 05.2016
Technical Project Consultant
Main Spring
12.2013 - 04.2014
IT Project Consultant
USI: John Deere
11.2012 - 11.2013
System Administrator (MIS)
Professional Staffing: Florida Hospital
09.2010 - 11.2012
System Administrator/Tech Refresh Technician
Volt: Lockheed Martin
01.2008 - 09.2010
Bachelor of Science - undefined
ITT Tech
CompTIA Security+, 01/24
Certificate - Cybersecurity Engineering Program
Flatiron School
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