Operational Technology Security Specialist
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Eaton
July 2021 - present
I am currently working for Eaton to secure their manufacturing Operational Technology (OT) environment.
Specialist - Operational Technology (OT) Security | June 2024 - Present
- Implement OT monitoring and alarming for over 220 unique manufacturing plants.
- Define the OT and IT boundaries at manufacturing plants.
- Segment OT in production on flat unsegmented networks into the Perdue OT Model
- Research emerging OT threats to implement proactive solution to mitigate threats and ensure uninterrupted operation.
Lead Analyst – Infrastructure Security Engineering | July 2022 – June 2024
- Support and engineer new security solutions for the enterprise network infrastructure.
- Subject matter expert (SME) for F5 load balancers responsible for external web presence and product applications.
- Manage internal and external Bind DNS servers for all domains owned by Eaton.
- Deploy Checkpoint firewalls for manufacturing sites and operation technology micro segmentation.
- Analyze unsegmented production OT traffic with packet captures and network analysis tools to determine legitimate business traffic.
- Create automation tools using Python and Ansible to streamline mass analysis and deployment of new segmented networks.
- Segment and secure Eaton’s public cloud resources and facilitate secure access for users and customers.
Cyber Security Incident Response Analyst (Leadership Development Program) | July 2021 – July 2022
- Respond to alarms reported by security operations center and remediate cyber security incidents.
- Identify vulnerabilities and collaborate with application owners to patch or secure vulnerability applications.
- Reverse egineer malware using sandox execution and decomplication to identify threat actors and intended targets.
- Research threat actors and report known cyber-attack campaigns to business leaders.
Internship with Cisco Meraki before my senior year of college. This took place fully remotely during the height of covid. In spite of being remote, this internship provided me with one of the best working experiences I have had to date.
- Communicate with customers to troubleshoot and provide support for Meraki’s products and solutions.
- Work with Meraki’s core products including MX firewalls, MS switches, MR wireless access points, and MV smart cameras.
- Analyze packet captures to determine network traffic flow and identify problematic network behavior.
- Narrow complex network problems and isolate the issue to certain domains or segments of the network.
- Review customer network topologies to make the best proactive recommendations for customers to mitigate network failures, downtime, and security compromise
Local computer repair shop I worked at while in college. I started with years of prior experience repairing computers and other electronics in my free time. During my employment, I utilized my networking and system administration skills to eventually manage all small business MSP contracts.
- Troubleshoot computers and electronics brought into the storefront and perform the necessary repairs to restore desired functionality.
- Translate intricate technical issues into accessible and easily understandable concepts for customers.
- Create automated troubleshooting tools and processes to increase repair throughput.
- Manage business customer with MSP contracts.
- Install structured cabling, networking infrastructure, workstations, and printers on-site.