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Alexander Taylor

Cyber Security Professional
Augusta,GA

Summary

Cyber security professional with six years of experience ranging from hands-on technical work to high level strategic planning for projects big and small. Go-to resource for all technical matters throughout a tightly controlled government processing facility environment, including technological standards and expectations. Keen to offer guidance on how to best employ existing assets and acquire new resources via optimal spending and prioritization.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certificates

Work History

Technical Advisor

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
Aiken, SC
04.2021 - Current

Primary responsibilities include cyber security systems architecture planning/implementation, system-wide SIEM integration/optimization, and providing guidance on cyber security projects.

IT Systems Engineering Team Lead

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
Aiken, SC
10.2019 - 04.2021

Led a team of ten systems and network engineers in the daily operation of two data centers environments and one facility-wide enterprise network

Information System Security Officer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
Aiken, SC
10.2019 - 04.2021

Led the effort to revise the system security plan to the latest available NIST 800-53 revision. Oversaw an accreditation boundary including the security state of dozens of standalone operational technology systems and industrial control systems.

Information System Security Engineer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
Aiken, SC
06.2018 - 10.2019

Primary responsibilities include network security engineering, endpoint security engineering, secure configuration management, SIEM management, and vulnerability and patch management across a mixed Linux and Windows environment.

Data Center Systems Engineer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
Aiken, SC
06.2016 - 05.2018

Primary responsibilities included information security auditing using Splunk, systems backup management, vulnerability and patch management, virtualization cluster administration, and file share administration.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Augusta University
Augusta, GA
08.2012 - 05.2016

Master of Science - Information Security Management

Augusta University
Augusta, GA
08.2018 - 05.2020

Skills

    Security Planning

Risk Management

Best Practice Implementation

Infrastructure Development

Technology Expertise

Certification

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Timeline

GIAC Defensible Security Architecture (GDSA)

10-2021

Technical Advisor

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
04.2021 - Current

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

07-2020

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

07-2020

IT Systems Engineering Team Lead

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
10.2019 - 04.2021

Information System Security Officer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
10.2019 - 04.2021

GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON)

06-2019

Master of Science - Information Security Management

Augusta University
08.2018 - 05.2020

Information System Security Engineer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
06.2018 - 10.2019

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)

11-2017

Data Center Systems Engineer

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC.
06.2016 - 05.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Augusta University
08.2012 - 05.2016
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