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Austin Howard

Ontario,OH

Summary

Detail-oriented Identity & Access Management Engineer with a proven track record in Delinea Secret Server with hundreds of successful deployments and migrations. Experienced in policy and standard creation for Privileged Access Management programs. Adept at fostering team collaboration with a client-first mentality demonstrating excellent communication skills and delivering top-tier technical support.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Identity & Access Management Engineer

Activision Blizzard King
04.2023 - 09.2024

Activision Blizzard King is an interactive gaming and entertainment company bringing AAA video games like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush to millions of players worldwide.

  • Write and Publish Enterprise Privileged Access Management Standard
  • Design and Implement Secret Server Cloud Implementation
  • Continue maturation of the PAM Program across the enterprise
  • Perform integrations with SailPoint, Splunk, Okta and Slack
  • Create and maintain Operational Readiness Documentation for Admins, Users and Support
  • Intake and onboard use cases on a regular basis to ensure compliance with SOX and the Enterprise PAM Standard
  • Write and Publish Enterprise PAM Change Management Procedure

Privileged Access Management Engineer

Identity and Access Solutions
03.2022 - 04.2023

Identity & Access Solutions (now CyberSolve) is a Professional Services firm bringing Identity & Access Management solutions to life for hundreds of clients.

  • Continued to deliver professional services to deploy and implement best practices related to Secret Server (cloud / on-premise), Privileged Behavior Analytics and Privilege Manager
  • Develop and lead a job shadowing program to assist new engineers with project delivery and confidence building
  • Began advisory work to provide clients with a clear path forward regarding new deployments of various products such as Secret Server, Privilege Manager, CyberArk CorePAS and CyberArk EPM
  • Develop and maintain PAM documentation for many different client environments

Security Administrator

ICSynergy
02.2021 - 03.2022

ICSynergy (now IC Consult) is a leading Identity Security Services provider, offering scalable, enterprise-level identity solutions.

  • Lead professional service calls to deploy Secret Server (cloud / on-premise) and Privileged Behavior Analytics from the ground up
  • Efficiently work through Thycotic/Delinea Professional Service packages with over a hundred various clients
  • Effectively create policies to implement automatic password changing for multiple types of accounts such as Domain Admins, Named Privileged Admins, Service Accounts, and Unix accounts
  • Execute Secret Server on-premise to cloud migrations

IT Consultant

ES Consulting
05.2018 - 02.2021

ES Consulting is a globally ranked Managed Service Provider that delivers comprehensive IT support, security solutions, and management services to businesses nationally.

  • Lead various projects from network restructure to server virtualization
  • Provide Tier I and II technical support across 180 clients and over 3,000 devices
  • Analyze business processes to develop solutions and recommend products
  • Part of the Security Operations team designated to firewall configuration, removing malware, configuring FIMs, vulnerability scanning and remediation

Field Technician

Mansfield City Schools
02.2017 - 05.2018

Mansfield City Schools is a K-12 district serving thousands of students across seven different schools, committed to fostering educational excellence.

  • Resolved technical support inquiries daily
  • Resolved network, computer hardware, software, printing, installation, word processing and email issues

Education

B.S. - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
12.2025

High School Diploma -

Ontario High School
Ontario, OH
05.2014

Skills

  • Delinea Secret Server
  • Delinea Privilege Manager
  • Privileged Access Management
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Endpoint Privilege Management
  • Access Control Models (RBAC, ABAC)
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
  • Active Directory Administration

Certification

  • CompTIA A+
  • CompTIA Network+
  • CompTIA Security+, Expected in Oct. 2024
  • Delinea Secret Server Certified Admin
  • Delinea Privilege Manager Certified Admin

Timeline

Identity & Access Management Engineer

Activision Blizzard King
04.2023 - 09.2024

Privileged Access Management Engineer

Identity and Access Solutions
03.2022 - 04.2023

Security Administrator

ICSynergy
02.2021 - 03.2022

IT Consultant

ES Consulting
05.2018 - 02.2021

Field Technician

Mansfield City Schools
02.2017 - 05.2018
  • CompTIA A+
  • CompTIA Network+
  • CompTIA Security+, Expected in Oct. 2024
  • Delinea Secret Server Certified Admin
  • Delinea Privilege Manager Certified Admin

B.S. - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

Western Governors University

High School Diploma -

Ontario High School
Austin Howard