Andrew Young II
Miamisburg,OH
Summary
My name is Andrew Young I am knowledgeable it security professional with several years of experience designing and implementing security solutions in high-availability environments. Skilled in threat detection and incident response, as well as adept at delivering strong risk management practices to safeguard sensitive information and systems integrity. I am a highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cybersecurity Analyst
UICGS / Bowhead
Dayton, OH
05.2024 - Current
- Created detailed incident reports following a successful breach or other security event.
- Monitored user activities on the network for suspicious behavior or malicious activity.
- Participated in risk assessment exercises designed to identify areas of vulnerability within the organization's IT infrastructure.
- Responded promptly to cyber incidents by analyzing attack signatures, isolating affected systems, and restoring normal operations.
- Conducted vulnerability scans using automated tools to detect any weaknesses in the system.
- Performed regular system audits of all network resources to ensure compliance with corporate security policies.
- Analyzed network traffic logs, firewall logs, intrusion detection system alerts, and antivirus reports to identify potential threats.
Desktop Engineer
Premier Health Hospital
Dayton Ohio , OH
09.2023 - Current
- Installed and configured desktop hardware, software, and peripherals for user workstations.
- Maintained accurate inventory records of all installed equipment.
- Provided technical support to end-users on a variety of issues.
- Performed system maintenance tasks such as virus scans, disk defragmentation, and patch installations.
- Troubleshot network connectivity issues with users' computers.
- Implemented security measures to protect computer networks from unauthorized access or malicious attack.
- Managed Active Directory accounts including creating new users, resetting passwords, managing group memberships.
Customer Service Representative
CareSource
Huber Heights, OH
06.2023 - 10.2024
- Answered customer inquiries and provided accurate information regarding products and services.
- Provided excellent customer service to resolve customer complaints in a timely manner.
- Gathered customer feedback through surveys and used the data to improve customer service.
- Assisted customers with product selection, ordering, billing, returns, exchanges and technical support.
- Performed administrative tasks such as filing paperwork, updating databases and generating reports.
Cyber Defense Engineer Intern
Care Source
Dayton, OH
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Helped volunteer at a local church donating food to less fortunate children in Haiti, we donated 14,256 meals on August of 2022
- Created technical reports on design progress and results.
- Assisted in the assembly of prototype products for testing purposes.
- Troubleshot existing designs to identify potential improvements or modifications.
- Compiled estimates of material costs associated with various designs.
- Analyzed data from experiments to identify trends and correlations.
IT Operations Specialist Intern
CareSource
Dayton OH, OH
10.2022 - 05.2023
- CMDB Implementation
- Maintained accurate inventory records of all installed equipment.
- Provided technical support to end-users on a variety of issues.
- Installed and configured desktop hardware, software, and peripherals for user workstations.
- Performed system maintenance tasks such as virus scans, disk defragmentation, and patch installations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security And Networking Engineering
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT08-2026
Associate of Science - Cyber/Computer Forensics And Counterterrorism
Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH05-2024
Skills
- 5 years of IT/Cyber experience experience
- Vulnerability analysis
- Splunk Cloud Management
- Ethical hacking/Penetration testing
- Incident response
- Cryptography
- Security assessment and auditing
- Risk management
- Security architecture design
- Secure coding practices
- Threat intelligence analysis
- Malware analysis
- Security policy development and enforcement
- Forensics analysis
- Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Compliance and regulatory knowledge (eg, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS)
- Security awareness training and education
- Cloud security
- Endpoint security
- Wireless security
- Web application security
- Deploy a Predictive Machine Learning Model Using IBM Cloud
- Firewall configuration
- Incident Response
Certification
- CompTIA Security + (COMP001022419936)
- CompTIA CySA +
- Blue team Security Level 1
- CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)
- Projects:
- Google Cloud Networking 101 Project : LXUGLQF6QAS9
- Metasploit for Beginners: Ethical Penetration Testing: 96THPKBSPM5H
- Deploy a predictive machine learning model using IBM Cloud:KMF26FADGWJV
- Microsoft Windows Defender and Firewall for Beginners:BCMTXLWXH5TU
- Splunk Cloud GDI on Google Cloud
Timeline
Cybersecurity Analyst
UICGS / Bowhead
05.2024 - Current
Desktop Engineer
Premier Health Hospital
09.2023 - Current
Customer Service Representative
CareSource
06.2023 - 10.2024
Cyber Defense Engineer Intern
Care Source
01.2023 - 05.2023
IT Operations Specialist Intern
CareSource
10.2022 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security And Networking Engineering
Western Governors University
Associate of Science - Cyber/Computer Forensics And Counterterrorism
Sinclair Community College