AUSTIN DRAKE ATCHLEY

• Data Stream Integration and Optimization: Streamlined proprietary data processing within Splunk, a SIEM tool, to elevate analytics, visualizations, and reports.
• Compliance-Oriented Server Deployment: Engineered a deployment server in AWS using private IPs to support auditing and compliance through the use of a premium Splunk App called Qmulos, for use in a secure environment.
  
• Leveraged API Insights: Utilized APIs to derive actionable insights from internet backbone data, enhancing alert systems, correlation methods, and data fusion capabilities.
  
• Aligned with Strategic Leadership: Partnered in the execution of quarterly briefings to senior leadership with live demos, aligning with strategic goals.
  
• Implemented AI/ML Insider Threat Program: Aided in deploying Cynomly, an AI/ML-driven insider threat detection system, through critical updates and rule adjustments in Splunk Enterprise Security. Carried out thorough DNS traffic analysis for the installation, proactively mitigating potential security threats.
  
• Demonstrated Cybersecurity Innovations: Collaborated with SAIC’s Orca Integration team to present an intentionally vulnerable web application and AWS environment to sharpen cybersecurity defenses using Terraform, CloudGoat, and Orca.
  
• Facilitated Cloud Integration: Performed asset integration across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms with Aviatrix, a multi-cloud networking tool, enhancing resource efficiency and operation fluidity by 15%.

Assisted in preparing for HITRUST and SOC audits by utilizing Vanta for automated security monitoring; developed automated workflows for employee lifecycle management to maintain least-privilege access. Oversaw advanced threat detection with CrowdStrike Falcon and AWS GuardDuty, creating playbooks for investigating and addressing complex threats in cloud environments. Managed converged security systems with Meraki and Brivo to enhance network resilience and update physical access controls. Performed thorough log analysis aligned with HITRUST controls to detect behavioral anomalies and mitigate potential security breaches. Secured a fleet of macOS devices through JAMF Pro and HITRUST standards via integrated CrowdStrike Falcon monitoring.

• Space Weather Forecasting: Leveraged advanced knowledge engineering tools, in- cluding SPARQL query language, to extract key parameters from space tracking files, en- abling accurate forecasts of satellite vulnerability to future space weather events.