Ben Kixmiller
PAPILLION,NE
Summary
Computer engineering and digital forensics graduate with professional experience working as a software developer and Linux system administrator. Holder of Sec+ and GCFE certificate from SANS Institute. I am looking for a role that will help leverage my Windows digital forensics skills and other skills learned from my master’s program from Champlain College.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Loss Prevention Analyst/Forensics Analyst
Bank of the West
06.2022 - Current
- Review hundreds of security incidents a month through Symantec to ensure sensitive data does not leave the company
- Identified tuning policy changes to harden the security of the company
- Create images of employees OneDrive and home drive for forensics cases using FTK Imager
- Capture live artifacts from suspect machines using CrowdStrike to contribute to forensics cases
Cybersecurity Engineer/Linux System Administrator
SAIC
05.2021 - 06.2022
- Create Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG’s) that document CAT1, CAT2, and CAT3 vulnerabilities for government applications and systems
- Improve DISA score on government systems and applications by fixing CAT1, CAT2, and CAT3 vulnerabilities to help them become more resistant to cyber related attacks
- Implement support changes on government systems that have critical Nagios alerts such as missing filesystems, services not running, and systems unable to boot properly
DevOps/Software Engineer
RFA Engineering/John Deere
01.2020 - 05.2021
- Diagnose flapping Nagios issue on the team's documentation website and fixing an existing check to correct it
- Support and resolve technical issues for more than 50 John Deere employees, including virtual machine problems, Jenkins node malfunctions, and Artifactory uploads
Education
Master of Science - Digital Forensics
Champlain College
Burlington, VT08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames, IA07.2016
Skills
- Operating Systems: Linux System Administrator, Windows DFIR tasks
- DFIR Tools: Autopsy, AXIOM, FTK Imager, KAPE suite
- Other Tools: Python, Splunk, Symantec
Certification
- Sec+ (July 9, 2021)
- GCFE (Dec 12, 2022)
Timeline
Data Loss Prevention Analyst/Forensics Analyst
Bank of the West
06.2022 - Current
Cybersecurity Engineer/Linux System Administrator
SAIC
05.2021 - 06.2022
DevOps/Software Engineer
RFA Engineering/John Deere
01.2020 - 05.2021
Master of Science - Digital Forensics
Champlain College
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
- Sec+ (July 9, 2021)
- GCFE (Dec 12, 2022)
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