Bryant Daniels
Knoxville,TN
Summary
Cybersecurity and compliance analyst with a hybrid skill set spanning SIEM engineering, risk management, and project delivery. Adept with NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP, vulnerability management, and executive ready dashboards that inform decisions. Recognized for cross-functional collaboration and translating complex requirements into secure, measurable outcomes.
Overview
1
1
Certification
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Utility Locator
USIC Locating Services
Knoxville, TN
04.2026 - Current
- Conducted precise underground utility location using advanced electromagnetic and ground penetrating radar technology.
- Collaborated with construction teams to ensure accurate placement of utilities, preventing damage during excavation.
- Developed and implemented efficient workflows for utility locating processes, improving overall operational efficiency.
- Trained junior locators on best practices for utility detection and safety protocols to enhance team performance.
Cyber Security Analyst
Indev
Arlington, VA
06.2022 - 07.2025
- Proactively monitored security events using SIEM tools to identify suspicious activity, validate alerts, and escalate confirmed threats in accordance with incident response procedures.
- Imported Syslog servers into Elastic to enhance log management.
- Monitored, developed, deployed, and visualized security dashboards for all DOT modals.
- Collaborated with engineering and IT teams to onboard 20+ new log sources, standardizing field formats.
- Automated log parsing and enrichment pipelines using Elastic ingest pipelines, improving data quality, and updating fleet servers.
- Tuned and implemented data loss prevention (DLP) in Elastic, achieving alerts for over 80% of data loss incidents.
- Collaborated with engineering and IT teams to onboard 20+ new log sources, ensuring consistent field
Information Systems Security Officer
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
01.2021 - 06.2022
- Established authorization less than 5 months (original timeline deadline was set for 8 months).
- Throughout the duration of the contract I remained FedRAMP compliant.
- Tracked SSPs, milestones, and remediation efforts, ensuring effective communication with CISO and stakeholders.
- Identified system vulnerabilities, collaborating with SOC team to facilitate timely remediation.
- Procured and presented artifacts related to AO, enhancing stakeholder understanding and compliance.
Information Systems Analyst/Project Manager
Matrix Technology Solutions
Springfield, VA
01.2021 - 06.2022
- I worked closely with the SOC team in remediating detected vulnerabilities. to track a 67% overall completion milestone.
- I was assigned to be the ISSM for the last 3 months of my tenure, while as acting Manager I was able to report a 73% milestone complete.
- Conducted risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, and control validation meetings.
- Adhered to NIST 800-53A Publications for security control selection and assessments.
- Performed and evaluated test cases.
- Managed operations and reported a 73% milestone completion during my tenure as acting Manager.
Information Systems Analyst
Architect of the Capitol
Washington, D.C.
05.2017 - 08.2019
- Managed Jira tickets during summer internship, ensuring timely updates and resolutions.
- Transitioned to full-time role in summer 2018, creating System Security Plans to enhance organizational security posture.
- Applied NIST 800-53A to my training of security control selection.
- Advised stakeholders on compliance of security controls during audits, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements.
- Successfully passed the Project Management Professional exam during this time.
- Began as a summer intern primarily assigned working with Jira tickets and continuous monitoring of
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Frostburg State University
Frostburg12.2020
Associate of Science - Computer Science
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata12.2017
Skills
- Risk assessment and remediation
- Risk remediation
- Secure SDLC
- NIST 800 frameworks
- Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
- SIEM tools
- Utility detection methods
- Security dashboard deployment
- Linux
- SQL
- Project management
- Action plan management
- Field project coordination
- Utility mapping techniques
- ServiceNOW
- EDR
- Excel data tracking
- Log ingestion pipelines
- Security dashboard deployment
- ELK stack
- Linux
- Incident Response
Certification
ServiceNow (In Progress), CompTIA Security+
Active Clearance
Top Secret
Personal Information
Title: IT Security Analyst
Timeline
Utility Locator
USIC Locating Services
04.2026 - Current
Cyber Security Analyst
Indev
06.2022 - 07.2025
Information Systems Security Officer
U.S. Department of State
01.2021 - 06.2022
Information Systems Analyst/Project Manager
Matrix Technology Solutions
01.2021 - 06.2022
Information Systems Analyst
Architect of the Capitol
05.2017 - 08.2019
Associate of Science - Computer Science
College of Southern Maryland
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Frostburg State University