COLIN OPPENHEIM
Cybersecurity Systems Engineer
Henderson,NV
Summary
Use my knowledge & abilities in Information Technology, wireless data communications, programming, Cybersecurity, SCADA / Telemetry, and business analytics to enhance, serve, and progress business objectives forward.
experience SUmmary
scada Communications
Installed/maintained microwave systems for SCADA & remote site surveillance
Installed/maintained cellular modems, dial-up phone circuits, and lease lines
Supported Licensed and Unlicensed Spread Spectrum data radios (GE MDS & 4RF)
Voice communications
Installed and develop remote voice dispatching via radio over IP (JPS-Raytheon)
Install/maintain voice radios and test equipment (Motorola, Tait, Icom)
Maintenance of mountain top base stations & repeaters
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Cybersecurity Engineering - SIEM Consultant II
Securonix Inc, Professional Services
Addison, TX
12.2021 - Current
- Functioned as platform SME to assist enterprise customers with the transition from their current SIEM platform to Securonix SNYPR
- Operated as both project manager and SIEM Engineer working with customer’s own PMs and Sysadmins to address system requirements, logging concerns, detection packages, troubleshooting remote ingestion nodes, security permissions etc
- Wrote technical support documents to assist customer in managing their system once my onboarding responsibilities were completed
- Worked with customer to write custom parsers for unique data sources that were without an OOTB parsing solution
- Supported customer’s use of NXlogEE for log replication, SNMP Traps, and data normalization.
Cyber Security Systems Engineer
Criterion Systems, DOE NNSA IICS
Las Vegas, NV
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Supported IBM QRadar SIEM on multiple networks
- Wrote detection rules for Snort and Suricata IDS Sensors
- Wrote Yara detection rules for Carbon Black
- Maintained QRadar on physical hardware and virtual appliances
- Maintained both virtual and physical event/flow processors, and Corelight Network Monitoring Sensors and Appliances
- Part of a 24 hour on-call rotation to provide continual support to the NNSA’s Cybersecurity mission
- Developed and wrote tools utilizing software APIs to help with system monitoring and efficient deployment of new rules and reference sets
- Supported migration efforts moving from IBM QRadar to Splunk ES
Communications Specialist / Dept. Analyst
Southwest Gas, Southern Nevada, Tech Services
Las Vegas, NV
02.2013 - 10.2018
- Department liaison for transition to new Field Management Operation System
- Continued Support and expansion of SCADA Microwave System and licensed data radios
- Designed, wrote and maintained automation scripts facilitating the use of the department’s newly designed visual OSI PI Proccessbook screens to operate on field laptops
- Programmed Excel spreadsheets to compare historical data using OSI PI Datalink to analyze the accuracy of turbine meters at low flow operations
- Data was used to justify their replacement with more accurate ultrasonic meters
- Built evaluation system survey and database to collate survey data on over 350 regulation stations
- Data was used to analyze the age and lifespan of each station for use in justifying repair and replacement
- Wrote queries to extract data from Oracle Databases for reporting and investigations
- Performed preventive maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems.
- Conducted research to test and analyze feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components, and systems.
- Worked with software radar systems and digital and communications systems engineers to collaborate on RF solutions development.
- Analyzed project requirements, developing specifications and modeling proposed designs to evaluate performance and ultimately create high-functioning technology.
IT Analyst
Southwest Gas Corporation, Business Tech Support
Las Vegas, NV
09.2012 - 02.2013
- Provided on‐going support, training, and management of field specific applications used by the company's 5 major subdivisions.
- Researched and identified solutions to technical problems.
- Maintained and updated troubleshooting documentation to keep employees up to speed.
- Provided technical support for computer-related problems through email, telephone and hands-on support.
- Updated training coursework and requirements according to group and technology changes.
CEO / Senior Consultant
Maven Technology Consultants
Las Vegas, NV
04.2012 - 04.2016
- Provided numerous IT Support services, networking solutions, storage systems, backup solutions, website solutions, security systems, and onsite training of various applications and services.
- Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
- Translated complex technical issues into digestible language for non-technical users.
- Assisted customers in identifying issues and explained solutions to restore service and functionality.
- Designed customized solutions for proposals to potential customers.
Education
Bachelor Of Applied Science In Information Technology - Software Development
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT 03.2017 - Current
Skills
Software developmentundefined
Accomplishments
- Ciw site development associate
- Ciw USER INTERFACE DESIGNER
- Ciw ADVANCED HTML and csS3 Specialist
- Comptia A+
- Comptia CYSA+
- Splunk Enterprise Fundamentals 1-3
- Splunk Enterprise Architect
- Splunk ES User
- Splunk ES Administration
- Red Hat Systems Certified ADMINISTRATOR (Pending)
Timeline
Cybersecurity Engineering - SIEM Consultant II
Securonix Inc, Professional Services
12.2021 - Current
Cyber Security Systems Engineer
Criterion Systems, DOE NNSA IICS
01.2019 - 12.2021
Bachelor Of Applied Science In Information Technology - Software Development
Western Governors University
03.2017 - Current
Communications Specialist / Dept. Analyst
Southwest Gas, Southern Nevada, Tech Services
02.2013 - 10.2018
IT Analyst
Southwest Gas Corporation, Business Tech Support
09.2012 - 02.2013
CEO / Senior Consultant
Maven Technology Consultants
04.2012 - 04.2016
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