Gabriel Bucao
Network & Security Operations
Lowell,AR
Summary
Highly skilled and innovative individual seeking to leverage a strong background in network engineering and system administration within a large enterprise environment. With a proven track record in identifying discrepancies, providing timely technical support, and performing root cause analysis, exceptionally eager to bring expertise in Networking and Information Security to help prevent and manage network incidents.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
3
3
Certificates
Work History
Network Systems Administrator
Walmart, Global Tech
Bentonville, AR
04.2022 - Current
- Provide rapid technical support in highly complex network environments.
- Create detailed technical documentation pertaining to identified discrepancies and remediation's.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, leveraging knowledge of network protocols, to isolate and resolve major incidents.
- Assess incident impact and allocate resources based on severity.
- Identified and remediated network discrepancies disrupting Point Of Sale traffic, resulting in avoidance of 50% loss in customer sales..
- Perform root cause analysis in majorly impacting network events, utilizing critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Conduct peer review processes to ensure high-quality outputs and continuous improvement.
- Managed vendor relationships to procure necessary equipment, services, and support for seamless network operations.
- Provided exceptional end-user support by resolving technical issues quickly and efficiently, exhibiting outstanding Customer Relationship Management.
- Mentored junior team members on best practices for network administration, contributing to overall knowledge sharing within the IT department.
- Comprehensively maintained stability of essential data backups on nightly basis.
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance, and support.
- Virtual Firewall lifecycle management to ensure a network resiliency.
Intrusion Analyst (Shadow/Mentee)
Walmart, Global Tech
Bentonville, AR
05.2023 - 05.2024
- Shadow Intrusion Analysts, gaining hands-on experience in real-world, large-scale production enterprise environments.
- Perform alert analysis and triage from historical events alerted on SIEM appliances, leveraging logging telemetry from multiple sources, providing valuable exposure to high-level cybersecurity operations.
- Leveraged knowledge of IT operations, network protocols, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to parse and identify accurate timelines of alert and incident lifecycles.
- Incident Handling and security monitoring of network environments to prevent potential breaches.
- Conduct detailed log analysis to track and mitigate security threats.
- Active involvement in Security Operations Center activities to understand security incident lifecycle.
Education
Defense Security Analyst -
Hack The Box Academy
Computer Based Training 05.2001 -
200-301 CCNA -
CBT Nuggets
Computer Based Training 05.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Springdale High School
Springdale, AR 05.2001 -
Skills
Wired and Wireless Network Protocols
Centralized Log Analysis
Python
Virtualization Technologies
ServiceNow
Teamwork and Collaboration
Network systems installation
Data backups
Technical Support
IP Addressing and Subnetting
Switch Configuration
Network Troubleshooting
Team Collaboration
Certification
CompTIA, CySA+
Timeline
CompTIA, Network+
06-2024
CompTIA, CySA+
08-2023
Intrusion Analyst (Shadow/Mentee)
Walmart, Global Tech
05.2023 - 05.2024
CompTIA, Security+
04-2023
Network Systems Administrator
Walmart, Global Tech
04.2022 - Current
Defense Security Analyst -
Hack The Box Academy
05.2001 -
200-301 CCNA -
CBT Nuggets
05.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Springdale High School
05.2001 -
Extracurricular Activities
- Home lab and Network tinkering.
- Hardware troubleshooting and soldering.
- Hiking and kayaking.
- Recreational photography and videography.
- Continued education on the HackTheBox platform.
- Listening to music and podcasts.
References
**Available Upon Request**
Extracurricular Activities
- Home lab and Network tinkering.
- Hardware troubleshooting and soldering.
- Hiking and kayaking.
- Recreational photography and videography.
- Continued education on the HackTheBox platform.
- Listening to music and podcasts.
References
**Available Upon Request**
Skills & Competencies
- Wired and Wireless Network Protocols
- Centralized Log Analysis
- Python
- Virtualization Technologies
- ServiceNow
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- WireShark
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
- Active Directory
- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model
- Documentation And Reporting
- Root Cause Analysis
Extracurricular Activities
- Home lab and Network tinkering.
- Hardware troubleshooting and soldering.
- Hiking and kayaking.
- Recreational photography and videography.
- Continued education on the HackTheBox platform.
- Listening to music and podcasts.
References
**Available Upon Request**
Extracurricular Activities
- Home lab and Network tinkering.
- Hardware troubleshooting and soldering.
- Hiking and kayaking.
- Recreational photography and videography.
- Continued education on the HackTheBox platform.
- Listening to music and podcasts.